UPDATE 11:28 a.m. EDT:

Tony Posnanski told HNGN that he and Tommy Campbell are "both hug fans of @midnight and wanted to play!"

So, the tweets won't be featured on the show, but Campbell has culled the best of them and these two might be our favorites:

It all started with two tweets and became the number one trending topic in the U.S! "Well, it was more than that," Campbell told HNGN. "As I mention, we engaged and retweeted and both have powerful accounts etc. I think it was great fun and lot of people got big tweets out of it."

The power of the internet combined with the power of comedy and kittens. Bravo! 

It all started with these two tweets:

Cat points!

UPDATE 6:34 a.m. EDT: A concerned netizen believes that the hashtag war in question was actually started by actor/comic Tommy Campbell and HuffPost contributor Tony Posnanski at 8 p.m. PDT on Tuesday "just for fun," not by the show/Twitter account @Midnight. HNGN has reached out to the two gentlemen for more information.

@Midnight is a comedy panel show that airs nightly on Comedy Central and is hosted by Chris Hardwick. The show is known for its panel of celebrities and comedians that dish on the latest viral video or make snappy comments about celebrities. Oh, and the show is also the proud mama of hashtag wars. "Hardwick throws out a topic for the three-comedian panel to riff on in sort of a joke lightning round," wrote the New York Post. "Hardwick, and the show's Twitter account, also asks the audience to keep the game going. The gags on Twitter come from a mix of established stand-ups (Judah Friedlander, formerly of '30 Rock,' sometimes chimes in), up-and-comers and just regular funny folks at home." If you've ever hopped on Twitter after the midnight hour and have seen something like this:

or this:

or this one from a recent #HashtagWars winner:

... then you have been audience to a war of hashtags. Tuesday night's hashtag was #kittenblockbusters. These are some of our favorites:

Are you ready to get in on the action? Don't forget to share you #kittenblockbuster with @midnight for a chance to win and with @hngncom and @petshappyzone for a chance at fun! @Midnight airs Mondays through Thursdays at midnight (11 p.m. CT) on Comedy Central. Upcoming guests include Paul F. Thompson, Andrea Savage, Seth Green and Greg Proops.

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