Jay goes green:
The first to volunteer was Drew Barrymore, but Tom Cruise is reportedly waiting in the wings. It’s the latest TV reality show, and it’s called Green Car Challenge, an irregular segment — which first appeared Friday — on “The Jay Leno Show.” Celebrities will compete for the fastest times in a specially prepared electric Ford Focus on a small racetrack built just outside the NBC studio in Burbank, Calif. “It’s ironic, Jay,” Ms. Barrymore said as she got behind the wheel of the orange electric car on Friday. “I actually don’t have a driver license right now.” – from NYTimes
The new Jay Leno Show features one of the most high-profile green initiatives to date. On average, twice a week, Leno will ask his A-list guests to take part in a segment on the show called the Green Car Challenge. “We will be asking guests to set a time round a track in the NBC parking lot in an electric Ford Focus and seeing who the fastest green celebrity is. Being a green car, celebrities can save the world and race at the same time,” Leno explains out on his Burbank lot. – from Grist