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Punchlines: 'Time' names most influential people


Who made the list of Time magazine's most influential people this year?

Some of the picks won't surprise you. Rap music icon Kanye West and Saturday Night Live creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels topped the list of Time titans. And Russia's Vladimir Putin was named one of the top leaders of 2015. But did you know that late-night comic David Letterman claims he also made the list? Find out where the late-night comic says he was placed (and what it has to do with the gyrocopter guy).

And Jimmy Kimmel talks about the influential behavior of West and Kim Kardashian West in Jerusalem.

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Punchlines: 'Time' names most influential people
Late-night comics analyze the top picks for the news magazine. Take a look at our favorite jokes, then vote for yours at opinion.usatoday.com.

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