39 of the Funniest Tweets from Wednesday, May 15, 2024

What’s black and white and red all over? 

The Spider-Man: Noir series that featured the beloved web-slinger in an alternate Marvel universe set in New York during the Great Depression. 

Now, Spider-Man: Noir will swing into the world of live-action, thanks to MGM+ and Amazon Prime Video. Nicolas Cage, who voiced the character in the Oscar-winning animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and subsequent sequels, will star. It will tell the story “of an aging and down-on-his-luck private investigator in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life as the city’s one and only superhero.” The series will mark a first for the prolific Oscar-winning actor — that is, the first time he’s taken on a regular TV role.

Speaking of being red: Tom Brady is experiencing a roastee’s regret. Despite the wild success of The Greatest Roast of All Time, the Super Bowl champ opened up on The Pivot Podcast about some of the jokes affecting his children. “I liked when the jokes were about me,” he explained. “I thought they were so fun. I didn’t like the way they affected my kids. It’s the hardest part about… like the bittersweet aspect of when you do something that you think is one way and then all of a sudden you realize, ‘I wouldn’t do that again’ because of the way that it affected the people that I care about the most in the world.” 

Unfortunately for Brady, all is fair in love and roasting. 

Meanwhile, the timeline has been filled with hilarious tweets for our reading pleasure. Today’s funniest include those about the confounding nature of Broadway’s leading men, a literature major’s destiny and a connection in the making.