"Earth to America": Comedy for the Planet
by Erin Courtenay - Madison, WI on 10.11.05
Everyone knows that environmentalists are humorless, painfully earnest Earth-warriors. So when I came across the announcement for the broadcast of "Earth to America!" I was obviously shocked - a stand-up comedy show devoted to raising awareness about environmental issues? Love it! The TBS show will be broadcast on Sunday, November 20 at 8/7c and features a knockout list including: Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Tom Hanks, Larry David, Steve Martin, Ray Romano, Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Martin Short, Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Al Franken, Christopher Guest, and Dustin Hoffman. [note: I spent the last half-hour trying to overcome my TreeHugger-induced humor-impairment to end this post with a clever joke; no such luck. I guess if you want to get an eco-chuckle you'll have to tune in to "Earth to America!" or visit Grinning Planet]
To be held and taped live from 8 to 10 pm on Thursday November 17th at Caesars Palace's Colosseum in Las Vegas. So if you live in Vegas, get out there to the red carpet with your video cams and pipe back some hybrid celeb action footage! But make sure Cameron Diaz doesn't land you 3 years in jail! ... she does it with such a wonderful smile.