Younger comics like Dane Cook leveraged MySpace into thousands of tech-savvy fans back in the 2000s. Older comedians wanted in, but weren’t quite sure how to work the damn Internetz machine. Lovitz stares down his old-school webcam, doing facial warm-up exercises for more than 30 seconds before he finally asks:
“Is it on?”
Steve Martin live-tweets his Windows 10 upgrade
In 2015, Martin took to Twitter for a blow-by-blow update of his computer’s attempts to upgrade to Windows 10. The tweets are deleted now but lucky for us, GeekWire saved a bunch:
Staring at my Windows computer: "C'mon baby, update!"
— Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo) July 29, 2015
53%!
— Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo) July 29, 2015
127%!
— Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo) July 29, 2015
263% and my printer is smoking!
— Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo) July 29, 2015
Green ooze now coming out of my USB ports.
— Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo) July 29, 2015
OMG, A Bill Gates hologram is now standing in my office, saying, "Have you been good?"
— Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo) July 29, 2015