I just learned that a direct ancestor of mine, Puritan patriarch William Bradford, is credited with inventing Thanksgiving.

December 19, 2009 2:53 AM

Hugh Hefner's Twitter account
posted by twoleftfeet (28 comments total)

Do other celebrities have "Twitter" accounts?
posted by joelf at 2:55 AM on December 19, 2009 [3 favorites]

Coherent, if uninteresting. Believe it or not, that's a compliment.
posted by maxwelton at 2:58 AM on December 19, 2009

AFAICT, he doesn't interact with fans at all. Not that he's obligated to, I guess.
posted by RavinDave at 3:07 AM on December 19, 2009

Hugh is "following" two people. I suspect they are both female and under the age of 22.
posted by HuronBob at 3:17 AM on December 19, 2009

Literate egoism = marketing perfection.
posted by quietalittlewild at 3:18 AM on December 19, 2009

I see he talks a lot about Kendra's baby. Kendra already has a head-start parenting, dating back to when she changed Hugh's diapers.
posted by netbros at 3:18 AM on December 19, 2009

Remember when his lounging around in pajamas was decadent rebellion rather than age appropriate behaviour?
posted by srboisvert at 3:31 AM on December 19, 2009 [7 favorites]

I have to admit that I thought I was linking to more posts involving the Grotto.
posted by twoleftfeet at 3:32 AM on December 19, 2009

Reads as though it is written by a playboy media office marketing assistant who has access to the mansion calendar, the press calendar, and the cell phone number of Hef's personal assistant (for help sprinkling in the occasional personal touch). I would be surprised to learn the actual personal assistant is posting this twitter feed from within the mansion. I'll just go all the way and say that IT IS UNLIKELY THAT HEF POSTED THESE.
posted by damehex at 3:43 AM on December 19, 2009 [3 favorites]

The poster is posting from inside the mansion!
posted by twoleftfeet at 3:50 AM on December 19, 2009

I hate those fucking pajamas.
posted by digsrus at 3:51 AM on December 19, 2009

Do other "celebrities" have Twitter accounts? see what I did there?
posted by fixedgear at 4:11 AM on December 19, 2009

Damn you, twoleftfeet! We need a warning before a TV Tropes link! I was planning on going back to bed this morning, now I see that's not going to happen.
Ooh... Calls are coming from inside the house... I can see you... Victim of the week... Anvilicious... Viewers are morons...
posted by arcticwoman at 4:16 AM on December 19, 2009

He's a boat captain!
posted by drezdn at 4:59 AM on December 19, 2009

There is an old joke about a wealthy young man who invites his parents to his newly bought yacht. Donning a peaked cap he says ‘Look folks, I’m a captain’ to which his father replies ‘Yes, to your mother you are a captain; to me you are a captain; but to a Captain, you are no captain’.
posted by fixedgear at 5:24 AM on December 19, 2009

I would normally suspect that a PR person is writing these on his behalf -- but that really doesn't make a helluvalotta sense. He's not really promoting anything. The postings are mundane and repetitive.
posted by RavinDave at 5:25 AM on December 19, 2009

So fucking what?
posted by chillmost at 5:37 AM on December 19, 2009

It just goes to show you that even HUGH FREAKING HEFFNER is boring on Twitter.
posted by Ron Thanagar at 5:38 AM on December 19, 2009

Larry Flynt's Twitter account: @Hughhefner nngarrhgh mnennnnehgregarrh
posted by Avenger at 5:50 AM on December 19, 2009

So fucking what?

Almost anything he comes in contact with.
posted by gman at 6:00 AM on December 19, 2009 [1 favorite]

The Friday night movie is the 5 star Christmas classic "Miracle on 34th Street." See the Mansion Blog for my movie notes.

Ooooo I can't wait to hear what Hugh has to say about Miracle on 34th Street! Why Hugh and Santa Claus are interchangeable in my mind...aside from the whole "porking of young females." But, yeah, aside from being a Captain of the Sex Industry and Leading National Pimp, Hugh is Mr. Christmas himself (imagine what kind of "gifts" Hugh has wrapped up under his tree!)
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 6:01 AM on December 19, 2009

The postings are mundane and repetitive.

[INSERT TWITTER SNARK HERE]
posted by Dr Dracator at 6:05 AM on December 19, 2009

Fucking Hugh Hefner got a Christmas card from President Obama? Yuck.
posted by the littlest brussels sprout at 6:22 AM on December 19, 2009

the littlest brussels sprout: "Fucking Hugh Hefner got a Christmas card from President Obama? Yuck."

Probably the exact same card from Obama and Michelle that I got. The back says "Paid for by the DNC", they sent them out to everyone who donated or volunteered in the last election.
posted by octothorpe at 6:48 AM on December 19, 2009

Fucking Hugh Hefner got a Christmas card from President Obama? Yuck.

On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog that you didn't really get a Christmas card from the President.
posted by explosion at 6:55 AM on December 19, 2009

Honestly, it's a relief that his account is mostly prosaic tweets about movie nights, and not repetitive announcements of "MMMM! TITTIES!" If anything, that's what makes me suspect these are by Hugh (or dictated by him to his personal assistant). A PR person would be trying to leverage the advertised Playboy lifestyle into this.
posted by ardgedee at 6:58 AM on December 19, 2009

Hugh Hefner got a Christmas card from President Obama? Yuck.

Not a big hairy deal. We got Christmas cards from the Bushes while they were in office.
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 6:59 AM on December 19, 2009

Well that makes more sense. I didn't realize it was a mass mailing. Carry on.
posted by the littlest brussels sprout at 7:11 AM on December 19, 2009