Dane Boedigheimer

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Boedigheimer at VidCon in 2012
Born
Dane Willard Boedigheimer

(1978-09-28) September 28, 1978 (age 46)
Itasca County, Minnesota, U.S.
Other namesDane Boe
Alma mater Minnesota State University Moorhead
Years active1998–present
Notable work Annoying Orange
The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange
Spouse
Theresa Barket
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(m. 2012)​

Dane Willard Boedigheimer (born September 28, 1978), [1] [2] better known by their [lower-alpha 1] pseudonym Dane Boe, is an American internet personality, voice actor, writer, animator, and musician. They are known for creating the web series Annoying Orange and the spin-off television series The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange ; Boedigheimer provides the voice of the title character in both productions.

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Boedigheimer began making videos with their 8mm camcorder as a teenager. Boedigheimer was a speech communications major at Minnesota State University Moorhead, and became a production assistant for MTV's Pimp My Ride three years after earning their degree. They later founded the company Gagfilms in 2005.

The talking food videos Boedigheimer had previously done for JibJab inspired and prepared them to create the first original Annoying Orange video. Due to the success of the video, they began creating more, and ultimately became an online YouTube franchise. The success of the Annoying Orange series has been parlayed into a spin-off television series, a video game, a range of toys, a clothing line, and costumes.

Biography

Early interest in filmmaking

Boedigheimer was born in Itasca County, Minnesota, to Peter (1953–2008) [4] and Julie Boedigheimer. Boedigheimer has a younger brother, Lucas. Their father was a roofer. [5] They were raised in Harwood, North Dakota, [6] [7] where they frequently made home videos as a teen, [8] since they began using their parents' 8mm video camera that Boedigheimer got for Christmas at the age of 12; "I was spending entire days making short videos with my younger brother. It all just blossomed from there. I remember sitting in my room for hours editing my videos with two VCRs. It was painstaking, but I loved it. There was something magical about making stories come to life right in front of my eyes, no matter how crappy those stories were!" [9] This would later inspire Boedigheimer to work as a camera operator for local TV stations. [10]

Boedigheimer (right) made some films with their friend Bob Jennings (left), also known as Bobjenz. Dane and Luke Boedigheimer, Vidcon 2012.jpg
Boedigheimer (right) made some films with their friend Bob Jennings (left), also known as Bobjenz.

The first movie Boedigheimer made was a joint effort with their younger brother called "Pugzilla." The movie featured a toy barnyard set and some Matchbox cars which would be damaged by their brother Lucas' dog, Pugsly. Boedigheimer stated "Pretty soon I started realizing maybe I could actually do this for a living." [11] Boedigheimer attended West Fargo High School where they graduated in 1997. [12]

Education at MSUM

During their college years, Boedigheimer studied filmmaking at Minnesota State University Moorhead [13] between 1998 and 2003, [14] where they met Spencer Grove as an undergraduate. [15] They were a major in speech communications with an emphasis in film studies, which they said to be a preparation for the creation of the Annoying Orange; "The program (at MSUM) was very small when I was there, and you had to make things work with a small budget. I think that experience actually kind of helped." [13] They also worked at a one-hour photo lab during their college years, stating "I only got in on one shoot, so that was the extent of that". [5]

MSUM Professor Greg Carlson, who had Boedigheimer as a student in three of his classes, was impressed by how down-to-earth Boedigheimer was in school, and considered them "a tremendously friendly, genuine and easy-going guy". [13] He also said, "Dane just had a total exuberance for wanting to create stuff. You asked for one thing from him, he gives you three. He's that kind of person." [13]

One of Boedigheimer's final projects at MSUM, a full-length feature film titled Trash TV, was shown at the Fargo Theatre, where there were more than 200 people who showed up to watch the movie. Boedigheimer describes the film as a clip show, with spoofs of commercials and movies. [13]

Career beginnings

After finishing college, Boedigheimer, their girlfriend, and Grove moved to Bakersfield, California, [11] and then in 2004, upon Grove's recommendation, [5] moved to Los Angeles, [8] where, between October 2004 and December 2005, [14] they both worked as production assistants for MTV's Pimp My Ride , [10] with Boedigheimer earning $700 a week. [5] However, the 60- and 80-hour workweeks would allow little to no time to do their movie-making at home. [11] After finishing working for the show, Boedigheimer decided that they didn't want to pursue a career in television; "It wasn't me", they said. "I wanted to be creative and do things my own way." [16]

On Valentine's Day 2005, [17] Boedigheimer founded the company Gagfilms, which slowly built a core of fans. [10] In 2006, in which they became a freelance filmmaker in January of that same year, [14] they had opened two YouTube channels named Daneboe and Gagfilms, producing several video series. [10] Boedigheimer was also a multimedia reporter at The Bakersfield Californian during this time, between June 2006 and August 2007. [14]

Annoying Orange

Before Annoying Orange , Boedigheimer had done many talking food videos for their channel and other sites including JibJab (2005–2008). [14] They said in an interview that the idea for The Annoying Orange was a combination of the talking food videos, puns and special effects that they had come up with and done before. [18]

The original video was planned to be titled The Annoying Apple, but when Boedigheimer started animating the video, they figured it would be easier to put features on an orange than an apple and make it more visible. [19] It was also initially meant to be the only Annoying Orange video on YouTube. However, as the video became popular, many viewers requested more videos, [20] [21] and after the 4th episode, Boedigheimer decided to make it a full-time series. Following the success of the series, a channel dedicated to The Annoying Orange was created under the name "realannoyingorange" on January 31, 2010. The success of the series would also receive the attention of Fargo advertising agency H2M, who, in 2006, created its own "Talking Orange", which is the spokesman for an ad campaign for the North Dakota Department of Transportation. Both of the two characters were two anthropomorphic oranges with ties to the Fargo-Moorhead area. Despite only slightly resembling the "Talking Orange", the Annoying Orange was looked by H2M's attorneys into the matter as an intellectual property issue. Boedigheimer stated of not watching the "Talking Orange" videos before being told about the disagreement, also believing that the characters were not very similar. [13]

New episodes of The Annoying Orange are released on a weekly basis, with a few exceptions. The episodes are released every Friday on realannoyingorange's YouTube channel, now the official Annoying Orange channel. [20]

Other works

Besides the Annoying Orange, Boedigheimer, along with friends, created other shows. One of the shows created on their channel was called Thunder McWylde. It is a cartoon series that premiered on October 10, 2013, and it revolves around Thunder McWylde, a retired street fighter who is trying to live a normal life, but who is too strong for his own good.

Along with Bob Jennings, Boedigheimer created another cartoon series on The Annoying Orange YouTube channel called The Misfortune of Being Ned . Premiering on October 9, 2013, and ending on April 23, 2014, the show's plot revolves around Ned (voiced by Steve Zaragoza), a cheerful elementary school kid who encounters a lot of bad situations.

Boedigheimer has done two animated videos. The first one was for their song "Stuck in an Emo Band", and the second one was for a story called "Stuck in a Bank". The animation for both videos was done by their good friend Rebecca Parham, who runs the YouTube channel Let Me Explain Studios.

Awards and reception

In 2006, Boedigheimer's movie short, titled "Eggs," won top honors at Bolt.com's 1-Minute Film Festival. The video was conceived while cooking with their girlfriend in their Ming Avenue apartment. They later used the $5,000 award for a new camera. [11]

Boedigheimer's videos have been viewed over 500 million times and have been featured on TV, popular entertainment, news, and video sharing websites. [22] [23] In 2010, Boedigheimer's YouTube channel had almost 350 million views and earned an income of $288,000 from ads. [24]

Due to the success from the television version of The Annoying Orange, Boedigheimer was also one of the final presenters of the 64th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. [25]

Personal life

Boedigheimer married Theresa Barket, a frequent collaborator in their videos, in 2012. They live in Sierra Madre, California. [26]

Boedigheimer came out as non-binary in 2021 [27] and came out as transgender on December 22, 2023, using they/them and she/her pronouns. [28] [3]

Boedigheimer has red–green color blindness. [29]

Filmography

YearTitleCreatorWriterAnimatorActorRoleNotes
2002Donkey PunchNoNoNoYesShot TakerShort film
2006–2011From the FridgeYesYesYesYesVarious characters
Themself		Web series (produced by GagFilms)
2008–2011Scary FacesYesNoNoYesThemselfWeb series (produced by GagFilms)
2008–2009Viral KillerYesNoNoYesKool Aid KillerWeb series (produced by GagFilms)
2008SuperHero SchoolYesYesYesYesMan with catShort film
2009–2013My Roommate MarioYesNoNoYesThemself
Mario 		Web series (produced by GagFilms)
2009–present Annoying Orange YesYesYesYes Annoying Orange
Pear
Midget Apple
Marshmallow
Themself
Various characters		Web series (produced by GagFilms)
2010 Smosh NoNoNoYesOrangeWeb series
Episode: "Harry Potter Deleted Scenes!"
2012–2014 The High Fructose Adventures of the Annoying Orange YesNoNoYes Annoying Orange
Pear
Midget Apple
Marshmallow

Themself
Various characters

TV series for Cartoon Network
2013 Shut Up! Cartoons NoNoNoYesDaneEpisode: "Wild Animals! ft. Daneboe" (ep. 6)
2013–2014 The Misfortune of Being Ned YesYesNoYesAnnoying OrangeAnnoying Orange's YouTube show
2013Thunder McWyldeYesYesNoYesThunderDaneboe's YouTube show
2014The Marshmallow ShowYesYesYesYes Marshmallow, Various charactersAnnoying Orange's YouTube show
2014D.E.R.P.YesNoNoYesVarious charactersAnnoying Orange's YouTube show
2015The Internetest safety video on the Internet [30] NoNoNoYesOrange Delta Air Lines safety video; cameo

Notes

  1. ↑ Boedigheimer uses they/them and she/her pronouns. This article uses they/them pronouns for consistency. [3]

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