{"id":900,"date":"2016-07-21T04:14:03","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T04:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mindworkshypnotherapy.com\/?p=900"},"modified":"2016-08-30T15:04:34","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T22:04:34","slug":"the-planet-needs-more-comic-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindworkshypnotherapy.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/21\/the-planet-needs-more-comic-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"The Planet Needs More Comic Relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two years ago July 21, 2014, Robin Williams left our Planet.\u00a0\u00a0On\u00a0August 11, he will\u00a0have been 65 years old. Planet Earth misses Robin and needs to celebrate his comic genius more than ever. \u00a0We need to be filled up with his zany spirit and laugh until our sides ache..not our hearts. \u00a0Lord knows, we need another Comic Relief &#8230;and we need it bad. \u00a0The last one was 6\u00a0years ago.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I9I_QvEXDv0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Whoopi? Billy? Perhaps\u00a0you would be willing to start the ball rolling\u00a0by exploring the idea with HBO again, since they televised at least 10 of them and, along with some other sponsors, picked up all (or most) of the costs for the Comic Relief events, enabling nearly\u00a0every cent raised or contributed to\u00a0go to the cause.***<\/p>\n<p>You could ask other comic cut-ups\u00a0to join the line-up: some great first-timers, like Jerry Seinfeld, Mel Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Bette Midler, Wanda Sykes,\u00a0and some &#8220;repeat offenders&#8221; like Steven Wright, Chris Rock, Jon Stewart, Margret Cho, Dana Carvey, Roseanne Barr, Dave Chappelle, Rosie O&#8217;Donnell, Bill Maher, Lewis Black, Paula Poundstone, Howie Mandel to name a few.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">While many\u00a0celebrities\u00a0host\u00a0or\u00a0perform\u00a0at\u00a0Comic Relief events, some\u00a0also\u00a0get\u00a0involved personally in projects run or supported by the charity. Comedian\u00a0Paul Rodriguez, who\u00a0helped open a medical facility in Denver, Colorado, made possible\u00a0by CR funds, was approached by\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">a woman holding a baby who told him: &#8220;If it wasn&#8217;t for Comic Relief, this child wouldn&#8217;t have been born.***<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for another live performance that is streamed and\u00a0broadcast around the world,\u00a0taped and available for\u00a0purchase on\u00a0DVD and Blu-ray\u00a0along\u00a0with its\u00a0collaterals like\u00a0T-shirts and\u00a0mugs. \u00a0Once again,\u00a0Comic Relief could not only raise our Planet&#8217;s\u00a0vibration through laughter, but also distribute more sorely-needed funds to\u00a0Health Care for the Homeless, its primary benefactor, with project sites in 85 cities in the U.S. Robin would be proud.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>***Comic Relief: The Best of Comedy for the Best of Causes<\/i>, edited by Todd Gold, 1995; Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 96-22851; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:BookSources\/038097391X\"><span class=\"s2\">ISBN 0-380-97391-X<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two years ago July 21, 2014, Robin Williams left our Planet.\u00a0\u00a0On\u00a0August 11, he will\u00a0have been 65 years old. 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