Roy Wood Jr. teaches “The Daily Show” viewers all about Black Twitter
On last night’s Daily Show, correspondent / comedian Roy Wood Jr. led another excellent installment of Black Eye on America, and this time, he gave an overview of Black Twitter. Wood compares social media conversation to more traditional barbershop hangs, and consults with avid Tweeters Jamilah Lemieux and Elon James White to hear more on how the black […]
Roy Wood Jr. takes on a new role at “The Daily Show”: Psychic Correspondent
Comedian and Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood Jr. joined host Trevor Noah last night to debut a fun new beat: apparently, he’s psychic, which is particularly handy when he’s trying to figure out what the heck Trump’s going to Tweet next. Be warned: while his predictions are (probably) accurate, Wood can only tap into his […]
How to Tweet like Donald Trump
By skillfully (or, perhaps, cluelessly) manipulating Twitter’s allotted 140 characters, Donald Trump has propelled himself into the presidency. Twitter is to Trump what the basketball court is to Lebron James — and you should never take on your opponent on his home court (a lesson that Hillary Clinton learned the hard way in the 2016 election). Trump may […]
Anthony Cumia’s Twitter account suspended, allegedly following a fight with an A.V. Club writer
What a few weeks it’s been for Opie & Anthony fans. Yesterday, longtime broadcaster Anthony Cumia was suspended from Twitter seemingly after a coming to the defense of his former Opie & Anthony co-host, Gregg “Opie” Hughes, who was fired from recently fired by SiriusXM. Last week, the satellite radio provider confirmed it had parted […]
Some thoughts on the Chris Brown and Jenny Johnson Twitter flame war
This weekend <p> singer </p> dancer <p> Chris Brown </p> got himself into a bit of a Twitter flame war with a comedy writer <p> Jenny Johnson </p> (who we recommend you follow if you don’t @ JennyJohnsonHi5 ) for she’s pretty good with the joke. The events went as follows, Sunday afternoon, Chris Brown […]
Hannibal Buress breaks down election tweets on “Totally Biased”
<p> <p> </p> </p> <p> Hannibal Buress </p> was called upon by <p> W. Kamau Bell </p> , the host of <p> Totally Biased </p> to break down some things that were made on Twitter post election. The final judgement from Buress… step up your Twitter game.
“Saturday Night Live” gets an unexpected pitch from Zach Braff
Thanks to comedy angel Melissa McCarthy, all eyes have been on Saturday Night Live’s political coverage for the past few weeks – specifically, to see who else pops up with an unexpected Trump cabinet member cameo. It’s mostly been a ladies game, for maximum boundary-pushing and alt-right-annoying, but one actor has unexpectedly (and very excitedly) […]
CBS Making “Sh#t My Dad Says” Into A Sitcom…Starring William Shatner
It is official, the tweet-pacolypse has risen upon us, CBS has announced that the popular twitter-blog/book written by Justin Halpern “Shit my dad says” will be made into a sitcom. It gets better though, the part of the father will be played by non other than William Shatner. Do you need any reason to watch […]
Some thoughts on the cancellation of “Roseanne”
Photo: ABC Well, ABC went and did it, they cancelled the re-boot of the TV series Roseanne, their highest-rated comedy of the season. It’s an unprecedented move that will cost the network a lot of money but it’s also a commendable and morally correct move for the network. This all comes after the show’s star, […]
Artie Lange reveals emergency surgery in a series of Tweets: “I cheated the devil for the hundredth time”
Over the weekend, comedian Artie Lange posted a series of Tweets revealing he underwent emergency surgery after a recent performance in Chicago, to combat a particularly nasty chest infection. According to Lange, the infection was due to complications from his many addictions, which he talks about often and openly; “All the blow & H I’ve […]