Earth to America (TV special)
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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
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. It was taped at Caesars Palace
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 in Las Vegas
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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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