One of my favorite recent Twitter-related trends is the onslaught of jokes from late-night talk show hosts pointing out how laughably dull (or stupid) some of our favorite celebs’ tweets really are. Read aloud, even the most seemingly innocuous Tweets are often hilarious.
Now Break.com, a video site heavily geared towards a male audience, is looking to get in on the action. The site has signed on comedian Mike Polk (formerly of HBOLabs) to host a show called Tweet Boxx, which is specifically focused on making fun of the Twitterverse. You can catch the first episode here.
Polk kicks off the inaugural show saying that each week he’ll “be sharing with you my favorite celebrity Twitter tweets of the week” following that up a moment later with, “what am I saying here, these are words?” Welcome to my life, Mr. Polk.
The show’s definitely worth watching if you’re a heavy Twitter user, and you’ll also probably love it if you’re still in the “Twitter is stupid” camp. The novelty of making fun of tweets will probably wear off at some point, but I think we still have a ways to go before we get there.
Polk closes the show by saying, “as long as celebrities continue to be stupid, I’ll continue to mock them from the safety and comfort of my living room.” He’s got his work cut out for him.
If you like Tweet Boxx, also be sure to check out Tweeting Too Hard, a site that shames those Tweeters that really deserve it.
Yes! TMZ should also get in the action.
I want to know if celebrities prefer charmin or scott
Good to know. Looks fun.
What about smart tweets, nice tweets ? is there a hall of fame, a best of tweets somewhere around ?
There are indeed quite a lot of useless, and stupid tweets. That is why, as I said in an article about the pros and cons of Twitter, there is a huge need in more (personnalized) filtering in the twitterverse.
TWEET OF THE WEEK
SWEET TWEETS
Absolutely uselessly hilarious. Everything I like!
I love the idea for the show – they should make sure to make fun of the stuff that comes out of this fellow’s twitter, its ridonculous – http://twitter....om/KeithRichman
Not funny + sucks = FAIL
Hi Jason,
Seems like it might be an OK show. People may get tired over time. But I’ll check it out once to see if its really funny or not.
Thanks.
Mani Raj
Havoc Marketing
No matter how hard it is to find, someone will always be able to dig something up and spin it mockingly.
this is absolutely hilarious! nice work Break team
Seems pretty stupid to me. Like someone try to make a career by criticizing the comments he overhears at a cocktail party.
Twitter forces stupidity by the 140 character limit. I applaud anyone that can push their personality into such a small box.
What a great concept, too bad it’s poorly done and not funny.
A very funny twitter-mocking site is http://www.oversharers.com