BradHeat

Bradley Marschke (born: ), better known online as BradHeat, is an American YouTuber/media analyst residing in Southern Illinois. He is known for his videos that typically consist of him and his friends attempting crazy challenges, like Saying Jake Paul 50,000 Times. They also Turned a U-Haul into a Slip-n-Slide, and have filmed comical challenges such as Traveling Across the Country for a Burger, Then Going Home. He is also popularly known for appearing alongside other YouTubers in their content, some of which being MrBeast and McJuggerNuggets. Brad enjoys making content that inspires people through extreme acts of dedication, and sometimes suffering.
Brad typically oversees all of the operations for the channel. He has said that he usually brainstorms ideas with his friends, and then handles the planning, filming, and editing. He has expressed interest in hiring a full-time editor, but as of 2022 he claims to edit his own videos. Brad has three main friends who typically star in his videos as personalities, with other people making appearances in occasional content.
==Early Stages of the Channel==
Brad started doing YouTube in early 2006 at the age of 10 years old, under the alias BANCP (Brad and Noah Comedy Productions.) The content varied greatly, but mainly, they created skit videos. Naturally these videos lacked high-quality planning and editing, and as a result, the channel was removed some time back in 2016. Brad's earliest video that still exists is from May 2008, and is titled on Metacafe "12 Yr Old Dirtbiker Need Sponsored." The video is very low-quality compared to his current works. This channel also features his freshman year rap debut, titled "Above All Odds."
Moving forward, in order to separate himself from his younger, less experienced content, Brad created a new channel in October of 2013 and named it BradHeat, named after his favorite basketball team. Originally, he mainly focused on gaming videos, and it wasn't until May of 2014 that he released his first filmed-footage video, titled "Gallon of Milk Challenge FAIL | EXTREME VOMIT ALERT." This video was his first video to achieve over 10,000 views, and it's one of the first moments where an audience started to develop around the channel. From here, Brad still continued to create gaming content, but he also began to integrate challenges, and other filmed videos into the mix as well, such as the Dumpster Diving Series. Brad's last gaming video was filmed in July of 2016, and he has since stated that if he were to ever upload gaming videos again, it would be on a secondary channel.
==Cast and crew==
===Alan===
Alan is one of Brad's best friends, and currently the most commonly-appearing character throughout Brad's videos. Alan and Brad met through a mutual friend back in 2014, and always shared similar interests and aspirations for content-creation. Alan made his first official appearance on the channel in November 2016, and similarly to Brad, spent his youth trying to grow his online presence. He currently still streams on Twitch under the name EmpireSzn, and mainly focuses on gaming-related streams. Alan continues to film with Brad to this day, although due to relocation and then COVID-issues, they haven't filmed a video with one another since February 2019. Alan is usually one that's not afraid to turn up the stakes, and he loves being able to "full-send" it for the content, making him an almost-guaranteed appearance in any hardcore challenges on the channel. Alan is currently pursuing a degree in criminal justice, and aspires to be a police officer one day.
===Miguel===
Miguel is one of Brad's best friends, and he is also the friend who has had the longest-running appearance on the channel. Miguel and Brad allegedly met in kindergarten, before Miguel moved across the globe with his family. Miguel moved back later in life, and him and Brad quickly became friends through work in 2012. Miguel helped Brad with filming his first "viral" video in September of 2016, where they created a mini-series documenting the tracking and pursuit of a psycho clown, in an effort to recover Brad's stolen wallet. Miguel enjoys creating staged/skit content, and his creative impact is apparent whenever he hops on the channel, as any video he partakes in is rife with memes. Miguel creates artistic works in his free-time.
===Cameron===
Cameron is one of Brad's best friends, and is also a very commonly-appearing character throughout Brad's videos. Brad mentioned during a stream that he and Cameron met virtually through a mutual friend back in 2014, and then in 2015 Cameron moved to Brad's town to rent a home with the friend group. Cameron first appeared on the channel in November 2016, where he starred in a mini-series showcasing Brad's struggle with homelessness, and over-imposing on his friends, who quickly turned against him. Cameron is typically seen in Brad's challenge videos, as well as usually appearing in the stunt videos. Cameron relocated to Florida in 2019, and has since not appeared in a BradHeat video, although there have been no indications of him leaving the channel permanently.
==Notable Series/Videos==
===Psycho Clown Series===
In September of 2016, during the time where clowns were rampant across social media, Brad and Miguel set out on a hunt to spot a clown. After searching throughout the entire forest, they failed to find anything. However, upon returning to their car, they noticed that somebody was actively breaking into Brad's car. Brad charged the thief, who attempted to run. Brad tackled him to the ground and tazed him, before realizing that the thief was carrying a knife. Miguel and Brad both quickly took off and got in the car, where the clown proceeded to chase after them, at one point which he opened the door as they sped away.
After that, Brad and Miguel went for some food, and Brad had mentioned that he couldn't find his wallet, to which Miguel offered to pay. Upon returning home, Brad's dad informed him that he needs to look at the security cameras. Once he reviewed the footage, he saw the clown breaking into his car a second time, on his own property. The clown stole his wallet, waved to the camera, and disappeared.
==Filming with MrBeast==
===5 Millionth Subscriber Video===
In the Summer of 2018, Brad was sitting at home watching MrBeast's live sub count rise. When MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) was about to hit 5 million subscribers, Brad hit subscribe. Luckily, he was the 5 millionth subscriber, and MrBeast reached out to him on Twitter to film a video together. MrBeast and his friends drove from North Carolina to Illinois, and delivered 5 million pieces of popcorn to Brad. The crew hung out, filmed comical segments, and threw popcorn all over the place. At the end of the video, MrBeast awarded Brad with $5,000 for his participation. RightThisMinute covered the video with a news story.
==10 Millionth Subscriber Video==
In November of 2018, Jimmy reached out to Brad to film another video together. This video was in celebration of Jimmy hitting 10 million subscribers on YouTube. MrBeast hosted a gaming competition between all of his "millionth" subscribers, with the winner netting a grand prize of $30,000. The tournament started with Skribbl.io, and Brad finished the first round in 3rd place. After being eliminated early in GMod's Death Run, Brad dropped down into a tie for 4th place. The group then proceeded to play Chicken Run, and with Brad's team winning, that cemented his spot in 4th place. For the fourth game, the group played Valhalla, a combat platformer, and Brad finished in 3rd place. After that, they all competed in a match of Minecraft PvP, with Brad placing in 4th place, keeping him in 4th overall. Golf With Friends was the next game, and Brad started to begin to dig himself out of 4th place at this point, coming in second place in the match. Game #7 was MageQuit, and Brad ended up coming in first place, which moved his position to 2nd place in the tournament overall. They then proceeded to play GTA V Racing, and with a clutch pit-maneuver at the finish-line, Brad managed to crash Roger's vehicle, securing himself 2nd place in the race. They played CoD: Black Ops IIII after the race, and Brad placed in 4th during the match, but stayed in 2nd place overall. The final game was Fortnite, and Brad finished with 2 kills, tying him with Tyler Oliveira for 1st place. The winner was decided with a match of Rock-Paper-Scissors, and Brad ended up losing the match, placing him in 2nd place to finish the tournament. He still won $20,000 and 10 million L's, and he promises to claim those W's from Tyler one day.
==References==
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