39 of the Funniest Tweets from Monday, May 20, 2024

It turns out that becoming a cultural phenomenon with an iconic dance named after a beloved character of yours comes with a cost — at least for Alfonso Ribeiro. The actor, who played Carlton Banks on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, told Closer Weekly that the legendary role “stopped (him) from acting” because “people couldn’t see (him) as anything else.” That said, Ribeiro did parlay the Carlton Dance into a hosting gig on Dancing with the Stars, which isn’t exactly nothing.   

Johnny Knoxville also hasn’t escaped the show that catapulted him (literally and figuratively) into household-name status. But now, the Jackass star is in hot water for taking a prank too far — on a prank show no less. Knoxville is being sued by Eric André’s writing partner and former Prank Panel segment producer Daniel Curry for negligence and battery over a 2022 tasering incident. Curry alleges that Knoxville “chased down and tased” him “without provocation,” claiming that the incident caused him to experience “freezing, losing all motor skills and collapsing with his entire body in a rigid and tense state,” resulting in a broken bone and torn ligament. Curry is seeking upwards of $3 million in damages and loss of earnings.

It’s much safer over on the timeline, where the legends just keep doing what they do best — delivering hysterical tweets. Today’s funniest include those about the beauty of the onion, when an NDA means nothing and a psychoanalyst who keeps getting away with it.