Website Raises Money To Get Larry David On Twitter

Updated Mon, April 9, 2012 at 9:26 AM UTC

Larry David isn't on Twitter ... yet.

Charity Bribes, a new website dedicated to bribing celebrities to do good deeds by raising money for charity, is currently trying to make it happen. If the bribes actually work, all the funds will go to charity. If not, no one is charged.

In this case, "Curb Your Enthusiasm" star Larry David is being bribed to join Twitter. The bribe's mission statement reads:

He's hilarious. He's not on Twitter. He should be. If we raise enough we can convince him.

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The website was created by Chris Baker and William Spencer, a pair of freelancing ad copywriters, reports The Los Angeles Times. Baker and Spencer have been working on the project for close to a year, and it finally launched a few weeks ago.

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However, there is one slight snag in their little celebrity experiment. Charity Bribes has already collected nearly $7,000 in pledges to get David on Twitter, but the pair have no idea how to even contact the funny TV star.

For Baker and Spencer, however, that's all part of the game.

"What's really fun, what gets people excited, is the element of uncertainty," Baker told The Los Angeles Times. "We're putting celebrities in an awkward situation without them knowing about it. If we went to them ahead of time and set everything up, it would lose a lot of the fun."

David has yet to respond to Charity Bribes, and after his bribe is over -- in 3 days -- the site already has their next bribe in place. They plan to raise money to convince Conan O'Brien to conduct an interview on his TBS show wearing an eye patch and a turtle neck, while holding a pipe.

Check out Twitter's top 19 most popular users, according to Twitter tracking website Twitaholic, in the slideshow below.

#19 - Chris Brown

Followers: 8,755,625 Following: 1,436 Ratio Followers to Follows: 6,000:1 <a href="https://twitaholic.com/" target="_hplink">Stats from Twitaholic</a> — Followers: 8,755,625 Following: 1,436 Ratio Followers to Follows: 6,000:1 Stats from Twitaholic

#18 - KaKa

Followers: 9,082,600 Following: 358 Ratio Followers to Follows: 25,300:1 <a href="https://twitaholic.com/" target="_hplink">Stats from Twitaholic</a> — Followers: 9,082,600 Following: 358 Ratio Followers to Follows: 25,300:1 Stats from Twitaholic

#17 - Justin Timberlake

Followers: 9,287,721 Following: 21 Ratio Followers to Follows: 440,000:1 <a href="https://twitaholic.com/" target="_hplink">Stats from Twitaholic</a> — Followers: 9,287,721 Following: 21 Ratio Followers to Follows: 440,000:1 Stats from Twitaholic

#16 - Eminem

Followers: 9,644,543 Following: 0 Ratio Followers to Follows: <a href="https://twitaholic.com/" target="_hplink">Stats from Twitaholic</a> — Followers: 9,644,543 Following: 0 Ratio Followers to Follows: Stats from Twitaholic

#15 - Ashton Kutcher

Followers: 9,764,183 Following: 689 Ratio Followers to Follows: 14,000:1 <a href="https://twitaholic.com/" target="_hplink">Stats from Twitaholic</a> — Followers: 9,764,183 Following: 689 Ratio Followers to Follows: 14,000:1 Stats from Twitaholic

#14 - Oprah Winfrey

Followers: 9,780,486 Following: 44 Ratio Followers to Follows: 222,000:1 <a href="https://twitaholic.com/" target="_hplink">Stats from Twitaholic</a> — Followers: 9,780,486 Following: 44 Ratio Followers to Follows: 222,000:1 Stats from Twitaholic

#13 - Ellen Degeneres

Followers: 9,899,592 Following: 47,618 Ratio Followers to Follows: 200:1 <a href="https://twitaholic.com/" target="_hplink">Stats from Twitaholic</a> — Followers: 9,899,592 Following: 47,618 Ratio Followers to Follows: 200:1 Stats from Twitaholic

#12 - YouTube

Followers: 9,901,056 Following: 399 Ratio Followers to Follows: 25,000:1 <a href="https://twitaholic.com/" target="_hplink">Stats from Twitaholic</a> — Followers: 9,901,056 Following: 399 Ratio Followers to Follows: 25,000:1 Stats from Twitaholic

#11 - Nicki Minaj

Followers: 10,158,551 Following: 805 Ratio Followers to Follows: 13,000:1 <a href="https://twitaholic.com/" target="_hplink">Stats from Twitaholic</a> — Followers: 10,158,551 Following: 805 Ratio Followers to Follows: 13,000:1 Stats from Twitaholic

#10 - Selena Gomez

Followers: 10,858,389 Following: 711 Ratio Followers to Follows: 15,000:1 <a href="https://twitaholic.com/" target="_hplink">Stats from Twitaholic</a> — Followers: 10,858,389 Following: 711 Ratio Followers to Follows: 15,000:1 Stats from Twitaholic

#9 - Taylor Swift

Followers: 11,651,947 Following: 71 Ratio Followers to Follows: 164,000:1 <a href="https://twitaholic.com/" target="_hplink">Stats from Twitaholic</a> — Followers: 11,651,947 Following: 71 Ratio Followers to Follows: 164,000:1 Stats from Twitaholic

#8 - Barack Obama

Followers: 12,974,617 Following: 681,170 Ratio Followers to Follows: 19:1 <a href="https://twitaholic.com/" target="_hplink">Stats from Twitaholic</a> — Followers: 12,974,617 Following: 681,170 Ratio Followers to Follows: 19:1 Stats from Twitaholic

#7 - Kim Kardashian

Followers: 13,945,447 Following: 172 Ratio Followers to Follows: 80,000:1 <a href="https://twitaholic.com/" target="_hplink">Stats from Twitaholic</a> — Followers: 13,945,447 Following: 172 Ratio Followers to Follows: 80,000:1 Stats from Twitaholic

#6 - Britney Spears

Followers: 13,990,248 Following: 416,810 Ratio Followers to Follows: 34:1 <a href="https://twitaholic.com/" target="_hplink">Stats from Twitaholic</a> — Followers: 13,990,248 Following: 416,810 Ratio Followers to Follows: 34:1 Stats from Twitaholic

#5 - Rihanna

Followers: 14,777,233 Following: 765 Ratio Followers to Follows: 19,000:1 <a href="https://twitaholic.com/" target="_hplink">Stats from Twitaholic</a> — Followers: 14,777,233 Following: 765 Ratio Followers to Follows: 19,000:1 Stats from Twitaholic

#4 - Shakira

Followers: 14,799,936 Following: 42 Ratio Followers to Follows: 350,000:1 <a href="https://twitaholic.com/" target="_hplink">Stats from Twitaholic</a> — Followers: 14,799,936 Following: 42 Ratio Followers to Follows: 350,000:1 Stats from Twitaholic

#3 - Katy Perry

Followers: 16,011,358 Following: 82 Ratio Followers to Follows: 195,000:1 <a href="https://twitaholic.com/" target="_hplink">Stats from Twitaholic</a> — Followers: 16,011,358 Following: 82 Ratio Followers to Follows: 195,000:1 Stats from Twitaholic

#2 - Justin Bieber

Followers: 18,408,263 Following: 121,161 Ratio Followers to Follows: 150:1 <a href="https://twitaholic.com/" target="_hplink">Stats from Twitaholic</a> — Followers: 18,408,263 Following: 121,161 Ratio Followers to Follows: 150:1 Stats from Twitaholic

#1 - Lady Gaga

Followers: 20,714,800 Following: 139,577 Ratio Followers to Follows: 150:1 <a href="https://twitaholic.com/" target="_hplink">Stats from Twitaholic</a> — Followers: 20,714,800 Following: 139,577 Ratio Followers to Follows: 150:1 Stats from Twitaholic

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