I found Aaron Sachs’ talk to be quite entertaining, albeit dark and satirical, but that is why he called it “gallows humor”.  It seems from the examples provided that the most common form of environmental comedy is to poke fun of the environmentalists’ extremely serious attitude and privileged status.  This was illustrated in story about a woman who, while listening to environmentalists discuss building a highway for wolves, interjected by making population jokes.  I understand the difficulty of making a very serious topic funny especially if the comedy is supposed to promote environmental awareness and strengthen support for environmental sustainability.  “No Impact Man” and “Modern Family” did a pretty good job of making environmental comedy with a nice balance between seriousness and lighter entertainment, yet still had that satirical and extreme take on environmental comedy.  Overall, I enjoyed the ironic and dark humor, but wonder if there will be any chance for future environmental comedy to expand into other types of comedy.