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TONIGHT: Nerd Prom, AKA White House Correspondents' Association Dinner

May 09, 2009 5:01 pm ET by Karl Frisch

Tonight is the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, otherwise known as "nerd prom."  You can watch all the insidery beltway media festivities on CSPAN - check local listings for time and channel.

For those of you on Twitter, folks will be tweeting all night under a few hashtags: #nerdprom, #whca and #whcd. I'll be at a few parties and you can follow me @KarlFrisch.

It will be interesting to see what news comes out of tonight's dinner.  You may recall in 2006 how Stephen Colbert, the night's comedic entertainment, was roundly criticized for being too "tough" on President Bush. Some even said he didn't bring much laughter to the room -- I was there and my perception was a bit different... everyone seemed to love Colbert at least until the following Monday when the media finger wagging began. Of course some in the media chose to ignore Colbert entirely.

For those of you who missed it, I present to you Stephen Colbert's remarks via YouTube in three parts.

Part 1 of 3

Part 2 of 3

Part 3 of 3

Tags: C-SPAN, Stephen Colbert

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    • Author by carlileb5935 (May 09, 2009 10:55 pm ET)
         
      Wanda Sykes was hilarious after awhile. But the uptightness of the crowd was a marvel to watch. They really are a fearful bunch, aren't they?
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    • Author by carlileb5935 (May 09, 2009 10:58 pm ET)
         
      Loving the fallout from the Rush was the 20th hijacker joke... they're all gonna go nuts on Monday.
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      • Author by mary59 (May 10, 2009 11:36 pm ET)
           
        I'll look forward to that too....didn't catch CSPAN, and don't twitter, tweet, woof or warp ;0) so will have to go on Media Matters to get the summary and the beltway press reaction to their fun nite out.
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