[jesus_of_suburbia_old]

Here is comedian Lewis Black ranting on the ozone layer, sunblock and anti/pro-egg activists.

Black:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '"')Everybody knows why the weather in this country is out of control. It's because we lost the Ozone layer. Well, if we lost the ozone layer, why don't we put it on milk cartons and try to find it.

It's absolutely ridiculous that we live without an ozone layer. We're the most technologically advanced country on the planet. We've got men, we've got rockets, we've got saran wrap. Fix it. And the only thing we've come up with to deal with the fact that we have no ozone layer, is sunblock. And I don't trust that stuff at all.

Have you ever read the ingredients in sunblock? I've never seen those words anywhere. We don't even know what this stuff is and we slap it on our face. And I guarantee in 10 years you're going to go to the doctor and he's going to look at your chart and go 'look at your cholesterol...it's out of control.' And you'll go 'but doc, I've been eating all the right things.' And he'll say, 'were you using sunblock regularly?' And you'll go 'of course.' And he'll go 'that's your problem.' You could've eaten all the sausage you wanted.'

Why do we trust sunblock? The people who told us about sunblock are the same people that when I was a kid said eggs were good. And then they said eggs were bad. And then they said they were good...then said they were bad...then, they actually said that the yellows were bad...the whites were....MAKE UP YOUR MIND. It's breakfast, we gotta eat.

I'll tell you what I like to use. What I find really works. Crisco. There's no Crisco 1, Crisco 9, Crisco 75. No, it's just Crisco. You never get burnt with Crisco. Why? Because when you start to sizzle, you move."

[skateari]

Was that on the daily show or a standup act?

..The daily show had the resigned secutary of treasury on last night.. he was bashing Bush and how our economy is going. They show some enlighting stuff on that show sometimes

[jesus_of_suburbia_old]

I think he's had two Comedy Central Presents standup specials. This was from his first.

He went off on a pretty relevant "Back in Black" rant on the Daily Show about how we invest in false hope. Hope that the Dow would stay above 10k and we would have enough resources.

I should have asked for his CD for Christmas.

[savethehumans]

Actually, more people probably started thinking about the ozone layer from Black's "rant" than they ever did from any other source!

Humor can be used to reach people in a way that no other method can. George Carlin's "rant" about the environment includes the line: "The planet is fine! It's the people who have the problem!" While not exactly true--the planet ISN'T fine...but that's BECAUSE people have a problem! And even now, who knows? The planet MAY, eventually, heal, if people would stop killing it off!

So if the comedian is using the jokes to get people to PAY ATTENTION to the topic--and thus, might do something about it--that's a good thing! If all they are doing is EXPLOITING the topic for a laugh--well, that's NOT a good thing, but they may still inadvertently cause someone to first laugh, and then think.

IMHO, we should leave the comedians alone. Hang the REST of the media instead!