Attendance had been enormous at the "Rally to Restore Sanity" at the National Mall. The rally, fully titled "The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear," drew an estimated 200,000 people. The event had been quite the spectacle, as guest speakers and musicians served as interludes between antics from the emcees. The aim of the event had been to raise the civility and intelligence of national discourse. Taking aim at sensationalism in media had been one of the primary topics.
A benediction had been the way the ‘Rally to Restore Sanity’ begun
A fake priest played by Don Novello on Saturday Night Live, or Father Guido Sarducci, begun the “Rally to Restore Sanity” using a Benediction after Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert were introduced. The rally involved a lot of acts that had music with some. Steward and Colbert commented as usual. Both of them were wearing American Flag pullovers when Colbert begun the whole thing in an Evil Kinevil suit. Musical guests integrated Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow, The Roots and Tony Bennett, however the big number was a bit of a contrast. Stewart brought Yusuf Islam, formerly Cat Stevens, on stage to perform “Peace Train.”. Not to be outdone, Colbert brought Ozzy Osbourne out to play “Crazy Train,” and also the number finished with the O’Jays singing “Love Train.”.
Exactly what the media has to say
The point of the rally, above all other things, was to take shots at sensationalist media. Kareem Abdul Jabbar and R2D2 made appearance during the show with the musical numbers. Between those, they made fun of Glenn Beck and Keith Olbermann who were shown in clips. Stewart "jumped the shark" according to Olbermann's Twitter remark, Politico posted. The rally had been talked about by other commentators. They dismissed it without consideration. The estimated Stephen Colbert and Stewart rally attendance had been more than 200,000.
End came too soon
Pegg explained on Twitter he had nothing to do with the Simon Pegg film "Hot Fuzz" being broadcast at the conclusion of the rally by Comedy Central all the sudden.
Articles cited
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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