No joke: Obama to screen TV comedy 1600 Penn at White House
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WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - A "trophy wife" as First Lady, a hapless college-aged son who burns down a fraternity house, and a daughter frantically taking pregnancy tests in a White House bathroom - this TV comedy had better be funny.
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama is slated to hold a private screening at the White House with the cast and crew of 1600 Penn, an NBC series about a dysfunctional First Family.
The show, co-created by Mr Jon Lovett, a former speechwriter for Mr Obama, stars Bill Pullman as US President Dale Gilchrist and Jenna Elfman as his First Lady, and is named after the street address of the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
A preview of the show, which premieres on Thursday, features first son "Skip", played by the show's co-creator Josh Gad, being rescued by the Secret Service after starting a fire at his college fraternity house.
