John Hodgman, We Need Your Help
Erica | Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 12:29AM 
Dear John Hodgman,
As the keeper of all information about everything, I, Park Slope and the FIPS community at large desperately need your help.
A fanciful slash mesmerizing twitter feed has recently materialized for someone who *appears* to be none other than fave PSlope celeb Steve Buscemi. This cyber Buscemi speaks of himself in the third person, hates penguins and even has his own Facebook page! Only problem is, we don't know if its the REALSTEVEBUSCEMI or the FAKESTEVEBUSCEMI.
Thus far, there are FIPSters on both sides of the fence.
TEAM REALSTEVEBUSCEMI:
@allgrownsup (via email): "my bf used to work at Cocoa Bar and he does go in there all the time. Don't you think its weird that this person on there said they were waking up and going to Cocoa Bar? who would know that? i mean other than him, it would have to be some stalky-park-sloper, right? Ok, so then he tweets like this:"already misses his wife and son. Tuesday!!!" Like - why would a non-steve person write that and/or know if his wife and son were out of town? it makes no sense. what if theyve been out of town and he's been super bored cause, well - he doesnt have a day job, and now he's all twitter-obsessed from his iphone!!??" I'm sold, man.
XXXgranger223@gmail.com: "I have a friend who's friends with a bartender at Bar Reis and he says that Buscemi comes in there ALL the time. And that lately he's been talking about joining Twitter, so he totally thinks its the real Buscemi. Just thought you should know."
TEAM FAKESTEVEBUSCEMI:
Uh, so far its mostly just me.
Anyway, Hodgman...as you can see, there is evidence on both sides of the equation here. We really need your guidance and expertise here. We need you to take in all the info, analyze it, and use your celebrity connections to drill down to the very core of this conundrum: is this Twitter dude REALSTEVEBUSCEMI or FAKESTEVEBUSCEMI???
The entire community is counting on you.
Many thanks for your help!
Sincerely,
FIPS (+ every resident of Park Slope)
John Hodgman, Steve Buscemi, celebs, twitter 
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Reader Comments (14)
I hope it is the real Buscemi. It only gives me even more incentive to hang around P-Slope post @allgrownsup house-warming party.
Side Note: Why aren't there any celebs of note in Bushwick that I can stalk?
Yo, I heard Buscemi is going to get his tips frosted for Easter. Does anyone know if this is true? No lie I overheard him and the bartender at Moutarde talking about it. He was asking her where to buy the cap that you pull your hair through. Did anyone see David Gray play last night? I swear he's like Jack Johnson and Dave Mathews COMBINED=AWESOME!
what what, bitches! I know Buscemi's in the house! No for real though if I see him on the street, I'm asking. maybe he'll be like OMG are you allgrownsup? I've been super excited to meet you!
So there.
It is the fake steve...i know the guy running the account and hes having great fun.
and jerkface ruins all the fun. booooo.
It's the real deal - he came into the In N Out near LAX and i asked him about it - he smiled and didn't say anything...but after paying he said "yeah its me" as he drove away...he looked a bit upset,
@jerkface: Does FAKESTEVEBUSCEMI want to do a fake interview with our totally fake website? He should email me at effedinparkslope at gmail dot com
@HeatherD: TOLDYOUSO! :)
It probably is real - or its a stalker - who else would know about the Cocoa Bar thing?
I have personally seen him at Cocoa Bar more than once. I don't know man, the thing seems pretty legit.
What'er you, showing off with your leather furnishings?
Guess you're rich, huh?
... twitter @edwinrosero.. he has Mark Zuckerberg following him... lives in LA...might be the fake steve
I am the fake steve. do you guys think i'm funny? glad you guys like my jokes. e-mail me @ robzzzface@yahoo.com and send me naked pics girls.
fuck you impostor... i am the real jerkface!! Now i know how steve must feel
I'm not positive but I think I saw Jake Gyllenhaal downstairs watching a show at Union Hall. Do you guys think he does the Twitter?