The Funniest Person on Twitter has officially gone from 140 characters to 250 pages, give or take. And the book promises to be a “non-murdery” adventure.
Rob Delaney was voted "The Funniest Person on Twitter" at Comedy Central last year, and it's true.
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But he's also about to be a published author, and here's the cover of Delaney's book to prove it.
Yes, friends, an actual book that you can preorder now — or buy in a store when it goes on sale Nov. 5, 2013.
“I did a tweet a while back that was mocking people’s social media bios, like on Facebook or Twitter," Delaney said of the subtitle. "Like a famous actor, in their descriptions put something like, ‘Father. Storyteller. Woodworker. Student of life.' People really did that, and it makes my molars explode. Because that’s ridiculous, dude, you’re an actor," he said, laughing. "So the subtitle is a play on somebody's inflated sense of self, imagining that anyone should possibly care — which they very much shouldn’t. So that’s me, trying to take a little air out of people's self-importance by naming my navel-gazing memoir that title. So, hopefully that title will let people know immediately that I’m a very ridiculous person, in every negative and positive sense of the word.”
Reading this book is like going on a non-murdery adventure with Delaney.
When I asked Delaney why people should buy his book, he said, “If you enjoy this guy's sandwiches, do you want to eat at his restaurant? If you enjoyed the ice cream cone he gave you, would you like to come to his salon and have him give you a pedicure with his sure hands? Basically, like, if my tweets are the tip of the iceberg, it would be like, ‘Do you want to go in my ice chest?' Not in a murdery way, but in a fun, exploring together way."
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He's BFFs with a Booker Prize-winning author, so chances are he's picked up a few writing tips from her:
Or he at least knows how to read...right?
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