New Yorker satirist Andy Borowitz found himself on the receiving end of the classic “Ace of Spades treatment” today, as Ace and partner-in-crime Iowahawk welcomed their followers to attend #borowitzcomedyskool. Today’s lesson was how to re-create the formula behind Borowitz’s attempts at left-wing comedy: mention a Republican, link that person to pop culture in an absurd way, and maybe accuse him of being a horrible person in the process. Got it?
Andy Levy kicked things off by mocking Borowitz’s post about the Pope.
https://twitter.com/andylevy/status/307238014751477760
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@andylevy @AceofSpadesHQ "Hey, what if random current event person did something unexpected? I think it would go something like this."
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 28, 2013
@iowahawkblog @andylevy what if the Pope were actually Don Knotts? (turns back to audience…)
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 28, 2013
Add Ace and stir for instant hilarity!
@AceofSpadesHQ @andylevy what if Pope Gangnam Style, and also some kind of sequester thing reference? #BorowitzComedySkool
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 28, 2013
Houston, we have a hashtag!
@iowahawkblog @andylevy what if he has a dog that talks?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 28, 2013
@iowahawkblog @andylevy @AceofSpadesHQ Who is this borowitz fellow of whom you all speak?
— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) March 1, 2013
@LegInsurrection @iowahawkblog @andylevy he's the @borowitzreport, a legend of comedy… see his Pope thing for Big Funny
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
And people who aren't funny, but are in the mood for something that could be recognized at a distance as "humor," read @BorowitzReport
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 28, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool What if a Southern Christian was given away for marriage by a pickup truck?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 28, 2013
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#borowitzcomedyskool A Mexican, a Jew, and a Republican walk into a bar. The Republican is white! Like John McCain!
— Area Man (@lheal) February 28, 2013
https://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock/status/307285528393445376
#borowitzcomedyskool All this talk about Obama lying about sequester is distracting from what Romney did to his dog 40 years ago.
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) February 28, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Audience voting irregularities make Barack Obama American Idol winner.
— The Morning Spew (@TheMorningSpew) February 28, 2013
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/307275478367105024
#borowitzcomedyskool Can't think of any "dumb Biden" jokes but here's one about Palin forgetting to flush the toilet! Am I right, guys?
— hopeforamerica (@hopeforamerica) March 1, 2013
@ExJon #borowitzcomedyskool Tom Coburn was seen gallon-smashing at the Northern Virginia Expensive Grocery Store
— Craig S. Bell (@craig_s_bell) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool GOP Sequester Promises Reductions "To Yo' Dick"
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 28, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Taylor Swift Something Something Something Breakup Boyfriend
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 28, 2013
https://twitter.com/OrwellForce/status/307272784336281600
#borowitzcomedyskool GOP Now Officially Less Popular Than Mimes* (* Mimes = Unpopular Never Gets Old)
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 28, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool what if Lady Gaga did something that was normally associated with someone different than Lady Gaga?
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 28, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool John Boehner Does Harlem Shake, Which Is Naturally Hilarious Because of the Politician/Dated Culture Fad Juxtoposition
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 28, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Something Bob Woodward something something Kim Jong-Un something
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 28, 2013
Man, if I was any funnier, I'd be Matthew Yglesias. #borowitzcomedyskool
— No Schiffshow Ever Got Over Macho Grande (@smitty_one_each) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool John Boehner Something Something Something The Voice
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 28, 2013
#borowtizcomedyskool Gangam Style Singer "Psy" Drives Like Shit
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 28, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool David Schwimmer Now Dating Phoebe Cates; Celebrity Couple Tagged "Schwimph"
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 28, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Rush Limbaugh Ejected From Restaurant Because He's Just Awful, Serious You Guys
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 28, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas POOPIE
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 28, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Pity Laughs Make Me Hard
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 28, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Eric Cantors Pants are Full of Load… Load
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 28, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Pope Tries to Land Plane Just Full of Snakes (Remember, Snakes on a Plane? Great Movie)
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 28, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Nobody Puts Baby In a Corner, Says John Boehner, Who's a Big Fat Orange Baby
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Rectum? Well I Hardly Even Eric Cantor
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Sequester Threatens Closure of Animal Shelters Something Something Baja Boys
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Dennis Rodman and Kim Jon-Un Are a Crazier Odd Couple Than James Mason and Chunk from Goonies
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Singer Prince Now Changing His Name to Something Else That's Funny
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Obama Locks Republican Leaders In Room Just Like Teenagers In The Breakfast Club Oh Sweet Jesus Please Take Me Home Now
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Debt Looms Like Shark We're Going To Need a Bigger Boat Sweet Spectre of Radiant Death Let Me Enter Thy Kingdom
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Republican Leaders Lola Falana Una Panoona Blana A Real Man Would Have Pulled the Trigger By Now
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool President Obama John Boehner KHAAAAAN! The Glorious Noose Sings My Name From The Garage
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool 1998 Political Reference 2002 Cultural Reference The Shining Sharp Razor Romances My Throat
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Gay Marriage People… Who Need People… Obama Christian Right The Carbon Monoxide Fills My Chest Like Pride
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Benghazi You-Say Peoplay Gon' Die? Dexter Jettster IG-88 Mother, Where Did It All Go So Terribly Wrong?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool What's the difference between a vitamin and a bullet…? I wish I even knew any more…
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Gang of Eight More Like the Brady Bunch of Six…. Oh God How I Wish Soylent Green Was Real
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool If you take the first letter of my last 200 tweets it tells you what pills I took and how many… please don't stop me
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool I changed my last name because it sounded "Too Republican"… my name used to be Andy Rape
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool J-Lo Obama Tea Party Dr. Ray Stanz The Greatest Comedy Hero of All Time Is Freddie Prinz Because He Manned Up
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Sequester Jack Kervorkian Madonna Ice Cream My Uncle Told Me It Was a Roll of Quarters In His Lap But It Sure Felt Warm
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Marco Rubio Caught In Affair with Perrier I Just Wanted My Cousin Samuel To Teach Me How To Kiss But He Made It Dark
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Bacon LOLCats Bacon Lady Gaga I Never Felt So Tall As Standing In My Mother's Heels
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool I don't want to say that [SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION TERM] Is dumb, but [He/She] just tried to [GOOGLE TRENDING TERM]
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Andy's Notebook: Super Bowl sounds a lot like Soup Bowl. Write this up for the New Yorker.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Notebook: Any gas left in the Olsen Twins? What if they got on each other's shoulders like Master Blaster? Promising!
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Notebook: "Romney" = "Romulan"? Hendrik Hertzberg's a fucking imbecile; he'd probably think that was funny.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Notebook: Does Dick Cheney look ilke Darren Stevens? No? Eh fuck it it's the New Yorker, they can't tell the difference
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool No seriously the best joke is the New Yorker is now running stuff from America's foremost Vanity Humorist
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool GOP Politician Verbs Noun Conjunction 2006 Internet Meme
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Honey Boo Boo, Snookie, and Sarah Palin. Get it?
— Gary Eaton (@garysteveneaton) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool What if Randy Jackson lost a lot of weight & Republicans thought he was Denzel Washington?
— The Morning Spew (@TheMorningSpew) March 1, 2013
#borowitzcomedyskool Why do Republicans hate Al Roker? Because he's a black man who also talks about climate! #DontGetMeStarted
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) March 1, 2013
See, Borowitz can be funny; he just needs some help.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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