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The Earth Day Special
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And so begins The Earth Day Special, produced by Time Warner and broadcast on ABC in 1990 to mark the 20th anniversary of Earth Day.It's Earth Day 1990, and a man named Everyman (Robin Williams) is boasting about the progress that mankind has made throughout the centuries. Suddenly, Mother Earth (Bette Midler) appears in the skies, chiding humanity for taking the web of life for granted. Feeling ill, she falls to Earth. Now humanity must learn to get their act together, or Mother Earth's a goner. | |
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Tempting Fate | |
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Tempting Fate: In Everyman's speech, he goes on about how Mother Earth is "the type of mom who could never say no." Cue Mother Earth putting him in his place. | |
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Say My Name | |
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Say My Name: Everyman, when Mother Earth faints. | |
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| The Earth Day Special / int_1ba8eb64 | type |
Visual Pun | |
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Visual Pun: As Bugs leaves, he mutters, "This was a great place to live, 'til man set foot on it." Cue a closeup of Everyman's foot stepping into frame. | |
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Breaking the Fourth Wall | |
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: Bugs Bunny, naturally, and Martin Short as Nathan Firm. The latter does have some merit, however, as he was being filmed by Downtown Julie Brown's news crew. Bette Midler and Robin Williams break character at the end, and Midler even says that it's going to take "a whole lot more than just one television show..." for humankind to truly save the Earth. | |
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Laugh Track | |
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Laugh Track: The Weekend Update and New Dating Game segments, and a little bit in the Cheers segment. | |
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Muppet Cameo | |
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Muppet Cameo: Kermit the Frog and Robin are seen watching the special with a dozen other Muppet frogs and reptiles in a swamp. The special itself also happened to be one of Jim Henson's last projects, airing mere weeks before Jim passed away. | |
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Massive Multiplayer Crossover | |
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Massive Multiplayer Crossover: A good number of actors reprised the roles of characters they were known for playing at the time (Neil Patrick Harris as Doogie Howser, M.D., for example). | |
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Recurring Riff | |
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Recurring Riff: The melody from "One Day" underscores the action occasionally. | |
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Public Service Announcement | |
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PSA: They don't kick in until late in the special. | |
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Logo Joke | |
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Logo Joke: The Blue Office Pictures logo at the beginning turns into "Green Office Pictures". The Vault Productions logo also turns green. | |
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Green Aesop | |
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Green Aesop: What's an Earth Day special without one? | |
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Nightmare Sequence | |
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Nightmare Sequence: Vic dreams about his buddies making fun of him and taking the environment for granted, then witnessing Mother Earth flatlining. | |
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Argument of Contradictions | |
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Argument of Contradictions: Martin Short, as Nathan Firm, engages in one with Harold Ramis, as Elon Spengler, Egon's twin brother and found of Wastebusters. | |
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Large Ham | |
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Large Ham: Robin Williams as Everyman. | |
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Wrong Turn at Albuquerque | |
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Wrong Turn at Albuquerque: Bugs doesn't say the actual phrase, but he was trying to get to the Cucamonga Carrot Festival. | |
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Punctuated! For! Emphasis! | |
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Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: The end of Vic's nightmare, where Mother Earth flatlines. | |
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Leitmotif | |
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Leitmotif: Some characters from other sources have one taken straight from their source material. | |
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| The Earth Day Special / int_a07afea2 | type |
Random Events Plot | |
| The Earth Day Special / int_a07afea2 | comment |
Random Events Plot: There is a central plot where Mother Earth falls gravely ill and various characters try to save her, but it's combined with skits featuring the casts of sitcoms and environmental aprodies of game shows. | |
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Award-Bait Song | |
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Award-Bait Song: Barbra Streisand's "One Day". The opening has a bit of her 1985 song "Somewhere". | |
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Mood Whiplash | |
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Mood Whiplash: All over the place, thanks to the combination of comedy sketches and Mother Earth's brush with death. | |
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Physical God | |
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Physical God: Mother Earth. | |
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Blipvert | |
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Blipvert: Especially at the beginning, when Mother Earth is rushed into the hospital. | |
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Precision F-Strike | |
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Precision F-Strike: The word "Hell" is used sparingly throughout the special. | |
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Opening Monologue | |
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Opening Monologue: Quoted above. | |
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Bad Future | |
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Bad Future: Doc Brown is said to have witnessed the year 2057, and it's not pretty. | |
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Hilarious Outtakes | |
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Hilarious Outtakes: Some of the parting advice from the All-Star Cast before the credits end up as nothing more than flubs. | |
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Greek Chorus | |
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Greek Chorus: Paula and Victor, watching the special at home while making comments about the plot. | |
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Expy | |
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Expy: Harold Ramis as Dr. Elon Spengler, the twin brother of Dr. Egon Spengler and president of Wastebusters. | |
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Last-Second Word Swap | |
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Last-Second Word Swap: Everyman brags about Man having a very large... brain. | |
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