Category Archives: Twitter tweets

Oh yeah, I got a tweet from John Cleese… just one word: Sucker!

Okay, you need to hear the context. I was responding to him randomly in the middle of a long tweet conversation he was having with his fans about who was nicer, him or Eric Idle. I told him that, while I was sure he … Continue reading

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The best tweet I ever got…

Eric Idle ‏@EricIdle 23m23 minutes ago @ArthurBrowne1 @JohnCleese Do you think Size matters? I like the discerning, the non ranters, the readers, and people who are funny like U. ********** That is the actual tweet… copied and pasted… from Mr. … Continue reading

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Uh… here are some Christmas tweets I have done… and some random ones… and this isn’t ‘family friendly’… just so you know…

You ought to know that I have the strange habit of posting all my clever Tweets on my blog… you know, in case you don’t follow me on Twitter? For the new people here, a little warning. On my blog, I … Continue reading

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The long and sordid tale of how and why I started stalking celebrities on Twitter and how it led to me being followed by Eric Idle of Monty Python fame and Dana Carvey from Saturday Night Live…

It all started, as a surprising number of things in my life do, as a harmless joke. A little more than a year ago, when my older daughter Jessica was still in college, I found out that she was on Twitter. … Continue reading

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Holy crap… Eric Idle is following me on Twitter…

Details to follow…

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Oh, and I got two new Tweets from Eric Idle of Monty Python… so for those of you keeping score of my celebrity Twitter stalking… that’s 6 from Eric Idle, 1 from William Shatner, 2 from Ricky Gervais, 1 from James May of Top Gear, and 4 from Dana Carvey, who is still following me on Twitter for some unknown reason… but still no love from Hugh Laurie, dang it.

Okay, these are not in order, and part of the conversation is missing, and there is no context, but still… be jealous… be very jealous… Arthur Browne‏@ArthurBrowne1 17h @EricIdle We stole our tune from one of your old drinking songs… … Continue reading

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Adding to my collection of famous people who Tweeted me back…

I got a ‘Hi’ from Megan Amram. She writes for a little TV show called Parks and Recreation. Maybe you heard of it. My older daughter introduced me to her Twitter feed, and she does some funny Tweets. Oh, and … Continue reading

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How to stalk famous people on Twitter…

I only joined Twitter to stalk celebrities and get them to Tweet me so my older daughter would think I’m cool… is that irony?… Now that I have managed to sucker… uh… lure… so many famous people into my collection, … Continue reading

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umm… Dana Carvey is following me on Twitter???

Arthur Browne, You have a new follower on Twitter. Dana Carvey @danacarvey Youtube:http://t.co/IgUhxdUpOM Facebook:http://t.co/GuCd1O2UKq San Francisco · http://www.danacarvey.com Followed by Ben Stiller and jimmy fallon. Following————————- Yeah… you read that right… Dana Carvey is following me on Twitter… I know … Continue reading

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WE KILLED TWITTER!!!

Okay, we didn’t actually crash all of Twitter, but we did manage to get shut down. And it wasn’t just me. @Artist_Chat, the Twitter site that was interviewing me, has also been blocked from doing any new tweets for a … Continue reading

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