- Not to be confused with TVFilthyFrank.
Eli James Margolis (born: July 4, 1998)[1] better known online as TVFF2 (formerly known as TVFilthyFrank2 and #1 Filthy Frank Fan!!!1!!!!), is an American former YouTuber known for his fan-made reboot of the TVFilthyFrank show.
Origins[]
On December 29, 2017, George Miller, creator of TVFIlthyFrank, officially announced that he would be discontinuing the channel in order to pursue his music career. While some were upset, others were understanding of his choices. On March 20, 2019, a man named Eli Margolis created a fan made continuation of the series as a way to pay homage to it.
Videos[]
In his early days, Eli uploaded covers and various other videos that were under the topic of FIlthy Frank. These videos were deleted after his video FILTHY FRANK REBORN got popular. From then on, future uploads would be based on similar content as seen on the original channel.
Music[]
Eli has proven to his fanbase that he can make music. On April 12th, 2020, his debut single, Incel, was released on streaming services under the alias EJM. The songs takes inspiration from the Pink Guy albums such as PINK GUY and PINK SEASON. On July 3, 2022, he released NECTARD, a spiritual successor to Pink Season.[2]
End of the channel[]
On March 27, 2023, Eli announced on Instagram that he's done with the channel. In his post, he claimed that this was largely due to the fact that "Joji now fully acknowledges Filthy Frank during concerts" and the fact that even if he had kept the channel going, it had been dead for many years. However, fans suspected that the real reason Eli quit was due to YouTube's increasing updates to their guidelines, making it impossible like TVFilthyFrank2 to be viable long term.
On March 7, 2023, he changed the channel name to #1 Filthy Frank Fan!!!1!!!! and privatized all but two of the TVFilthyFrank2 videos.[3]
Current Activity[]
On July 4, 2023, his 25th birthday, Eli had made nine of his videos public again on his channel. Sometime in 2024, the channel name was changes again, this time to TVFF2
Trivia[]
- Eli appeared on The First Podcast in May 2019. He stated that if Joji were to ever publicly express dislike of his channel, he would immediately discontinue.