Comments on: Twitter humor

Question: Twitter humor

ilike — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:48:28 -0800

I am looking for the best in twitter comedy, twitters I can follow that are funny and will make me laugh. I appreciate satire but have a hard time enjoying most "fake celebrity" twitters.

By: starzero

starzero — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:54:59 -0800

A good place to start finding some people is Favrd, yeah, it's all a big circle jerk for the leaderboard, but some of the guys getting faved day after day actually are quite entertaining

By: AzzaMcKazza

AzzaMcKazza — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:01:37 -0800

I can recommend Peter Serafinowicz - British comedian from Spaced and Shaun of the Dead. His puns and comedy competitions regularly have me in stitches.

By: ravcasleygera

ravcasleygera — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:08:48 -0800

If you're of a political bent I have been known to laugh out loud at Red, White and News.

By: gwenlister

gwenlister — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:27:18 -0800

Christopher Walken's twitter (cwalken) makes me laugh out loud.

By: Happy Dave

Happy Dave — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:37:32 -0800

Is that really Christopher Walken? If not it's uncannily in character.

By: Mach5

Mach5 — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:43:57 -0800

CarlinQuotes is always fun

By: Medieval Maven

Medieval Maven — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:41:36 -0800

Warren Ellis, if you are not easily offended, makes me laugh EVERY DAY.

By: parabola01

parabola01 — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:43:16 -0800

Michael Ian Black is usually amusing. Eddie Izzard sometimes has funny quips, but generally it's just news. I enjoy following a few british authors whose senses of humor tickle my fancy: Michael Marshall, Julian Simpson, Sara Pinborough. Then you'll see who they reply to and find more.

By: MeetCleaverTheatre

MeetCleaverTheatre — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:52:07 -0800

I would highly recommend Laura Ingles Wilder... I also enjoy a little Darth Vader or Cobra Commander when I feel like having a geeky chuckle

By: qvtqht

qvtqht — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:59:30 -0800

THE_REAL_SHAQ

MelvinBison (for Street Fighter fans)

By: qvtqht

qvtqht — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:01:22 -0800

ricksanchezcnn

By: te1contar

te1contar — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:01:57 -0800

I would recommend a friend of mine JarfOmega. Makes me laugh pretty much every day.

By: bondcliff

bondcliff — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:03:50 -0800

I just started following Rob Corddry.

Whoever is doing Hot Amish Chick deserves the Nobel prize in, well, in something.

By: MsMolly

MsMolly — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:25:59 -0800

I always love Fireland.

By: RedEmma

RedEmma — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:44:45 -0800

Seconding Hot Amish Chick and Darth Vader.

Also:
Trelvix

The ubiquitous Hodgeman

TinaFey

Pretty good: PaulaPoundstone

And regular guy, but funny: JoeSchmitt

By: sharkfu

sharkfu — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:22:27 -0800

The 100 Best Comedy Twitters, according to Comedy Central.

By: felix grundy

felix grundy — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:31:35 -0800

hotdogsladies makes me chortle.

By: sharkfu

sharkfu — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:32:36 -0800

@RedEmma-- didn't Tina Fey say in a recent interview that it's not her on Twitter?

(after some googling)

Yeah, here it is. Or maybe you're enjoying fake Tina Fey in his/her own right. Just thought I should mention it.

By: kidsleepy

kidsleepy — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:25:05 -0800

Seconding Michael Ian Black. Also, John Mayer, who said himself that his posts are 80% ridiculous/20% heartfelt. Rainn Wilson is hit or miss. Mindy Kaling is better, just being naturally funny while twittering about her own life.

By: DrDreidel

DrDreidel — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:27:10 -0800

I recently started SEOLOL. Basically, when I do SEO work I end up going through thousands of real queries people put into Google. A lot of them are hilarious, and this is the place I list them all.

Also on Tumblr.

By: thatbrunette

thatbrunette — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:45:11 -0800

I'm pretty partial to Fireland myself. He's unexpected, and pretty laugh out loud funny at times.

By: lexfri

lexfri — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:48:59 -0800

I like TheZing...

By: battlebison

battlebison — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:54:28 -0800

P Twitty a.k.a. P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, Puffy, Sean Combs etc. is the most inspiring thing you will read. No one has positive energy like that man. One of his famous antics: having tantric sex... and twittering while he did it.

By: Julnyes

Julnyes — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:12:58 -0800

I think Russell Brand is hilarious, but I get the impression he may be an acquired taste for some people. There is also Metafilter's own Wendell.

By: citron

citron — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:04:27 -0800

if you're a fan of NFL, fake Philip Rivers is hilarious

sometimes the hipsterrunoff is funny. h8 it when he sounds too 'emo' but maybe i just don't 'get' him, yall

By: ttyn

ttyn — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:43:27 -0800

I like DieLaughing and ivegotzooms.

By: shadytrees

shadytrees — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:54:55 -0800

The Christopher Walken is most likely not not real but the story behind the account tantalizingly leaves open the possibility.

By: scrawlyman

scrawlyman — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:05:40 -0800

keith marder is not a celeb or a fake celeb but he's really funny, pretty much doing stand-up into twitter.

By: Mael Oui

Mael Oui — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:49:09 -0800

Charlie Brooker is funny, and he always makes me laugh. In fact, I'm pretty much only following comedians on Twitter, but it's surprising how dull some of them can be. David Mitchell, for one, doesn't really flex his comedic muscle on Flickr; he just lets you know when he's published another whiny Guardian article (I do like David Mitchell a lot). Michael Ian Black is sometimes very funny, sometimes not so much. Alan Carr is sometimes amusing (though mostly because I can imagine what he'd sound like saying all his tweets). And Russell Brand's just perplexing.

Then again, I always enjoy Soupy Sales (I don't believe that's real)!

By: Mael Oui

Mael Oui — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:54:25 -0800

I meant Twitter where I said Flickr. It's hard to keep these damned sites straight.

By: markovitch

markovitch — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:49:34 -0800

Tina Fey (don't know if it's her or not) is at best occasional, but hilarious:

"I don't even know why I bother to chew corn anymore"

Nick Nolte(fake) is twisted:

"Bobby Flay's comin over later to see who can cook up the tastiest speedball. He don't stand a chance."

Nick Nolte(fake) is twisted:

"I would only remake Citizen Kane if they let me convert Rosebud into a kickass SeaDoo."