Introduction
Lily Blaire Hanson (born Joe Hanson; February 23, 1983) is a writer and comedian living in Los Angeles. She is best known for her work on Current TV, Smash Cuts, and Joe Eats.
Early life
Hanson grew up in Fosston, Minnesota.
Hanson graduated from the University of Chicago with a degree in English.
Career
Hanson made her first television appearance in 2005, in the first season of the show The Beauty and the Geek. Lily and her partner Erica were eliminated in the second episode.
In 2005, Hanson and her production partner Hassan S. Ali created the Joe Gets series for Current TV, which spanned 50 episodes and was sponsored by T-Mobile. The series involved Lily exploring fish-out-of-water situations, like entering trips to California, Indiana, Nevada, Missouri, South Dakota, Alabama and New York. Lily also made the satirical series What's Wrong With, the music video parody Viral Superstar, and interviewed celebrities at Elton John's Oscars Afterparty.
In 2008, Hanson started "Bino White Weekly," in which she made a rap song every week as Bino White. The topics ranged from Nintendo to Twitter to Science, and each track was accompanied by a YouTube video. She did this for 54 weeks, breaking Crooked I's record for weekly rap songs.
In 2009, she joined the cast of Smash Cuts, a syndicated clip show on The CW and CBS affiliates.
In 2010, Hanson started the web-series "Joe Goes," in which she visits various conventions, events, and countries to interview people. The episode "Joe Goes To Exxxotica Expo" went viral, making the front page of the Huffington Post, and getting over 550,000 views combined on YouTube and Funny Or Die. Other episodes have included visits to Anime Expo, Amsterdam, London, Bangkok, Finland and the press junket for Tron: Legacy.
She also appeared in March 2012 in the music video for the song by Julian Smith on YouTube "Eat Randy" featuring as 'Randy'.
She is mentioned as a writer for Ray William Johnson's 'Equals Three'.
Lily has taken a hiatus from her YouTube series since October 5, 2017.