YouTuber Of The Week: Stuart Edge And His Edgy Magic Tricks And Pranks
In this week's YouTuber Of The Week, we highlight Stuart Edge, a YouTuber who does pranks and magic tricks. See why you should subscribe to him and what makes him so different compared to others who does similar things.
By Darian Goh — 03 Oct 2014, 03:58 PM — Updated about 10 years ago
Stuart Edge might be a popular YouTuber today but did you know that he started out as a humble toilet cleaner at construction sites in 2011?
From there, he thought about doing things "out of the box" and became an intern for OraBrush, a tongue cleaner company that made their name through viral videos like this one back in 2009
Stuart then began filming videos for fun but never got more than a few hundred views on each video. His boss encouraged him to make more videos and told him that he will be "extremely disappointed" should he not go ahead with it.
Then I had an idea to make a parody video. I spoke to my boss about it and told him I was a little reluctant about making it. He looked at me straight in the eye and said, "I will be extremely disappointed in you if you don't do it." So I did it. I think my boss realized the potential of my ideas.
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His next video is where he got his big break. He wanted to test if people really kissed under the mistletoe so he grabbed a camera and filmed it in a university. It got viral.
I woke up in the morning and my video had 66 views. I was blown away that it was already viewed that many times! Little did I know, the "Mistletoe Kissing Prank" video was about to go viral. In its first week, it received 10 million views. I could not believe it. For some reason, my prank was a hit. My video spread through the internet like wildfire. All of a sudden, I was being contacted by news stations all around the world. They wanted to air my video. They wanted to interview me.
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Since then, Stuart has been making YouTube videos as a living. Remember the iconic scene in Spiderman where he kissed Mary Jane upside down? Stuart got friends to reenact it and has almost 16 million views to date.
It seems like whatever Stuart touches turns viral, as this video of him using the power of kissing (with a little help of magic) garnered him almost 19 million views. That's 19 million people watching him kiss.
It's not all about kisses too, as he helps homeless people with a little magic. It's heartwarming to see their faces at the end of each trick.
Now back to kissing... Watch how Stuart gets ladies to kiss him on New Year's Eve. The video got 8 million views and this writer is a little jealous.
His unique style of using visual trickery and props enables him to make interesting videos such as this, an "instant date" prank
For Mother's day, he gave moms a well deserved pampering with massages, a manicure and well chiseled men fanning her with palm leaves. Moms would definitely be impressed.
In one of his most recent videos, he paid tribute to the movie "Back To The Future". Stuart teleported back in time with a few new tricks. That video has already gone over the million mark.
We love how his videos are different, unique and also fun. So if you're looking for a YouTuber who can astound you with his magic tricks and creative pranks, why not subscribe to Stuart here?