Michael Buckley

Early life Buckley is one of three children, and is a fraternal twin. He moved to his parents' summer home on Cape Cod in Massachusetts after graduating from Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire, with a degree in psychology. He began working at a group home for children with developmental disabilities. He worked at Harwich Junior Theatre where he directed and choreographed Into the Woods and Leader of the Pack. He starred in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Little Women at HJT. In 2002, he moved back to Connecticut and started a "normal 9–5 office job" at Livenation. After appearing on television with his friend Kristin Tierney for a fund-raising drive for CPTV the two decided to create a public-access television cable TV chat show called Table for Two at Wallingford Public Access, the local public-access television studio in July 2005.

Career What the Buck?! began as a small weekly segment on Table for Two and gave him "a chance to riff and rant on his own". His cousin then posted some on YouTube and "it snowballed". Featuring James Majesty, Chris Crocker, William Sledd, and "Gay God" (Matthew Lush), the video consisted of each of the four bloggers commenting on the others' vlogging, with Buckley acting as host for the various outtakes. project hosted by Luke Cutforth. He was a guest judge on Genuine Ken with Whitney Port. In September 2011, Buckley had a guest appearance as himself in the sitcom Husbands. From March 2012 to October 2013, he hosted on myISH's ISHlist, a web series that counts down the top music videos in a particular genre or theme. In July 2012, Buckley was named the winner of the "Coast-to-Coast Co-Host Search" on Live! with Kelly; he co-hosted the morning show alongside Kelly Ripa on Tuesday, July 24. From September 2012- April 2013, he worked live chatting on ConnecTV, an app used for chatting about TV shows on a channel. With Buck uploading videos he has currently 395 Million views as of August 2014. In 2014, Buckley was listed on New Media Rockstars Top 100 Channels, ranked at #90.

In 2017, Buckley published the instructional book titled HELP! My Kid Wants to Become a YouTuber!

What the Buck!? What the Buck?! is a celebrity gossip and comedy series of short videos created and posted on YouTube by Michael Buckley. The series featured Buckley who poked fun at celebrities, often making jokes while reporting on pop-culture news. The series started in 2005 on a public-access cable TV show called Table for Two. Later, clips were posted on MySpace, as well as on a YouTube channel called peron75, where it reached many more people. The show moved from Cable TV to YouTube, and by May 1, 2007, the What the Buck?! show had its own dedicated channel called 'WHATTHEBUCKSHOW". By 2008, the What the Buck?! YouTube channel was one of the top 10 most-subscribed-to YouTube channels, where it remained for about two years. The show had a peak of 1.43 million combined channel subscribers and 464 million total episode views.

Minisode Maniac! with What the Buck?! In January 2009, Buckley became 'The Minisode Maniac' by discussing and promoting The Minisode Network's content on the Minisode's YouTube page and Crackle. Michael officially posted his last Minisode Maniac episode in mid-February. To celebrate he ran around his backyard in a speedo in the snow.

Personal life Buckley is pansexual and divorced. He lived in Connecticut with his former husband until 2017, and filmed the What the Buck?! show in his house there. As of December 2017, he lives in Denver, Colorado, to be close to his twin sister Debbie and nephew Luke. To show his fans his "softer side", he began to vlog about his home life on his peron75 YouTube channel, and used to appear live on BlogTV.