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Viral Video: Twitter TRACKER Massacres Blue Birdies on CoCo's Tonight Show

Kara Swisher in News on June 11, 2009 at 1:37 am PT

Even if it never makes any money, Twitter certainly does provide fabulous material for television spoofs. So far, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have done several funny bits on Comedy Central, deftly mocking the microblogging service. And now, Conan O’Brien is doubling down with two skits so far dubbed “Twitter TRACKER” on “The Tonight Show.” In them, a loudmouthed voice delivers pointless celebrity tweets as a flock of blue cartoon Twitter birdies is murdered in various ingenious ways.