Jeffrey Tambor performing at the comedy show "Earth to America." Isaac Brekken for The New York Times
Posted on 11/19/2005 7:36:03 AM PST by Libloather
Preserving the Earth, One Joke at a Time
By MICHAEL JANOFSKY
Published: November 19, 2005
Jeffrey Tambor performing at the comedy show "Earth to America." Isaac Brekken for The New York Times
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 18 - Ice caps are melting. Oceans are rising. Villages are disappearing. Wild animals are not quite sure what is going on.
Pretty funny stuff, eh?
Well, on Thursday night it was, as a parade of comedians and a few serious actors joined forces here at Caesars Palace for two and a half hours of environmental consciousness-raising in a live show called "Earth to America," focused on global warming. It was taped for repackaging and a two-hour nationwide broadcast at 8 p.m. Sunday on the cable channel TBS.
Climate change never had so many famous friends, and whether they were dancing (Jason Alexander), cavorting inside a giant earth (Jeffrey Tambor), strumming a banjo (Steve Martin) or simply doing stand-up (Larry David, Ben Stiller, Cedric the Entertainer and others), the presentation posed two questions critical to the future of the country:
One, should average citizens do more to harness activities that leading scientists say contribute to climate change? And, two, do comedy and global warming really mix?
The answers appeared to be: yes and for the most part.
Laurie David, the executive producer and wife of a certain "Curb Your Enthusiasm" star, is making it her life's work to draw attention to the growing risks of the earth warming through unchecked emissions of carbon dioxide. She flips the finger at people driving gas guzzlers. She holds seminars and fund-raisers in her home. She sponsors a Web-based "virtual march" on Washington (www.stopglobalwarming.org) that has drawn more than 150,000 participants. She arranged with Fox News to present a serious hourlong show on global warming earlier this week.
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Huh? Leading scientists as determined by who? Any "scientist" that is a proponent of GW is "leading". 8 weeks ago I coultn't evan spall scintist. Now I are 1.
Sir, where did you do your advanced studies on climatology? Hollywood High. Well, until I dropped out in the 11th grade when I learned all there is to know. Did my postgraduate work at Planet Hollywood. Followed by an internship at MGM.
Here in Ohio it means 4 months of winter and 8 months of road repair.
These clowns are telling jokes. They are jokes.
what is REALLY funny is that this is on right now and at the EXACT SAME TIME there is a history channel special showing how 100% of the science these leftwing fools are counting on is pure junk.
I saw a few minute doses of this. It is unwatchable looney leftism. These so called comedians mights as well be advocating bongo drums as a way of repelling solar eclipses.
Amazing, isn't it?
These clowns are busy ending their careers.
This is a mass career suicide.
It is a laundry list of performers to avoid.
They are joining the not a dime club.
Letterman's advertisers are off the buy list, Conan Obriens advertisers are off the list.
Who the heck is the bald guy? I have not seen this larry david before, where did he come from? the Lennin reject school?
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