For a couple weeks, Garry Trudeau ran a series of Doonesbury strips about his Fox News stringer character, Roland Hedley, and his growing obsession with Twitter. In the strips, Hedley was actually tweeting during his on-air reports, making his broadcast reports completely useless.
Well, Garry Trudeau has opened a Twitter account for Roland Hedley and is posting mock tweets. It's devastating satire of the inanity of Twitter hosted on Twitter in real time. It's quite brilliant.
Some of Hedley's tweets:
Interviewing new mistress after the broadcast tonight. Send me your questions.
6:04 PM Mar 4th from txt
Checking out some hilarious graffiti in men's room at work. Will have production assistant transcribe.
8:18 AM Mar 5th from web
You'll never guess who I'm sitting in the Nightline green room with, because I certainly have no idea. He looks sketchy, like a TARP guy.
7:11 PM Mar 6th from web
Bumped into an old stalker of mine at Borders. She'd lost some weight and looked terrific, but I tweeted 911. Cops arrived from 3 states.
9:43 PM Mar 7th from web
Been wading through Times. What Rick Sanchez tweeted about print giving him a headache is so true. Can't wait for newspapers to be over.
2:30 PM Mar 8th from web
Wow. Ever studied the 10 Commandments? Only 6 are about us. The first 4 are all about protecting the Big Guy's brand. Talk about narcissism
11:34 AM Mar 9th from web
Can't find url for Bible. You'll have to trust me on this.
11:40 AM Mar 9th from web
Just withdrew lunch with me from online charity auction. Bidders failed to meet minimum $5K bid. People really are hurting out there.
8:51 AM Mar 10th from web
Watched Cramer crush Stewart. Brutal takedown, IMHO. (Okay, didn't actually watch it myself, but that's what twitter's for. Thanks, guys!)
5:37 AM Mar 13th from web
Have now dated 2 Ana Marie Cox impostors in a row. Anyone got hard AMC 411 (last 4 SS# digits, identifying marks) so don't get burned again?
3:17 PM Mar 16th from web
Laura Ingraham has a point: By tradition, GOP blondes are anorexic. If Meghan McCain wants in, gastric bypass is VERY affordable these days.
about 21 hours ago from web
At AIG hearing, hottest ticket in town, doing color tweets. All the top twitterers here, very competitive environment. Wish me luck!
about 2 hours ago from web
No tweeting allowed in hearing room, so keep bending over to "tie shoelaces" to conceal tweeting. Guard suspicious. I'm at great risk.
about 1 hour ago from web
After George Carlin passed away, it occurred to me that while most great artists -- comics, musicians, writers, what have you -- lose their chops as they get older, Carlin just kept getting better and better. I think Trudeau is, too.
Here are links to the actual Hedley Twitter strips:
March 2
March 3
March 4
March 5
March 6
March 7
March 9
March 10
March 11
March 12
March 13
March 14
UPDATE: Yeah, it might be useful to provide a link to the tweets, huh?
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