I've been observing the phenomona of people making their livings by providing entertainment on YouTube, Twitch.tv, and such. Clearly, some people are below par and deserve their lack of popularity (not that they're bad people, they're just not entertaining).
But once you winnow the population down to those who are competent and somewhat entertaining, it seems to me success is more or less random. Some content providers do very well and attract lots of viewers. Other content providers who provide largely similar content as the successful ones toil away in obscurity despite the minimal difference in quality.
My favorite YouTube/Twitch star (who creates video game content) is quite honest about his success. He tells everyone he was in the right place at the right time with the right content, almost purely by accident. Because of his luck, he built a viewer community and now he's continuing to ride his name recognition and existing customer base.
So I don't know if Wayne would be a big star or merely another YouTube content provider with a modest viewer following.
Side note: If our hypothetical Wayne provided the same sort of content as the actual Mike Myers character, he might also suffer because the YouTube audience tends to be quite young. I don't know if Wayne's 70s/80s-nostalgia humor would play well to a Millenial audience.
This post was edited by OldSchoolTheSKOSlives at December 7, 2016 11:53 PM MST
Rock isn't that big anymore either. Wayne's World had heavy doses of it. What raises someone out of obscurity is press, good or bad. Sometimes its word of mouth but often because of interest stimulated by sudden exposure.
This post was edited by O-uknow at December 8, 2016 12:09 AM MST
IDK. When obnoxious and uncreative mental midgets like PewdiePie and Tobuscus are the big stars, I think Wayne would be too unique, witty, and creative for the audience that makes the big YT stars. He doesn't just scream at video games like a spastic 10yo with a brain defect and a case of redbull.
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