Frau Blücher [horses whinny]

September 30, 2015 11:10 AM

Frau Blücher [horses whinny]
A Twitter bot based on quotes from the character "Frau Blücher" in Mel Brook's 1974 comedy, Young Frankenstein.

Set to tweet out twice a day due to few lines, plus I want it to be a little chuckle thing and not an annoying thing.

Thanks to: We had a deal, Kyle, Metroid Baby, and ignignokt for their input and trouble-shooting - especially Metroid Baby who was kind enough to take time out of their day to DM me.

This is the first time I've tried to write something in a language since I took BASIC in 7th grade. Although the language I used is fairly easy to learn the rules of, I forgot how absolutely tight and precise things had to be written or the whole thing goes belly-up. I used the popular Cheap Bots, Done Quick! and the Tracery language (tutorial).

This is purely to please myself and make me laugh; but if others would like to follow I'd love to see the follower numbers rise.

Stay close to the candles. The stairway can be... treacherous.

Role: creator, Herr Doctor's assistant

posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome (5 comments total)

Would the doctor care for... another twitterbot?
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:50 PM on September 30, 2015 [1 favorite]

"This is the first time I've tried to write something in a language since I took BASIC"

Actually, I tell a lie if you count HTML.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 3:11 PM on September 30, 2015

[💬🐴]
posted by moonmilk at 4:15 PM on September 30, 2015 [1 favorite]

Followed!
posted by jazon at 9:31 AM on October 1, 2015 [1 favorite]

This was a lot of fun and a challenge to learn something new; I strongly encourage others who are thinking about making a Twitter Bot to try their hand!

Best of all, I *may* have given my partner an idea for a bot - fingers crossed!
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 2:25 PM on October 1, 2015