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Ashton Kutcher Pranks CNN Over Twitter Triumph

by Chad Mumm on May 14, 2009 at 05:32 PM

After beating the cable news channel in a race to one-million Twitter followers last month, celebrity tweeter-extraordinaire Ashton Kutcher harkened back to his 'Punk'd' days on Wednesday, making good on his promise to prank the losing CNN. Kutcher unfurled a banner with his Twitter name, "@aplusk" across the CNN logo at the company's downtown Atlanta headquarters.

Accompanied by a film crew that was broadcasting the event live on the Internet, Kutcher and his band of followers met in Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park. During the race with CNN, Kutcher had also promised to "ding-dong-ditch" founder Ted Turner's house, but because the billionaire lacks easily-accessible doorbells, the former star of 'That '70s Show' and his "tweeps" (Kutcher-slang for Twitter peeps) settled for leaving 800 boxes of Ding Dong snack cakes in front of a Ted's Montana Grill (the restaurant chain owned by the media mogul).

Kutcher challenged CNN to a Twitter popularity contest back in April to see which user could make history by reaching one million followers on the micro-blogging site. The race came down to the wire, but Kutcher was victorious, proving that celebrity gossip and Demi Moore trumps world news and Anderson Cooper any day. [From: CNN]

Celebrities on Twitter

    Recently, media personalities have taken to celebrity Twitterers like fat kids to the neighborhood ice cream truck. But don't be fooled, dear readers. We here at Switched are the fattest on the block. So, without further ado, we present to you the most ridiculous, significant, misspelled and/or out-of-context tweets by the most recognizable folks we could find. Enjoy.

    Shaquille O'Neal
    "I'm goin to the alamo tomorro to get one of those daniel boone squirrel tail hats, I'm n san antonio, in case u didn't kno were the alamo is"

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    Tina Fey
    "I don't know why I even bother chewing corn anymore."

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    Ashton Kutcher
    "There's nothing cool about being a pimp. Pimp = Slave Owner"

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    Britney Spears
    "Britney went to Jerry's Deli last night for after shopping at Target. She had a black and white milkshake with dinner. Lauren"

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    John Tesh
    "JT is shopping with women. I need a guy film."

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    Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz
    "When I'm asleep on the inside only you get my acid washed mind."

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    President Barack Obama
    "We just made history. All of this happened because you gave your time, talent and passion. All of this happened because of you. Thanks"

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    Senator John McCain
    "YEs!! I am twittering on my blackberry but not without a little help!"

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    John Cleese
    "Thinking about tooth decay..."

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Tags: ashton kutcher, AshtonKutcher, cnn, funny, microblogging, pranks, top, twitter

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