The hotly predicted "Rally to Restore Sanity" kicked off Saturday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The event, the "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear," was eagerly awaited and crowds of people were estimated at over 200,000. Stewart and Stephen Colbert were in rare form, along with guest speakers and musicians at the rally. Pundits and commentators were thoroughly skewered, and also the event had been aimed at bringing a little more civility to our national climate.
The ‘Rally to Restore Sanity’ began
First there were introductions for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert for the “Rally to Restore Sanity." Then Father Guido Sarducci, Don Novello who plays a priest on Saturday Night Live, gave a benediction. After that, the rally had been in full swing with musical interludes from a variety of acts between typical Stewart and Colbert banter. Both of them were wearing American Flag pullovers when Colbert started the whole thing in an Evil Kinevil suit. Musical guests included Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow, The Roots and Tony Bennett, however the big number was a bit of a contrast. Stewart invited "Peace Train" to be sung by Yusuf Islam. Islam had been known as Cat Stevens before. Not to be outdone, Colbert brought Ozzy Osbourne out to play “Crazy Train,” and the number finished with the OR! 17;Jays singing “Love Train.”.
What the press has to say
A lot of the rally was done to take shots at the media. Kareem Abdul Jabbar and R2D2 made appearance through the show with the musical numbers. Between those, they made fun of Glenn Beck and Keith Olbermann who were shown in clips. Olbermann, according to Politico, posted on Twitter that Stewart had “jumped the shark.”. Similar commentators were largely dismissive of the rally. The estimated Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart rally presence had been more than 200,000.
Abrupt end
Near the end of the rally, Comedy Central abruptly pulled coverage of the rally and broadcast the Simon Pegg film “Hot Fuzz,” which Pegg apologized for on Twitter, maintaining he had nothing to do with it.
Information from
The Guardian
guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/30/jon-stewart-rally-restore-sanity
politico.com/news/stories/1110/44477.html
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