Sam O'Nella

About

Sam O'Nella Academy is an edutainment YouTube channel which produces videos exploring various historical and scientific topics, narrated by a long-haired stick figure presenting himself as Sam O'Nella. Many of the videos on the channel focus on entertaining trivia such as scientific experiments and unusual historical figures.

Online History

On October 27th, 2011, Misc Samonellamiller channel was created,^[1] with the first video, titled "Tourette's Iroh," posted on October 12th, 2014. On October 6th, 2015, the channel posted the first video executed in the modern style of Sam O'Nella Academy channel, titled "The Legacy Of Crispus" (shown below, left). The was a sticky drawing sketch based on the last moments of historical figure Crispus Attucks. The channel featured several other humorous animation and non-animation videos and ceased activity on August 26th, 2016.

On June 13th, 2016, Sam O'Nella Academy YouTube channel was launched,^[2] with the first video, titled "The Fire," posted on the same day (shown below, left). The video consisted of a series of sticky figure drawings and included a narration by the author via a self-insert character named Sam O'Nella. This would become the signature style of the channel in the following years.

It's kind of like an educational channel, like I'm giving little lessons every day, but I put a lot of personal flair on it to the point where there is no sense of professionalism, really.

As of September 2019, the channel uploaded over 60 videos exploring various historic trivia such as the NASA-funded dolphin LSD experiment, banana republics and the biographies of Diogenes and Tarrare.

As September 5th, 2019, Sam O'Nella's video "Dog Breed Deformities" was the most popular upload on the channel with over 5.9 million views, with "Why It Sucked to Be a Pirate" and "Tarrarre, the Hungriest Man in History" viewcounts also exceeding 5 million views. The channel had over 1.6 million subscribers.

Reputation

As of September 5th, 2019, there had been no major controversies involving Sam O'Nella. On January 28th, 2019, Sam O'Nella was nominated for the 11th Shorty Awards for the "Best in Education" category.^[3]

Selected quotes

Hey, kids.

Swiss Miss Instant Piss.

Saint Jerry the Goat Fucker, who, as the name implies, fucked a lot of goats.

What's a nigga gotta to do to get some eel dick?

With enough harassment, you can achieve anything.

Tarrare, look at me, did you eat a fucking baby?!

Smell you later, deliberator.

Personal Life

While Sam O'Nella's name has never been disclosed to the audience, the name of the "Misc Samonellamiller" channel suggests that the creator's name may be Samuel O'Nella Miller. As of August 2019, Sam O'Nella resided in Wilmington, Delawere.^[4]

Various Examples

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