Plenty of reporters, hosts and other TV personalities use their network name in their Twitter handle, but that can lead to some awkwardness when changing jobs, especially if you don’t officially have a new job yet. Dan O’Toole certainly knows that. O’Toole used to be @tsnotoole on Twitter while he was in Canada, then changed his handle to @fs1otoole when he came to Fox Sports in 2013. With the news that Fox had declined to renew the contracts of himself and Fox Sports Live co-host Jay Onrait, though, O’Toole had to make another account change, and as he hasn’t officially secured a landing spot yet (the hot rumor is that he and Onrait will return to Canada, likely with their old network of TSN, but other possibilities remain out there), he chose to go a different way:
Got a new twitter handle. #onetweetaday2017
— Dan O'Toole (@dangotoole) February 27, 2017
Of course, this prompted a whole stream of jokes about famed Canadian (but based on an American movie) TV series The Littlest Hobo:
@otoolethehobo the littlest hobo #shortjokes
— Adam Muirhead (@Muirwolf) February 27, 2017
@otoolethehobo I prefer 'el vagabundo' https://t.co/aCxM2HM3Dr
— Rob Dunn (@SonnyDunn) February 27, 2017
@otoolethehobo "Maybe Tomorrow…" pic.twitter.com/fUb8sKuCsF
— Maple Syrup Shots (@MapleSyrupPod) February 27, 2017
@otoolethehobo every stop i make, i make a new friend… can't stay for long, just turn around and i'm gone again
— tori (@tori_martino) February 27, 2017
Meanwhile, O’Toole’s long-time co-host Onrait hasn’t had to make a similar move, as his Twitter’s always been the network-identity-lacking But he did miss out on all these jokes as a result. And O’Toole has frequently been killing it with his single tweet a day this year. Here are some of the highlights:
When @JayOnrait and I moved to LA: 0 NFL teams. Now: 2. So if your city wants a football team, you know who to call!! #onetweetaday2017
— Dan O'Toole (@dangotoole) January 12, 2017
Doggy no like me. #onetweetaday2017 pic.twitter.com/QHg5esaknq
— Dan O'Toole (@dangotoole) January 26, 2017
In Houston for Super Bowl. Never been to Houston. Never been to Texas. I have a donkey in my room. #onetweetaday2017
— Dan O'Toole (@dangotoole) January 30, 2017
Ouch. #onetweetaday2017 https://t.co/52w3ZFmcBD
— Dan O'Toole (@dangotoole) February 1, 2017
I toboggan like a s.o.b.! #onetweetaday2017
— Dan O'Toole (@dangotoole) February 13, 2017
I guarantee Smurfette hated Valentines Day. #creepcentral #onetweetaday2017
— Dan O'Toole (@dangotoole) February 15, 2017
Well. Ummmm. Ya. #onetweetaday2017 pic.twitter.com/3gCoT1zUAQ
— Dan O'Toole (@dangotoole) February 24, 2017
We had a good run. Thanks Fox for taking the chance on two Canadians. Our crew, in one word: family. We will miss you. #onetweetaday2017
— Dan O'Toole (@dangotoole) February 25, 2017
Working on resume:
•sports talker abouter
•gas station attendant
•car washer
•farmer
Crap. I need a better resume. #onetweetaday2017— Dan O'Toole (@dangotoole) February 26, 2017
Despite that resume, we imagine O’Toole and Onrait will find new gigs soon, especially as there’s much of a country clamoring for their return. So get ready for another O’Toole account name change. (If HBO wants to hire him, though, he’d only need to change one letter. Just saying…)
[Dan O’Toole on Twitter]
