People Like Grapes

             Many people ask me why my blog’s name is People Like Grapes. Many people don’t understand it or how it relates to movies. Occasionally someone will understand it and they will think that it is really funny. It actually has nothing to do with movies but it is a reference to someone who makes movies. It is a quote from a British gentleman named Gavin Free.

Gavin Free lived in Britain for the first 18 years of his life. He grew up there and went to high school there. After high school Gavin decided to not go to college and instead got a job at a grocery store. He got into the film industry because he knew someone who owned one of the two digital slow motion cameras in all of England. He became an apprentice for him and learned how to use the camera.

 This camera was wanted by filmmakers because they were cheaper to use than film slow motion cameras. Gavin was hired by these filmmakers because he was one of the few people who knew how to work these cameras. He worked on many big movies such as the second Sherlock Holmes movie.               Gavin Free also borrowed the camera from his friend and decided to make a YouTube show named the Slo-Mo Guys. He got his best friend, Dan Gruchy, to be on the show with him.  He later said that he only made the show in an attempt to get a visa to come America. He wanted to work for the internet company Rooster Teeth.  This is a company that makes comedy videos on the internet.

After a long process Gavin got his Visa and was allowed to come and work for Rooster Teeth.  At this point his YouTube show was already very popular. People were very excited for Gavin to start working. He is very funny and makes very funny videos. He is many people’s favorite person at Rooster Teeth. Many of the best videos Rooster Teeth has made had Gavin in it or he worked on it at some point.

Gavin often asks many dumb questions and says lots of dumb stuff. One of the more popular Gavin quotes is when he said, “People like grapes.” This has even been made into a shirt that Rooster Teeth sells. Many of Gavin’s quotes are turned into shirts that you can buy. Even though he says some dumb things, Gavin is still an inspiration to many people and is proof that hard work can get you to where you want.

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