Yeah Mad aka YeahMadTV is an Australia-based entertainment media company. It was founded by Ben McCarthy in March 2023. The company shares entertaining humor content across notable social platforms.
Over the past half year, the channel went from having no audience to over a million subscribers on YouTube. Further, the company amassed more than 2.21 million followers and 1 million followers on Tiktok and Instagram respectively.
Yeah Mad (YeadMadTV) Cast
Yeah Mad often comes up with entertaining series such as Dad Jokes, Charades, and much more. They have a fixed cast lineup with minor additions/subtractions in between. The original cast included seven people namely Abby Boom, Sammy Walsh, Andrew Hamilton, Akila, Matty Penglase, Sath, and Alan Fang.
Since the break up of the original Yeah Mad cast in April 2024, the founder Ben brought in new talent to the channel. The latest additions include Kirsty Carr, Timmy Dennis, Pat Doherty, Rory Lowe, Peyton Cole, and Katherine Andrews.
With the new lineup, the cast count has increased to 8 members. A majority of the cast members are standup comedians by profession except a few. Timmy is a plumber and director whereas Peyton is an actor, singer, and dancer.
Read about the two original Yeah Mad members in detail:
Matty Penglase
Matty Penglase was born in an Australian family in Australia. He is one of the seven regular cast members on the YeahMad YouTube channel. His hilarious dad jokes have made him one of the most loved members.
He is a pretty private person and hasn’t shared any details about his family or early life. Further, he is quite inactive across social media and has only about 18k followers on Instagram.
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Sath
Sath (full name: Sath Nadesan) is a Sydney-based comedian. Like Andrew, he also pursued a career as a standup comedian. However, he also worked a job on the side to make extra income.
After feeling bored with his life, he left for a small village in Sri Lanka to live among monks for a few months in 2022. He says that it is the most life-changing experience for him.
Upon his return, he continued doing the same things with a different mindset. Also, he started his new journey as a content creator for Yeah Mad TV in 2023.
Former Cast Members
The original Yeah Mad cast members are most loved among the fans. However, most of them left the group and have parted ways. From the original cast, Abby Boom, Samantha Walsh, Akila, Alan Fang, and Andrew Hamilton have left.
While many speculated that they have left due to lower pay. In fact, a person on Reddit shared that the cast was paid only 128 USD per shoot day, and a shoot day included filming of 5-6 episodes that would be aired over the next 4-6 weeks.
Also, the person added that the cast members initially signed a 1-year contract and left the group upon its expiration. The CEO and founder Ben McCarthy stayed calm for almost 2 months before uploading a video explaining the actual story.
In a video on the Yeah Mad channel, he shared many points. The cast was paid $125 – $250 per segment before the YouTube channel got monetized. The cast signed a six-month contract with the flexibility to leave with a 30-day notice in October 2023.
After monetization, the cast was paid $3,285 in June 2023 for a single shoot day. After signing in October, their paycheck increased by 5x to $15,112 in November per shoot. In January 2024, the cast had a single shoot day where they were paid $20,605.
As their contract neared expiration, the cast was offered $194,000 for 6 months for 2-3 shoot days per month. Upon not agreeing to this offer, they were offered $400k – $600k with the same conditions.
This offer was quite generous considering that the company hasn’t broken even yet since its inception. Five out of seven members decided to leave and are assumed to form a separate internet group in the near future.
Read about the former members below:
Abby Boom
Abby Boom was born in an American family on 24 October 1997 in Australia. Her nickname is Abby and her zodiac sign is Scorpio. She belongs to the LGBTQ+ community. Though she completed high school graduation, her higher studies are unknown.
While she is unmarried, she is also not romantically linked with any person. Further, she didn’t reveal any information about her family members.
As a cast member of Yeah Mad, she appears in almost every single video shared by them. A clip featuring her attracted over 10.5 million views on Instagram.
She shares her gorgeous pictures and short videos on major social media platforms. While she has over 283k followers on Instagram, she is followed by about 100k people on Tiktok. Read more
Sammy Walsh
Sammy Walsh is the only regular female cast on the YeahMadTV’s YouTube channel. She was born on 13 April 1991 in New South Wales, Australia. Her nickname is Sammy and her zodiac sign is Aries.
Walsh’s marital status is a mystery but one of her Instagram posts suggests her marriage with a person named David Azzi. Her father’s name is Paul Walsh and her mother is Gayle Walsh. Her siblings are Sarah and Jack Walsh.
Prior to appearing in the YouTube videos, she worked a corporate job for more than six years. However, her social media popularity rose after she was cast in the videos on the Yeah Mad’s channel.
While she doesn’t have an individual YouTube channel, she is active on other social platforms. Currently, she has more than 154k followers on Instagram. Continue reading
Andrew Hamilton
Andrew Hamilton is a standup comedian based in Sydney. While pursuing standup as a profession, on the other hand, he appeared in the Yeah Mad’s channel videos.
Though he pursued higher education, he got into dr*gs and g@mbling which altered his life. While working a PR job, he got into selling dr*gs and eventually got arrested.
Throughout his life, he always wanted to pursue comedy. The moment came after he was released from the jail. He restarted his life by performing at open mic nights across NSW.
Eventually, he became popular and is best known for his show Jokes About The Time I Went To Prison. Apart from comedy, he appears on Yeah Mad TV and two podcasts namely Sh*t’s Gone Sideways and Flog Cabin.
Akila
Akila (full name: Akila Amaratunga) is an internet personality and corporate employee. As per his LinkedIn handle, he currently works as a Marketing and Content Coordinator at One Day Entertainment.
He completed a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a Marketing major at the University of New South Wales. His ethnic background is Brown while he is an Australian. However, he hasn’t shared any details about his parents or siblings.
Similar to others, he consistently appears on various episodes on the Yeah Mad channel. Looking at his social media following, he has over 26k followers on Instagram.
Alan Fang
Alan Fang is a writer, filmmaker, and comedian. As per his LinkedIn profile, he is currently 21 years old.
He attained a diploma in Screen Media and Film from the Academy of Film, Theatre, and Television. He belongs to an Asian ethnic background and his nationality is Asian-Australian. However, there is no information available about his family.
Previously, he worked various jobs in the photography and video production field. Right now, he is a loved Yeah Mad cast member who has over 54k followers on Instagram.
Image source: Yeahmad’s official website.
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