39 of the Funniest Tweets from Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Although Steve Carell won’t be returning to the Dunder Mifflin telematic universe, audiences will get to see him tackle another comedy. HBO has ordered a 10-episode, straight-to-series comedy from Ted Lasso creator Bill Lawrence and fellow Scrubs writer Matt Tarses. Lawrence described the opportunity to work with the Morning Show actor as “an immediate career highlight.” The still-untitled single-cam project is “set on a college campus, centering on an author’s complicated relationship with his daughter.”

Meanwhile, as The Apprentice makes waves at Cannes, there’s one person who is definitely not a fan of the film: the apprentice himself. Donald Trump’s campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung issued a statement to The Hill, threatening legal action to “address the blatantly false assertions from these pretend filmmakers.” Cheung went on to describe the “garbage” film as “pure fiction which sensationalizes lies that have been long debunked.” Director Ali Abbasi, however, isn’t concerned about potential legal action, and even offered Trump a private screening. As Abbasi told reporters, “Everybody talks about him suing a lot of people, they don’t talk about his success rate.”

Win or lose, the timeline isn’t about to stop firing off hilarious tweets. Today’s funniest include those about neverending cicadas, a spider that was assassinated and the art of locking in — on an individual ceiling fan blade.