You know you’ve reached a peak in your career when some random fan on Twitter cunningly creates a page for you, and not just some regular old fan page equipped with the thousands of fangirls.
Meet the Louis Theroux Bot (@LouisTherouxBot), whose sole purpose is to come up with the most fantastical-sounding documentary ideas. It’s not like Louis Theroux himself needs any help coming up with ideas. He’s already brought us documentaries on everything from political radicals to drug addicts to pimps, prostitutes and prisoners.
The Louis Theroux Bot gained so much attention on Twitter that the real Louis Theroux tweeted that he would read one of the bot’s ideas in his real voice, if it got enough retweets. It goes without saying that fans jumped on this, retweeting the Bot’s idea over 31,000 times.
Here’s Louis keeping his promise:
Alright, you asked for it. If this gets enough retweets I'll record it. Using my real voice. https://t.co/hg5ssu7TdJ
— Louis Theroux (@louistheroux) October 25, 2017
Et voila! I did it in quite a serious mode. I guess it felt like a pretty important story. @louistherouxbot pic.twitter.com/5wCYevz5Mo
— Louis Theroux (@louistheroux) October 26, 2017
I don’t know how something can sound so random yet so well put together. Here are some more genius ideas from the Louis Theroux Bot:
I'm in Beirut to meet Grace, a former trombonist turned fascist gymnast who believes Bob Dylan is an alien
— Louis Theroux Bot (@louistherouxbot) October 25, 2017
I'm in New Mexico to meet Chase, a former bigfoot hunter turned evangelical swinger who believes mayonnaise is a myth
— Louis Theroux Bot (@louistherouxbot) October 26, 2017
I'm in Virginia to meet Zoe, a former Vine star turned professional dog stroker who believes anime is Satanic propaganda
— Louis Theroux Bot (@louistherouxbot) October 25, 2017
I'm in California to meet Adam, a former teacher turned shock jockey who believes Hitler wrote Candle in the Wind
— Louis Theroux Bot (@louistherouxbot) October 24, 2017
I'm in South Carolina to meet Rosalie, a former estate agent turned insect therapist who believes milk is making us stupid
— Louis Theroux Bot (@louistherouxbot) October 25, 2017
I'm in Warsaw to meet Emerson, a former IT expert turned men's rights activist who believes chemtrails make them horny
— Louis Theroux Bot (@louistherouxbot) October 26, 2017
I'm in Montreal to meet Norah, a former lifeguard turned wedding DJ who believes mayonnaise is a myth
— Louis Theroux Bot (@louistherouxbot) October 25, 2017
Who knows? Maybe the real Louis Theroux will consider making one of these into one of his classic documentaries. We can only hope.
The Louis Theroux Bot is not the only thing that’s been spawned from Louis fandom. Check out this Girl Who Traveled the World with Louis Theroux’s Face.
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