Barats and Bereta was the web-based

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duo of Luke Pierre Barats and Joseph Daniel Bereta. Their

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s have also earned them the description of an Internet phenomenon. They currently have over 395,000 subscribers on YouTube. Views of videos released in 2006 have topped over ten million and more recent videos have an average of 200,000 views. Both have portrayed characters on the popular YouTube web series

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History

Formed in 2003, the duo originally made videos to amuse friends, often combining real and fictional acts. They met when both were students of

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. These videos eventually made it onto their website and onto

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signed them for a one-year deal in 2006. "This is Culdesac", the sketch comedy pilot they produced, directed, wrote, edited, and acted in under contract, was not picked up by NBC. However their next television project was being a more traditional

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. The pilot did not result in the series airing. ''

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'' has covered videos from the duo in multiple

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s. In 2012, Bereta became a host on the news and current events web series, ''

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'', and would remain as a host on the channel until December 31, 2014. In 2014, Barats and Bereta was listed on

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Top 100 Channels, ranked at 50. In 2017, both Barats and Bereta became members of the

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team; Barats as a writer for Smosh sketches, while Bereta worked as a content producer. As of April 2018, Bereta is no longer working for Smosh and is working full-time on

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YouTube channel and company with his friends and fellow founding SourceFed hosts

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and

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. Barats later replaced his position.https://www.patreon.com/posts/18010196 In 2019, the Valleyfolk competed on the NBC comedy competition show ''

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'', winning the show's first season.

References

External links

Barats and Bereta Myspace Page
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