Will Forte Pledges to Be a "Better Boyfriend" to Our Planet in SNL's Earth Day Song
The Weekend Update segment was an "open apology" to our planet, backed by Fred Armisen on guitar.
April 22, 2025 is Earth Day, but every day offers a new chance to protect our planet. Or, if you're Will Forte, a chance to quit leaving a bunch of Hummers running overnight after messing with the neighbors' recycling bins. It's all about making small changes!
In Season 32 of Saturday Night Live, Forte stopped by Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers' "Weekend Update" desk to share a new Earth Day song he'd written. Backed by fellow cast member Fred Armisen on guitar, the comedian and The Four Seasons actor fessed up to a few relatable crimes against Mother Earth — and a couple of downright strange ones — before making a case for how we can save the planet with a stockpile of Battlefield Earth DVDs.
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"I’m a huge supporter of the environment. But even I do small things every day, without even noticing, that hurt the planet," Forte explained after Poehler introduced him. "And, so, tonight I thought I’d like to apologize to Mother Earth and promise her that I will try to do a better job."
As Armisen strummed an acoustic guitar, Forte busted out his golden voice. Though Forte said in a 2013 AMA that he couldn't quite remember who he co-wrote the segment with, it was "most likely with my friend John Solomon," who also co-wrote the 2010 MacGruber movie.
Check out the lyrics to Will Forte's Earth Day SNL song below.
I admit I have not been recycling
In fact, I’ve been openly encouraging people to be wasteful
I often go to other people’s recycling bins
and throw them into the regular trash!
I own 30 stretch-limousine Hummers
And I keep them all running, even when I am sleeping
And I always dump my unused paint
directly into the ocean
And I’m truly sorry, because:
Earth, you’re a wonderful, wonderful planet!
Earth, you’re a wonderful, wonderful planet!
Earth, you’re a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful planet!
I’m gonna be a better boyfriend to you!
I thought car pools were for p-----s
And satiable energy was for jerk---s
Organics farmers can eat my synthetic panties
And baby seals can go straight to hell
Now, as for An Inconvenient Truth
I thought that that was a veritable movie suck fest
And a much more representative look at our planet
Can be seen in the John Travolta masterpiece, Battlefield Earth
Battlefield Earth, you’re a wonderful, wonderful movie
Battlefield Earth, you’re a wonderful, wonderful movie
Battlefield Earth, you’re a wonderful, wonderful movie
And I think I'm gonna rent you tonight
Oh, tonight! Tonight! Ohhh, tonight! C'mon, tonight! Tonight!
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As for Forte's plan to fix all this, he issued a call to the audience, "and the over 200 million people watching at home": First, rent Battlefield Earth that very evening.
"And then, throw it into the trash! And when all the landfills all over the world are overflowing with copies of Battlefield Earth, somebody, somewhere, will be forced to do something about it! See, we’ve done it! The world is healed," Forte yelled, before attempting to segue into a cover of The Rolling Stones' "Angie."
"Only one song tonight," Poehler told Forte, gently cutting him off. Happy Earth Day!
