Larry David described a skit which was rejected for his upcoming show on global warming:

OK, here's one that didn't fly: Initially, I was going to open the show with me sitting around a campfire talking to a bunch of little kids. It would be at night, they would be roasting marshmallows, and I'd be telling the proverbial ghost story. But mine would be about global warming: "The earth is going to get so hot you'll have to wear 12-inch rubber soles on your sneakers so it doesn't burn a hole through them." And I would scare the pants off every single one of them. And they'd all start screaming and crying and the parents would come and yell at me, and that's how the show was going to open.

The problem is that the little kids wouldn't get scared. They would probably say "Cool!" and ask if they'd be able to roast marshmallows during the day.

Writers of this calibre are capable of creating material that zaps the zietgiest. Feature the the cross-section of people who'll catch the Show in Vegas. They return to their 'hoods doing schtick from the Show like kids doing Three Stooges routines. Folks laugh, chew the fat, and wise up to THE big issue of Century 21. If "fair and balanced" celebrity journalists like Ann Coulter think it's cool, then the Show will bridge many an ideological divide.

By the time Junior&The WHIGs vacate the White House in 3 years(less with impeachment), enough Americans may figure that their way of life is worth compromising, just enough, so that the planet that we all share, can sustain a healthy biosphere.

"Earth To America" needs to be the catalyst of a massive national perception shift that compels the next President to sign the Kyoto Protocol within a week of his or her inauguration. So let's hope the Show lives up to its hype, we all need a good laugh. And wouldn't it be lovely if we left our progeny a living planet?

In the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry is driving an SUV, does anyone know if it's a hybrid? We were sad to see the Prius go, as we always do the Prius wave when we're driving.

There's no reason to doubt Larry's sincerity, but I doubt this comedy show will help. It's not a fund-raiser, it's a consciousness-to-action raiser, and why would a good show do that? Sure, on paper you can make the case, but I don't picture it making anything actually happen. If you read the blogs carefully on the result of recent rocks shows against globalization or whatever they were for or against, you'll learn that mostly nothing intended was accomplished. Do some research.

Be careful in flipping off the wingnutz who drive Hummers.

Most of 'em are also gun-nutz...who might have -at least- 54 kinds of offensive weapons about the house and vehicle and are also those who support and fervently believe in Florida's 'shoot-on-sight' (or "if you're REALLY pissed-off")law.

cheers...

ex-Marine sharpshooter, current coward and (I admit it)former gun-nut.

I was curious about the new car Larry drives in the new season, too. I know Ford has a hybrid, I bet that's it. It's certainly not the Toytota Highlander Hybrid, it's too small.

Also, what's up with the "doesn't think liberals are funny" bit? Liberals are the only people who ARE funny! Name me ONE funny conservative, I dare you! And no, Dennis Miller isn't funny, at least not anymore.

So Laurie David likes to flip off SUV drivers while out in her hybrid and environmental issues are discussed 24 hours/day in the smugly eco-righteous David household. Exactly how many square feet does that Tinseltown household have?

If you told them that their PSP would melt if they forgot it in the car or something. Gotta hit them where it hurts...

I wonder why Laurie David got rid of her husband's car but not his private jet. Doesn't she know that the jet uses as much fuel on one coast to coast round trip as the Hummer she so hates uses in a whole year? The embarrassing hypocrisy of the media elite never fails to disgust me. How about downsizing the 12,000 square foot house, too?