Brendan O'Hare (writer)

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Brendan O'Hare is an American writer, humorist, and Twitter personality. He has written for the Bleacher Report, ClickHole, The New Yorker , and Jon Stewart's aborted HBO animated series. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Raised in Branchburg, New Jersey, O'Hare attended Somerville High School. [5]

His short humor piece for The New Yorker, "What I Assume Honore de Balzac Thought After Drinking Each of His Fifty Daily Cups of Coffee" was adapted into a short film for the Amazon series The New Yorker Presents . The film was titled Le Café de Balzac. It stars Paul Giamatti as Balzac, and was directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. [6] [7] [8]

O'Hare has developed a cult following on Twitter, and has received acclaim for his absurdist quips and flights of fancy. [9] [10]

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