Nerd Prom: Inside Washington's Wildest Week

Streaming video - 2015

Most Americans might think that the most important event each year in Washington, D.C. – arguably the world’s most important city and one built on public service – would resemble, say, a political rally, a bill signing or some compelling Capitol Hill testimony that moves lawmakers to action.. Nothing could be further from the truth.. The White House Correspondents’ Association’s annual dinner, which began in 1921, was originally designed as a one-night occasion to honor the important work of White House correspondents and to also allow reporters and sources to briefly put down their guards and get to know each other better. Every president since Calvin Coolidge has attended these dinners at one point or another and no president ha...s skipped it since 1981. At the dinner, the president tells some jokes — as does an actual comedian — in front of 2,600 guests who’ve shelled out more