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| Comedy Twitter feed lands TV deal | Comedy Twitter feed lands TV deal |
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| A Twitter feed featuring pearls of wisdom from a 73-year-old father could become a family comedy on US TV. | A Twitter feed featuring pearls of wisdom from a 73-year-old father could become a family comedy on US TV. |
| Justin Halpern, 29, has become an internet star with more than 700,000 followers since he began posting his father's often profane words of wisdom. | |
| The comments include: "The baby will talk when he talks, relax. It ain't like he knows the cure for cancer and he just ain't spitting it out." | The comments include: "The baby will talk when he talks, relax. It ain't like he knows the cure for cancer and he just ain't spitting it out." |
| According to the Hollywood Reporter, Halpern will co-write the CBS project. | According to the Hollywood Reporter, Halpern will co-write the CBS project. |
| The trade paper also reports that Halpern will be a co-executive producer and that the creators of Will and Grace, David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, are on board to develop the comedy. | The trade paper also reports that Halpern will be a co-executive producer and that the creators of Will and Grace, David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, are on board to develop the comedy. |
| It will then become a pilot before executives decide whether to turn it into a series. | It will then become a pilot before executives decide whether to turn it into a series. |
| Halpern already has a book deal with Harper Collins - he will co-write the TV project and will also be a co-executive producer. | Halpern already has a book deal with Harper Collins - he will co-write the TV project and will also be a co-executive producer. |
| Halpern moved back in with his parents in San Diego in August and began the Twitter feed based on daily conversations with his dad soon after. | Halpern moved back in with his parents in San Diego in August and began the Twitter feed based on daily conversations with his dad soon after. |
| Here are some of Mr Halpern Snr's words of wisdom: | Here are some of Mr Halpern Snr's words of wisdom: |
| • "Oh please, you practically invented lazy. People should have to call you and ask for the rights to lazy before they use it." | • "Oh please, you practically invented lazy. People should have to call you and ask for the rights to lazy before they use it." |
| • "Just pay the parking ticket. Don't be so outraged. You're not a freedom fighter in the civil rights movement. You double parked." | • "Just pay the parking ticket. Don't be so outraged. You're not a freedom fighter in the civil rights movement. You double parked." |
| • "Don't touch the bacon, it's not done yet. You let me handle the bacon, and I'll let you handle... whatever it is you do. I guess nothing." | • "Don't touch the bacon, it's not done yet. You let me handle the bacon, and I'll let you handle... whatever it is you do. I guess nothing." |
| • "Your mother made a batch of meatballs last night. Some are for you, some are for me, but more are for me. Remember that. More. Me." | • "Your mother made a batch of meatballs last night. Some are for you, some are for me, but more are for me. Remember that. More. Me." |
| • "Why would I want to check a voicemail on my cell phone? People want to talk to me, call again. If I want to talk to you, I'll answer." | • "Why would I want to check a voicemail on my cell phone? People want to talk to me, call again. If I want to talk to you, I'll answer." |
| • "I turn the kitchen faucet on and the shower burns you, yes, I get it... No, I'm not gonna stop, I'm just saying yes, I get that concept." | • "I turn the kitchen faucet on and the shower burns you, yes, I get it... No, I'm not gonna stop, I'm just saying yes, I get that concept." |