Big Beau Brown is the 7-foot-1 content creator and video producer behind the social media videos for A 2nd Chance Bail Bonds and A 2nd Chance Monitoring. He has millions of followers of his own, a family full of Hollywood editors, and a simple theory about why people watch: teach them one thing they did not know. Brown sat down with hosts Tug Cowart and Daniel Matalon on Justice Unfiltered to talk about how he got here, how he handles the internet at its meanest, and how a bail bonds company ended up with viral videos.
Who is Big Beau Brown?
Big Beau Brown is a content creator from Los Angeles who built his audience with point-of-view videos about life at 7-foot-1. He now lives in Georgia with his wife, Sarah, and their kids, and he produces video for A 2nd Chance. His height is the first thing anyone notices. A commenter once told him only about 2,800 people in the world are seven feet or taller. He looked it up and got the same number. “I literally looked at my wife and I was like, I’m basically a rare Pokemon,” Brown said. The second thing people notice is that he knows what he is doing with a camera. That part runs in the family. Brown said his grandfather won multiple Emmys and Oscars, and his father and uncles are award-winning editors whose credits include “Mulan,” “Stuart Little,” and “Dexter.” He grew up on dub stages and the Disney lot, watching movies get put together.
How did Big Beau Brown get started?
He put a GoPro on his head. Brown played Division I basketball at Cal State Northridge and studied film at the same time. When basketball ended, he asked himself a question: what is something people can’t copy? Strangers already stopped him every day to ask how tall he was. So he filmed it from his point of view, edited in sounds and jokes, and posted it. “I woke up in the morning to 50,000 YouTube subscribers,” he said. “And I was like, oh, there’s something here.” It was not an overnight thing after that. Brown said he posted a vlog a day for two years, then about four videos a week for roughly eight more. People made fun of him. Then TikTok launched, he posted a skit about being tall, and he had 300,000 followers within the hour. Brand deals followed. Cowart compared it to country artists who grind for a decade before anyone calls them an overnight success. Brown laughed at how familiar that sounded. The people who mocked him, he said, are now in his message requests asking to work together.
Why did he keep making videos?
Partly because he was insecure. Brown was candid about that. “One of the biggest reasons I kept doing the videos was because I was so insecure,” he said. He knew five people would walk up to him on any trip to the store. Filming gave him a reason to be in those conversations and a way to practice them. He called it training.
How does a content creator deal with hateful comments?
Brown mostly does not. After more than ten years, he said the comments do not land. He described one that wished a steamroller on him, in detail. He laughed and wrote back something polite. His wife is another story. “She’s the bulldog,” he said. He will find her deep in a reply thread defending him, and he reminds her that the two of them know the truth and that is what counts. He also has a rule that keeps him sane. He calls it post and ghost. He posts the video, answers comments for five or ten minutes, and closes the app. Having kids made the rule stick.
How did Big Beau Brown start working with A 2nd Chance?
Through Jesse Fellabaum. Brown was making patient transformation videos for a dental practice, and Fellabaum’s wife worked there. After Brown left to create full time, Fellabaum asked if he would explain how social media works to him and Ryan Matalon. They met at Marietta Square. Brown walked them through what they would need and who they would need. Then he asked the obvious question. “At the end of it I was like, do you want me to do this?” he said. Matalon was in immediately. That was years ago, before Brown had kids. “To know where we started and where we’re at now,” Matalon said, “it’s been special.”
How do you make bail bonds and ankle monitors interesting?
You teach people something, and you let it be funny. Brown said the dental job prepared him for this one. There, the goal was making people less afraid of the dentist. Here, it was putting a human face on a business most people only know from television. “People love learning things. People love feeling like the hero,” he said. Give a viewer one fact they can repeat to someone else and they come back for more. The team found out fast that ankle monitors fascinate people. Viewers started asking questions in the comments, including whether a slice of bologna under the strap would fool the device. Those questions became videos. There was almost nothing accurate out there on the subject, Matalon said, and the company tells it exactly how it is. If you have real questions about how monitoring works, the team at A 2nd Chance Monitoring answers them every day. For bail, start with how bail bonds work.
What is it like filming with Dog the Bounty Hunter?
Strange, if you grew up watching him. Duane “Dog” Chapman is a brand partner of A 2nd Chance, and Brown films his videos for the company. Chapman took one look at him the day they met and gave him a nickname: Biggins. It stuck. Brown said he once picked up a late call from a blocked number and heard only that one word. His mom still cannot get used to it. She texts him when she spots his reflection in a window or hears his laugh in the background of a video. The question-and-answer sessions are his favorite to shoot. Matalon agreed, and said he now prefers to film his own with Brown behind the camera. The trick, Brown said, is making the person in front of the lens comfortable and knowing which line you are going to keep the moment you hear it.
What comes next?
Neither of them would say much. Brown hinted at a project headed for the company’s YouTube channel that “might break the internet a little bit.” Matalon summed up how they got this far in one line. Asked what it took to build the company, he said, “A whole lot of mistakes.” All three agreed that the misses teach more than the wins.
Listen to the full episode
The full conversation has more on growing up around film editors, the friend who thought making videos looked easy, and a strong disagreement about holiday movies. Find it on Justice Unfiltered, and follow Brown at @bigbeaubrown.
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Big Beau Brown spends his days making a serious business easier to understand, and that is the goal behind everything we post. If someone you love needs help getting home tonight, call A 2nd Chance Bail Bonds at (770) 627-3235 or start the process online.
About A 2nd Chance Bail Bonds
A 2nd Chance Bail Bonds has been reuniting families for nearly 20 years. With multiple offices across Georgia and Alabama, our licensed bail bond agents are available around the clock to provide fast, respectful service to every family we work with. Whether the charge is a misdemeanor or a felony, we are here to help. The information in this article is provided for general educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. This article reflects a conversation with a guest, and the stories and opinions shared are his own. Electronic monitoring requirements and bail procedures depend on the court, the county, and the facts of each case. Laws, procedures, and requirements in Georgia can change, and individual circumstances vary. If you have specific legal questions about your situation, please consult a licensed attorney in Georgia. A 2nd Chance Bail Bonds is a licensed bail bond agency, not a law firm.
