Comics -- the cure for the boring Twitter feed.
Hollywood's biggest names have become full-fledged Twitter addicts. But most of the time the rock legends and movie stars waste their micro-blogs trying to make us care about melting ice caps or Malaria or the latest outbreak of intestinal tape worms, leaving us gasping to be entertained.
Not so comedians. On an hourly basis the likes of Sarah Silverman, Demetri Martin and Conan O'Brien are showing self-important stars how it's done, mixing in riffs on Donald Trump's hair and the Royal Wedding with the forgivable pitch for their stand up acts or television shows.
From old guard icons like Garry Shandling to breakthrough stars such as Morgan Murphy, TheWrap cuts through the Twitter-verse to find the funny men and women you need to follow.
(Also see our previous guides: 30 Must-Follow Movie Insiders, 30 Must-Follow Music Insiders, 50 Must-Follow TV Insiders, 25 Must-Follow Media Insiders, 25 Must-Follow TV Superfans)
STAND-UP HEAVYWEIGHTS
Sarah Silverman
@SarahKSilverman
Why you should follow: Nobody does potty-mouthed iconoclasm with a candy-coated arsenic chaser better than Silverman
Recent sample tweet: I just found out that embedding feces deep into the roots of a shag rug is on my dog's Bucket List.
Be prepared for: That sing song delivery gets lost.
Patton Oswalt
@pattonoswalt
Why you should follow: “King of Queens” star’s feed is a hub for all the great big tweeting funnymen and women.
Recent sample tweet: I disagree with Werner Herzog declaring a "Holy War" on yoga, but would love to watch him wage it.
Be prepared for: Gums up the works with movie and TV suggestions. Not exactly ready for his own edition of “Collected Critical Works.”
Demetri Martin
@DemetriMartin
Why you should follow: No dead air, just hilarious, circular word play.
Recent sample tweet: To have the enthusiasm of a game show contestant and the dignity to never be one.
Be prepared for: The drawings and sketches that provide such an integral part of Martin’s standup act, don’t work as well as Twitpics.
Kathy Griffin
@kathygriffin
Why you should follow: World’s greatest fan of low culture on technology’s best way to consume the stuff -- need we say more?
Recent sample tweet: Yes, I know I am in "AC" the same night as Charlie Sheen. When Warlocks & Witches collide! When is the Gary Busey tour???
Be prepared for: Sometimes reads like a TicketMaster feed for her standup gigs.
Gilbert Gottfried
