“Earth To America” Global Warming Comedy Special Tapes In Vegas…

“Earth To America” Global Warming Comedy Special Tapes In Vegas…

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:

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