Steve Martin, Larry David, Ben Stiller highlight TV special for the Earth

NYT: Preserving the Earth, One Joke at a Time
By MICHAEL JANOFSKY
Published: November 19, 2005

....on Thursday night...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....

(NOTE: Other participants included Dustin Hoffman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ray Romano, Tom Hanks, Eric Idle, Bill Maher, Al Franken, and Robert Smigel.)

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/19/arts/television/19eart.html?8hpib

It looked very funny.

doing the Commander in Chief of the World!!!!!

She's hysterical-- love it when she cracks on Bush.