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The Rally to Restore Sanity 12:00-3:00
Update: 9:15 AM
Roving Reporters calling in from the Metro Station–both north and south lots are filled. One reporter is standing in a line 300 yards long to get to the trains. Message is, if you are going, get dropped off or find another way in to town.
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If you watched the news yesterday, you could feel the presence of fear and that something was wrong. We had planes being escorted into JFK by fighter jets. The FBI and other spook groups were pouring all over places near Newark, Phillie, Portsmouth, Maine, looking for packages that might have contained explosives. Uneasy times.
It was impossible not to think of 9/11. We need to be reminded periodically.
The Daily Show feature is from September 20, 2001. In trying to restore sanity, Jon Stewart had the following:
From the Huffington Post—
Jon Stewart Hits Washington, DC
Jon Stewart is here and preparing for the Rally. Life is good. The Daily Show is back and was great and well, homey, since it is staged out of DC. He naturally covered the firing of Juan Williams. Naturally, everyone caught hell. The best line of the week from Jon:
NPR–you just brought a totebag of David Sedaris books to a knife fight.
Stewart is referring, of course, to the hounds of hell being unleashed by Fox News onto NPR.
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| NPR Staffing Decision 2010 | ||||
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Jon takes a few pokes at getting around DC. The lead up to the big rally this weekend should be entertaining. Anything of interest such as great skits will be added to this post.
Tuesday’s Daily Show from Washington, DC:
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Indecision 2010 – Extreme Makeover DC Edition | ||||
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Just who does Jon Stewart think he is?
Yes, Elena and I love Jon Stewart. It beats a whole lot of other people we could love. Sunday’s Washington Post ran an article entitled Just who does Jon Stewart think he is? in anticipation of this Saturday’s event on the National Mall called Rally to Restore Sanity. Stewart arrives Monday for preparation. Very little is known about the event which begins at noon. No special guests have been announced nor have any artists. The rally will be broadcast live on Comedy Central.
In some ways, Stewart returns to his roots. He is a William and Mary graduate, class of 1984. According to the Washington Post article:
Stewart, 47, has never claimed to be anything more than a guy trying to get laughs on “a fake news program on basic cable,” as he puts it. While that surely understates his case, it comports with his background as a stand-up comic and entertainer.
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