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19/03/2009 by
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SuperNews! Twouble with Twitters

SuperNews is a short form, animated sketch series, which airs on Current TV. The show is famous for turning headlines and pop culture into biting hilarity.

SuperNews Celebrities

An overview of some SuperNews Celebrities

Frequent characters include animated interpretations of mainstream figures as President Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, as well as various pop-culture icons and celebrities. As of March 20, the cartoon series will be supersized to weekly half-hour episodes.

To kick off the season premiere SuperNews! released a promo and a four-minute teaser. The sneak peak, entitled SuperNews! Twouble with Twitters, takes aim at the hugely popular microblogging site Twitter.com, which unique visitors increased 1,382 percent last year. According to creator Josh Faure-Brac, the idea for the Twitter cartoon developed because “…last fall I started hearing a lot of co-workers talk about Twitter. I signed up for an account and soon realized I HAD to make a cartoon about it.”

“Where are you taking me? Into the TwitterSphere!”

New episodes will take on hot button issues ranging from atheism and gay marriage, to Obama’s presidential cabinet and the massive pressure to be witty in Evite replies. The new “SuperNews” series continues the satirical crusade established with
viral hits such as “Texting Your Way to Love“, Social Networking Wars, “The Hills: Post Apocalypse“, “Gates vs. Jobs” and “The Great Immigration Debate of 1621“.

Also check out the interview with creator and writer Josh Faure-Blac on Wired.com

Source: SuperNews!, Poynter

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