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About HippoJuice

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HippoJuice: (hïp•pō•juice).

1. A sketch comedy podcast and video production team located in South Florida.
HippoJuice specializes in a weekly comedy podcast on Wednesday nights 7-9pm EST on EdgeFM.net and Ustream.tv and short comedy YouTube videos and sketches.

Members: Royce Lopez, Ryan Lopez, Joel Van Wingerden, John Sanzari, Marie Sarkisian, and Shaun Warters (see HippoPeeps)

2. Hippojuice (noun): A nickname given to someone who may look like a combination of a hippopotamus and the character Beetlejuice.

Used in a sentence:

1. HippoJuice is my favorite internet radio show! 2. I just had sex with Hippojuice.

• An individual HippoJuice fan is referred to as a "Problem."
• A group of HippoJuice fans are referred to as being a "Hippo Herd."

As an acronym:

Happy Ignorant People Pursuing Other Jobs Under Insensitive Communist Existence

What is HippoJuice?

The HippoJuice Podcast is a live streaming comedy internet radio show. We go live every Wednesday night from 7-9pm EST and sometimes do a "bonus show" where we continue past 9pm. Along with numerous personal stories from the cast, we enjoy talking about movies, TV, music, pop culture, and news.

Celebrity interviews include: Billy West (voice actor), Phil Lord (director), Rich Vos (comedian), Robb Rivera (drummer for NonPoint), DC Pierson (comedian/actor), Michael Adams (author), Tommy Wiseau (writer/actor/director/producer), East Side Dave McDonald and Prime Time Sam Roberts (Special Delivery Sirius/XM radio hosts), Joe DeRosa (comedian), and James Urbaniak (voice actor).

Fun Fact: HippoJuice used to close its podcast with the song "Still Alive" from the video game Portal until Portal 2 came out. Now see our Portal 2 closing video.

HippoJuice History

The name name started it all; with a word like 'HippoJuice' how can you not create a comedy podcast and YouTube channel? That’s exactly what Nate, Royce, Ryan, John, Jason, and Marie did in 2004. 

We started out humble – one small handicam, iMovie editing, and stories that were rough around the edges and unprofessional. But with every new idea, we got bigger and better, with inspirations like the Lonely Island, Tim & Eric, and Weird Al. We eventually got better cameras, lights, microphones, computers, software, and a green screen!

Our projects got more ambitious over time. We started out with video improv, then moved onto writing scripts, music, then hosting a podcast.

HippoJuice has filmed martial arts competitions (for Brawl and Maul), live music events and parties (for the band Breeze), Obama pop art exhibitions (Ryan Paul Simmons) and comic conventions. We have also done podcasts live at the comic store War and Pieces, had a cross over podcast with Anthony Cumia's Live from the Compound, and guest appeared on the Ron and Fez Show and Big Kev's Geek Stuff on Sirius 197 / XM 202 Satellite Radio.

The HippoJuice live comedy podcast is always evolving. We have guests come and go, phone interviews, video and audio bits, contests, and whatever we can imagine (or our listeners for that matter!)

If you ever have an event, song or idea you would like HippoJuice to produce for you, feel free to contact us.