Lance and Ben are buddies, I was surprised at the Tour when Ben hopped on Lances bike before a critical stage while warming up. I can bet the mechanics were cringing just a little, but Lance was very relaxed, enough to let Ben do the gag. Great marketing to raise funds.

Neither is this.

Maybe I am dour and humorless — my circle of family and friends would disagree, though.

Sure, people think Stiller is funny — people thought Seinfeld was funny, too.

This whole thing can go on without me, as can the Livestrong campaign….

But this is great stuff – really funny. Obviously it is raising awareness/money for others, so the end result is positive. Why trash it?

Unless, of course, the folks “taking it for real” are in on the joke too!

So I will fight cancer, and ride with serious intensity. But, that doesn’t mean I can’t laugh!

Lighten up people! Comedy and comedians have been using their talents to support causes for years. From Comic Relief to Cam Neely’s Comics Come Home (the longest running comic event to support causes in the country). Do you think that if a comedian were to stand up and do nothing but give a serious talk about cancer or Haiti, without throwing in some humor, that they would raise a fraction of the money they could by doing a “comic” show?

Ben is funny and Lance is getting there. Keep it up! The more people that laugh, and the more that express their opinions on what you are doing (good or bad) … the more people are made aware.

Folks, if you can’t laugh at the worst things in life, then those things will crush you. Lighten up or you’ll snap like a twig when things get really tough.

Ben Stiller does comedy and this is his signature style. Naturally this is how he will help Save the Children raise money for Haiti. Getting other large entities to play along, like Lance and Livestrong, will only further the cause–unless, perhaps, they have overestimated their audience’s level of intelligence for humor.

Let’s hope the overly dour do not ruin the potential for good that is happening here.

Yeah… there are no schools in the US. Oh…. wait…. There are schools… with free education. Oh… and they have schoolbooks.

But of course, children in Haiti and the rest of the planet who have no schools can just go to Hell because we in America are to damn selfish to spare a few of our billions and billions of dollars to help them get an education, be able to become self-sufficient, and possibly be able to build their own economies.

People you do realize this is a very bad attempt at satire?

That being said, laughter is great medicine and I hope that is all this is…

And it is great that you are both taking time to raise money and awareness for good causes.

I guess lots of folks didn’t pick up on things like Sanja Gupta’s horrible over acting.

Regardless of the fact that this might be satire, Livestrong has many loyal followers that don’t find much to laugh about when they pour their heart and soul into the cause, when they watch their family wither and their loved ones die.

It’s hard to spend so much time being serious… and then waste time trying to figure out if these are two celebrities joking around… or a serious organization not wanting to see their brand picked up by other causes.

My guess is that there’s some tongue and cheek… but I also think you’ll see StillerStrong change or go away. But what do I know, I probably don’t have a clue right?

http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/12/03/ben-stiller-charity-stillerstrong/

Hope this gets the publicity it deserves. Lance and Ben are obviously good freinds and it can only do good for both parties. Promoting Livestrong and Stillerstrong will hopefully raise and increase awareness for both charities.

Looking forward to future responses can see it only getting funnier as Ben Stiller is a funny dude and Lance has his moments too.

Keep up the great work guys