

Lisa Lampanelli Lampanelli is proud to be one of the most vulgar female comics alive.

Not every tweet is a joke, but the vast majority of his feed consists of the same style of odd, intelligent musing that you’ll find in his act on stage. Demitri Martin and witty one-liners are this guy’s art, and Twitter is a perfect canvas for them. Unfortunately, his tweets aren’t as funny as his stand-up, but he regularly posts updates on stuff like where he’s performing and when his shows are airing, so he’s definitely worth a follow. He’s taken the world by storm in the past couple years because he’s probably one of the funniest guys alive. Louis CK a good chance you’ve heard of this guy. On Twitter, the real Todd Glass comes out, and if his tweets are any indication of his personality, he’s absolutely crazy. He didn’t win, but that’s only because his material was too racy for primetime TV. Todd Glass first heard of Todd Glass back in 2004 when he was a contestant on the reality show Last Comic Standing. His tweets tend to reflect his style of comedy, so his feed is typically filled with cynical, sarcastic, and rage-filled social and political commentary. Lewis Black have a sneaking suspicion that if I searched for “grumpy old man” on Google, Lewis’s Twitter account would show up first in the results.

Every other post is about Phil Mickelson or Vijay Singh staring down a 40-yard putt, and somehow it’s still funny to me. It’s really impossible to tell with this guy – he’s the quintessential anti-comic. Norm Macdonald still not sure if he’s trying to be funny, or if he’s slipped so far into senility that all he posts about is what’s happening on the PGA tour. Almost all of his posts are hilariously offensive and unapologetic one-liners. Jim Norton is disgusting and obscene on a level that most comedians can only dream of, and the best part is he’s one of the few guys who uses Twitter like a stage. Jim Norton you hadn’t gathered, much of these comedians fall in the “offensive material” category. He posts jokes on occasion, but oftentimes it’s the links and retweets he posts that are the best. Anyway, not only is this guy ridiculous on stage, his Twitter feed is insanely entertaining. I just really wanted to throw in a Fear Factor reference. Joe Rogan he got that gig encouraging people to eat pig parts for cash, Rogan was a comedian. He might not post all that often, but when he does it’s always well-crafted dark humor that’s sure to brighten your day. He tweets with the same arrogance that he brings to the stage, and you’ll love it. His jokes are witty, obscene, often intelligent, and always perfectly timed. Anthony Jeselnik relatively new to the comedy scene, but he’s easily one of most talented comics to arrive in years. Otherwise, definitely follow him and see him live when you get the chance. If you have delicate sensibilities, or might faint if you read the occasional transvestite prostitute joke, then you might not like his Twitter feed. Doug Stanhope is without a doubt one of the most wildly-offensive, obscene, socially-conscious, and above all, talented, comedians still alive today. Be warned though – there’s bound to be some heavy bias. So, after a few years of actively following hundreds of comedians, I’ve developed a decent sense of who’s active online and the stuff they like to post – which led me to put together this list of 20 of the best comedians to follow on Twitter.

Take Dave Chappelle for example – he’s quite possibly one of the funniest guys to hold a mic, but his tweets are few and far between. For this reason, someone who’s a riot on stage might be pretty boring in your feed. Comedy on Twitter is complicated: Not every comedian out there does one-liners, and many of them find it difficult to condense their jokes down to 140 characters. Nowadays there are certain politicians, bloggers, musicians, and randos that have made their way onto my feed, but for the most part it’s still dominated by jokes and angry rants from the funniest people in the world.īut still, making this list was difficult. Instead, I opted to use the service to keep up with stand-up comedians I liked, and for a long time that was all I used Twitter for. Every picture of every home-cooked meal they made, every photo taken at some obscure landmark, every time somebody squeezed out another kid – I didn’t need it repeated it to me on Twitter. I already read all their posts on Facebook. When I first started using Twitter, I didn’t see the point in following any of my friends.
