{{Short description|Entertainment company (2015–2024)}} {{Infobox company | name = Funhaus | logo = Funhaus circle logo, partially transparent.svg | logo_caption = Funhaus logo used since 2016 | logo_padding = | image = | image_caption = | type = Division | key_people = Bruce Greene<br />Elyse Willems<br />James Willems<br />Lawrence Sonntag<br />Adam Kovic<br> Matthew Peake | industry = Entertainment | genre = Comedy gaming, Let's Plays, Sketch Comedy | services = Online video<br />Community website | parent = Rooster Teeth | subsidiaries = | founded = {{start date and age|2015|02|12}} | defunct = {{End date|2024|04|26}} | hq_location_city = Los Angeles, California | hq_location_country = United States }}
'''Funhaus''' (pronounced ''fun-house'') was an American comedy group, YouTube channel, and Los Angeles-based division of Rooster Teeth Productions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://roosterteeth.com/channel/funhaus|title=Rooster Teeth|website=roosterteeth.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-03}}</ref> Composed primarily of former members of Machinima's Inside Gaming, the channel focuses on the production of comedy video content around video games, usually in the form of gameplays, streams, comedy sketches, and variety shows.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thevideoink.com/2015/01/30/hosts-adam-kovic-bruce-greene-leave-machinimas-inside-gaming/|title=Hosts Adam Kovic, Bruce Greene Leave Machinima's 'Inside Gaming' - VideoInk|date=2015-01-30|work=VideoInk|access-date=2018-08-03|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Brouwer">{{cite web |last1=Brouwer |first1=Bree |title=For YouTube Channel Funhaus, Being Funny (And Offensive) Is Just Part Of The Brand's Twisted Charm |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/breebrouwer/2016/07/12/funhaus-comedy-channel-offensive-charm/ |website=forbes.com |publisher=Forbes |access-date=24 November 2025}}</ref>
Funhaus was one of Rooster Teeth's most popular channels, with its main cast composed of Bruce Greene, Elyse Willems, James Willems, Lawrence Sonntag, Adam Kovic, and Matt Peake. The channel closed alongside Rooster Teeth.<ref name="shutdown">{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=2024-03-06 |title=Rooster Teeth Shut Down By Warner Bros. Discovery, The Roost Podcast Network To Continue |url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/rooster-teeth-shut-down-warner-bros-discovery-roost-podcast-continue-1235847264/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> Funhaus's content focused mainly on improvisational, surreal, and vulgar humor, often centered around video games and adult-oriented themes and topics.<ref name="Brouwer"/>
==History== [[File:Funhaus crew at PAX Prime 2015 (20821586879).jpg|left|thumb|The original Funhaus cast at PAX 2015]] Prior to joining Rooster Teeth, Kovic, Greene, Willems, Sonntag and Peake (along with Funhaus alumni Sean Poole and Joel Rubin) were part of Inside Gaming, a video game-based comedy section of Machinima.<ref name=":0" /> In November 2014 Rooster Teeth was acquired by Fullscreen Media, a move that RT CEO Matt Hullum said would give them the resources and tools to expand and compete against other producers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mashable.com/2014/11/10/fullscreen-buys-rooster-teeth/|title=Fullscreen buys Rooster Teeth, its first acquisition under Chernin ownership|last=Fixmer|first=Andy|work=Mashable|access-date=2018-08-03|language=en}}</ref> As part of this expansion, in February 2015 it was confirmed that Rooster Teeth would be establishing an office in Los Angeles, from which the newly created channel Funhaus would produce content.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2015/02/05/rooster-teeth-funhaus-channel-los-angeles-office/|title=Rooster Teeth Debuts Funhaus Channel, New LA Offices|date=2015-02-05|work=Tubefilter|access-date=2018-08-03|language=en-US}}</ref> With this move Rooster Teeth also hired the Inside Gaming cast, which released the first teaser of the channel on February 5.<ref>{{Citation|last=Funhaus|title=Welcome to Funhaus|date=2015-02-05|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhKOOgRFFlw|access-date=2018-08-03}}</ref>
In November 2015 Funhaus confirmed the addition of Elyse Willems (James's wife and former collaborator in GameTrailers) to the main cast.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/FunhausTeam/status/668830037727047680|title=FunhausTeam on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2018-08-03|language=en}}</ref> The cast solidified into six core personalities (much like its sister channel, Achievement Hunter) with the departure in 2016 of Joel Rubin<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/joelrubin_/status/717413813578903553?lang=ja|title=Joel Rubin on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2018-08-03|language=ja}}</ref> and Sean Poole.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/funhaus/comments/44v1hf/goodbye_to_funhaus/|title=r/funhaus - Goodbye to Funhaus|website=reddit|language=en|access-date=2018-08-03}}</ref> Greene and Sonntag left in 2019,<ref name="Greene Departure">{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/brucegreene/status/1169056254905348097 |title=I'm leaving Rooster Teeth.pic.twitter.com/UkdAOtQ8Yh |last=Greene |first=Bruce |date=September 3, 2019 |website=@brucegreene |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904012152/https://twitter.com/brucegreene/status/1169056254905348097 |archive-date=September 4, 2019 |access-date=September 4, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Sonntag Departure">{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/sirlarr/status/1207065433561415680 |title=I'm leaving Rooster Teeth |last=Sonntag |first=Lawrence |date=December 17, 2019 |website=@SirLarr |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218011715/https://twitter.com/sirlarr/status/1207065433561415680 |archive-date=December 18, 2019 |access-date=December 18, 2019}}</ref> Kovic departed the company after breaching its code of conduct in October 2020,<ref name="October 2020 Kovic Haywood">{{cite web |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/10/adam-kovic-ryan-haywood-rooster-teeth-scandal/ |title=Adam Kovic, Ryan Haywood Leave Rooster Teeth Amid Allegations Of Grooming Fans |last=Williams |first=Leah |work=Kotaku |publisher=G/O Media |date=October 9, 2020 |access-date=October 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009042210/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/10/adam-kovic-ryan-haywood-rooster-teeth-scandal/ |archive-date=October 9, 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and Pearce announced her departure later that month.<ref name="Pearce Departure">{{cite web |url=https://www.thedigitalfix.com/gaming/news/alanah-pearce-is-leaving-rooster-teeth/ |title=Alanah Pearce is leaving Rooster Teeth |last=Ingham |first=Ben |work=The Digital Fix |date=October 29, 2020 |access-date=November 2, 2020 |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101092012/https://www.thedigitalfix.com/gaming/news/alanah-pearce-is-leaving-rooster-teeth/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> After the departures, new personalities were added to the main cast. In March 2024, Rooster Teeth announced that it would be shutting down and Funhaus ended along with it.<ref name="shutdown"/>
==Main shows== * Dude Soup: Funhaus's weekly podcast about video games featuring the main cast and occasional guests * Open Haus: a weekly comedy Q&A show * Filmhaus: a movie podcast * Talking Stalkings: an extremely chaotic talk show hosted by James Willems featuring the screening of 90s television show ''Silk Stalkings'', recurring guests such as Rahul Kohli, and a house band ("The OC Ska Kids"). * Demo Disk: the cast plays PC demo disks from the early 2000s and, in later years, incorporated gameplay using old Xbox 360 demo disks. * Wheelhaus: a wheel of fortune is spun to decide which random Steam game will be played.
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Category:American comedy troupes Category:Rooster Teeth channels Category:2015 establishments in California Category:American websites Category:American companies disestablished in 2024 Category:Shorty Award winners