Dan Sinker, Creator Of Fake Rahm Emanuel Twitter Account, Appears On 'The Colbert Report' (VIDEO)

Will @MayorEmanuel return?

The creator of the now-infamous fake Twitter account appeared on "The Colbert Report" Tuesday, and hinted that it was possible.

Columbia College assistant journalism professor Dan Sinker admitted last week that he was behind the incredibly popular, profanity-filled account, which amused more than 39,000 people during the mayoral campaign.

Sinker said that he started the account because he thought it would be funny, but it eventually turned into an epic story of a mayoral candidate who knew he would win, joined by pal David Axelrod, Carl the Intern, Hambone the dog and Quaxelrod the duck.

After meeting Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel in person last week, Sinker headed to New York for a taping of the "Colbert Report" Tuesday.

Stephen Colbert teased Sinker, asking if he teaches journalism students how to lie, and whether people thought the account was really Emanuel's.

"If anyone did, I would kind of question their sanity," Sinker said.

"Didn't Michelle Malkin think you were real for awhile?" Colbert replied.

"Well, perhaps. But, we could question her sanity couldn't we?" Sinker said.

He also asked about the Twitter account's future. MayorEmanuel tweets stopped the day after election night, when the faux mayor-elect entered a time vortex.

"Will we ever see Mayor Emanuel again?" Colbert asked.

"Time vortexes are funny things, right?" Sinker replied.

WATCH the interview here:

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Comments

[cliffhammond]

01:31 AM on 03/12/2011

What? This thread isn't moderated? Who woulda thunk it?

[Ron Madara]

04:55 PM on 03/11/2011

BTW: the coffee related tweets alone are priceless. Any coffee junkie can relate. :)

[Ron Madara]

04:54 PM on 03/11/2011

This is some of the funniest stuff I've read since National Lampoon in the early '70's. This guy needs to take these "tweets" and publish the narrative in book form. I'll buy it.

[ChangeAgent007]

01:28 AM on 03/10/2011

He did well! I like it with unassuming people get attention like this. Brilliant!

[MWA1111]

12:58 PM on 03/09/2011

I must say it was f#$%'n golden! Wait, wrong IL politician. But it was!

[Aries Warrior]

12:52 PM on 03/09/2011

Whatever.

[CessnaDriverI72]

01:23 PM on 03/09/2011

Don't you mean "what effing ever"?

[VashS5]

12:38 PM on 03/09/2011

Well done.

[grovestand12]

12:29 PM on 03/09/2011

my personal fav...had a f'ed up chicken sandwich today & now i'm having my own personal mayoral run-off! PRICELESS!

[CessnaDriverI72]

01:22 PM on 03/09/2011

I read most of the tweets in one sitting. I had tears in my eyes.

The best quote about the Mayor was from Obama: Rahm lost a finger in a meat slicer accident, effectively silencing him.

[jclaireburke]

11:53 AM on 03/09/2011

This is so cool and I love that Rahm gave him $5000 for his charity of choice.

[Venus De Kitty]

10:50 AM on 03/09/2011

I f#$*%g hope so.

[happyfella73]

10:42 AM on 03/09/2011

Michelle Malkin is so dumb, she is still trying to get YouTube to come and film her events.

[CessnaDriverI72]

01:23 PM on 03/09/2011

Malkin lost her job in quality control at the M&M's factory...she kept licking the "W"'s