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{{Short description|Event on YouTube}}
{{Infobox recurring event
| name = YouTube Comedy Week
| logo = Logo of YouTube (2015-2017).svg
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| location = [[California]]
| years_active = 2013
| founded = 2013
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| genre = [[Comedy festival]]
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'''YouTube Comedy Week''' was an event on [[YouTube]], and produced by [[Jash]] in the US and [[ChannelFlip]] in the UK. Comedy week was an event that ran from May 19–25, 2013, and brought "the best of UK and US talent together on YouTube."<ref>{{cite web|last=Fletcher|first=Alex|title=Vince Vaughn, David Mitchell, Jamie Oliver for YouTube Comedy Week|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/news/a475481/vince-vaughn-david-mitchell-jamie-oliver-for-youtube-comedy-week.html|website=Digital Spy|date=May 3, 2013|access-date=July 10, 2013}}</ref> This was the first of a planned annual YouTube Comedy Week.<ref name=DailyDot/>

''The Big Live Comedy Show'' began the event, was hosted by [[Kyle Mooney]], and was opened by [[Sarah Silverman]] and [[Seth Rogen]]. This was stage show that was broadcast live.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rothman|first=Lily|url=http://entertainment.time.com/2013/05/20/youtube-bets-big-on-laughs-with-its-first-ever-comedy-week/|title=YouTube Bets Big on Laughs with Its First-Ever "Comedy Week"|work=Time|date=May 20, 2013|access-date=March 1, 2017}}</ref>

==Announcement==
[[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] was featured in a video that promoted Comedy Week, and earned over 3.8 million views in one week.<ref name=Adweek>{{cite magazine|author=Mike Shields|url=http://www.adweek.com/videowatch/arnold-schwarzenegger-ryan-higa-win-youtube-comedy-week-maybe-149839|title=Arnold pumps you up for YouTube Comedy Week - Join in May 19–25|magazine=Adweek|date=May 28, 2013|access-date=July 10, 2013}}</ref>

Following YouTube's announcement of the event, several news publications reported about the event.<ref>{{cite news|author=Matthew Fleischer|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/25/entertainment/la-et-ct-youtube-comedy-week-google-vince-sarah-silverman-may-20130425|title=YouTube to step up the funny in May with launch of Comedy Week|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=April 25, 2013|access-date=July 10, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Tony Maglio|url=https://tv.yahoo.com/news/youtubes-first-ever-comedy-week-features-vince-vaughn-182543143.html|title=YouTube's First Ever Comedy Week Features Vince Vaughn, Sarah Silverman and Seth Rogen|publisher=Yahoo! TV|work=The Wrap|date=April 25, 2013|access-date=July 10, 2013}}</ref>

''[[Tubefilter]]'' reported that YouTube had "hyped" the ''Comedy Week'' event with [[Television advertisement|television advertisements]].<ref name=TFcomedyshow/>

==Reception==
===Commercial===
As of July 10, 2013, ''The Big Live Comedy Show'' has garnered nearly 1 million video views and has approximately 73% likes on its YouTube rating.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z3cI0NnKN0|title=The Big Live Comedy Show - YouTube Comedy Week|publisher=YouTube|date=May 19, 2013|access-date=July 10, 2013}}</ref> Other videos uploaded by YouTube during Comedy Week, struggled to get past 250,000 views (as of July 10, 2013). However, the [[Gregory Brothers]]' ''The History of YouTube'' earned over 2 million video views (as of July 10, 2013).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZDVEoV_O7Q|title=The History of YouTube by The Gregory Brothers (YouTube Comedy Week)|publisher=YouTube|date=May 20, 2013|access-date=July 10, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Ross Luippold|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/gregory-brothers-history-of-youtube_n_3307186.html|title=Gregory Brothers Present 'History Of YouTube' In One Song (VIDEO)|work=Huffington Post|date=May 20, 2013|access-date=July 10, 2013}}</ref>

===Critical reception===
Schwarzenegger's promotional video, [[Ryan Higa]]'s ''Google Glass Human'', and the [[Fine Brothers]]' ''[[Fine Brothers#YouTubers React|YouTubers React]] to Try to Watch This Without Laughing or Grinning'' were met with positive reception and called the "winners" of Comedy Week. However, due to Higa and the ''YouTubers React'' series having established success on YouTube, and Schwarzenegger's video being uploaded as a promotional video rather than a comedy one during the event, the overall event was met with mixed reviews by [[Adweek]] and other publications alike.<ref name=Adweek/>

The performers and entertainers involved in the event featured a mixture of traditional and new media stars and personalities.<ref name=SourceFed>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHwT3tOdVow|title=YouTube Comedy Week Is Now!|publisher=YouTube|work=[[SourceFed#SourceFed|SourceFed]]|date=May 20, 2013|access-date=July 10, 2013}}</ref> The comedy show was met with negative to mixed reception, as the particular mixture of [[New media|new]] and [[Old media|traditional]] media was criticized, as most traditional media stars were reported to seemingly not care about YouTube or its Comedy Week event.<ref name=TFcomedyshow>{{cite web|author=Sam Gutelle|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2013/05/20/youtube-big-live-comedy-show-fail|title=Six Reasons Why YouTube’s ‘Big Live Comedy Show’ Didn’t Work|publisher=Tubefilter|date=May 20, 2013|access-date=July 10, 2013}}</ref> The performances by [[List of YouTube personalities|YouTube personalities]] were met with better reception than those of mainstream media stars.<ref name=DailyDot>{{cite news|author=Michelle Jaworski|url=http://www.dailydot.com/opinion/jaworski-youtube-hollywood-problems-comedy/|title=YouTube has a Hollywood problem|work=The Daily Dot|date=May 23, 2013|access-date=July 10, 2013}}</ref>

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