Wednesday, March 11, 2009

YES. I Have a Twitter Account.

No, I don't remember my login information. This is because I have no intention of using twitter.

Here's the thing with Twitter: Twitter is stupid.

Here is a list:
•Invest money with Bernie Madoff
•Do hard drugs even though you don't want to
•Crocs
•Join the Nazi party in 1930's Germany
•Purchase a lil' Wayne album
•Use Twitter

Here is what that list is of:
Things people do because everyone else is doing it.

If you don't already know, Twitter is the latest big wave in internet social networking. It's based on the idea that any and every random thought that you have during the day should be archived on the internet and shared with everyone you know.

At any point in time you can post roughly two dozen words to the internet and have all your friends read those words.

For instance, if I were Shaquille O'Neal, I might whip out my cell phone and say to the world:






Or, let's say that you're Dave Matthews and you have a revelation that people need to hear about:






Or perhaps, you're John McCain and you'd like everyone to know that you are, in fact, still alive? Well, you'd probably tell the teenager that you pay to use computers to post this:






My point is that the only people who should use Twitter are celebrities who I don't like. It's impossible to sound intelligent on Twitter. Just stop trying. If you're going to use Twitter I beg you to use it the way smart people (Andersen Cooper) use Twitter: No opinions. Nothing personal. No photos of the sneakers you're wearing today (Looking at you Diddy). Just links to your work for all the schmucks on Twitter to click on.

If anyone needs me, I'll be on Facebook.

This Great Thing Happened at the Museum of Modern Art (A While Ago)

The other month (I've been AWOL - no need to explain) Joe Mande and I took part in a great event at the MoMA:
Silent but Deadly: An Evening of Comedy Shorts
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
7:00-10:30 P.M.
MoMA

Watch a selection of silent comedy shorts from MoMA's collection, followed by short videos made in response by some of today's finest comedians. Ron Magliozzi, Assistant Curator, Department of Film, along with his colleagues Steve Massa and Ben Model, have selected some "cruel and unusual" slapstick comedy shorts from the silent era that explore social, cultural, and political subjects in rude and shocking ways. PopRally has invited contemporary comedians to react with their own video creations. MoMA silent film accompanist Ben Model will be at the piano.

Comedian Max Silvestri will host this unique evening of historic shorts and comic creations by Nick Kroll, Joe Mande, Gabe & Jenny, ThunderAnt (Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein), You Look Nice Today, and more. A reception follows. Doors and bar open at 7:00; show starts promptly at 8:00.

Visit the PopRally Web site for further details on this event.

Pretty cool, huh?
I don't know where our video went on the internet so for now I present you with photographic evidence that Michel Gondry was at the event and therefore (unless he was asleep, in the bathroom, in the hallway on the phone, or closing his eyes while plugging his ears and going "lalalalala") saw a video that I made and possibly (complete speculation) chuckled at something I did.

Our New Fox News Show - Why Is This Happening?

Me an Joe an Noah decided it was time to have a show on Fox News.

(Sorry Fran Drescher)