It was a big week for the future (and the distant past), as both Back To The Future and Star Wars catapulted their way to the forefront of the pop-culture world, while comedy news reigned - Russell Brand on tour now, Joel McHale in the near future - and Macca's finally launched all-day breakfast. 2015 really is a hell of a time to be alive. Or, to hear our celebrity tweeters tell it...
Back To The Future Day
October 21 was long-awaited by nerds everywhere eager to commemorate the day that Doc Brown and Marty McFly landed in 2015 in Back To The Future: Part II, and the internet more than rose to the occasion of celebrating the event.
Happy Back to the Future Day, @RealMikeFox! Ever think about the fact that we live in the future we dreamed of then? That's heavy, man.
— President Obama (@POTUS) October 21, 2015
Guys, it's back to the future day...as such, I'll be annoyed by references to it for the remainder of the day. Such fun!
— Devin Townsend (@dvntownsend) October 22, 2015
Guys it's Back To The Future day. I'll be riding in two time machines today all day.
— reggie watts (@reggiewatts) October 21, 2015
You guys I just realized something. You know that scene in Back to the Future where they set the time travel machine to travel to a day in t
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) October 21, 2015
I woke up to a text from my mum this morning saying "happy back to the future day!!" ..... I need to change my number.
— Conor Maynard (@ConorMaynard) October 21, 2015
Yes, I get it, Back to the Future happened on this day. More importantly, the entirety of Mamma Mia happened in mid to late August!
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) October 21, 2015
Back To The Future is my favorite movie about how white people actually invented rock and roll
— Siobhan Thompson (@vornietom) October 21, 2015
Star Wars
The final trailer for J.J. Abrams' eagerly awaited film Star Wars - Episode VII: The Force Awakens dropped at last, and we all heard a million voices cry out with glee.
The PR team behind the new #StarWars should run this entire country.
— Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) October 20, 2015
Guys, I've gotta say with the new #StarWars trailer and #BTTFDAY today, it's a pretty damn fine week to be a geek.
— Grant Imahara (@grantimahara) October 21, 2015
Is it just me, or does the new Star Wars poster feel a bit... busy? pic.twitter.com/Q9OdbJnGwe
— H. Caldwell Tanner (@caldy) October 18, 2015
Russell Brand (Currently Touring The Country)
Thoughts from 'Rusty Rockets' himself.
Why is U.S. Christian Right vexed by Caitlyn Jenner gender identity but their ministers wear dresses to work?
— Russell Brand (@rustyrockets) June 4, 2015
Another cat is in my house & I feel like it's my cat's job to deal with it. Like I'm his girlfriend.
— Russell Brand (@rustyrockets) June 3, 2015
"There is no selfie." pic.twitter.com/ZFGGU5n8eM
— Russell Brand (@rustyrockets) March 26, 2015
I used to live in this person! Happy Mother's Day! pic.twitter.com/Ojz8D2BEBk
— Russell Brand (@rustyrockets) March 15, 2015
Joel McHale (Just Announced An Aussie Show)
Prepare yourselves.
I think I take it for granted at how often I put something in my mouth called "jerky".
— Joel McHale (@joelmchale) August 12, 2015
I just never thought I'd live in an age with this much discussion about yoga pants.
— Joel McHale (@joelmchale) August 11, 2015
Anybody got a FireWire I can borrow? I'm jonesing for some Sixpence None The Richer. pic.twitter.com/PnlWacJJje
— Joel McHale (@joelmchale) August 17, 2015
Pop music lyric quiz! Name this song: "_____ ____ __u___ _ ________ ____ ___ ___ '__ ____ ___ _____ ____ '__ __ __, __, ___."
— Joel McHale (@joelmchale) August 29, 2015
If you're grocery shopping with sunglasses on, you're achieving the opposite effect.
— Joel McHale (@joelmchale) August 30, 2015
In the canon of the great detective, where exactly did Dr. Watson say, "Yeah, no shit Sherlock."?
— Joel McHale (@joelmchale) September 1, 2015
Macca's Launches All-Day Breakfast
At. Last.
Oh now McDonald's serves breakfast all day? All those years I woke up early for hash browns is sleep I'll never get back.
— Drew Lynch (@TheDrewLynch) October 18, 2015
Bonus Round
Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding.
Vin Diesel's face makes me laugh.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) October 18, 2015
Dance like nobody's watching. But then put a picture of it on Instagram because you need the attention like some kind of illicit drug.
— Adam Liaw (@adamliaw) October 21, 2015
Robots are taking over so many jobs, it’s only a matter of time before I go to Starbucks and get my name misspelled in binary.
— Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) October 21, 2015
I don't want to be controversial on this of all days but am I the only one who thinks dicks on hoverboards everywhere would be annoying?
— Wil Anderson (@Wil_Anderson) October 21, 2015
