Sarah Silverman’s Plan To End World Hunger: Sell The Vatican

Comedian and actress Sarah Silverman launched a viral campaign for then-Senator Barack Obama last year, “The Great Schlep,” that combined comedic and political sensibilities – successfully, since Obama was elected.

Last night on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher she debuted what appears to be her new viral campaign. Get ready to hear a lot about “Sell the Vatican, Feed the World.”

The concept begins with Silverman explaining why she wants “grossy, sick, emaciated people” off her TV and “out of her apartment.” But it quickly turns semi-serious, as she reveals her hypothesis:

Who is more primed to be our hero than the Pope? He’s literally a caped crusader. What is the Vatican worth, like 500 billion dollars? This is great, sell the Vatican, take a big chunk of that money, build a gorgeous condominium for you and all your friends to live in, all the amenities, swimming pool, tennis court, waterslide, and with the money left over, feed the whole f–king world.

So far there doesn’t appear to be a website set up, or even a clean YouTube version of the clip, which is a little surprising. But here’s a first look:

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