The holidays provide an opportunity for comedians and other celebrities to let loose their funny on social media. In honor of Thanksgiving 2012, here are Ministry of Gossip's hand-picked top 10 Turkey Day celebrity tweets:
-- "Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! I'm grateful for each & every one of the 3,354,714 of you. (Except @KrazyMike15)" -- Rainn Wilson ("The Office," "Super," "Juno")
-- "I bet those pilgrims didn’t shower before Thanksgiving dinner either." -- Jim Gaffigan ("My Boys," "It's Kind of a Funny Story")-- "Looking at my driveway, trying to figure out which Bentley I'm most thankful for." -- Todd Barry (The comedian and actor, whose credits include "The Wrestler," "Wanderlust" and "Road Trip," also recently tweeted "Bop bop shoo-bop @toddbarryis underappreciated and should be more famous" #LyricsWeAllKnow)
-- "If you ain't blasting Waka Flocka in your kitchen, your turkey gon be ratchet. #YouSayNotoRatchetTurkeyJuicyJCant" -- Aziz Ansari ("Parks and Recreation," "Ice Age: Continental Drift")
-- "And let us never forget our American Indian tribes, who gave us their very own Native American Thanksgiving prayer: 'Thanks for nothing.' " -- Ruth Buzzi ("Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In")
-- "When I trace a turkey, it comes out looking exact like my hand!" -- Conan O'Brien
-- "Good day to let everyone know. Blurt it out after 'amen.' " -- Alec Sulkin ("Family Guy" writer, producer)
-- "The lady who brought my room service said I was 'doing Thanksgiving right.' I replied, 'It's even more perfect now I'm sharing it with you.' " -- humorist Julieanne Smolinski
-- "I guess this is the last year mom makes her famous Twinkie salad." -- Josh Comers (writing credits include "Conan")
-- "Just finished writing T-giving grace. It's in Latin & accuses everyone at table of betraying man's covenant with God. Gonna be fun! :)" -- Adam McKay (co-founder Funny or Die)
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