SAME HAIR COLORIST? Clinton, Spears (inset)

Bill Clinton embarked on a pop culture-packed presentation on Friday, covering everything from Al Gore's movie to William Shatner's acting chops. He even took the opportunity to compare those who fail to act on global climate change to terrorists and to scold the media for stalking buzz-cut Britney.

America's first baby-boomer president was the distinguished guest speaker for introduction of a new lineup of shows on TV Land, the self-proclaimed "ultimate baby-boomer brand." After the requisite spousal support, Clinton sounded to many at the Frederick P. Rose Hall in Manhattan's Time Warner Center like an Al Gore acolyte. He called Grey's Anatomy his favorite TV show and billed the dynamic between James Spader and Shatner on Boston Legal as "something to behold." Later, he spoke at length about the threat of global warming as exposed in An Inconvenient Truth, winner of a "well-deserved Oscar."

Then things got interesting as the ex-prez got green.

After noting that "we're depleting the resources of the world at an unsustainable rate," Clinton claimed that "attacking climate change would lead to the greatest economic revival we've seen in a generation," and how those who understand that "our differences matter but our common humanity matters more ... wouldn't blow up buildings, and wouldn't burn the planet up."

He went on to take a few shots at his old Republican adversaries, reminding the boomerish crowd that, while their generation was knocked for clinging to its "sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll" sensibility well into adulthood, the "responsible adults" he took over for as president left him with a $300 billion deficit.

On a lighter note, Clinton quoted his daughter Chelsea as saying that Jon Stewart was "the new Walter Cronkite" and afterward came to the defense of apparent kindred spirit Britney Spears. The former president offered: "There's something wrong with a culture that Britney can't have a personal crisis without having it splashed across the tabloids."

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