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He will continue to make reviews on his YouTube channel.Įvery video depicts Todd sitting in a chair in a darkened room, with his side to the camera, wearing a gray hoodie that conceals his face. On March 22, 2018, Todd announced on Twitter that he parted ways with Channel Awesome. As he built his fanbase, he was invited to come on to Channel Awesome. He then started filming his reviews and posting them as blogs on TGWTG under the name "MBI" two early reviews were chosen as Awesome Blogs of the Week, which greatly increased his popularity on YouTube. He started to review the songs he heard over and over in his personal blog.
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Because he didn't have money to fix it, he listened to pop music over and over because that was the only station that came on, and eventually he got into it.
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Todd claims that he didn't get into pop music until an incident in 2007 when the antenna came off of his car. When not 'in the shadows' such as during crossover videos and during the events of Suburban Knights, Todd wears a Zorro-esque bandanna that covers everything above his mouth (though it is revealed in Surburban Knights that he can't even see out of his mask, to the point of mistaking a pole for one of the villains). At other times, he has said that he doesn't want his face attached to the "hamburger incident." His image-consciousness led him to do his reviews in profile silhouette, which adds to his mysteriousness. The reasons for this are unclear - he has alternately claimed that he hides his face to protect his position as a Sunday school teacher, as a secret agent, and as White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. In his videos, he plays the piano (having spent eleven years playing piano) and he wears a gray hoodie in order to keep his true identity secret. In addition, he occasionally reviews music-related movies. He reviews current (usually bad) pop music and, starting in 2012, one-hit-wonders of the past. He found the site through 5 Second Movies before the site went live in April of 2008. He was a fan of the site for a long time before deciding to become part of the Channel Awesome family. Todd has been a blogger on and musical talent on YouTube until 2010.