A glib planet Earth taunted Countdown to Doomsday host Matt Lauer with its continued existence little more than a week after the alarmist documentary aired. Lauer’s panel of “experts” were aghast, but given their histories not surprised, by Mother Earth’s smug resilience.

Adding fuel to fire, a now not so glib Lauer has been savaged by critics who viewed his special on Sci-Fi as a televised debacle of apocalyptic proportions. Newsbusters has a blow by blow refutation while Washington Post reporter Libby Copeland smirks her way through a report of Si-Fi’s shameless shilling on Capitol Hill.

Perhaps the best critique of Lauer foray into The Twilight zone was a post to the Newsbusters message boards by “Carl Kolchak”:

Matt Lauer couldn’t hold Rod Serling’s jock!

He should stay away from the SciFi channel. Matt Lauer wishes he could be as cool as Rod Serling.

Indeed, my dear Kolchak, indeed.