Earth to America (TV special) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Earth to America was a 2-hour television special that aired on TBS on November 20, 2005. Hosted by Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies, gaining wide notice in 1988's Big, before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title...

, the show used a comic approach to raise awareness of issues concerning the environment, mostly global warming

Global warming

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. It was taped at Caesars Palace

Caesars Palace

Caesars Palace is a luxury hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, an unincorporated township in Clark County, Nevada, United States in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. Caesars Palace is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment Corp....

in Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

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The performers scheduled to appear were:

Jack Black
Cedric "The Entertainer"
Rob Corddry
Larry David
Will Ferrell
Tom Hanks
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Bill Maher
Steve Martin
Kevin Nealon (Subliminal Man)
Ray Romano
Martin Short
Ben Stiller
Wanda Sykes
Robin Williams
The Cast Of Avenue Q
Robert F Kennedy Jr.
Triumph The Insult Comic Dog
The Blue Man Group

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