The funniest man on Twitter
Stand-up comedy is a notoriously hard slog. It’s all about getting up in front of as many people as you can, as often as you can, almost wherever you can. But there is a comedian out there who, after years of in-person stand up, has gotten almost a million fans from the comfort of his own living room.
And he’s done it all with jokes of 140 characters or less.
Rob Delaney got famous on Twitter, and now he’s gotten a book deal out of it. It’s called “Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.”
Click the player below to hear how Rob inked his book deal. Fittingly, it all started with a tweet…
There’s a lot happening in the world. Through it all, Marketplace is here for you.
You rely on Marketplace to break down the world’s events and tell you how it affects you in a fact-based, approachable way. We rely on your financial support to keep making that possible.
Your donation today powers the independent journalism that you rely on. For just $5/month, you can help sustain Marketplace so we can keep reporting on the things that matter to you.
