Archive for the ‘television’ Category

Sheryl Crow Dodges Al Gore And Ed Begley Jr. In Green Car Challenge

November 20th 2009

Jay Leno might be a car guy, but he’s also a green guy!
Earlier this year, Ecorazzi reported that Leno had started a segment on his show called the Green Car Challenge, where celebrities take turns racing around a homemade track in a specially prepared Ford Focus-based battery car. While racing, the famous contestants face a [...]

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Watch: Jimmy Fallon’s Hilarious Eco-Jam Medley

November 19th 2009

This year’s “Green Week” on NBC is turning out to be its best ever — with green themes on shows like The Office, 30 Rock, Community, and now this genius eco-jam medley from Jimmy Fallon.
Seriously, it’s no easy task to come up with something entertaining and environmentally-themed — but Fallon’s 4-minute guitar jam hits it [...]

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Legendary Activist And Author Jane Goodall Spends Time At “The Daily Show”

November 18th 2009

Jane Goodall is one of my all-time favorite people! A tireless advocate for compassion, Jane has proudly earned her title as “UN Messenger of Peace.”
Goodall recently appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to discuss her lifetime of work. In the interview, she talks about the dangers of keeping wild animals as pets, saying:
“The [...]

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New Audi Commercial Thinks Your Way Of Riding Green Sucks

November 18th 2009

Leave it to Audi’s marketing division to come up with a green commercial that also manages to insult anyone using alternative transportation.
Ride the bus? You suck. Ride a bike? You suck harder. Ride a Segway through a busy city walkway? Ok, they have a point there.
Oh yea, and for anyone using a biodiesel vehicle, prepare [...]

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Watch: ‘30 Rock’ Tackles Global Warming

"We do it for the children, but what have the children ever done for us?"

November 17th 2009

Yet another clip from NBC’s Green Week has graced our Inbox; this time from 30 Rock. Click below to find out how Alec Baldwin’s character goes green each and every morning.

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Watch: Dwight Shrute Is ‘Recyclops’, Vows To Protect/Destroy The Planet

Beware the Polluticorns...

November 17th 2009

As part of NBC’s “Green Week” from their Green is Universal initiative, The Office is tackling the subject of recycling. Needless to say, Dwight Shrute takes things to the extreme.
At least I know what I want to be for Halloween next year.

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Reality Show About Gay Goat Farmers Coming To Planet Green

November 15th 2009

Planet Green has picked up a pitch for a reality show called Beekman Farm. The show is described by Variety as having “a modern-day ‘Green Acres’ spin about two New York City expatriates who head upstate to run a farm…and seek to develop a line of organic products for their company under the Beekman 1802 [...]

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Al Gore To Hit ‘30 Rock’, Dwight Shrute Becomes ‘ReCyclops’

Former Vice-President to make his second guest appearance during NBC's Green Week of programming.

November 13th 2009

NBC’s Green Week is kicking off this Sunday and we’ve got a few scoops on what’s in store for two of our favorite shows.
Even our super (not) secret sources at GE have only been told so much about plot lines for The Office but here’s what we’ve got: “Dwight Schrute from The Office gets into [...]

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The Green Quote: Gwyneth Paltrow Is Totally Addicted To (Green) Porn!

November 12th 2009

“For comic relief, ‘Green Porno’ on Sundance Channel is now in its third season of deadpan puppet shows by Isabella Rossellini. I’ve learned a lot more than I want to about reproduction in the animal and insect kingdoms. This season, the third so far, has an especially eco-friendly and equally hilarious bent, showing, in the [...]

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NBC Launches Third-Annual ‘Green Week’ Programming This Sunday!

November 11th 2009

NBC’s “Green is Universal” initiative is kicking off its third-annual “Green Week” of environmentally-themed programming starting this Sunday! Color me surprised that this campaign is still alive and kicking three years after its launch.
The centerpiece of this year’s “Green Week” is the “Green Counts Here” campaign, a cross-platform initiative that invites NBC Universal audiences to [...]

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