Storrs, CT — Outside the student union theater hung a poster with a photograph of Will Smith and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” written underneath. I sat in an emtpy row. A young girl took the stage and introduced Andy Borowitz, a 51-year-old writer, quipster and former president of the Harvard Lampoon. The audience of 30 people (the theater could fit around 270 people) clapped. Over the next hour or so Borowitz cracked jokes and answered questions about his TV show, “The Fresh Prince.”
Since then I’ve been reading Borowitz’s New Yorker pieces (“Britney”s Conversion Diary” is very good and available online) and following him on Twitter. The man is an astoundoing writter who is clever and hilarious. Here are some my favorite Tweets:
- US Budget Deficit Now Estimated at 4 Blazillion
- Scientists close to finding Rhyme for Orange
- Fox News Channel, Sci Fi Channel to Merge
- Planning hiking trip. Toss-up between the border or Iran and the border or North Korea. Thoughts?
- Is it possible to refer to a slutty woman’s ankles as skankles?
- I don’t need an iPhone – if I want to hear music on my phone I just call Verizon Customer Service.
- Health Care Protesters want President’s Plan to Include Semiautomatic rifles for All Americans.
- If Rick Pitino wrote a restaurant guide he’d put Zagat out of business.
- I’m going to start using the words “Crystal meth” in my status updates to see if I start getting Facebook ads for it.
- Tonight on Larry King: Larry Marks the 40th Anniversary of Michael Jackson’s 10th birthday.
- America Less Safe With Palin No Longer Keeping Eye on Russia.
- east coast paper boy
p.s. “Emily Dickinson, Jerk of Amherst” is one of my all time favorite Borowitz pieces. If you can find it make sure you keep a box of tissues near by.
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