The Real Life Peter Griffin

Robert "Rob" Franzese (born: ), better known online as the Real Life Peter Griffin, is an American YouTuber, comedian, and entertainer known for his work cosplaying the character Peter Griffin from .
== Content ==
The content on Rob's channel mainly consists of comedic skits he does while playing the Real Life Peter Griffin character. He has a running series of these videos titled Grinds My Gears, in which Real Life Peter Griffin typically complains about something that annoys him.
== History ==
Rob first began cosplaying Peter Griffin at New York Comic Con in 2012. He originally dressed up as Ghost Rider but got heatstroke wearing the costume. He later found a white shirt, green pants from a St. Patrick’s Day celebration and glasses from a Santa Claus costume and dressed up as Peter Griffin. A video of his cosplay from the New York Comic Con in 2014 was uploaded to YouTube on January 6, 2015.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaxG2cTNWkQ The video went viral, and Rob would find himself a major audience for his work.
Rob would start making paid request videos on Cameo, resulting in more exposure to his brand. He created his YouTube channel in January 2019, and would upload his first video on February 8.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5tTyd90iRA This video is now also the most viewed video on the channel, having garnered nearly 2 million views.
Rob's channel has experience large growth since then, and he now continues to make videos as well as public appearances as Real Life Peter Griffin.
He also has accounts on Twitch, TikTok
==Trivia==
*Rob was referenced in a Family Guy episode parodying DVD commentaries when Peter asks Seth MacFarlane about the “fat nerd” dressing up as him.
**He once contacted Fuzzy Door Productions on IMDB and they responded that they would consider having him if a live action episode were to commence.
== Channel milestones ==
=== Subscriber milestones ===
* 1,000 subscribers: April 2019
* 10,000 subscribers: May 2019
* 50,000 subscribers: January 10, 2020
* 100,000 subscribers: June 24, 2020
=== Video view milestones ===
* 1 million video views: July 2019
* 5 million video views: August 18, 2020
== References ==
Category:Comedy YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2019