Randy Rainbow

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Randy Stewart Rainbow (born July 6, 1981 in Huntington (New York) ) is an American comedian and singer . He became known through videos on YouTube in which he parodied interviews with famous people and famous songs. A common focus is Donald Trump .

Life

Randy Rainbow grew up in Huntington and Plantation, Florida in a liberal Jewish family. He dropped out of Broward Community College and moved to New York to build a theater career. There he started blogging and making videos. Rainbow is gay .

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In 2010 Rainbow had a first big hit with the video "Randy Rainbow is Dating Mel Gibson ". During the 2016 presidential election , he shifted his attention to Donald Trump, gaining a large audience. In 2019 Rainbow was nominated for an Emmy in the Short Form Variety Series category. It has (as of May 2019) 260,000 subscribers on YouTube; 917,000 follow him on Facebook and 111,000 on Instagram .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Julie Compton: Comedian Randy Rainbow Brings Humor to Tense Election Year. In: NBC News . October 13, 2016, accessed August 30, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Bob Morris: YouTube Star Randy Rainbow Brings Sass to His Trump Bashing. In: The New York Times . June 23, 2017, accessed August 30, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c Margaret Engel: Randy Rainbow's Witty World. In: The Washington Post Magazine . May 28, 2019, accessed on August 30, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Emmys 2019: List of Nominations. In: Variety . July 16, 2019, accessed August 30, 2019 .
  5. ^ Evan Real: Randy Rainbow on His Politically Charged Musicals and His Advice for Democratic Candidates. In: The Hollywood Reporter . August 15, 2019, accessed on August 30, 2019 .
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SURNAME Rainbow, Randy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rainbow, Randy Stewart (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American comedian and singer
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Huntington (New York)