Rob Manuel
Rob Manuel (born 5 December 1973) is the English co-founder of the website B3ta (where he is affectionately known as "the Ginger Führer").
Work[]
Manuel is responsible for numerous quizzes and Flash animations. He has also collaborated with Joel Veitch and Ben Wheatley producing videos for . Together with Jonti Picking, under the names Weebl and Chums, he released a mini-album, Pure Yak Frenzy, consisting of various tunes and earworms created by one or both of them. Most of these tracks gained popularity on the Internet (usually accompanied by a Flash animation) before being released on CD. For a time, he presented the B3ta Radio Show on Resonance FM with .[1]
He edited joke website Sickipedia and spin-off book The Bumper B3ta Book of Sick Jokes.[2] The website was accused of plagiarism by comedian Gary Delaney, but added an attribution feature to the website to counter this.[3]
From 2013 to 2015, Manuel was editor of the Trinity Mirror web project UsVsTh3m.[citation needed]
Manuel has developed various Twitter bots, including Clickbait Robot (@clickbaitrobot, which parodies clickbait[4][5]) and Swear Clock (@swearclock, which tweets the time using profanity[6]).
Personal life[]
Manuel has three children and lives in Tufnell Park, London.
References[]
- ^ Oates, John (2007-01-23), B3ta man victorious over Coca-Cola in music dispute, The Register, retrieved 2009-05-27
- ^ "Abused for taking on the joke thieves". Chortle. 9 November 2009.
- ^ "Comedians complain of plagiarism on Twitter and joke websites". The Daily Telegraph. 11 November 2009.
- ^ Bryant, Martin (7 November 2015). "Clickbait Robot is like BuzzFeed on autopilot". Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ Poke, The (13 September 2016). "27 bits of surreally amusing clickbait entirely generated by a robot". Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ Metro.co.uk, Ellen Scott for (13 May 2017). "F*** your watch, this sweary Twitter account is the only clock you need". Retrieved 11 July 2017.
External links[]
- http://www.b3ta.com/ – B3ta website
- https://twitter.com/robmanuel – Rob Manuel on Twitter
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/blackcountry/features/2003/08/rob_manuel/rob_manuel.shtml – BBC interview.
- Rob Manuel discography at MusicBrainz
- Rob Manuel at IMDb
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