Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Open Thread.

Welcome to our open thread for the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.

All are welcome.

The rally will be live on Comedy Central and C-Span.

It will also be streamed at: http://www.comedycentral.com/

The start time is noon eastern/10 am mountain. (Update: the main program starts at 1pm eastern/11am mountain).

Here is the tentative schedule (times are eastern):

PRESHOW — 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
12:00 – 12:40 — THE ROOTS will play for the crowd.
12:40 – 12:57 — Comedian (TBD) will warm-up the audience.
12:57 – 1:00 — Video countdown & intros
SHOW — 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
1:00 – 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: Park Service spelling, not WaPo TeamTV’s]
1:40 – 1:50 JEFF TWEEDY & MAVIS STAPLES perform
1:50 – 2:15 JON & STEPHEN perform
2:15 – 2:20 SHERYL CROW performs
2:20 – 2:30 SPEAKERS Guests make brief statements, both LIVE and TAPE (TBD)
2:30 – 2:40 MUSICAL GUEST (TBD)
2:40 – 2:40 SANITY & FEAR awards – PRETAPED footage.
2:50 – 3:00 JON AND STEPHEN’S FINAL STATEMENTS