Comedy celebrity Twitter thread anyone?

Last night I watched live as Jonathan Ross persuaded Russell Brand to join Twitter - who immediately started to hate it because Ross's kids told him Twitter is "for oldies" - so I did a bit of looking around and found a few other comedy twitterers, mainly through their interaction with other non-celebrity followers. Honestly, I found it a bit frightening to see how they suck up to the comedians just to get a word out of them, so they can say, "Wahey, I had a chat with Stephen Fry [Pause] on Twitter".

Anyway, I made a short list of those I found. I have no doubt they're all genuine. Some of them, namely Julian Barrat, have not yet said anything, though.

Care to join in?

Adrian Edmondson: twitter.com/AdrianEdmondson

Hugh Laurie: twitter.com/hughlaurie

Jonathan Ross: twitter.com/Wossy

Noel Fielding: twitter.com/noelfielding

Rik Mayall: twitter.com/RikMayall

Rob Brydon: twitter.com/RealRobBrydon

Russell Brand: twitter.com/rustyrockets

Stephen Fry: twitter.com/stephenfry

I saw that as well!

http://twitter.com/serafinowicz

http://twitter.com/JohnCleese

http://twitter.com/Glinner - Graham Linehan

http://twitter.com/charltonbrooker - Charlie Brooker

All of them are real.

Quote: Dashcroft @ January 27 2009, 12:38 PM GMT

Last night I watched live as Jonathan Ross persuaded Russell Brand to join Twitter

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Where? What? How? etc.

I keep meaning to read Stephen Fry's.
Presumably you have to be all signed up to follow them?

I don't understand the appeal of Twitter. Why would one wish to know what someone's up to at any given point of the day? Blogs are bad enough.

Quote: Aaron @ January 27 2009, 2:13 PM GMT

I don't understand the appeal of Twitter. Why would one wish to know what someone's up to at any given point of the day?

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And exactly how many posts have you got in the Status Report thread again?

*shrug*

And how many of them are actually reporting on a 'status'? Very few, I would imagine.

Besides, I don't see the appeal in that either.

It's Stephen Fry though!
I want to know what he's eating for breakfast, and how long he spends brushing his teeth.

Quote: Aaron @ January 27 2009, 2:16 PM GMT

*shrug*

And how many of them are actually reporting on a 'status'? Very few, I would imagine.

Besides, I don't see the appeal in that either.

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Do you see the appeal in this website?

What Is Twitter?

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

So, I'll ask again. What IS Twitter?

Quote: chipolata @ January 27 2009, 2:19 PM GMT

Do you see the appeal in this website?

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See, now you're going off on a totally unrelated tangent. Do I see the point in Google? Do you see the point in BBC News Online?

Quote: zooo @ January 27 2009, 2:05 PM GMT

Where? What? How? etc.

I keep meaning to read Stephen Fry's.
Presumably you have to be all signed up to follow them?

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You don't, actually, as long as you only want to read. Just use a feed aggregator, such as Google Reader: Go to the website(s) above, find the RSS button at the bottom of the page and subscribe to it. Oh, you will have to sign up to send messages to other Twitter users, though.

To read about Russell Brand joining, check Jonathan Ross's entries on January 26.

Quote: zooo @ January 27 2009, 2:18 PM GMT

It's Stephen Fry though!
I want to know what he's eating for breakfast, and how long he spends brushing his teeth.

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Now that's just weird.

Welcome to your new girlfriend.

Will you be wanting to strap a camera to my head in order to record everything I do on any given day?

Quote: Aaron @ January 27 2009, 2:20 PM GMT

See, now you're going off on a totally unrelated tangent. Do I see the point in Google? Do you see the point in BBC News Online?

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Now who's being confrontational.