Here's a trailer Twitter phenom Rob Delaney made with Erin Gibson for War of Words, a new board game based on his Twitter feed. It's guaranteed to be the funniest trailer for a board game based on a Twitter feed you'll see all day.
Here's the latest episode of Paul F. Tompkins's web talk show Speakeasy with guest Rob Delaney. As with everything Paul F. Tompkins puts out, it's charming, classy, hilarious, and well worth your time.
Comedy Central just released new albums from two very funny guys: Rob Delaney and T.J. Miller. Rob Delaney's Live at the Bowery Ballroom is the audio version of the hour special Delaney self-released earlier this year. T.J. Miller's Mash Up Audiofile is a companion album to his Comedy Central series Mash Up, featuring a 45 min. set from Miller with extra music/comedy mashups mixed in. Both are available for the low, low price of $9.99, which is pretty affordable.
Internet-famous people constantly have to combat other's preconception that they'll be troll-like and speech impediment-filled. That's why it was very smart of him to wear a very smart suit. That being said, he didn't necessarily fight the perception that famous twitters survive on a diet of cellulite and shaved body hair. Speaking of shaved body hair, watch Rob talk about Kim Kardashian and Mitt Romney below:
Rob Delaney likes to pester Mitt Romney on Twitter because he's "such an attractive target comedically." As is the case with all things Twitter, Delaney is quite good at it, earning mountains of retweets, @ replies, and faves. He's so good at it that he often overshadows Romney's actual account. In June, 44% of the time Delaney was responsible for the most popular mention of the candidate Twitter. He was routinely beating the candidate's own Twitter account despite having 200,000 less followers and not actually being the person people are tweeting about. Delaney does have the advantage of writing his tweets himself and being, well, funny. Which of [...]
Here's The Hollywood Reporter's hour-long comedy roundtable, featuring Kristen Schaal, Anthony Jeselnik, Nick Kroll, Rob Delaney, and Cecily Strong. From Kroll's story about bombing in front of Bill Murray when he was new at stand-up to Schaal discussing a particular network's reluctance to air shows with female leads, it's an interesting and fun chat all around.
TIME magazine released a list of "The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2013" this week, and a lot of comedians made it in this time around. The list features an entire comedy category and also a ton of boring non-comedy categories like "science" and "art." Amongst those who made the comedy portion of the list are Mayor of Twitter Rob Delaney, SNL writer Chris Kelly, Parks and Rec writers Chelsea Peretti and Megan Amram, and Jake Fogelnest's fake account for the musician Prince. Folks like Portlandia's Carrie Brownstein, Lena Dunham, and Apatow spawn Maude made it in under the "Celebrities" category, while stand-up and Parks and Rec star [...]
If you’re like me, you experience the daily state of joy that comes with reading Rob Delaney’s ludicrous Tweets. With recent gems likes “@WebMd girls have 2 butts?” Rob provides his Twitter following of over six-hundred thousand with relief from a world filled with the unfortunate popularity of people like Kim Kardashian. He was the first person to ever receive the title “Funniest Person on Twitter” and recently released his stand-up special online, Rob Delaney Live at the Bowery Ballroom. I had the pleasure of talking with him about being a dad, the impact that internet popularity has made on his stand-up routine, and what he would actually [...]
On September 4, Rob Delaney will release his hour special, "Live at the Bowery Ballroom," through Robdelaney.com for $5 'Tis "The Louis Model." Unlike Louis, and even Aziz Ansari and Jim Gaffigan, Rob Delaney hasn't already had much of a television presence. If this works, he will show that a comedian can succeed solely through the Internet and by controlling all of his or her own content. I'd like to see Mitt Romney try to release a stand-up special directly online (no I wouldn't). Score another one for #TeamDelaney.
Two weeks ago, we showed you the cover of Variety's "10 Comics To Watch" issue. The issue hits newsstands this week, so finally we can get an insight onto why Jillian Bell, Kurt Braunohler, Rob Delaney, Lil Rel Howery, Jake & Amir, Moshe Kasher, Joe Mande, Rory Scovel, and Jessica Williams are so damn watchable. Read about all of these now watched comedians here.
Comedian and Twitter King Rob Delaney sang the national anthem at a Dodgers Game this weekend. Delaney, who previously sang the national anthem at four Dodgers games and four Red Sox games, had a career in musical theater before turning to comedy. Explains Delaney, "I just asked the Dodgers' Twitter account if I could sing the anthem, and they wrote back, 'Sure.'"
Check out Delaney's Twitter exchange with the Dodgers account below:
“I respect Twitter. I am grateful for what it has done for me. But Twitter is a double-edged sword. Yes, you can improve your joke-writing craft, you can increase the number of people that hear them. But you can get drunk on people telling you, 'you are the best' or 'you are the worst.' You have to remember, Twitter pays no one's bills. It can lead to opportunities, but you still have to get up every day and work. Twitter isn't real. This is real."
- King of Twitter Rob Delaney denouncing his kingdom in Vulture.
Earlier this afternoon, Rob Delaney descended into the belly of the Internet to do a Reddit AMA. He answered silly questions and serious questions and everything in between. Here are the best quotes.
On if he's worried about being known as "The Twitter Guy":
I actually don't. And if I were known that way, that'd be fine too. I'm 35, married, a dad, sober; I'm VERY boring in real life. That I can make a living by telling jokes, be it online, onstage, on TV or wherever the hell makes me very, very grateful. If I complained AT ALL, it would be fair to call me a stupid-headed [...]
"If anything, if [Mitt Romney] were seeking to balance the ticket, his just got so off-balance that it flipped off into the stratosphere with Paul Ryan … Paul Ryan will be more fun to engage with as a comedic target. One thing that will be more fun about him is he ostensibly believes what he says. He’s a zealot and an ideologue, and so that’ll be a different kind of tussle with him, which I look forward to… I don’t feel bad making fun of them brutally, because it’s literally in their job description. It is: be made fun of by snotnosed comedians. So they’re doing their job, I’m doing [...]
