Swimmy Fallon

     In the summer of 2013, somewhere in between Corey Crawford's open-mike spectacular in Hutchinson Field and Neon Trees tearing it up in Butler Field, the city of Chicago held its annual reading program.  At that point, Mayor Rahm Emanuel tried to heat up the competition a little bit and vowed that if the members of the program read more than 2 Million books he would jump into Lake Michigan. At a Polar Plunge. In March(brrrr).  Well, the little kiddies held up their end of the deal, so Rahm had to hold up his end of the deal.

     Fast forward now to February, when Jimmy Fallon takes over the Tonight Show.  Word reaches Mayor Emanuel that Fallon wants him on his new show, and so he got on the horn with Fallon and invited him to plunge alongside him.  Fallon took him up on the offer, and he did.  Yesterday the annual Polar Plunge was held to benefit Special Olympics Chicago.  Fallon was there, Emanuel was there, and so were about 3,000 other brave and hardy souls.  But not just that, there were also throngs of spectators present to try and catch a glimpse of Fallon and Emanuel jumping into the lake.  To start things off, Emanuel took a dip, and this is what he looked like when he came out:

     After that, Jimmy Fallon's turn was up, and he went into the lake in a full suit.  Here he is coming out:

     All told, it was a successful morning, and yet another occasion to put Chicago on the map.