Brad Pitt is ‘so, so, so, so scared’ of global warming in comedy sketch – ThinkProgress
[ad_1] Actor Brad Pitt reprised his role as a cheerful but fearful “weather man” on “ The Jim Jefferies Show ” Tuesday night. Pitt starts with a grim “joke” about how basketball superstar LeBron James asked him “How’s the weather down there?” and he replies, “the same as it is up there — changing at a pace not before seen in the history of man.” Then, standing in front of a map showing the hot weather everywhere, Pitt gives a forecast that ends, “and over here in the North the ice caps are melting and I am so so, so so scared.” Of course, we have seen record warmth just about everywhere recently. On Monday, a heatwave in Pakistan resulted in scorching temperatures of 122.3 degrees Fahrenheit (50.2°C) — making it potentially the hottest April temperature reliably recorded on earth, ever. In January, NASA reported that “the five warmest years on Earth have all occurred since 2010” with a map that looks eerily like Pitt’s . And the ice caps are indeed melting at a record pace. T...