Chad Johnson
| Chad Johnson | |
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| OMG, it's Chad! | |
| Born | April 14, 1989 |
| Known For | Host of OMGcraft, and previous assistant to Brian Brushwood |
| Podcasts | OMGcraft, The Giz Wiz, redditUP |
Chad Johnson, also known as OMG Chad, was born April 14, 1989. He is best known as host of the popular web series OMGcraft, and full-time producer at TWiT. Prior to his work at TWiT, he assisted Brian Brushwood from December 2009 through spring 2011 as Mike Galante's successor. Brian periodically referred to him as his "Young Ward".
Podcasts
Active
- Chad and Dick DeBartolo showcase useful, unique and sometimes silly gadgets and gizmos.
- Chad brings you the latest in Minecraft: new tips, tricks, and stuff you should know.
- Chad and Sarah Lane recap the week's best stories, memes, AMAs, and more from Reddit.
Discontinued
- Co-hosted with his brother, the two discuss life.
Appearances
Chad debuted on the Internet in 2006 with his YouTube channel which featured fan-made Lemon Demon music videos and an extensive vlog. In 2011 he transitioned to another channel to host his infrequent personal updates.
Chad's first Scam School appearance was in episode 38, A Few Pennies for a Beer!, where he submitted a viewer question to Brian about "Little Brushwood" and when Brian got into magic. After getting the job of Brian's assistant, he first appeared during the TWiTWars!!! episode of BBLiveShow and the NSFWTF episode of NSFW. In the Betterlection Day episode of NSFW, Chad was accused of doing unspeakable things such as murdering Jonny Zavant to get his job. He has been credited as a Creative Consultant in most of the Scam School episodes during his run as Brian's assistant.
- NSFW episodes:
- #17 - Meat Drunk
- #20 - Pantsing Arnold
- #46 - Cavalcade of "Stars"
- #48 - Betterlection Day
- #54 - Live from Kinkos
- #55 - The NSFW Christmas Spectacular
- #66 - Skyfive 2011
- #148 - Timecode
- #152 - Ad Read Chicken
- #158 - Knocking on Virgin's Door
- #173 - Worst Anything Accent Ever
- #174 - Not Racist
- #180 - Do You Have A Nickel
- #193 - Rejected Vagina Monologues
- #205 - I Would Like A Coke
- Scam School episodes:
- #38 - A Few Pennies for a Beer!
- #105 - How to throw cards like Gambit!
- #148 - Cut With Confidence
- #151 - Can YOU solve The Petals Around the Rose? (briefly)
- #216 - Look Like a Real Card Sharp with These Fancy Moves and Flourishes!
- Weird Things Podcast episodes:
- #21 - Room 717
- #69 - Mars Curiosity Minisode
Introduction Video
TV Appearances
Chad did a surprise appearance in the CBS show How I Met Your Mother, in the episode "I Heart NJ" (Season 4, Episode 4). He plays a (very scared) young man who is the replacement for Robin Scherbatsky as the news anchor. Maybe he was training to be a SeaJew.
OMG Fails
On April 18, 2010, Chad mistakenly deplaned in Denver, Colorado rather than staying on his plane to continue with Brian to Sacramento. The mistake was documented in two posts to Twitter.
During New Show Fails Weekly, which was broadcast from Greg Grunberg's home, Chad accidentally spilled soda on Greg's pool table. Greg was quite forgiving about it and even gave chad an autographed Heroes script. The autograph reads, "Chad- Thanks for soiling our pool table..." Greg's name was not visible in the photograph posted to TwitPic.
Move to TWiT
On Friday, March 18th, 2011, less than a week after Chad assisted with the live TWiT programming at Momo's in Austin for SXSW, Brian Brushwood confirmed via Twitter that Chad would be leaving his side and beginning a new chapter in his life working for TWiT. Chad will be an Associate Producer in charge of live events as of June 1, 2011. This announcement was immediately followed by tweets from Chatrealm wishing Chad good luck...and other people considering trying to follow in Chad's footsteps as Brian's next assistant.
From late 2011 to April 11, 2012, Chad served as director and editor to TWiT's Game On!
Starting August 2012, Chad began recording the OMGCraft Podcast.
Fun Facts
- Chad is secretly the long lost son of C.J. Johnson.
- The period of time between Chad working for Brian and Chad starting at TWiT has been referred to as "Chad's Gap".
- Unlike Jonny Zavant and Mike Galante, Chad is right-handed.
- Fans of Chad are known as Chadics.
OMG Chad Swallows 16 Inches
Links
| Preceded by: "Mike Galante" |
Chad Johnson |
Followed by: "Jon Tilton" |