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Conan O'Brien: Walk if you're not famous (VIDEO)
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Last week, NBC was apparently pushing a green agenda with a set of PSA-style announcements from its various celebrities and personalities. The entertainment company coined the videos "Green Your Routine" clips and appears to have played them throughout their its regularly scheduled programming. Conan O'Brien got into the game with a typically humorous take on the concept, suggesting that people consider walking instead of driving to work if they happen to live relatively close by. Unfortunately, Conan claims that he's a bit too conspicuous (read: famous) to follow his own suggestion. It's worth a laugh, so we've pasted the video after the break.
After Conan's PSA, Max Weinberg of the Max Weinbert 7 and formerly of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band recorded his own Green Your Routine sketch, where he made some interesting suggestions on how to save some extra energy at home. Watch it... your kids are sure to thank you.
[Source: Conan O'Brien / Huffington Post]
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Luke 8:35PM (11/23/2008)
Conservation lifestyle is only for the common people. Just ask Al Gore.
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vfx 8:52PM (11/23/2008)
Jeremy, It's worth mentioning Universal's Greenwashing.
The whole "Green Universal family" killed one of thier own children when they cancelled one of the only permanent Green shows in the middle of "green week".
http://climateprogress.org/2008/11/22/nbc-nixes-tvs-only-climate-show-during-green-week/
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Luke 9:59PM (11/23/2008)
"Unfortunately, Conan claims that he's a bit too conspicuous (read: famous) to follow his own suggestion."
Yeah, if ever you want to avoid drawing attention to yourself, sitting the back of a fuel-efficient Ford Focus is not the way to go. Everyone looks for famous people when they see one of those.
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bill 10:01AM (11/24/2008)
Last time I thought about it I did walk from my car to the store. Then I walked around the store picking out the things I needed. Then I walked out of the store after paying for what I needed, put the stuff in my car, and then I drove 9 miles home. After reaching home I walked from my car however many times I needed to so I could get the stuff I got at the store into my house. I am already "green" and getting a little irritated about being told how to be "green".
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megan 12:28PM (11/24/2008)
If your children DO get cold, encourage them to build a bonfire out of their stuffed animals to keep warm. And buy them a bag of chestnuts to roast over it. These delicious snacks are low in fat and full of trace minerals. A healthy kid is a happy kid. Even if her toes are numb.
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Eric 6:27PM (11/24/2008)
Max Weinberg still tours with Bruce Springstein.
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