Posted on 09/23/2021 11:54:54 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
NEW YORK (AP) — Sewage treatment, sea turtles and a depressing condom ad all came up when late-night television hosts united for one night to turn their comic lenses to climate change.
Eight late-night hosts devoted a portion of their programs Wednesday and early Thursday to the issue, part of a Climate Week initiative timed to the United Nations’ General Assembly meeting in New York.
“Don’t even think about switching to another show,” said ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel. “We’re all focused on this topic tonight. You can’t escape. It’s basically an intervention. Our future is in jeopardy.”
In one case, they even combined forces: CBS’ James Corden and NBC’s Seth Meyers used a split-screen to open their 12:30 a.m. shows together.
“Crisis solved,” said CBS’ Stephen Colbert, “just as surely as when all of those celebrities sang ‘Imagine’ and ended COVID.”
Noting that it was the first day of fall, NBC “Tonight” show host Jimmy Fallon said that “some people are sad that summer’s over. But thanks to climate change, it’s not.”
On “The Daily Show,” Trevor Noah’s monologue concerned little-known facts about climate change.
Not everyone played along. Greg Gutfeld and his panelists on Fox News Channel mocked the effort and touted the benefits of fossil fuels.
“Comedy is dead and so is risk in this land of late-night teachers’ pets,” Gutfeld said. “They went from George Carlin to George Soros.”
A half-hour later on CBS, Colbert noted the difficulty in getting many people to focus on the seriousness of the problem.
“Americans treat climate science like soccer,” he said. “We know it’s out there and it really matters to the rest of the world, but no one can make us care.”
For one night, he and his competitors tried.
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Only one night.
Notice that they waited until after Norm MacDonald passed away
No collusion. Stop thinking they are a cabal or something.
Once Anna Farris left “Mom”, the last of my Alphabet Channels was de-listed from my TV.
Life is much calmer.
Does anyone actually watch these unfunny infantile jackasses?
Good on him.
One night?
I thought CC was Glacial....
Will this be the case with comics in China, India and South Korea... Where they are building over 100 coal fired powerplants? That really isn’t a joke.
They can all stick windmills up their donkeys.
I wish Gutfeild was not just on Fox News. Too bad Disney owns the Rgular Fox Network. He would crush these other idiots.
one night of the funny less
Bingo.
Wonder what the ‘turn off’ rate was !
What corporate idiot thought this was a good idea?
The biggest carbon emitter is China, which recently told the rest of the world to pound sand when it came to reducing their emissions. Of course, the comedians won't try to take on China because the Chinese are adept at using their economic power to silence those who criticize them.
It was liberals in the US that caused our problems. We went from paper to plastic. Our forests aren’t cleared of old brush. Trash is dumped into the ocean because liberal NIMBY resulted in high temperature furnaces not being built.
Too bad there’s not one single late night propagandis.... er I mean comic I can boycott.
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I remember Johnny Carson. That show was great. When Joan Rivers would sub, that was great too. When Moon Face took over Carson's place, I watched for a while. Stopped watching when Letterman became popular -- nothing but boring piffle.
Also stopped watching SNL decades ago. Norm's era was the last time I tuned in.
Corden and Meyers.. Now there’s a real brain trust.
Add Kimmel and Noodlenuts & What’s his name at NBC and Comedy Central, ya got a real climate convoy.
What a joke. NOT!!
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