Warning: Fred has a new character

When I interviewed YouTube-spawned celebrity Lucas Cruikshank (a.k.a. Fred Figglehorn) we discussed the perils of becoming famous for a single character—particularly a character as calculatedly annoying as Fred—and how this could prove to be limiting for an actor who values either career longevity or the chance to branch out. At the time, Cruikshank (who’s a very levelheaded kid, really) acknowledged he was well aware of that, and announced plans to begin moving away from Fred, and hopefully prove his versatility by introducing an all-new character, one that would be so different as to reveal a heretofore-unrevealed facet of Cruikshank’s comedic abilities.