Neil Patrick Harris is a self-deprecating legend. Sure, he started his career in a somewhat self-serious role as the titular character of the child genius-becomes doctor drama Doogie Howser MD, but Harris found a second wind in his career mocking Doogie Hoswer AND himself in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (and its sequel). Well, now the prince of self-mockery has taken the next logical step and joined Twitter. And the results are FANTASTIC!
Here are some sample tweets:
My first tweet, peeps. I apologize in advance for my slow learning curve. Nice to (sort of) meet you. It's amazing how quickly 140 charac
(The joke being that Twitter only allows 140 characters per "tweet" and Neil, in his amazement of that 140 character limit, ran out of characters and cut off himself mid-sentence).
Prfkt. Thx 4 L th advyc evry1. This s a way ezr way 2 cmuNik8. Un42n8ly, itz takn me 3 hrz 2 ryt, but itz much pre4d 2 gtn cut off lyk i u
(The joke there? What if a well-spoken, well-educated actor wrote like a 12-year-old girl texting away on her first cell phone?)
And, if you missed it, please check out my list of the Funniest Celebrities on Twitter.
photo courtesy of Twitter
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