It’s official: Canadians don’t like jobs that suck. Today, The Comedy Network has announced the Top 10, shortlisted candidates for the BEST SUMMER JOB EVER! More than 1,500 applications were tweeted from coast to coast to be the official voice of @comedynetwork…but only one social media superstar will land the “Comedy Insider” gig. The successful candidate will be announced Tuesday, June 21 at thecomedynetwork.ca.
The Comedy Network’s first ever “Comedy Insider” will be the social media voice of the network for the months of July and August, 2011. They also get paid to watch TV and go see some live comedy. Far from a glorified summer internship, THE BEST SUMMER JOB EVER includes the use of a furnished apartment in downtown Toronto and the exclusive opportunity to work full-time at the funniest office in the country: The Comedy Network headquarters at 299 Queen Street West.
They tweeted. They Tumblr’d. They begged and pleaded on YouTube. Canada, behold the Top Ten BEST SUMMER JOB EVER finalists:
1. Amanda Brooke Perrin – @randyrire (Calgary, AB)
hey @comedynetwork … remember that time I STOOD IN A BIKINI AT A BUS STOP FOR YOU? http://bit.ly/iqUzIa For serious. #bestsummerjob
2. Sarah Leslie – @theSarahLeslie (Sarnia, ON)
@comedynetwork If we were in a relationship, I wouldn’t show you my granny panties until after 2 months. #bestjobever #anniversarysurprise
3. Allie Tripp – @alexandrakt (Kingston, ON)
@comedynetwork *generic and unoriginal tweet that is somehow clever enough to make the website* #bitter #2isntenough
4. Yusef Dualeh – @yusefdoodie (Toronto, ON)
@comedynetwork I dream about comedy, I write comedy. I eat comedy. Literally. I write jokes with my alphabet soup.
5. Derek Morrison – @loopswooppull (Saskatoon, SK)
@comedynetwork ever wonder what it’d be like to work with a young, funny Phillip Seymour Hoffman? Hire me & find out. #scentofacomic
6. Dan Mack – @DannoMack (Lindsay, ON)
@comedynetwork You should hire me because my blog made me $1.76 this month. Ergo, you’d be hiring a bona fide professional writer. Nbd
7. Andrew Hunt – @Mr_AndrewHunt (Toronto, ON)
Real Twitter folk agree. I’d be swell for @comedynetwork #BestSummerJobEver. & I haven’t even spammed-clicked the ‘likes’ – real humans!
8. Jennifer Ludek – @Jenludek (Calgary, AB)
@comedynetwork one time I peed in a purse. Hire me so I can buy a new one!
9. Brian Glazer – @GlazedTweets (Mississauga, ON)
Hire me for #bestsummerjob ..because my whole life is #workaholics ..you know, minus the office part..But you can change that @comedynetwork
10. Bianca Ker – @Stealmyplaylist (Vancouver, BC)
Watching episodes of “Hiccups” and “Mad Love” so that I can say I’ve seen everything @comedynetwork streams online #totaldedication
