Comic Relief reorganizing for Katrina children and pets

[underpants]

Comic Relief, founded 20 years ago to help the homeless, is returning after an eight-year hiatus to help children and animals recover from Hurricane Katrina, founder and president Bob Zmuda said Wednesday.

The Hollywood Reporter says he made the announcement during an audience question-and-answer session with NBC news anchor Brian Williams, who had said that some viewers want him to stop reporting on the hurricane and its aftermath.

"I want you to know that Comic Relief has listened. Robin Williams and Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal have listened," Zmuda said. Williams, Goldberg and Crystal have been hosts for all of the eight performances since 1986. He said the live performance Nov. 18 will be broadcast simultaneously on HBO, TBS and AOL.

http://comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=14796

[sutz12]

1. Cool, those guys are great.

At least they were the first couple of years. It got a little lame at the end. But maybe they can get some funds and some visibility for this.

[xmas74]

2. Good!

I'm glad to see that this has not been forgotten.

(BTW-do you post on the boards at comingsoon? My brother is one of the mods there.)

[underpants]

3. No

I saw this on Yahoo news photos and googled it.

:shrug: