Stand Up 2 Cancer

A couple of years ago, a group called Stand Up 2 Cancer put on a telethon to raise awareness about cancer and some money -- about $100 million for cancer research. Very impressive.


The group took a different approach to cancer funding than usual. Rather than getting a group of experts from a field together, they gather experts from anumber of fields, with the idea that cross-fertilization, if you will, might produce new and interesting ideas. Time will tell.


The SU2C folks are going to do another telethon on September 10 at 8pm on a whole bunch of networks. A New York Post article describes a little bit of what went on last time, and what might happen this time.


To whet your appetite (if you'll pardon the expresion), here's a blast from the recent past -- mentioned in the NY Post article -- a brief bit from the first SU2C telethon in which Homer Simpson gets a colonoscopy.


Given my desperate search for good cancer humor to share, I don't know how I neglected posting this little gem for so long....