It's not only expensive and harder to do than one might think, but it also flies in the face of 24's core audience. Of course, that's not its boldest effect. These days, pissing off the right wing is more "in" than Twittering about your Snuggie.
The boldest move is the effect these new measures could have on the body of the show in ways you may not expect. You might even see Jack Bauer tie a guy to a chair and hook up his nipples to a car battery to get him to admit he doesn't put his plastics and newspapers in separate recycling bins.
There's a new series of environmental programming on Sundance Channel called The Green, and it's all about ways that people can reduce their impact on the earth. I caught a preview of one show, called Big Ideas for a Small Planet last weekend on Discovery Channel and found it to be interesting stuff. The episode I saw focused on modular homes that take fewer resources to build than on-site homes. They look pretty rad, too, and kind-of break the mold of the old trailer park home that is not sustainable.
The approach that the producers seem to be taking in this series is not at all preachy or meant to cause you to feel guilt. I was very impressed by the way it focused more on the innovative technology and out-of-the-box thinking by the designers of the eco-friendly modular homes, rather than hammering me with statistics about how many resources our homes consume.
"Am I Hot Or Not?": The high-pitched voice gave me a good chuckle. I'd like to imagine that Punxsutawney Phil is really thinking all that in his little groundhog head. "I speak the truuuuth!" Oh, and The Daily Show is really pushing those Jimmy Dean Chocolate Chip Pancakes & Sausage On A Stick jokes. I'm starting to wonder if they're getting paid by Jimmy Dean to advertise that "food" by pretending to hate it... when, in fact, it's delicious and addictive. Senior White House Correspondent Dan Bakkedahl also stopped by to say something. My ears tuned out because, as of late, Bakkedahl-talk sounds like Peanuts adults... but less funny.
(S02E08) This episode gave us a look at the eco-friendly Earl Hickey. Who would have known that he had a burning desire to save the Earth from global warming after spending a week in a dung cottage at the Sunshine Collective?
I know I'm repeating myself, but this show continues to make great use of guest stars, and Christian Slater as Woody IMHO was outstanding here. Of course, one could be cynical and say that he was a good choice to play a stoner based on his past history--the scenes of him stumbling around his house as Earl and Randy slowly rob him of all his possessions were certainly authentic.
Sorry, I know this has been up on YouTube for awhile, but a few days ago as I was walking to my computer to do a post about it, I tripped on my shoelace and knocked myself unconscious for five days. Yeah, that sounds like a good excuse. Anyway, Al Gore's new movie An Inconvenient Truth is getting a lot of attention, and a video recently surfaced on YouTube featuring Al Gore trying to convince Bender that he should be concerned with global warming. Of course, Bender's a robot, so why the heck should he care about that? It's a funny spot, though the sound track appears to kind of messed up. Of course, our Futurama fans know all about Gore's involvement with the show in the past; his daughter did write for it, after all. See it after the jump:
"Ward of the Word": Goodness, the folks on Capitol Hill just won't let go of the phrase "cut-and-run". Can exit strategies really be broken down to just two verbs and a conjunction? It's gone as far as "cut-and-jog". Coming next: cut-and-skip, cut-and-mosey... Set it and forget it?!
God must really want those kids dead. -- South Park
(S10E06) I'm like, totally cereal, guys.
If nothing else, last night's episode proved that South Park is still an equal opportunity offender. In
this episode, Al Gore comes to South Park to warn everyone about Manbearpig (read: global warming), a creature who is
half man, half bear, and half pig. Or possibly half man and half bearpig. No one really knows for sure because Gore is
apparently the only one who believes he exists.
Fox's charge to make 24 a completely green show is admirable. 
There's a new series of environmental programming on Sundance Channel called The Green, and it's all about ways that people can reduce their impact on the earth. I caught a preview of one show, called Big Ideas for a Small Planet last weekend on Discovery Channel and found it to be interesting stuff. The episode I saw focused on modular homes that take fewer resources to build than on-site homes. They look pretty rad, too, and kind-of break the mold of the old trailer park home that is not sustainable.
"Am I Hot Or Not?": The high-pitched voice gave me a good chuckle. I'd like to imagine that 
(S02E08) This episode gave us a look at the eco-friendly Earl Hickey. Who would have known that he had a burning desire to save the Earth from global warming after spending a week in a dung cottage at the Sunshine Collective? 
Sorry, I know this has been up on YouTube for awhile, but a few days ago as I was walking to my computer to do a post about it, I tripped on my shoelace and knocked myself unconscious for five days. Yeah, that sounds like a good excuse. Anyway, Al Gore's new movie An Inconvenient Truth is getting a lot of attention, and a video recently surfaced on YouTube featuring Al Gore trying to convince Bender that he should be concerned with global warming. Of course, Bender's a robot, so why the heck should he care about that? It's a funny spot, though the sound track appears to kind of messed up. Of course, our Futurama fans know all about Gore's involvement with the show in the past; his daughter did write for it, after all. See it after the jump:
"Ward of the Word": Goodness, the folks on Capitol Hill just won't let go of the phrase "
God must really want those kids dead. -- South Park
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