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'''Sugar Zaza''' ({{Lang-he|שוגר זאזא}}) is the nickname for the Israeli comedian duo of '''Tom Trager''' ({{Lang-he|תום טרגר}}; born January 6, 1988) and '''Or Paz''' ({{Lang-he|אור פז}}; born October 6, 1988)'''.'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-04 |title=המיליון (צפיות) הראשון שלי - וואלה! טכנולוגיה |url=https://tech.walla.co.il/item/2816836 |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=[[Walla!]] Tech |language=he}}</ref> The two began working in 2006 as part of "Flix" website run by [[Tapuz]], later creating television productions and beginning a [[YouTube channel]] for comedy sketches and web series.
'''Sugar Zaza''' ({{Lang-he|שוגר זאזא}}) is the nickname for the Israeli comedian duo of '''Tom Trager''' ({{Lang-he|תום טרגר}}; born January 6, 1988) and '''Or Paz''' ({{Lang-he|אור פז}}; born October 6, 1988)'''.'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-04 |title=המיליון (צפיות) הראשון שלי - וואלה! טכנולוגיה |url=https://tech.walla.co.il/item/2816836 |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=[[Walla!]] Tech |language=he}}</ref> The two began working in 2006 as part of "Flix" website run by [[Tapuz]], later creating television productions and beginning a [[YouTube channel]] for comedy sketches and [[web series]].


== History ==
==History==


=== Early ventures ===
===Early ventures===
On Flix, the duo published many collaborative skits with other actors, the first being called "The Ackerman Family", released on September 19, 2006. The skit was a parody of American [[sitcom]]s, and was about 12 minutes long. They published 22 more skits up until the end of June 2008.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Salah |first=Zohar |date=2021-12-21 |title=תום טרגר ואור פז (שוגר זאזא) עברו להייטק ולא מתחרטים |url=https://www.mako.co.il/nexter-magazine/Article-ddbcf8646f8dd71026.htm |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=[[Keshet Media Group#Mako|Mako]]}}</ref>
On Flix, the duo published many collaborative skits with other actors, the first being called "The Ackerman Family", released on September 19, 2006. The skit was a parody of American [[sitcom]]s, and was about 12 minutes long. They published 22 more skits up until the end of June 2008.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Salah |first=Zohar |date=2021-12-21 |title=תום טרגר ואור פז (שוגר זאזא) עברו להייטק ולא מתחרטים |url=https://www.mako.co.il/nexter-magazine/Article-ddbcf8646f8dd71026.htm |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=[[Keshet Media Group#Mako|Mako]]}}</ref>


In early 2009, Trager and Paz published the first episode of the animated web television series, [[Ahmed and Salim]] for the Carton Network [[Adult Swim]] block. They produced and voice all the characters for the show as their first successful venture into the American media market. The show was a parody of [[Islamic fundamentalism|Islamist fundamentalism]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rosen |first=Ido |date=2023-10-12 |title=Independent Content Creators Online: A Paradigm Shift in Film Aesthetic and Production, the Case of Israel |url=https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/358178 |journal=[[University of Cambridge]]}}</ref> The series would produce 22 episodes in total, and would be their first global success.<ref name=":0" />
In early 2009, Trager and Paz published the first episode of the animated web television series, [[Ahmed and Salim]]. They independently produced and voiced all the characters for the show.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rosen |first=Ido |date=2023-10-12 |title=Independent Content Creators Online: A Paradigm Shift in Film Aesthetic and Production, the Case of Israel |url=https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/358178 |journal=[[University of Cambridge]]}}</ref> The series follows two lazy brothers, '''Ahmed''' and '''Salim''', whose father is a [[fascist]] [[anti-Semitic]] terrorist who wants them to follow in his footsteps, while all they want to do is play video games and surf the internet. The series has 22 episodes in total. It achieved [[Viral video|online virality]] and global success.<ref name=":0" /> A 22-minute pilot for a television show was produced for the cable TV channel [[Bip (Israeli TV channel)|Bip]]. The channel was shut down at the end of 2010, and the series was never produced.


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In 2010, the producers of {{Ill|The Pipeline (television program)|lt=Night Tube|he|הצינור}} reached out to Trager and Paz with a request to produce another series, Mindy and the Magician. Following production, the deal fell apart after refusal to air the series by the duo due to the fact that the series was intended for too niche of a market, and was not something they were interested in sharing. Following the refusal, the content was aired anyways, and the [[Israel National Council for the Child]] criticized the creators, claiming that the series was inappropriate for its intended demographic and featured themes of pedophilia that shouldn't be shown to children, and filed a complaint to the police.<ref name=anmination/> The police said that the complaint lacked grounds and that there was no real way to pursue a conviction.<ref name=anmination>{{Cite news |date=2010-11-14 |title=סדרת סרטוני אנימציה חדשה ברשת מואשמת בפדופיליה |language=he |work=[[Haaretz]] |url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/kids/2010-11-14/ty-article/0000017f-f856-ddde-abff-fc77f5160000 |access-date=2023-12-25}}</ref> In a later interview, both Trager and Paz claimed that the videos were never intended to be broadcast on television, and were created for a small group of people, and the videos were subsequently deleted when they began to gain traction online.
Following the success of Ahmed and Salim, a 22-minute pilot of a television show was produced for a series on [[Bip (Israeli TV channel)|Bip]], which aired in 2010. The channel was shut down at the end of 2010, and the series was never produced.

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In 2010, the producers of {{Ill|The Pipeline (television program)|lt=Night Tube|he|הצינור}} reached out to Trager and Paz with a request to produce another series, Mindy and the Magician. Following production, the deal fell apart after refusal to air the series by the duo due to the fact that the series was intended for too niche of a market, and was not something they were interested in sharing. Following the refusal, the content was aired anyways, and the [[Israel National Council for the Child]] criticized the creators, claiming that the series was innapropriate for its intended demographic and featured themes of pedophilia that shouldn't be shown to children, and filed a lawsuit with the judicial system. The court threw out the suit, saying that the complaint had a lack of grounds and no real way to pursue a conviction.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-11-14 |title=סדרת סרטוני אנימציה חדשה ברשת מואשמת בפדופיליה |language=he |work=[[Haaretz]] |url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/kids/2010-11-14/ty-article/0000017f-f856-ddde-abff-fc77f5160000 |access-date=2023-12-25}}</ref> In a later interview, both Trager and Paz claimed that the videos were never intended to be broadcast on television, and were created for a small group of people, and the videos were subsequently deleted when they began to gain traction online.


=== YouTube channel ===
=== YouTube channel ===
After the end of production for Ahmed and Salim, the duo began a YouTube channel for publishing both web series and one-off comedic sketches. On November 9, 2011, they released the music video "The GAG Quarter - le Internet Medley", a [[Medley (music)|medley]] of songs originating from Youtube videos and various internet [[meme]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Herbert |first=Geoff |date=2011-11-14 |title=Viral Video of the Day: GAG Quartet's 'Le Internet Medley' is meme-a-riffic |url=https://www.syracuse.com/have-you-heard/2011/11/viral_video_le_internet_medley_memes_gag_quartet.html |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=Syracuse |language=en}}</ref> The video has been comercially successful, and has over 43 million views as of December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sugar Zaza |date=2011-11-09 |title=The GAG Quartet - le Internet Medley (OVER 40 MEMES IN ONE SONG) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mghhLqu31cQ |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=YouTube}}</ref>
After the end of production for Ahmed and Salim, the duo began a YouTube channel for publishing both web series and one-off comedic sketches. On November 9, 2011, they released the music video "The GAG Quarter - le Internet Medley", a [[Medley (music)|medley]] of songs originating from YouTube videos and various internet [[meme]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Herbert |first=Geoff |date=2011-11-14 |title=Viral Video of the Day: GAG Quartet's 'Le Internet Medley' is meme-a-riffic |url=https://www.syracuse.com/have-you-heard/2011/11/viral_video_le_internet_medley_memes_gag_quartet.html |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=Syracuse |language=en}}</ref> The video has been commercially successful and has over 43 million views as of December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sugar Zaza |date=2011-11-09 |title=The GAG Quartet - le Internet Medley (OVER 40 MEMES IN ONE SONG) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mghhLqu31cQ |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=YouTube}}</ref>


On August 22, 2013, Sugar Zaza released "Director Zero", in which a character named Zero (portrayed by Trager) was introduced as a satire on the {{Ill|Ugly Israeli|he|הישראלי המכוער}} sterotype. The video garnered hundreds of thousands of views, mostly domestically in [[Israel]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Broitman |first=Barak |date=2014-10-13 |title="אפס": כל מה שרע בישראלים בדרך לקולנוע |url=https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/47/ART2/639/083.html |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=www.makorrishon.co.il}}</ref> In 2014, the duo launched a crowdfunding campaign on [[Headstart (web)|Headstart]] to produce a feature film based on Zero.<ref>{{Cite news |last=שושן |first=שחר |date=2014-02-04 |title=אתה אפס! אפס ויראלי! |language=he |work=[[Ynet]] |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4484218,00.html |access-date=2023-12-25}}</ref> The campaign received great support and raised [[₪]]30,000. The rest of the budget was supplemented by [[Comedy Central Israel]], who helped produce it. {{Ill|Movie Zero|he|סרט אפס}} was broadcast in early 2015 on the channel, and was published a few days later on their YouTube channel, where it has garnered 3 million views as of December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sugar Zaza |date=2015-02-01 |title=סרט אפס - רשמי (2015) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_gVXsxoZLQ |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=YouTube}}</ref>
On August 22, 2013, Sugar Zaza released "Director Zero", in which a character named Zero (portrayed by Trager) was introduced as a satire on the {{Ill|Ugly Israeli|he|הישראלי המכוער}} stereotype. The video garnered hundreds of thousands of views, mostly domestically in [[Israel]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Broitman |first=Barak |date=2014-10-13 |title="אפס": כל מה שרע בישראלים בדרך לקולנוע |url=https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/47/ART2/639/083.html |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=www.makorrishon.co.il}}</ref> In 2014, the duo launched a crowdfunding campaign on [[Headstart (web)|Headstart]] to produce a feature film based on Zero.<ref>{{Cite news |last=שושן |first=שחר |date=2014-02-04 |title=אתה אפס! אפס ויראלי! |language=he |work=[[Ynet]] |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4484218,00.html |access-date=2023-12-25}}</ref> The campaign received great support and raised [[₪]]30,000. The rest of the budget was supplemented by [[Comedy Central Israel]], who helped produce it. {{Ill|Movie Zero|he|סרט אפס}} was broadcast in early 2015 on the channel, and was published a few days later on their YouTube channel, where it has garnered 3 million views as of December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sugar Zaza |date=2015-02-01 |title=סרט אפס - רשמי (2015) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_gVXsxoZLQ |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=YouTube}}</ref>


In 2015, Trager, with help by Paz, began a new YouTube channel and [[Facebook]] series called "Megaphone" where he makes jokes about topics such as [[pride parade]]s, the [[SlutWalk|slut walk]], [[homophobia]], and other contemporary topics in Israeli society.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TheMegaphoneChannel |url=https://www.facebook.com/TheMegaphoneChannel/ |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=Facebook}}</ref> In 2018, the two teamed up with Israeli businessman Oded Faran and created a merchandise shop called the "Unnecessary Virtual Store".<ref>{{Cite web |title=משלוח חינם בהזמנה מעל 100 ₪ |url=https://zazashirts.com/ |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229190716/https://zazashirts.com/ |archive-date=2022-12-29 |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=zazashirts.com |language=he}}</ref> They began changing the tone of their channel, transitioning from edgier, satirical jokes to a more family-friendly and soft humor, to the dismay of many of their longtime viewers.
In 2015, Trager, with help by Paz, began a new YouTube channel and [[Facebook]] series called "Megaphone" where he makes jokes about topics such as [[pride parade]]s, the [[SlutWalk|slut walk]], [[homophobia]], and other contemporary topics in Israeli society.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TheMegaphoneChannel |url=https://www.facebook.com/TheMegaphoneChannel/ |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=Facebook}}</ref> In 2018, the two teamed up with Israeli businessman Oded Faran and created a merchandise shop called the "Unnecessary Virtual Store".<ref>{{Cite web |title=משלוח חינם בהזמנה מעל 100 ₪ |url=https://zazashirts.com/ |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229190716/https://zazashirts.com/ |archive-date=2022-12-29 |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=zazashirts.com |language=he}}</ref> They began changing the tone of their channel, transitioning from edgier, satirical jokes to a more family-friendly and soft humor, to the dismay of many of their longtime viewers.


In Zecember 2022, the duo, in collaboration with Ron Minis, formed the [[Punk rock|punk]] band "Why Am I Alive?", and released their first album, titled "I Wish I Were Dead" alongside the singles "If my phone says 'seen' then why don't you answer?" and "Why do I need to tip if there is already shipping charges?". In March 2023, they began touring.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/ins0mni4c/posts/pfbid0KdKGy1W8SA9vDwvzNrD6JnSvqyBKuk9ceNKCMxTUvsu1eva8iJD3ANsqCzwY1Cf7l/?type=3&comment_id=%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%96%D7%94 |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=www.facebook.com}}</ref>
In December 2022, the duo, in collaboration with Ron Minis, formed the [[Punk rock|punk]] band "Why Am I Alive?", and released their first album, titled "I Wish I Were Dead" alongside the singles "If my phone says 'seen' then why don't you answer?" and "Why do I need to tip if there is already shipping charges?". In March 2023, they began touring.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/ins0mni4c/posts/pfbid0KdKGy1W8SA9vDwvzNrD6JnSvqyBKuk9ceNKCMxTUvsu1eva8iJD3ANsqCzwY1Cf7l/?type=3&comment_id=%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%96%D7%94 |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=www.facebook.com}}</ref>


== References ==
==References==
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== External links ==
==External links==
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*[https://www.tiktok.com/@thesugarzaza Sugar Zaza] on TikTok

* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9sPtTaP-BFqUqaeoaW-4EA Sugar Zaza] on YouTube
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9sPtTaP-BFqUqaeoaW-4EA Sugar Zaza] on YouTube
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* [https://www.tiktok.com/@thesugarzaza Sugar Zaza] on TikTok


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Latest revision as of 10:54, 1 September 2024

Sugar Zaza
Personal information
Born
Or Paz
Tom Trager
NationalityIsraeli
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2006–present
GenreComedy
Subscribers302k[1]
Total views117 million[1]
100,000 subscribers
Last updated: September 1, 2024

Sugar Zaza (Hebrew: שוגר זאזא) is the nickname for the Israeli comedian duo of Tom Trager (Hebrew: תום טרגר; born January 6, 1988) and Or Paz (Hebrew: אור פז; born October 6, 1988).[2] The two began working in 2006 as part of "Flix" website run by Tapuz, later creating television productions and beginning a YouTube channel for comedy sketches and web series.

History

[edit]

Early ventures

[edit]

On Flix, the duo published many collaborative skits with other actors, the first being called "The Ackerman Family", released on September 19, 2006. The skit was a parody of American sitcoms, and was about 12 minutes long. They published 22 more skits up until the end of June 2008.[3]

In early 2009, Trager and Paz published the first episode of the animated web television series, Ahmed and Salim. They independently produced and voiced all the characters for the show.[4] The series follows two lazy brothers, Ahmed and Salim, whose father is a fascist anti-Semitic terrorist who wants them to follow in his footsteps, while all they want to do is play video games and surf the internet. The series has 22 episodes in total. It achieved online virality and global success.[3] A 22-minute pilot for a television show was produced for the cable TV channel Bip. The channel was shut down at the end of 2010, and the series was never produced.

In 2010, the producers of Night Tube [he] reached out to Trager and Paz with a request to produce another series, Mindy and the Magician. Following production, the deal fell apart after refusal to air the series by the duo due to the fact that the series was intended for too niche of a market, and was not something they were interested in sharing. Following the refusal, the content was aired anyways, and the Israel National Council for the Child criticized the creators, claiming that the series was inappropriate for its intended demographic and featured themes of pedophilia that shouldn't be shown to children, and filed a complaint to the police.[5] The police said that the complaint lacked grounds and that there was no real way to pursue a conviction.[5] In a later interview, both Trager and Paz claimed that the videos were never intended to be broadcast on television, and were created for a small group of people, and the videos were subsequently deleted when they began to gain traction online.

YouTube channel

[edit]

After the end of production for Ahmed and Salim, the duo began a YouTube channel for publishing both web series and one-off comedic sketches. On November 9, 2011, they released the music video "The GAG Quarter - le Internet Medley", a medley of songs originating from YouTube videos and various internet memes.[6] The video has been commercially successful and has over 43 million views as of December 2023.[7]

On August 22, 2013, Sugar Zaza released "Director Zero", in which a character named Zero (portrayed by Trager) was introduced as a satire on the Ugly Israeli [he] stereotype. The video garnered hundreds of thousands of views, mostly domestically in Israel.[8] In 2014, the duo launched a crowdfunding campaign on Headstart to produce a feature film based on Zero.[9] The campaign received great support and raised ₪30,000. The rest of the budget was supplemented by Comedy Central Israel, who helped produce it. Movie Zero [he] was broadcast in early 2015 on the channel, and was published a few days later on their YouTube channel, where it has garnered 3 million views as of December 2023.[10]

In 2015, Trager, with help by Paz, began a new YouTube channel and Facebook series called "Megaphone" where he makes jokes about topics such as pride parades, the slut walk, homophobia, and other contemporary topics in Israeli society.[11] In 2018, the two teamed up with Israeli businessman Oded Faran and created a merchandise shop called the "Unnecessary Virtual Store".[12] They began changing the tone of their channel, transitioning from edgier, satirical jokes to a more family-friendly and soft humor, to the dismay of many of their longtime viewers.

In December 2022, the duo, in collaboration with Ron Minis, formed the punk band "Why Am I Alive?", and released their first album, titled "I Wish I Were Dead" alongside the singles "If my phone says 'seen' then why don't you answer?" and "Why do I need to tip if there is already shipping charges?". In March 2023, they began touring.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b "About Sugar Zaza". YouTube.
  2. ^ "המיליון (צפיות) הראשון שלי - וואלה! טכנולוגיה". Walla! Tech (in Hebrew). 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  3. ^ a b Salah, Zohar (2021-12-21). "תום טרגר ואור פז (שוגר זאזא) עברו להייטק ולא מתחרטים". Mako. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  4. ^ Rosen, Ido (2023-10-12). "Independent Content Creators Online: A Paradigm Shift in Film Aesthetic and Production, the Case of Israel". University of Cambridge.
  5. ^ a b "סדרת סרטוני אנימציה חדשה ברשת מואשמת בפדופיליה". Haaretz (in Hebrew). 2010-11-14. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  6. ^ Herbert, Geoff (2011-11-14). "Viral Video of the Day: GAG Quartet's 'Le Internet Medley' is meme-a-riffic". Syracuse. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  7. ^ Sugar Zaza (2011-11-09). "The GAG Quartet - le Internet Medley (OVER 40 MEMES IN ONE SONG)". YouTube. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  8. ^ Broitman, Barak (2014-10-13). ""אפס": כל מה שרע בישראלים בדרך לקולנוע". www.makorrishon.co.il. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  9. ^ שושן, שחר (2014-02-04). "אתה אפס! אפס ויראלי!". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  10. ^ Sugar Zaza (2015-02-01). "סרט אפס - רשמי (2015)". YouTube. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  11. ^ "TheMegaphoneChannel". Facebook. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  12. ^ "משלוח חינם בהזמנה מעל 100 ₪". zazashirts.com (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 2022-12-29. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  13. ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
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