Gone are the days when someone must tune into a late night talk show or go to a comedy club to hear topical jokes about the day's headlines. Today, Twitter has given many comedians a reason to turn joke telling into a 24/7 business. Even during relatively slow news cycles, like right now, comedy wordsmiths still make topical jokes about the events in the news available to a mass audience. Here are some of the best tweets from our favorite funny tweeters that cover today's biggest stories, from the "Huckleberry Finn" controversy, to John Boehner, to Ted Williams:
Morgan Murphy:
I bet Ted Williams will get a great job. And the guy he replaces will end up homeless.
Stephen Colbert:
It's great that they took the N-word out of "Huckleberry Finn." Now get to work on "Moby D-Word."
Rob Kutner:
Just ordered my copy of Mark Twai's Huck Fi from Amazo.com
Chris Regan:
The GOP are doing the "People's Work" of reading the entire Constitution. Or the "People's Homework They Should've Done in 9th Grade."
mileskahn:
I've replaced all the racist words in Huck Finn with "Boehner." Reads much better now.
Guy Nicolucci:
Michelle Bachmann was appointed to the Intelligence Committee. Didn't George Carlin do a routine about that?
Chelsea Peretti:
Scientists! Look at what's right in front of you. The dead birds were killed by Mark Twain's ghost. He's lashing out bc he loves the n word
