The Real Life Guys

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The Real Life Guys
YouTube channel
language German
founding February 27, 2016
channels The Real Life Guys
Subscribers 1,300,000
Calls 180 million
Videos 130
(updated: June 10, 2021)
Contributors
  • Johannes Mickenbecker (* 1997)
  • Philipp Mickenbecker (1997-2021)
  • Elisabeth Mickenbecker (1999-2018)
  • Erik Westphal (* 1995)
  • Julius Vogelbusch (* 1995)
  • Bleibtreu Schäbs (* 1997)

The Real Life Guys is a German YouTube channel that was founded in 2016 by Johannes (* June 27, 1997 ) and Philipp Mickenbecker (* June 27, 1997 ; † June 9, 2021 ) from Bickenbach . The identical twin brothers ran it together until 2021. Videos of do-it-yourself projects were regularly uploaded to the channel .

Life

Johannes, Philipp and Elisabeth (Elli) Mickenbecker grew up in a Christian environment in which they were raised by their parents in home schooling during their primary school years. They only attended a part of their youth in public schools (Christian School and School Center Marienhöhe ) in order to be able to take their Abitur in 2016. The twins then began studying environmental engineering , which they dropped out after a short time.

On March 10, 2018, Elli Mickenbecker, who had participated in almost all of the twins' activities, had a fatal accident shortly before her 19th birthday in a plane crash. Between March and May 2018, the brothers-run YouTube channel took a break, on which only one song by their sister was released during those months.

Philipp Mickenbecker suffered from lymph gland cancer since his youth. On October 2, 2020, he announced in a video on the joint YouTube channel that he had had a relapse of the cancer diagnosed in 2013 for the third time . In September 2020, it was diagnosed that the cancer was already in the end-stage and that, according to the attending physician, he only had a few weeks to live. Mickenbecker decided against further chemotherapy. At the beginning of May 2021 there were complications with a wound caused by the cancer. Maggots had settled and had to be removed from the wound by a doctor.

A television documentary was shot for ARD about Philipp Mickenbecker at the end of 2020.

On June 9, 2021, Philipp Mickenbecker died of cancer in the hospital.

Purpose and content of your YouTube activities

The aim of the brothers until Philip's death was to use the videos to encourage young people to go out into the great outdoors and experience adventures. They tried to encourage young people not to just spend their time in front of computers and cell phones. For this purpose, they uploaded videos about various projects at irregular intervals in order to give young people motivation and ideas for their own projects. They have largely acquired the knowledge for the implementation themselves and learned from YouTube tutorials.

Projects

The brothers carried out many projects that also attracted media attention. They are supported by numerous friends. Bathtubs serve as the starting point for many of their projects.

Flying bathtub

In 2018, the brothers converted a bathtub into a manned drone and carried out one of the first manned drone flights in Germany. Among other things, they flew with her to the bakery. In consultation with the Federal Aviation Office, the drone was designed for a maximum altitude of 30 meters, so that no permits were required. During the construction, they also worked with the drone manufacturer exabotix. The drone has a flight time of approx. 6 minutes. It has six 20 hp motors, each of which drives a rotor , making it possible to transport a total weight of 140 kg.

Bathtub submarine

In 2017, they built a manned submarine out of bathtubs , with which they made numerous dives . To be on the safe side, they were accompanied by divers who could have intervened in an emergency. There was a compressed air cylinder in the submarine. Diving depths of up to 10 meters were manned. In a subsequent unmanned attempt to reach the maximum depth, the submarine imploded at a depth of 12 meters. In retrospect, they described this project as their most dangerous up to that time.

Roller coaster

In 2019 they built a roller coaster in a closed Hornbach hardware store within 48 hours using only funds from the hardware store. The only requirement by Hornbach was safety as the highest priority. In the end, the roller coaster was over 10 meters high, had a loop and ended in a pool. A converted bathtub was used as the car.

Godzilla

In 2019 they built a replica of Godzilla 20 meters long and seven meters high for the film Godzilla II: King of the Monsters . It was then used for a prank by the comedy trio ApeCrime . For this purpose, the Godzilla replica was sunk in Erlensee near Bickenbach so that it could be made to surface by divers at the right moment. Problems arose, which is why the replica sank and then had to be lifted by a helicopter . The project was supported by Warner Bros. Entertainment, among others .

Submarine 2.0

After reaching a million subscribers, they started building a second submarine from a gas tank.

miscellaneous

In January 2020, The Real Life Guys were part of the SWR report Rolling Rarities: Weird Vehicles Self-Made . Here they were accompanied during the conversion of a children's pedal car into a go-kart with an electric drive as well as during the first test drive.

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Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Philipp Mickenbecker and his twin brother Johannes on God and cancer
  3. ↑ Death Elli Mickenbecker
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  5. ↑ Angelo Cali: After a fatal plane crash: YouTube stars mourn their sister. In: tag24.de . March 19, 2018, accessed June 8, 2020 .
  6. ↑ The Real Life Guys: What's Next? | We're Hitchhiking from San Francisco to LA! In: YouTube. May 4, 2018, accessed June 9, 2020 .
  7. ↑ The Real Life Guys: We'll never forget you Elli! († 18) | Our sister wrote this song about our youth. In: YouTube. March 19, 2018, accessed June 9, 2020 .
  8. ↑ a b "Affected by maggots": Cancer patient Philipp Mickenbecker is shocked with a hole in his chest. Retrieved June 12, 2021 .
  9. ↑ "Only two weeks left to live": German Youtube star receives terrible diagnosis. October 5, 2020, accessed October 7, 2020 .
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  11. ↑ Incurable cancer: Philipp from "The Real Life Guys" about death and hope
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  23. ↑ The Real Life Guys: DANGER TO LIFE in our U-BOAT! | With the BATHTUB SUBMARINE to Estonia! # 5. YouTube, July 10, 2017, accessed June 6, 2020 .
  24. ↑ The Real Life Guys: With our U-BOAT INTO PRISON! | Bathtubs submarine # 6. YouTube, July 17, 2017, accessed June 6, 2020 .
  25. ↑ Peter Keller: Three Bickenbachers make a flying bathtub / Thanks to the Internet, they can live off such ideas. In: Echo-Online . February 24, 2018, accessed June 8, 2020 .
  26. ↑ Anja von Fraunberg: Hornbach has influencer roller coaster built in its own hardware store. In: Advertise & Sell . December 16, 2019, accessed June 8, 2020 .
  27. ↑ ApeCrimeTV: 30 METERS GIANT MONSTER PRANK IN THE LAKE! YouTube, May 30, 2019, accessed June 6, 2020 .
  28. ↑ Claudia Stehle: Bickenbach: "Real Life Guys" save their monsters from the Erlensee. In: Echo-Online. May 17, 2019, accessed June 6, 2020 .
  29. ↑ The Real Life Guys: Our giant SEA MONSTER is ready! | It has to be SAVED. YouTube, May 31, 2019, accessed June 6, 2020 .
  30. ↑ GODZILLA II: KING OF THE MONSTERS meets ApeCrime. Retrieved June 8, 2020 .
  31. ↑ Documentation & Report: Rolling rarities: Weird vehicles, self-made. ARD Mediathek, accessed on June 9, 2020 .