35 of the Funniest Tweets from Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Before Gilligan’s Island became every Boomer dad’s favorite after-school watch, CBS executives had concerns that the sitcom would sail right over viewers’ heads.
In an unearthed age from 1988’s too highbrow for the intended audience. “I thought this was a comedy show,” network head William Paley responded. After reiterating that his show was, in fact, “a funny microcosm,” Schwartz had an important revelation as a result of that awkward interaction. “I have since learned that when you’re describing a comedy show, you do not use a literate phrase,” he explained.
Former Paramount CEO Barry Diller has also spilled some behind-the-scenes secrets. During a recent sitdown with Anderson Cooper, Diller opened up about the making of 1980’s Popeye, detailing how cocaine and weed doubled for spinach off-camera in powering the Robin Williams-led flick. “We found out the film cans were actually being used to ship cocaine back and forth to the set,” he recalled. “Everyone was stoned.”
Unlike the cast and crew of Popeye, you don’t need to light up to laugh at these hilarious tweets, the best of which include those about a lease with a catch, a place for learning and bell knowledge.
