Video: Aging icon saves rainforest by waxing his chest
posted at 1:25 pm on May 21, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Indiana Jones, wearing an earring.
Isn’t the point of getting an earring to add some (exceedingly marginal) element of hipness to your image? Does the guy who played Han Solo really need to do that? “Tell me the truth, Chewie: Does this stud make me look cool?” Memo to Ford: We’ll donate if you take it off.
Exit question: This has been online for almost two weeks but it’s suddenly hot news today. What gives? Just Indy residue?
Update: Gutfeld and me: simpatico.
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yo on May 21, 2008 at 1:30 PM
That’s just… stupid.
Corky on May 21, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Once you’re out of college, the earring goes.
robblefarian on May 21, 2008 at 1:31 PM
You know something’s lame when the intro quote not really there is funnier than one it truly is there.
I laughed at the “I’ve got a bad feeling about this” line. If he’d uttered that in his best Indy fashion, right before they ripped out the hair, that woulda been funny.
Nope. All deadly serious and about about as clever and subtle as a brick.
Wonder if he flew a private jet to the filming of this stupidity? And if he did, I wonder how many acres of rain forest you’d have to slaughter to match *that* carbon output?
Bonus points: you think ol’ Harrison could point out carbon on a periodic chart?
Professor Blather on May 21, 2008 at 1:32 PM
That lady just sold that swatch of Indy’s hair for $2 million on Ebay.
lorien1973 on May 21, 2008 at 1:33 PM
follow up to this ad will be a bikini wax version with Angelina Jolie … WOOO HOOO…
It hurts here down there ..
redrock on May 21, 2008 at 1:34 PM
Coming to a theater near you – Indiana Jones and the Metrosexual Crusade.
OhEssYouCowboys on May 21, 2008 at 1:35 PM
hereherredrock on May 21, 2008 at 1:36 PM
You would hope that being frozen in carbonite might have taught him a thing or two.
Bigfoot on May 21, 2008 at 1:37 PM
Rush mentioned it early in his show, said Ford was stupid for doing it and said he was boycotting the movie.
Oldnuke on May 21, 2008 at 1:37 PM
Celebrity have to have causes to show that they are relevant in the world.
We have royality unfortunately its granted to people get it based on how well they entertain us. Either movies or sports
William Amos on May 21, 2008 at 1:41 PM
Yuck. His face looks all rubbery.
bloggless on May 21, 2008 at 1:41 PM
Ok…I’ve been worried about this for more than 20 years. What are we to do about the destruction of rainforest in S. America? Invade, occupy, defend the forests and plant new ones? Maybe he means more of the same: wring our hands and throw money at the problem, which means throw away money to the drug cartels…the corrupt governments of S America.
No, Han Solo don’t need no steenkin’ ear ring.
Maybe i don’t want to buy that copy of Blade Runner after all.
Christine on May 21, 2008 at 1:42 PM
It’s like Paul McCartney dying his hair that unnatural brown. Come on, Paul. You were a BEATLE. You don’t need to do it, just let the color go where it may.
Wineaholic on May 21, 2008 at 1:42 PM
Are you kidding? I mean, yeah…this whole chest hair-for-rain forests is stupid, but it’s no reason to boycott his movie.
It’s not like he’s donating the proceeds to the KKK or anything.
JetBoy on May 21, 2008 at 1:43 PM
Climate change is no more painful than waxing your chest? Did anyone memo AlGore about this?
Buzzy on May 21, 2008 at 1:43 PM
Huh? Wha?
MarkoMancuso on May 21, 2008 at 1:46 PM
This is the most rediculous thing I have seen in a while.
Hunt035 on May 21, 2008 at 1:49 PM
Not to mention the extreme ick factor of him dumping his wife for the boy like Calista Flockhart.
EJDolbow on May 21, 2008 at 1:54 PM
I guess Callista Flockhart is sick of people on the beaches asking her why she’s hanging out with her grandpa?
wildweasel on May 21, 2008 at 1:55 PM
Okay — Greg Gutfeld and AP like McCain all the more because Harrison Ford sports an earring. And men are the logical sex, presumably.
They also like McCain because he “seems comfortable being 71.” Good Lord, the vanity of youth.
BigD on May 21, 2008 at 1:56 PM
how can such tool bags be such good actors?
hard to beleive he can become Indiana Jones or Ryan in the clancy movies.
jp on May 21, 2008 at 1:56 PM
He’s had the earring since 1997.
Which isn’t to say that it’s ok. Just that it’s not new.
Tanya on May 21, 2008 at 1:57 PM
Aw maaaaan. I used to really like him because he seemed so no nonsense, non Hollywood dope. He reminded me of my DAD. I mean…he was a carpenter. How cool is that?
Course…then he divorced his wife of umpteen years, traded in for a ridiculously younger swizzle stick actress and put in an earring…which, memo to Ford…it really makes you look dumb.
I’m not sure what he should be more embarrassed about… the Star Wars Christmas Special or this ad.
Sarjex on May 21, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Watch it again.
I wonder what hurt more, the waxing, or that the waxer whacks him in the face when she pulls off the strip?!
LOL!
ToddonCapeCod on May 21, 2008 at 1:59 PM
Allah, I have edited my comment three times so far trying to get it to post. I have no idea what is preventing any of them from posting. If you decide to take any of them out of comment hell, please make it the first one.
Maxx on May 21, 2008 at 2:01 PM
pathetic cry for attention…Moi!
maverick muse on May 21, 2008 at 2:08 PM
What was that?
TDBURN on May 21, 2008 at 2:11 PM
but they can plant CORN for fuel in all of those acres that use to be rainforest..
CORN.. then we can all burn food for fuel..
so it’s win, win..
plus it’s said in such a way like a ‘everytime you cut down a tree, a carbon spore puffs out it’s evil pollutants and kills a kitten’…
DaveC on May 21, 2008 at 2:14 PM
“…you’re braver than I thought.”
BohicaTwentyTwo on May 21, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Odd. If you’re not a self-important metro-weenie you wouldn’t have an earring in the first place.
Jaibones on May 21, 2008 at 2:16 PM
DaveC on May 21, 2008 at 2:22 PM
Earrings today, are the gold medallions of yesteryear.
right2bright on May 21, 2008 at 2:22 PM
oh yeah, that was Jabba the Hutt..
DaveC on May 21, 2008 at 2:22 PM
I think I’ll grow my chest hair twice as long just to balance him out. Plus then I could make a sweater or something.
ReubenJCogburn on May 21, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Han Solo seems to have had a liking in Luke rather than Leia…
benrand on May 21, 2008 at 2:24 PM
I wish the enviro-nuts would actually go to South America and take on the deforestation in those countries instead of making commercials over here. That way, while all those nuts were away, maybe America could get something done with drilling in the god-forsaken, barren land called Anwar or build some more refineries or, maybe even, build some nuclear power plants. You know, all those things that would reduce our dependency on foreign oil, drive down fuel prices and (in the case of nuclear) be a cleaner option. If eco-nuts had any grasp on reality we would be where we are today paying $4-5/gallon for gas and at the mercy of an oil cartel (OPEC). If enviromentalists hadn’t spent the last 30 years making it more difficult to be energy independent we would be in far greater shape in many areas.
Planet Boulder on May 21, 2008 at 2:31 PM
Let me get this straight. You have a film career that stretches, what, 35 years or more, playing legendary characters like Han Solo and Indiana Jones, and THIS is where it gets you, getting your chest waxed while you blather about the rainforests?!!!!
Thank God I’m a nobody!
pilamaye on May 21, 2008 at 2:34 PM
…eww…ick…too much information!
Lockstein13 on May 21, 2008 at 2:37 PM
That. Was. Really. Stupid.
If that was supposed to convince me of anything, it didn’t. Except that actors are inherently stupid, as are single-issue environmentalists.
Lawrence on May 21, 2008 at 2:43 PM
At that site, that intro vid says CO from plants and forests are more damaging then all the man-made combined. You think that would make them rethink their premise, that C02 = teh evil.
Nope, War on Plants!
Spirit of 1776 on May 21, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Agreed. The reason to boycott his move is apparently because it blows.
misterpeasea on May 21, 2008 at 2:56 PM
See what $300 million will buy? I guess it takes the really big bucks to get Hans onboard.
Maxx on May 21, 2008 at 3:02 PM
You don’t even want to know how he protests deep oil drilling.
Jim Treacher on May 21, 2008 at 3:11 PM
HAHAHA @ spore puffs!
surrounded on May 21, 2008 at 3:15 PM
lol so ghey
ballz2wallz on May 21, 2008 at 3:17 PM
Climate change works like this YOU PAY and Al Gore rakes it in.
Maxx on May 21, 2008 at 3:19 PM
Tom Selleck already has that covered. Speaking of which, this whole thing makes me wish he’d not had to turn that part down.
srhoades on May 21, 2008 at 3:33 PM
Quite sad to see him drinking the Glowarmers koolaid.
apacalyps on May 21, 2008 at 3:46 PM
You don’t even want to know how he protests deep oil drilling.
Jim Treacher on May 21, 2008 at 3:11 PM
H AH AH AHA HHHAAAAA!!!
max1 on May 21, 2008 at 3:47 PM
You so funny, Dr. Jones.
kcluva on May 21, 2008 at 3:54 PM
Indiana Jones and the Salon of Doom
saved on May 21, 2008 at 4:07 PM
Rumor I heard was that they are going to release special editions of the Indy movies and in a Greedo-shot-first like rewrite, the Thuggee priest is now going to be pulling off Indy’s chest hair instead of going for the heart.
SPCOlympics on May 21, 2008 at 4:18 PM
I believe the earring marked his right of passage into his midlife crisis.
Glynn on May 21, 2008 at 4:36 PM
There’s about a million more reasons to protest deforestation of the rain forests than global warming, but it’s all about the damnable carbon now.
Say, since I’ve had my earrings since I was sixteen, is that okay?
SouthernDem on May 21, 2008 at 4:52 PM
I guess it would have been worse if it was a Wookie
danarchy on May 21, 2008 at 5:06 PM
All you whiners miss the point of the commercial because you’re so offended by the concept of global warming.
Alert to geniuses- even if you don’t believe in global warming, the massive increases in CO2 in our atmosphere lead to unquestionably greater CO2 concentrations in the oceans and other ecosystems, wreaking a great deal of havoc on marine life that humans depend on for food.
And if you’re opposed to capping CO2 emissions in industry or reducing car emissions this should be your favorite issue. The greatest return on controlling CO2 levels comes from protecting rain forests. It’s been estimated that for $5 bil a year, all the great rainforests in the world can be protected from deforestation. (Basically by extending carbon credits to countries for maintaining rain forests). Of course, there’s a side benefit in reducing the large number of extinctions that occur through killing rain forests, preserving one or more wonder drugs yet to be discovered by mankind.
$5 billion a year pooled from the western nations to prevent de-forestization around the globe. How is this a bad idea? Or do you think that the world will be better when all the rainforests are replaced by strip malls?
bayam on May 21, 2008 at 5:08 PM
Isn’t this the guy who pilots a few planes around for recreational purposes? Makes frequent flights between LA and his Wyoming ranch?
MoCoM on May 21, 2008 at 5:13 PM
I hope this doesn’t drive the price down of my two bags of Kevin Cosner armpit hair on ebay. I think my Oprah leg hair will hold up because of the gender thing though.
2Tru2Tru on May 21, 2008 at 6:06 PM
1. Case study in “Why Actors should stick to reading lines written by professional Writers (and Shut Up if they don’t have a script)”
2. More proof that you can put lipstick on a pig…and it’s still a pig!!!
landlines on May 21, 2008 at 6:10 PM
Allahpundit, you think that McCain can kick your butt and you’d let him do it? I would have never guessed it.
Sultry Beauty on May 21, 2008 at 6:21 PM
I think being frozen in carbonite would have already removed his chest hair.
Mister Ghost on May 21, 2008 at 6:23 PM
First Tom Hanks and now Harrison Ford!
OK, I always knew they were liberals, but I could still see their movies without thinking about that.
Now ,they BOTH have these insipid YOUTUBE videos telling us poor undereducated leemings how we should think and who we should vote for.
They both now make me sick!
Conservaboomer on May 21, 2008 at 6:23 PM
I think you’re playing in the wrong sandbox.
Sultry Beauty on May 21, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Yes! All those damn trees are pumping out carbon dioxide by the truck load right this second.
Kill the trees. End global warming. Save the planet!
Save a polar bear, cut down a tree. It’s the circle of life or something.
Professor Blather on May 21, 2008 at 7:11 PM
that concerned about CO2, stop breathing..
besides, genius, plants in other parts of the world are having record growth..
google ‘Doomslayer’ and ‘Wired magazine’ and learn something.. it’s a little old but still timeless..
DaveC on May 21, 2008 at 7:11 PM
But he’s so old, and we had to look at his flabby chest and course old man chest hairs…Oops, there I go “missing the point” again.
greekinfidel on May 21, 2008 at 7:16 PM
Hey genius, plant life doesn’t grow without CO2, CO2 is what you exhale and the fizz in you softdrink. CO2 is an essential minority gas in the atmosphere, far less than one-tenth of one-percent (.038% to be exact). Ice cores confirm that the planet has had as much as ten times as much CO2 in the atmosphere with no ill effect. Hardly any gas has been studied more than CO2 and all of its properties are beneficial to the planet.
CO2 increased slightly in 2006 as the world gets colder. April 2008 was recorded as the 29th coldest April in 114 years. If CO2 drives global warming, can you explain that?
Even a nickel is too much to pay for a problem that can be solved by the free market, just like Costa Rica where they are running out of places to re-plant new trees. The plantation of Costa Rica have solved the problem and created jobs for the people and turned it into a valuable investment market all at the same time.
That’s the proper way to handle it, not by creating a giant ponzi scheme by which Al Gore and his pal investors rake billions away from the public. This scam has gone on long enough, Al Gore and his buddies should be in jail.
Maxx on May 21, 2008 at 7:24 PM
Earrings look lame on men anyway, but on a guy in his 60s? Not hip or even remotely attractive.
Bob's Kid on May 21, 2008 at 7:28 PM
So, when his hair grows back, won’t that prove that re-forestation works?
[My apolgies if anyone else has made the same observation--I jumped to the end with just skimming the earlier comments.]
andycanuck on May 21, 2008 at 7:44 PM
Actually JetBoy, it’s worse than that. If conservatives lose this battle on preventing cap and trade legislation for CO2 and this thing gets started, there will be no end to it, ever. Our energy prices will never stop skyrocketing because of the high cost companies will have to pay and pass on to us.
And of course there is absolutely no benefit to such a program because the “problem” it’s intended to fight doesn’t exist. But Al Gore and his buddies will get super rich at our expense. This whole man-made global warming thing is about destroying our liberties and picking our pockets, we really need to understand how serious it is.
Maxx on May 21, 2008 at 7:52 PM
I saw a guy in his late 50’s, early 60’s, sulfuric acid
truck driver with an earring the other day. He probably
thought he would look cool for the ladies on Friday down at
the Blue Chip Lounge and pool hall. Maybe he does FOR THEM.
gary on May 21, 2008 at 8:30 PM
Anyone who says or thinks the word “hip” anymore, is not.
Most of the hipsters today are the ones who did not stay in class and study the oygen-CO2 cycle.
silverfox on May 21, 2008 at 8:49 PM
I know this is hearsay, but I know a friend of the Ford family.
He was a really– really — bad carpenter… pretty much fraudulent and ripped off a lot of people.
And he did not treat his 1st wife any better to his first wife. He tried to make up for his assiness by totally backing her up financially when she was in a very bad car accident.
silverfox on May 21, 2008 at 8:53 PM
to his first wifeI should really look into that Preview button.
silverfox on May 21, 2008 at 8:55 PM
Indiana Jones and The Temple of Groom.
Great, Indiana Jones waxes chest.
Where have the real men gone.
moxie_neanderthal on May 21, 2008 at 9:03 PM
I’ve been brought up to be environmentally conscious. And I think I do try not to waste, try to recycle,,, blah blah, all that. But until I see these Hollywood putz’s walking the walk, I will continue to thumb my nose at them and call them hypocrites. And I won’t for a second feel guilty about the way I live my life.
4shoes on May 21, 2008 at 9:17 PM
Never underestimate the stupidity of a Hollywood celebrity, even if his/her iconic characters are cool.
hadsil on May 21, 2008 at 11:52 PM
Don’t try this on an Ewok.
They’ll kneecap you.
profitsbeard on May 22, 2008 at 1:54 AM
Try the testies and see how much hurt can hurt
Kini on May 22, 2008 at 2:50 AM
I’ll do the same with my back hair.
labrat on May 22, 2008 at 5:52 AM
NOTE TO THE SCIENCE-CHALLENGED:
CO2 is an ESSENTIAL GAS…NOT a pollutant. The rain forests would DIE without a plentiful supply of CO2.
And the oceans are the primary reservoir of CO2: NOT the atmosphere!!! Global Warmists should try to explain to the rest of us how our underwater coal-fired power plants (apparently found only in the USA) cause this.
Ordinary Water Vapor is the overwhelmingly predominant “greenhouse gas” (over 95%), and it is NOT A BAD THING!!! The earth would freeze and fry without it. And there are built-in mechanisms which regulate the temperatures on the planet: mechanisms which would be there with or without human beings.
Please get a grip. Valid scientific theories have a property called “predictive validity.” The “predictive validity” score for Global Warming Theory is a perfect ZERO so far: about as likely as a re-visitation of Orson Welles’ Martian invaders (an earlier scare spread by media hype).
landlines on May 22, 2008 at 9:16 AM
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