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== Mamahuhu is a comedy Youtube channel formatted as a series about ‘life as an Expat overseas!” This sketch-style channel is managed by 8 comedians (Matt, Alessio, Andy Curtain, Jorge, Adam, Johnny, and Xi) that create cross-cultural satirical comedy for viewers in both East Asia and Western countries. The currently have 194,000 subscribers and a collective 19,524,168 views on their countless videos. ==

= History = Zach and Matthew worked on a show called Monkey Kings (prank show filmed around Shanghai). Zach initially filming alone out in public before he recruited his old friend Matthew to film and produce his new prank show. Matthew was immediately jumping into the prank side of things as well. Their team grew to add Alessio (Director and Cinematographer) and Johnny (Writer and Actor). Monkey Kings began to flop. Chinese people in Shanghai thought it was a scam rather than a light-hearted prank show like the ones in the West.

As they continued filming, Alessio suggesting transforming their channel into a sketch show with scripts and social commentary. This cross-cultural sketch comedy was something that had never been done too well at that point on Youtube. The name “Mamahuhu” is understood to mean “so-so” but, the phrase literally translates to “horse, horse, tiger, tiger”. The new videos on their sketch channel immediately began to gain more views and subscriptions than their orginal prank channel. Their network of comedians began to increase to a larger group of around 8. They are a mixture of Chinese and foreign people. The combination of cultures creates a unique batch of content that is highly rare.

Current
This comedy video troupe took a 2-year break for the years of 2016-2017 in which they got jobs as Uber drivers, foot masseurs, and beyond. Since their interview with Smart Shanghai linked here

The Mamahuhu crew is being talked about. Many media outlets are asking about their next moves and future endeavors. In an interview with Radii (linked here), they talked about how they are jumping into the festival scene to make appearances and continue to promote the Mamahuhu name

Western Couples vs Chinese Couples
This satirical video depicts two couples doing the same activity just back to back. It depicts them going clubbing (泡吧), eating (吃), saying ‘I love you” (说“我爱你”), shopping (购物), enjoying music (欣赏音乐), making up (编造), a marriage proposal (求婚), meeting the parents (见父母), handling money (处理钱), pregnancy (怀孕),and  raising kids (养育孩子). This video has over 5 million views.

What It’s Like Being Black In China
This video touches on the ignorance of Chinese citizens due to the lack of exposure to African-American people. This video is more educational than a variety of their other videos. They show clips of Chinese actors going up to a black man to take pictures and ask funny questions. This video came out in 2015 and has approximately 2.6 million views.

Chinese Girlfriends | North vs South
This satirical video depicts one man dating a woman from northern China and a woman from southern China. It compares getting her number (得到她的电话号码), drinking with her man (

喝), cooking at home (在家做饭), defending her man (捍卫她的男人), watching horror movies (看恐怖片), getting mugged (被抢劫), hanging with friends (闲逛), dealing with cheaters (与作弊者打交道), and surviving breakups (幸存的分手).

China Is Beyond Cashless
This documentary-style video walks through a day in China being completely cashless. They follow Allesio and a bunch of characters around as they buy clothes, a snack, karaoke booth, coffee, booking housekeeping services.

Further Social Media and Other Featured Links
Mamahuhu Facebook Page ( https://facebook.com/mamahuhumedia )

Mamahuhu Twitter Page ( https://twitter.com/mamahuhumedia )

Mamahuhu Instagram Page ( http://instagram.com/mamahuhumedia )

Mamahuhu Weibo Page ( https://m.weibo.cn/u/6339881946 )

Mamahuhu YouKu Page ( http://i.youku.com/i/UMzYyMzI4NTc2OA )

Mamahuhu WeChat Username: @mamahuhu

Podcast Subscription


 * 1) ^ "Mamahuhu". YouTube. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
 * 2) ^ Mullin, Kyle (2018-10-10). "Cracking Wise With the "Godfather of Comedy in China" Andy Curtain". www.thebeijinger.com. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
 * 3) ^ "Mamahuhu". YouTube. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
 * 4) ^ "History of Mamahuhu (How We Started This Channel)". Youtube.
 * 5) ^ "Western Couples vs Chinese Couples". Youtube. 2020.
 * 6) ^ "What It's Like Being Black in China". Youtube. 2020.
 * 7) ^ "Chinese Girlfriends | North vs South". Youtube. 2019.

8. ^ "China Is Beyond Cashless". Youtube. 2018.