Punchlines: Running wild with President Obama
Climate change is real, and President Obama is going on reality TV to prove it.
He'll be Running Wild with Bear Grylls on NBC later this year. For the uninitiated, Bear Grylls is the British adventurer who takes celebrities on jaunts through wild country to give the normally pampered a primer on roughing it and survival skills (cue Fruitvale Station star Michael B. Jordan eating worms or Oscar winner Kate Winslet climbing the Snowdonia Mountains). But reality show drama for the president likely won't be as risky, according to late-night comic Jimmy Fallon. He implied that the White House version of roughing it would feature Obama, confusion and a golf course.
The much-anticipated episode, which will star the president trekking through Alaska, was taped on Tuesday during Obama's visit to the state, and will focus on areas damaged by global warming. How does the sometimes clueless Secret Service fit into all of this? Jimmy Kimmel gives us a clue in today's Punchlines.
Take a look at our favorite jokes about the president's reality TV debut, then vote for yours in the quick poll to the right. Watching from your smartphone or tablet? Then visit usatoday.com/opinion to cast your ballot.
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