Top 10 celebrity Thanksgiving tweets

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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