Woody Allen’s Son, Ronan Farrow, Is the Funniest Person on Twitter

Ronan Farrow isn’t going to like this but I’ve felt for some time that he’s the funniest person on Twitter. Following his account would be a lot like following his father, Woody Allen, if Woody knew what Twitter was. There’s no question that Farrow, a prodigy who finished all his schooling early, is very bright. He’s worked at the State Department for Hillary Clinton, he’s at Oxford now completing more studies or something. I’m not sure. But he Tweets like a pro, and his one liners are sharper than ever.

Tonight Farrow actually made me laugh out loud. When Justin Timberlake and NSync finished their performance, Farrow quipped:

Justin Timberlake currently putting the other members of *N Sync back into their kennels.

— Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) August 26, 2013

Some of his other Tweets tonight:

Miley Cyrus is basically our generation's Simone de Beauvoir.

— Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) August 26, 2013

Was Justin Timberlake also dressed by the Amish family that kidnapped him?

— Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) August 26, 2013

And there have been other well crafted bon mots like this recent one:

Someone asked Jeff Bezos to pick up the Washington Post today and he misunderstood.

— Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) August 6, 2013

President Obama awarded George Lucas the Medal of the Arts with a rousing speech followed by a prequel speech that completely ruined it.

— Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) July 10, 2013

The fact is, Ronan’s emails are equally divided between zany quips and little, earnest political reports. It’s as if his Woody side is trying to escape from his Mia side, but doesn’t know how. When the Woody side finally wins, expect to see Ronan on Jimmy Fallon’s couch ASAP.