Formed in 2003, the duo originally made videos to amuse friends, often combining real and fictional acts.

[3] "This is Culdesac", the sketch comedy pilot they produced, directed, wrote, edited, and acted in under contract, was not picked up by NBC.

The Huffington Post has covered videos from the duo in multiple online publications.

[8] As of April 2018, Bereta is no longer working for Smosh and is working full-time on The Valleyfolk YouTube channel and company with his friends and fellow founding SourceFed hosts Elliott Morgan and Steve Zaragoza.

From 2022 to 2025, Joe Bereta worked as an Executive Producer and host of the YouTube channel REACT.