Last night was the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. Jimmy Kimmel hosted and President Barack Obama was on fire. Welcome, to C-SPAN’s Super Bowl: Jimmy Kimmel President Barack Obama, aka Barackness Monster

Congressional Spring Sunset by Jeremy Art

Howard Mortman must be very happy this morning. Clooney and Boies skipped to the next subject: Their love of watching CSPAN. “I’m not talking about watching it constantly on a loop, because that would put you to sleep,” Clooney said. “You have to pick your spots.” “Like the House of …

VA Gov. Bob McDonnell endorses Romney [2012] Captain ordered dinner after crash [really?] Separated at birth [Fishbowl fun] The need for old buildings [GGW] Zebra dance [video of the day] By C-SPAN_LCV  

Comedian Chris Farley, who often portrayed Speaker Gingrich on “Saturday Night Live”, paid a surprise visit to the House Republican Conference. [C-SPAN 1995] h/t Chris Taylor

Jeremy Art was nice enough to take FamousDC with on him a recent trip to Italy.  

The boss said what!? Don Young straight laying it down last week. Video courtesy of C-SPAN

After the rain, the clouds look pleasant. [Photo credit: Jeremy Art]

We’re just two weeks away from kicking off the summer-tourists-in-DC-flood season.  But this year’s festival of out-of-towners standing on the wrong side of the Metro escalator will have a twist.  When you find yourself standing in line behind a tourist at a place like the National Archives, Air & Space …

A big thank you to our friends at Express Night Out for this morning’s shout out.  [C-SPAN love] » “IF YOU HAVE YET TO FIGURE OUT that C-SPAN is a dominant new media force, this should help: C-SPAN’s WHCD video featuring President Obama‘s remarks has been viewed on YouTube over …

If you have yet to figure out that C-SPAN is a dominant new media force, this should help: C-SPAN’s WHCD video featuring President Obama’s remarks, has been viewed on YouTube over 7,200,000 times.  This means it has now surpassed the previous most-viewed Obama video on YouTube, the March 18, 2008 …

h/t Katie Harbath

FamousDC mugs are popping up all kinds of places these days. Facebook’s DC HQ with Katie Harbath Page Six in NYC with Tara Palmeri C-SPAN with Jeremy Art ABC News with Rick Klein CQ-Roll Call with Tom Williams C-SPAN with Howard Mortman POLITICO with Meredith Shiner And now there’s a …

C-SPAN was in the spirit today, but where is Howard Mortman? Left to right: Adrienne Hoar, Jeremy Art, Joanne Wheeler and Christina Whirl

Thanks to Jeremy Art for setting up this shot at C-SPAN’s HQ. Note: This isn’t the first FamousDC mug to make it’s way to C-SPAN.