Joe Santagato

Joe Santagato
Born Joseph Santagato
(1992-02-25) February 25, 1992
Astoria, Queens, New York, United States
Residence Queens, New York
Nationality American
Occupation
YouTube information
Origin Queens, New York
Website www.joesantagato.com
Channel
Years active 2010–present
Genre Comedy
Subscribers 2.3 million
(June 2018)
Total views 373 million
(June 2018)
Network Studio71[1][2]
Associated acts Dwayne Johnson

Joseph Patrick "Joe" Santagato (born February 25, 1992) is an American entertainer and comedian from Astoria, New York.

Early life

Santagato was born in Queens, New York and raised with his older siblings Thomas, Shannon, and Keith. His mother, Elizabeth Santagato, was a school secretary at a public school, and his father, Joseph, was a firefighter in the FDNY, who retired when Santagato was six. He attended St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School for kindergarten, public school for elementary school, and Louis Armstrong Middle School.[3] He then went to St. Francis Preparatory School for high school, where he was a receiver on the high school football team. From a young age, he enjoyed sports and being in front of a camera. In 2010, one of Santagato's friends suggested that he start posting videos on YouTube.[4] In early 2013, the digital journalism platform Narratively published feature about him and his family titled "The Kardashians of Queens".[5]

Career

Before pursuing YouTube full-time, Santagato worked as a producer and editor for American online news platform Elite Daily.[6] In 2016, he hosted The Rock's YouTube show titled Rock The Promo.[7] On his YouTube channel, he occasionally endorses products relevant to his viewer audience and consistently mentions his love for working with Audible, providing a discount code for his subscribers. He had his own website, http://www.santagato.com, but has been switched to a new website, https://www.joesantagato.com. He also has his own merchandise website called The Santagato Store.

Channels

Santagato's first YouTube channel was "SantagatoTV". In May 2014, he moved to his current "Joe Santagato" channel. He also has a channel titled "Extra Joe" which contains daily vlogs, and a sports channel titled "Veterans Minimum". Additionally, he has multiple podcasts on a station called "The Basement Yard". He has also created a Youtube channel titled "The Basement Yard", which features clips from "The Basement Yard" podcast. "The Basement Yard" features Joe Santagato, alongside frequent visitors such as Frank Alvarez (Twitter: Frank_Alvarez80), Anthony Davino (Twitter: AntVino), Danny Lopriore (Twitter: Danny LoPriore, Youtube Channel: Danny LoPriore) and others. He formerly has a Vine account.

Other Appearances

Santagato has also appeared on his older brother, Keith's Youtube channel titled "Keith Santagato". Alongside his old channel "SantagatoTV", Santagato also has a Youtube channel titled "SantagatoVlogs", a vlogging channel. This channel was moved to his other channel, "ExtraJoe", to coincide his switch to "Joe Santagato". He formerly was part of a Youtube channel titled "SDK", standing for "Settle Down Kids." This channel features six Youtubers (excluding Joe Santagato), who make videos every Sunday, however, the last video uploaded was on February 1st, 2017 (as of June 2018). SDK includes Ryan Abe (RyansAverageLife), Adam Bongo (MANNNTV), Nick Bongo (MANNNTV), Joey Gatto (Joey Gatto), Jonah Green (Jonah Green), and Josh Sobo (JoshSobo). Through SDK, he also appeared a few times on a Youtube channel, Door3.

Personal Life

Joe Santagato is close to his three siblings, Thomas, Shannon, and Keith; who have frequently appear in his videos and podcasts, as have his parents. He was also raised Roman Catholic, and attended Mass frequently during his childhood, and still attends during holidays. His confirmation name is Nicholas. He has stated his family's favourite musician is Billy Joel.

Since 2015, Santagato has been dating former Instagram model Samantha "Sammy" Rickey. He also is a fan of New York sports teams, such as New York Rangers and New York Giants, he also played football in high school.

Influences

Santagato has stated comedians like George Carlin, Richard Pryor, and Robin Williams, among others, has his major comedic influences. He has stated he is interested in starting stand-up comedy, and has co-written the screenplay for a Netflix comedy series, along with Frankie Alvarez. The series has not been announced yet.[8]

Products

A copy of Speak Out

Santagato helped to create the Hasbro board game Speak Out in which players must recite phrases while a dental retractor is placed in their mouths. The game was released in August 2016 and was based off his video "Watch Ya' Mouth".[9][10][11] Santagato worked with Hasbro to help promote the game on their social media.[12] Hasbro has also released Speak Out: Joe Santagato Edition, which was written by Santagato, and is more explicit than the original version. Speak Out has been played several times on The Ellen DeGeneres Show with various celebrities, including Khloé Kardashian, Kevin Hart,[13] Jimmy Fallon,[14] and Chris Pratt.[15]

In October 2017, Santagato announced that he had collaborated with two coworkers from his former workplace, Elite Daily, to introduce a new telecommunications company called Wing. The company uses Sprint Corporation's cellular towers and offers tiered and unlimited data options for consumers. Customers are reimbursed for data that is not used from their selected plan during their billing cycle.[16] Taxes are listed as "five to ten percent" of a customer's bill, based on location.[17]

Santagato is also a promoter of Hasbro's Hearing Things board game, where headphones are placed on one player's ears, and another player recites phrases while the first player guesses the phrase based on lip movement.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Joe Santagato Youtube Stats, Channel Statistics". socialblade.com. Social Blade. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Gutelle, Sam (March 15, 2017). "Studio 71 adds Joe Santagato... to its Network". tubefilter.com. Tube Filter. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  3. ↑ Santagato, Joe (April 23, 2013). "SantagatoTV! - Draw My Life". youtube.com. Youtube. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Biography". Santagato.com. Joe Santagato. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Stahl, Michael (March 11, 2013). "The Kardashians of Queens". narrative.ly. Narratively. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Garcia, Kelsey. "Becoming a YouTuber: Chatting With Joe Santagato". vergecampus.com. Verge Campus. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  7. ↑ Rueter, Sean (August 29, 2016). "Rock the Promo episode 5, or why Christian is my favorite". cagesideseats.com. Cage Side Seats. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "The Basement Yard with Joe Santagato". carolines.com. Carolines on Broadway. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Speak Out Game - Speak Out Game Online Store". www.speak-out-game.com. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  10. ↑ Moore, Kendra (2016-07-16). "Joe Santagato Has A New Game And I NEED To Own It – WATCH". 91.5 The Beat. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  11. ↑ Nanos, Janelle (December 23, 2016). "Is this board game trying to make me look dumb? Actually, yes". Boston Globe. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  12. ↑ Burke, Jade (June 27, 2016). "Hasbro unveils new mouthpiece challenge game Speak Out". toynews-online.biz. Toy News. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  13. ↑ DeGeneres, Ellen (October 11, 2016). "Khloé Kardashian Plays 'Speak Out'". youtube.com. Youtube. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  14. ↑ "Jimmy Fallon Plays Speak Out". youtube.com. Youtube. January 6, 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  15. ↑ DeGeneres, Ellen (May 12, 2017). "Chris Pratt Plays 'Speak Out'". youtube.com. Youtube. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  16. ↑ "What Is Wing?". 4 October 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  17. ↑ "Plans". www.wingalpha.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  18. ↑ "Hearing Things". YouTube. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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