The Most Valiant '@midnight' #BookSequels #HashtagWar Tweets
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Tuesday on Comedy Central's @midnight with Chris Hardwick, on-air contestants Rhysie Darby, Alm Adrigal, and Jim Jefferies went head-to-head coming up with hilarious titles for book sequels.
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was first published on December 9, 1884, so Tuesday's #HashtagWar was in honor of such a momentous occasion for the sequel of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."
"Hitchhiker's Guide To Being Buried In A Shallow Grave Outside Needles, Cali." is one example from Alm Adrigal. "Oliver Twist Ending," is another punny one from Rhysie Darby. Check out the full clip:
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Competitors on Twitter brought out the big guns for this #HashtagWar, filling the feed with enough potential sequels to get the tag in the top trends. Here are a few of the top contenders out there at the moment:
Deconstructed Chicken Soup, For The Blog #BookSequels @midnight
-- Brett Osinoff (@BrettOsinoff) December 10, 2014
The Bible: Reloaded
#BookSequels
-- Questionable Adam (@AdamReakes) December 10, 2014
#BookSequels Eat, Pray, Love, Marriage, Out of Love, Divorce, Eat More, Cry, Swear Off Men, Get a Few Cats
-- Jullianne Delgado (@JullianneNYC) December 10, 2014
How To Win Facebook Friends and Troll People #BookSequels @midnight
-- Jason James (@comicjasonjames) December 10, 2014
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Shameless Marketing Strategies #BookSequels @midnight
-- Shawn Carlow (@shawncarlow) December 10, 2014
#BookSequels Horton Hears a Whom
-- Marc Sheehan (@MarcSheehan006) December 10, 2014
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide Your Kids Hide Your Wife #BookSequels @midnight
-- Ben Wells (@TheBenWells) December 10, 2014
Holy Crap! We Found One More Mohican! #BookSequels @midnight
-- Stephen Thomas (@15Stephen15) December 10, 2014
Harry Potter and the Year He Had to Make Up All the Classes He Missed #BookSequels
-- Gabriella R (@ringerxo) December 10, 2014
The Very Hungry Bed Bug #BookSequels
-- Catseye Pest Control (@CatseyePest) December 10, 2014
Love in the Time of Ebola #BookSequels
-- dvinanin (@dvinanin) December 10, 2014
The Selfie of a Lady #BookSequels
-- carls barkley (@equivocarly) December 10, 2014
Furious George Takes Off A Face #BookSequels @midnight
-- Matt 4 The Season! (@TheRealMattL) December 10, 2014
*POSTER*
RT @SarahCantaloupe: A Clockwork Orange You Glad I Didn't Say Banana #booksequels @midnight pic.twitter.com/hq88WcTHFR
-- darth(TM) (@darth) December 10, 2014
About @midnight
"Chris Hardwick leads three celebrity contestants down the ultimate Internet wormhole. Culling from the darkest recesses of social media, they compete to determine who will be the funniest person for the next twenty three and a half hours."