--- title: Bill Murray Crashes White House Briefing Full Cubs Attire description: The legendary comic is in Washington, D.C. to accept a comedy award from President Obama, but he stopped by the press corp to talk baseball. canonical: https://time.com/4541417/bill-murray-crashes-white-house/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-21T21:51:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:54.080Z og:title: Bill Murray Crashed the White House in Full Cubs Attire og:description: The legendary comic made a stop at the press briefing room to talk baseball. og:url: https://time.com/4541417/bill-murray-crashes-white-house/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d74be9893523157/6988ab238e06013ec5467f5e/bill-murray-cubs.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Actor Bill Murray Visits White House Briefing Room og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bill Murray Crashed the White House in Full Cubs Attire twitter:description: The legendary comic made a stop at the press briefing room to talk baseball. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d74be9893523157/6988ab238e06013ec5467f5e/bill-murray-cubs.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bill Murray Crashed a White House Press Conference in Full Cubs Attire  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 21, 2016 9:51 PM UTC  Comedian Bill Murray (C) gestures as he visits the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House October 21, 2016 in Washington, DC. Murray is in Washington to receive the 2016 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center on Sunday. Comedian Bill Murray (C) gestures as he visits the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House October 21, 2016 in Washington, DC. Murray is in Washington to receive the 2016 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center on Sunday.Alex Wong—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 21, 2016 9:51 PM UTC Whether [tending bar at a Brooklyn watering hole](http://time.com/4495363/bill-murray-bartending-brooklyn/?iid=sr-link6) or [crashing a wedding with aplomb](http://time.com/3378575/bill-murray-crashed-birthday-danced-to-turn-down-for-what/?iid=sr-link5), indie favorite Bill Murray is [always a zany, unpredictable presence](http://time.com/4461233/bill-murray-french-fries-photo/?iid=sr-link2) wherever he pops up. So it should surprise aboslutely no one that he decided to make an appearance at the White House Press Briefing Room on Friday morning, decked out not in the usual, acceptable politician’s garb of crisp blue suit, but instead in full Chicago Cubs fan regalia, from the baseball cap to the logo pullover sweatshirt. The legendary comic was in Washington, D.C. to accept the [Mark Twain Prize for American Humor](http://www.kennedy-center.org/pages/specialevents/marktwain) later this weekend, but apparently he popped into town early to have a meet and greet with none other than President Obama. As for the Cubs garb? The team is inching closer to appearing in the World Series this year. During the press appearance, Murray opined on the baseball team’s odds, suggesting that the Cubs could overpower the opposing Los Angeles Dodgers’ pitching power because his team has “too many sticks,” a reference to batting prowess, [NBC News reports.](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bill-murray-makes-surprise-appearance-white-house-briefing-room-n670811) Plus, he believes Chicago weather will be a leg up for his home team. “\[We’re\] at home with our crowd, there’s the weather,” he said, [according to _People_](http://people.com/politics/bill-murray-crashes-white-house-press-briefing-to-talk-baseball/). Saturday’s Game 6 will be played at Wrigley Field. “You get a little bit of autumn in Chicago; you don’t get that in Los Angeles – trees just die in Los Angeles.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4541417/bill-murray-crashes-white-house/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4541417/bill-murray-crashes-white-house/"},"headline":"Bill Murray Crashed a White House Press Conference in Full Cubs Attire","datePublished":"2016-10-21T21:51:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:54.080Z","description":"Murray's party crashing streak continues","url":"https://time.com/4541417/bill-murray-crashes-white-house/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d74be9893523157/6988ab238e06013ec5467f5e/bill-murray-cubs.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d74be9893523157/6988ab238e06013ec5467f5e/bill-murray-cubs.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Actor Bill Murray Visits White House Briefing Room","caption":"Actor Bill Murray Visits White House Briefing Room","creditText":"Alex Wong—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4541417/bill-murray-crashes-white-house/","name":"Bill Murray Crashed a White House Press Conference in Full Cubs Attire"}}]}] ```