Day: April 4, 2013

Social media allows comedians to share idle thoughts, observations and wisecracks with the world immediately, instead of writing them down in a notebook to dig up later onstage. Flight delays and other airport mishaps. Down time between takes on set. The oddities of hotel room service. Food courts. Jury duty. It’s all fodder for comedy. Often, the comedian looks to Twitter to make light of the situation; sometimes, to curry favor with a company that’s done them wrong; rarely, to compliment a company without compensation. Even rarer is the case where a performer Tweets first, becomes a company’s spokesperson...