The Funniest Tweets of the Week
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Twitter is a wonderful place when it isn’t being utilized by Nazis, trolls, right wing activists, or anti-vaxers. For me, oddly, it’s become my ideal place to learn about the death of a celebrity or public figure. Suddenly your feed, by and large, becomes a tiny wake. Fans share stories you never heard before alongside clips of great moments in the person’s life. This past week on Twitter I learned about the passing of Russi Taylor, a legendary voice actor who was the longtime voice of Minnie Mouse and is probably best known to Paste Comedy fans for her work on The Simpsons. As the voice of Martin Prince, Taylor brought soul to one of the show’s best side characters. Even as a fan, I never took the time to learn who voiced that character this week. But when she passed, I’m grateful I’ve cultivated the sort of Twitter feed where I got the news, even if I didn’t know I cared about it until right then.
#RIP Russi Taylor, 75.
The voice of Minnie Mouse since 1986.
But for fans of @TheSimpsons she was the enthusiastic nerdy student Martin Prince, the twins Sherri & Terri, and the chocolate loving German exchange student Üter. pic.twitter.com/renLphCpXa— Rhett Bartlett (@dialmformovies) July 27, 2019
Martin Prince was the bullied kid whose jokes were mostly at his expense but my god were they good jokes, and Russi Taylor’s delivery really sold his precocious dweebiness. Imagine running off these lines so confidently while keeping that high pitch. RIP.https://t.co/cVaYNYZ78U
— Valondar (@VK_HM) July 27, 2019
Rest in peace Russi Taylor. Here are the funniest Tweets of the week.
ive made a lot of tweets about my “ex boyfriend” and a lot of people ask, how many guys have you dated tallie? but i want you all to know that every viral tweet about my ex boyfriend was about ONE guy so just imagine how shitty he was. just imagine it.
— (@thomasjeferstan) August 1, 2019
A BBC correspondent just referred to Boyz II Men as “Boys Eleven Men”. And it was wonderful.
— Keith Negley (@keithnegley) July 29, 2019
Kurt Russell spends the entire finale of BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA with lipstick smeared on his face. That’s why he’s my favorite actor. https://t.co/ILx5QkzqJu
— BenDavid Grabinski (@bdgrabinski) August 1, 2019
It’s cat picking season pic.twitter.com/6UzzC0DcBY
— Cats (@bestcataccount) August 1, 2019
My titties when I run pic.twitter.com/NGFHrsrlBu
— Kesha (@bigdvvddym) August 1, 2019
de niro in dolls kill platforms…a hot girl summer miracle pic.twitter.com/36tltR438z
— taylor (@taylorgayng) July 31, 2019
These are the types of messages you long to get as a comedian pic.twitter.com/EjYIXbvrfq
— Allen Strickland Williams (@TotallyAllen) August 1, 2019
When I was a teenager, I used to call into the classic rock radio station in Pittsburgh (WRRK) to try and win contests. I would pretend to be my dad so that I was old enough to win. By my count, I won around 57 times. pic.twitter.com/IQXKqiRk2L
— Joe Kwaczala (@joekjoek) July 29, 2019
wow man last year i was sleeping on my sisters floor, had no money, struggling to get plays on my music, suffering from daily headaches, now i’m gay.
— nope (@LilNasX) July 28, 2019
One time, this telemarketer called me trying to sell me stock in some company, and for like 20 minutes, I pretended I was interested. When he realized I was stringing him along, he said he could tell by my voice how fat I was, and then he ended up selling me a gun. Good salesman.
— Ray Kump (@RayKump) July 28, 2019