Schedule For Today's Rally Here:

[WillyT]

Rally to restore sanity schedule (UPDATED)
Saturday, October 30, 2010; 9:49 AM

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's much anticipated "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" begins Saturday at 12 p.m. and ends at 3 p.m. Here is the lineup for the event.

10 a.m.-noon: Pre-Pre Show

Video montages/music will play on the Jumbotrons around the venue to entertain the crowd as they gather.

Noon- 1 p.m.: Preshow

12:00-12:40: The Roots will play for the crowd.

12:40-12:57: Comedian (TBD) will warm-up the audience.

12:57-1 p.m.: Video countdown & intros

1-3 p.m.: Show

1-1:05: Singing of the national anthem (musical guest TBD)

1:05-1:20: Jon Stewart welcomes the crowd

1:20-1:30: Stephen Colbert enters

1:30-1:35: Benediction by actor Don Novello

1:35-1:40: Poem read by actor Sam Waterson (note: that's the Park Service's incorrect spelling, not WaPo TeamTV's)

1:40-1:50: Jeff Tweedy and Mavis Staples perform

1:50-2:15: Stewart and Colbert perform

2:15-2:20: Sheryl Crow performs

2:20-2:30: Guest speakers make brief statements, both live and taped (TBD)

2:30-2:40: Musical guest (TBD)

2:40-2:40: Sanity and Fear awards -- pre-taped footage.

2:50-3: Stewart and Colbert's final statements

Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/30/AR2010103001560.html?hpid=topnews

:kick:

[gateley]

1. K&R nt

[Barack_America]

2. Do you Biden will be the "Comedian TBD"?

;)

[WillyT]

4. LOL !!!

:D

:hi:

[blaze]

5. .

:spray:

[Turborama]

3. K&R I just posted this in the thread with the link to the stream

Wise minds, etc etc...

:hi:

:kick:

ETA The thread I mentioned: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9420254

[WillyT]

13. LOL !!!

That's right!

:bounce:

:hi:

[Whisp]

6. thanks! it will be a good day. ;) yay! yip yip

[nmbluesky]

7. k&R

:toast:

:kick:

[ElsewheresDaughter]

8. Link to C-Span live stream of the Restore Sanity and/or Fear Rally here....

http://www.cspan.org/Watch/C-SPAN.aspx

[Ruby the Liberal]

9. Rec'd this from 12 back to 12

Sorry some jackass apparently unrec'd this thread.

A sense of humor is apparently only a liberal value.

[WillyT]

15. Apparently Keepin Fear Alive

:D

:evilgrin:

It's all good!

:bounce:

:hi:

[Iwillnevergiveup]

10. Son traveling from NYC on one of Arianna's buses

just e-mailed me and said there's a helluva traffic jam - heard there are already 200,000 there.

K&R

[Barack_America]

11. Damn!

[blaze]

12. My sister and nephew drove down from NY

Hope they're in the crowd and not stuck in a traffic jam!!! :(

[Ruby the Liberal]

16. HuffPost is saying that they have 10,000 people on 200+ busses

And my twitter is jammed with people still on the metro.

:woohoo:

[Andy823]

14. K&R nt

[fishwax]

17. looks like they're running quite a bit ahead of schedule

Sam Waterston is on and it's 1:20 DC time.

Fun time so far, though :kick: