2007-2008

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This is part one of the Timeline of TGWTG.com. Below is the humble beginnings of Channel Awesome from Youtube to having its own site!

2007

• July: ThatGuyWithTheGlasses showed up on YouTube and started the 5 Second Movies and The Nostalgia Critic shows.
• December: Version 1 of the site appeared with minor information.

2008

• April 3rd:ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com officially launched and all 5 second movies and Nostalgia Critic episodes were gradually moved over to the site. The following sketches were added in the ensuing weeks: The Bjork Show, Cheerios 2, How I Quit My Job and Aristocrats. Mike Michaud is instated as administrator of the site.

• April 18 and 19th: First Nostalgia Critic rants against The Nerd.

• April 20th: First Nostalgia Critic episode on the site: Pokémon the First Movie.
  • Doug Walker issued his welcome message for the site, welcoming the people.

• April 21st: Site trailer launched. Version 2 of the site launched.TGWTG.com is born!

• April 27th The Wizard Rant against The Nerd.

• May 11th: Bum Reviews aired its first episode with a review of "Speed Racer".

• May 22nd: The Other Guy began writing articles with a review of "Iron Man".

• May 28th: The Last Angry Geek's comic reviews began with a look at "ROM: Space Knight". See The Last Angry Geek's Articles for more.

• July 6th: Bhargav Dronamraju appeared as "Ma-ti" in the Nostalgia Critic "Captain Planet" review.

• June 10th: Premium site content launched.

• June 13th: Ask That Guy With the Glasses aired its first episode.

• June 15th: The Nerd responds.

• June 16th: Videos are taken off of Doug's YouTube channels. Doug responds with a special episode of Askthatguy stating that he was going to take them off anyway.

• June 18th:Channel Awesome Youtube was created by Welshy. Eventually, this became the official Youtube channel for Channel Awesome.

• June 20th and 22nd: The Bum appeared on AskThatGuy.

• June 24th:That Dude In the Suede's first 5 Second movie, "Neon Genesis: Evangelion".

• June 25th: Lori Prince Live premiered.

• June 30th: Handsome Tom interviews Doug.

• July 20th: Animenia by That Dude In the Suede premiered with the Top 11 Greatest Animé theme songs.
  • Film Brain started his series of 5 second videos with "Dumb and Dumber" in 5 seconds.

• July 21st: Film Brain wrote an article where he introduced himself and then went on to create more articles reviewing movies. See Film Brain's Articles for more.

• July 22nd: The Spoony One's reviews appeared on the site.

• July 30th: Benzaie's GYMDK premiered with a look at "Powerslave".

• August 1st: The Spoony One began The Most Awesome Thing. He looked at "Black Summer".
  • Matt Briner's DVDiablo articles started with a look at "Honey We Shrunk Ourselves." See Matt Briner's Articles for more.

• August 3rd: AMV Heaven by That Dude in the Suede aired.
  • The Nostalgia Critic reviewed the game, "Bebe's Kids".

• August 10th: The Search for the Nostalgia Chick began.

• August 13th: ThatAussieGuy's show Riz's Rave Reviews aired for the first time with "The Bourne Conspiracy".
  • Storage and Disposal began article writing with a top 20 countdown of the best episodes from "Batman: The Animated Series". See Storage and Disposal's Articles for more.

• August 15th: GSYMDK by Benzaie premiered with a look at the soundtrack to Lethal Weapon.
  • Michaud announced the first Best of Blogs contest where winners would get a spot on the site!

• August 17th: Forums were launched.

• August 19th HopeWithinChaos's Epic Fail began.

• August 22nd: Chat room created.

• August 29th: The Search for the Nostalgia Chick contest ended with five finalists: MarzGurl, TheDudette, ThatChickWithTheGoggles, Lauren and Drew. Also, the winners of the first Best of Blogs contests were added to the site: Coldguy, Rollo T and Bennett The Sage.

• September 4th: Bennett The Sage began his Sage Reviews with a look at "Mercenaries 2".

• September 5th: Coldguy began writing articles. His first look was at "MAGfest". See Coldguy's Articles.
  • Rollo T began his articles with a "Choke Book Review". See Rollo T's Articles.

• September 9th: ThatChickWithTheGoggles began The Games I Grew Up On with a look at "Jill of the Jungle".

• September 15th:TheDudette is crowned the The Nostalgia Chick. Fellow runners up MarzGurl and ThatChickWithTheGoggles were also given spots on the site.

• September 16th: The Nostalgia Chick's first episode aired with a look at "Pocahontus".

• September 17th: The Users of TGWTG.com in 5 Seconds Contest began.

• September 23rd: The Aussie Critic released with ThatAussieGuy as host. He reviewed "Crocodile Dundee".
  • The Spoony One began his review of "Final Fantasy VIII".
  • ThatChickWithTheGoggles released Quickies. Her first look was at "Katamari Damacy".

• September 24th: Nostalgia Critic/Nerd Last Showdown.
  • Geek-lover.com interviews Doug.
  • Cory Lemay interviews Doug.

• September 26th: Rollo T began his articles called Hollywood Genocide.

• October 1st: MarzGurl created an intro video with a sketch.

• October 5th: Benzaie's Top 5 began with a look at the The Top Five Worst Genesis Movie Games and his Five Second Video Games began with a look at "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" for the NES.

• October 9th: AskThatGuy issued a contest to find the zaniest answers to five questions he selected.

• October 10th: The Nerd vs Nostalgia Critic: The Final Battle

• October 13th: Video showing the Users of TGWTG.com in 5 seconds was released.

• October 16th:Transmission Awesome, the official podcast for the site began as hosted by HopwithinChaos, Rollo T and Coldguy. With them was ThatAussieGuy.

• October 17th: Internet Superstar interviews Doug.

• October 20th: Little Miss Gamer and PBC Productions began appearing on the site with a look at "High Compatibility".

• October 21st: The first Nostalgia Critic Halloween special: NC vs Teddy Ruxpin.

• October 25th: The Nerd vs Nostalgia Critic retrospective aired.
  • The Channel Awesome Wikia is created by Spike's Girl.

• October 27th: Riz's Rewind Rave began with a review of Mighty Final Fight.
  • The Spoony One began his vlogs and reviewed "Dead Space".

• October 30th: Benzaie premiered FAQ You! with a look at "Infinite Discovery".

• November 16th: Dr. Gonzo began writing articles with a look at dads and their infatuation with high scores. See Dr. Gonzo's Articles for more.
  • Columbia College Q&A

• November 17th: Phelous started his reviews on the site. First up was "mac and me".

• November 21st: MarzGurl started a two part look at the history of animation.

• November 23rd: Lion King Rifftrax.

• November 29th: Linkara's Atop the Fourth Wall began with a look at the top 15 WTF moments in comics.

• December 3rd: Trailer Trash Quantum of Solace aired.

• December 5th: Ed Glaser's flash series Press Start aired.

• December 20th: Make 'em Laugh Commercial.

• December 24th: Happy Holidays message from the staff of the website.

• December 26th: TheCat created her "Anime Year In Review" article. See TheCat's Articles for more.

2009