Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>On a tree-lined corner of Studio City filled with modest homes, flower gardens and neighbors who chat across back fences, two wiry celebrities are engaged in a green grudge match. The good-natured competition between actor Ed Begley Jr. and Bill Nye, the host of the educational series "Bill Nye, the Science Guy" began when Nye moved into the neighborhood two years ago. Since then the two moderately famous and slightly geeky environmentalists have matched wits over whose home can leave a smaller carbon footprint. Neighbor Frema Rood, 83, who lives between the two houses, said the competition started the day after Bill moved into the neighborhood. "Bill announced it: 'I'm going to best Ed Begley at his own game. I'm going to get him,'" she recalled. "He ordered panels for the garage, then rain barrels, then he had his windows done and he put in a vegetable garden." Nye, 52, pins the source of the rivalry on Begley, who became envious of Nye's new solar panels while filming a segment of his HGTV green living show called "Living with Ed." "Ed instantly got a little twinge - you could see it," Nye said. "My system, being 15 years younger, has a couple of nice little features that he doesn't have."<< <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/370262_nye11.html" target="_blank">http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/...e11.html</a> A pretty funny article. Bonus points and/or demerits (depending on your sense of humor) to the Seattle PI for somehow avoiding the term "green with envy" in this article.
