A rare night out for Extreme Mortman last night, attending the junior prom — the annual Radio-Television Correspondents Association Dinner.

Same ballroom (Washington Hilton), same food (last year’s fish), but new punchlines: Bloggers.

Mo Rocca:

“Any bloggers here? Don’t cheer, just rattle your inhalers and the keys to your parents’ house.”

And Dick Cheney:

“In case you don’t know it, Mo’s blog is titled ‘Mo Rocca 180: Only Half as Tedious as the Regular News.’ Among his other credits, Mo used to host a TV show called ‘Things I Hate About You.’ I’m sure I’ve seen that program. Only I believe it’s now called ‘Countdown with Keith Olbermann.’ Keith’s not here tonight to savor my company, but we do have many big names from the broadcast media. And you could use a little good cheer, because these are tough times in your industry, in this age of YouTube and the blogs that threaten to overshadow the old media. At times you must feel like you’re at the center of events, but nobody’s really paying attention to you. You understand the world better than anybody, but no one wants to hear it. Now you know exactly what it’s like to be vice president.”

Both blogger jokes were pointed and funny. And both welcome additions to the annual media routine.

UPDATE:  Olbermann Watch puts Cheney’s Olbermann joke on YouTube…