The magic of Twitter is that it gives us regular folks a chance to see into the randomized musings and utterly mundane details of celebrities and, well, everyone else, filter-free. Unleashed from the restraints of their PR flack and armed with a cell phone, famous folks can tell us what they had for lunch, or when they pick up their dry-cleaning. Just kidding. Rich people have someone do that for them. Otherwise, they might be forced to mingle with people who work for a living.
The thing with Twitter is that it’s moved beyond real people. Fictional characters have Twitter accounts now (more on that in a second). Hell, celebrities make up accounts for their dogs, which is dumb. I’m looking at you, Ice-T. For crying out loud, I have friends who set up an account for their 6 month old. If you guys have that kind of free time, perhaps you should look into doing something useful, like teaching the kid Chinese, or, better, picking up my dry cleaning.
Or, if you want to spend that much time on Twitter, try checking out the accounts of people who might actually have something interesting to say, like Lord Voldemort, who gives us some advice on how to make it through the weekend:
Seth McFarlane gives a new perspective on the Charlie Sheen situation:
um…. maybe?
Continuing on the Charlie Sheen track, the always awesome George Takei has his own ideas;
In another area of the entertainment industry, Roger Ebert gives his opinion on the Atlas Shrugged movie:
NPR, as always, is quite servicey:
When I was in college I took a stand-up comedy class. I honestly think it was a humanities course and not an elective, but I can’t be sure – it was many years ago.
In any case, our professor told us that even if your joke elicits a groan, it’s still a decent joke. My professor was also about 120 years old, so take that however you wish. Regardless, I think this may fall somewhere in the groan-worthy category.
And even more groan-worthy (with a side of giggle), Albert Brooks delivers:
Writer Seth Madej, friend of the author, gives tips on how to sound smart at parties (follow this guy, he’s entertaining):
This Twitter account is not for the religiously sensitive. For the rest of us – hilarious (and true!).
Death Star PR is always full of good questions:
And finally, Seth McFarlane again, retweeting a nonexistent Twitter account that should actually exist:
Right on, Seth.
Anyway, enjoy, and I’ll try to keep up on this the best I can. In the meantime, if you want to recommend some entertaining people to follow on Twitter, please do!
