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Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear recap

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert held their joint Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear today in Washington.

As they promised, it wasn't political at all, it was basically an extended combined version of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report," with Stewart and Colbert comically debating the virtues of reasonableness versus fear. Plus a bunch of special guests and a great speech on tolerance by Stewart at the end. If anyone got the sharp end of the Stewart/Colbert stick, it was the media -- mostly the 24-hour cable news media (and no, it wasn't just Fox News getting criticism).

The rally was at times boring and tedious (thanks for nothing, "Mythbusters" guys) but often really entertaining (check out the photo gallery).

I'm not writing a traditional recap, but I did live-tweet the rally (@WarmTV) and I've pasted my tweets and retweets below. (UPDATED: Clips from the rally have been posted at Comedy Central).

The rally opened at noon with The Roots and John Legend performing, and I started tweeting right after that. Here's what happened:

Restoring sanity and/or fear from your sofa

If you're not traveling up to D.C. this weekend to help restore sanity and/or fear in person, you can still keep up with goings on via television.

Comedy Central and C-Span will both broadcast the rally live in its entirety Saturday starting at noon.

In addition to hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, expect performances from The Roots, Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) with Mavis Staples, and Sheryl Crow. There will also be some surprise guests, a poetry reading from Sam Waterston (gotta tune in for that alone!) and a benediction from Don Novello (aka Father Guido Sarducci).

CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News may also cover portions of the rally, if something newsworthy happens.

Here's a more detailed schedule from The Washington Post.

If you want to follow along via Twitter, use the hashtag #Rally4Sanity.

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