Media

Oprah Gives New Stewart/Colbert Rally Her Blessing

Last night, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert announced that they are combining their rallies into one: the “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.” The new rally then garnered the support of Oprah, who appeared on the show via satellite to offer everyone a ride trip (much like Arianna Huffington).

Colby Hall sets up the announcement like this:

Stephen Colbert said it best: “Just for the record Jon, your rally is supposed to be about sanity, and that was insane!” The ten minute comedy bit somehow started with Wolf Blitzer’s inquisition of Christine O’Donnell’s [witch] denial, turned to a surprise cameo by Stephen Colbert (appropriately clad in a “invisibility cloak”) and ended with Oprah Winfrey appearing live via satellite to offer each audience member a trip to the rally. It was, in short, awesome television.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Announcement
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Rally to Restore Sanity

Oprah is not the only one going gaga over the event. According to a New York Times report, the news media is also hoping to douse itself in fear and sanity on October 30th:

Most national news organizations have made requests for credentials to cover the event, and almost 300,000 people have so far signed up to attend. What Mr. Stewart’s cable network, Comedy Central, is labeling “satellite rallies” have been scheduled in more than 40 locations nationally and at least six foreign countries.

While many will be covering the event, not everyone is clear on what exactly they will be covering. A political event? A comedy routine? Neither? Both?

The Times sums it up: “no one is quite sure what it is going to be yet.”

Comments (155)

1 2 3 ... 5
  • Topcat
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 12:02pm

    All this is a political distraction , just before the elections , to try and diffuse the anger on election day . It is geared to their watcher base ,or young people , to get them to the poles , in hopes they will support the Democrats. I can only hope their followers will realize that these are comedians and although their audience thinks their satire might be funny , there is nothing funny about the condition of our country under the Democrats. Also their satire does not reflect or change the vote of majority of American people. This is another sad result of this administration , in tough times entertainers were always seen as a non political , sources of relief in hard times. Their political beliefs were always kept to themselves , for fear of alienating a portion of their watchers . I cant tell you how many entertainers I dont watch anymore due to their political activism . Its ashame, because the country is going to need the relief , entertainers used to supply , during the upcoming tough times . Call it payback for raising them from obscurity , to famous and wealthy without much effort on their part.

    Report Post » Topcat  
    • Contrarianthinker
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 1:37pm

      Top Cat. great post. I can’t remembr the name of the comidian that was Jewish like Stewart but made fun of Progressives. He was VERY popular and very funny until he started spoofing Progressives who control the MSM and Hollywood. He became someone who was never invited back. Double tandard as usual.

      Report Post »  
    • iamhungry
      Posted on October 16, 2010 at 7:50am

      @TopCat, Glenn calls himself as entertainer. Should he keep his political views to himself?

      Report Post »  
    • Topcat
      Posted on October 16, 2010 at 11:50am

      @IAMHUNGRY
      I do watch him , but I am not a die hard fan .and I do enjoy many of his topics . I think he does , do a pretty good job of keeping his political , and religious views to himself , considering the topics he takes on.
      I see him as a lecturer , putting a set of facts, out there , as he sees them , its up to you , to agree , disagree , do further research and create your own opinion . His lecturers can be entertaining , but I dont see him , as the same kind of entertainer , as a comedian , singer , actor , trying to force their views on you . I think way to many people see Beck as more than a lecturer , and I agree with his own statement , do your own research and create your own opinions . Take his lead and do the work , dont just follow and believe him blindly.
      I do give him credit , for doing what was necessary , to wake up the American people , who for too long has let our government rule mindlessly without our personal attention.

      Report Post » Topcat  
  • dfestoon
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:55am

    Seems to me that this is another -you have to pass it to find out what is in it-, you’ll have to go, to find out what a farce it is. What a bunch of nutjobs!

     
  • drbage
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:53am

    Surprised that they don’t hold this is CA, that way the dope smokers wouldn’t be arrested. Also, Ms O ever since you fawned over Mr O your ratings and polls have headed south just like his.

    Report Post »  
  • Mary M. Tebbe
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:37am

    Oh my gosh…Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have to combine their rallies now, because they both finally figured out that they can’t draw a big enough crowd to outdo Glenn Beck! And…if they are hoping to restore SANITY to whatever it is they are trying to promote at this rally, then they are actually going to need Glenn and the Tea Party PATRIOTS who actually LOVE AMERICA and think IT’S A PRETTY GOOD COUNTRY TO LIVE IN, because those two clowns don’t have any sanity by the looks of them. No wonder I never watch them…I’d be YAWNING.
    I did find out one thing though…Oprah has superpower, because they think that she can single handedly build her own ark. Ya. Yawn again. It took NOAH (you know the guy in the Bible) 100 years to build the ark and the door was so heavy, GOD himself had to close it. But then…I forgot…isn’t Oprah the one who knows there are many paths to god???!!!
    The Times said that no one is quite sure what this rally is going to be yet! That’s a good one. I don’t know either, but if the One Nation rally is any indication…this time I’ll buy more popcorn…Probably more of the same rabble we saw at the last progressive rally. I can hardly wait to watch so I can have another good laugh! I’ll be watching so I can remember it from a historical perspective…LOL And this time, for heaven’s sake…please get someone that can count…just sayin’……..

    Report Post » Mary M. Tebbe  
    • Contrarianthinker
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 1:32pm

      Fact: when Oprah recommends a book, it becomes a best seller. When Glenn recommends a bookm, it becomes a best seller. Maybe Oprah doesn’t like the competition from Glenn?

      Report Post »  
    • Joseph_Plumb_Martin
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 2:19pm

      Seeing how Oprah has 4.5 million viewers and Glenn has 2.2 million viewers,I doubt that.

      Hey how’s that White Horse prophecy coming along?

      Report Post » Joseph_Plumb_Martin  
    • PlaneRick
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:45pm

      Yeah..about that….see…you still would have to hand it the Daily Show.. They might be skimming around 2 million viewers at late night (past Grandma’s bedtime apparently) right now, but of the three (Glenn Beck, Oprah, and the Daily Show), they are the only one with a Peabody Award. For a fake news outlet that is consistly accurate with the real truths, that is amazing and sad at the same time.

      To JOSEPH_PLUMB_MARTIN: you got that right. maybe if the other two quit with the White Horse and the Secret and started doing some in-depth fact checking (rather than fulfilling their obvious confirmation biases) they might have had the same.

      Report Post »  
  • AzDebi
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:30am

    Oprah has done so much to make a difference in the lives of the underprivileged…”Where there is much, much is expected”…that having been said, I ended caring about Oprah when she proved to all of us that she is BLACK first and AMERICAN second (of course, that’s only after AMERICA IS TRANSFORMED)!

    Report Post » AzDebi  
  • Bauervision
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:29am

    Funny how people like Oprah and Obama seems so intent to destroy and support the destruction of the free market, but they have made their fortunes off said market.

    Stewart and Sherbert are funny guys with a good amount of wit–too bad that is not what we need in this country.

    To me, the more they publicize how many people they are offering to transport and blah, blah, blah, just goes to show the inept movement that they support.

    Wake up liberals! You think that it is such a good thing that we have Obama in the office,,,,period. That is where your investigating and seeking of truth ends. Oh wait, I’m sorry to have forgotten, most of these liberal minded, anti-Constitutionalists, atheist demigods refuse to believe that there is anything such a thing as an absolute TRUTH.
    Let me solve this riddle for you: you sit on a chair, I hit you as hard as I can somewhere you are not expecting, you scream in pain, and I ask you if it hurt. You say hell yes it did! I say that my friend is an absolute truth then. If it exists at all, anywhere in this universe, then it exists period.

    Even if this stupid rally brings in a million people, big whoop. there is 350 million in this nation and that million might be the only representation of the crap-minded Progressive movement left.
    November 2 is the rally that counts.

    Report Post » Bauervision  
    • KenInIL
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 12:55pm

      Oprah, Stewart, and Colbert should get minimum wage for the outstanding work. Really – they should be out standing in the unemployment line.

      Report Post »  
  • ebaytoad
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:23am

    Who cares about Oprah…..she bores me…

    Report Post » ebaytoad  
  • CAMOCOWBOY777
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:23am

    Isn’t Oprah ending her television show because THE RATINGS STINK!?
    I got news for these two dudes. No serious person is spending their evenings watching Comedy Central. Having seen both of their shows and while they are funny and entertaining, thats about as far as it goes.
    I love political satire, and these programs have their place. My opinion is they should know where that is, and remain there. SNL is another prime example, those shows should not be shaping policy.

    Report Post » CAMOCOWBOY777  
  • 5
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:17am

    What are these two Morons trying to prove? They can get more people to pay the way for more people?

    If you can get them to come on their own it doesn’t mean anything.
    It’s a waste of time. IT’S A JOKE. THESE 2 ARE A JOKE and NOT FUNNY!
    It was funny the first week, but 5,10 years later who’s still watching? LOSERS!

    Report Post »  
  • karenm
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:17am

    I haven’t watched Oprah in so many years. I wonder how she felt when she heard MLK’s niece was with Glenn at the 8-28 rally.

    Report Post » karenm  
  • muldrake24
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:12am

    It is sad that the left gets all of their news from comedians. No wonder they will just be led to their own slaughter. Just don’t take me along for the ride. Oprah…who has been losing viewers to Judge Judy, for the love of Pete, will do anything to protect her investment…Obama!

    Report Post » Barb  
  • MrButcher
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:06am

    this ought to be funny.

    Report Post » MrButcher  
  • cessna152
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:58am

    waste of time.. next!

    Report Post » cessna152  
  • grandmaof5
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:50am

    It is lucky Oprah used the capitalist free market to make her fortune pre-Obama because if she didn’t she would still be looking for a job. I used to Tevo her show, gave her mag for Christmas presents, contributed to her causes. I wonder how many other people, besides me, came to an abrupt halt when she endorsed Obama? I had friends ask me not to renew their subscription because she had moved so far to the left. I guess she was always there but, at the time, I just didn’t see it. Talk about a hypocrite!! Good riddance.

    Report Post »  
    • libertyordeath87
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 12:37pm

      Oprah was never that far left and still isn’t. She’s a capitalist and good at it too. But she’s black and that trumps everything, if you’re black.

      Report Post » libertyordeath87  
  • HKS
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:48am

    I wonder what the place will look like when this bunch leaves?

    Report Post » HKS  
    • WaltD
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:34am

      Probably not like they found it: clean.

      Report Post »  
    • SomthingorOther
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 2:09pm

      have you ever been to D.C.? i don’t think i would call an inch of that city not behind a tall fence clean…

      Report Post »  
  • EqualJustice
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:48am

    Who needs a rally to restore some sanity? We just have to VOTE on November 2nd. DONE!.

    Report Post » EqualJustice  
    • IMCHRISTIAN
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:55am

      VERY GOOD, EQUAL JUSTICE, to stop insanity be sure to vote Nov. 2

      Report Post »  
  • janddjohnson
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:47am

    I wouldn’t be surprised guys if the people who called ahead and signed up are conservatives and then they will be a no show and then what do you do with all the empty buses that Huffington Post offered?

    Report Post » Deanna in Missouri  
  • CJJAKENS
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:43am

    Who cares its just another attempt to throw it in the face of Beck and say “see we can do it too”. good for them keep on marginalizing the little people…

    Report Post »  
    • cognitivedissonance
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 1:35pm

      Yeah, you mobility scooter driving, cheeto inhaling, wide-asses are the “little” people.

      Report Post » cognitivedissonance  
    • DimmuBorgir
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 3:44pm

      i’m american, my body is sexy as hell. i don’t know where all these “fat Americans” are.

      Report Post » DimmuBorgir  
  • BQI
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:42am

    It really is sad how people, I think otherwise good people, get onto the Oprah bandwagon. This woman is helping Obama implement his agenda. Remember, Oprah was in Rev. Wright’s church with Obama and I think it got too hot there so she left. But she went there for a purpose.She also is a capitalist and knew the Rev. was hot, a little too hot for her although she most likely agrees with him. The soccer moms would not like having their mini-god (Oprah) associated with the Rev.

    Black Conservative Blog: http://www.blackquillandink.com

    Report Post » BQI  
  • Da Vinci
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:42am

    This is definetley politics. My kids come home from college and make it that college aged adults that are impressionable get their political view point from professors and Jon Stewart.

    Report Post » Da Vinci  
    • flashlight
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 12:15pm

      Jon has had a long list of guests on his show that is very impressive. Condi Rice was just on and was a great interview. Before her he has had on many, many other movers and shakers in our world. He is a comedian but an educated man that gives all sides a chance to present there views. People, left and right line up to be there. Why doesnt Glenn do that instead of just preaching all the time? When he does have a guest it is always someone of like mind. And why wont Glenn meet with Jon for an interview? O’Riellys not scared and Jon has been on Fox. Come on Glenn, man up.

      Report Post »  
    • Contrarianthinker
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 1:26pm

      Flashlight, Glenn has had so many personal attacks on him, I think he is very leary of setting himself up for more. But, I would suggest you calling him or writing an email with your suggestion.

      Report Post »  
    • flashlight
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 2:20pm

      Jon has asked him. No reply. As for calling or emailing him, I just posted on HIS blog. He does read this, right?

      Report Post »  
    • Gay Bee
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 5:42pm

      Flashlight, Glenn has been very clear to his viewers and radio listeners that he completely understands how valuable our time is. The last thing I need is another FNC show infiltrated by lefties. Those of us who watch Glenn are fully aware of the left’s point of view and we have made our choice; we don’t agree with the Progressive agenda and ideology and we will no longer sit on the sidelines while it permiates through our country, school, churches, economy, etc. The reason Glenn does not need to rub elbows with Mr Stewart is because it would be of no benefit to him and there are much better uses of his time, like spending time with his wife, playing with his children, or reading more of a book. It has nothing to do with fear and he is not in competition with O’Reilly. The beauty of TV is there is something for everyone.

      Report Post » Gay Bee  
    • iamhungry
      Posted on October 16, 2010 at 7:48am

      @Gay Bee, Glenn often talks about the need to heal the nation. Sitting down and discussing, civilly, the situation and problems in the country with someone who has different ideas is exactly what is needed. He can do it during his many work hours too rather than during the time he would spend with his children.

      Report Post »  
  • BBTX
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:41am

    Wow, nice of Pope-rah to ‘bless’ the event!
    What’s next–a mass featuring her in a pointed white hat, with throngs of followers trying to get close to her?

     
    • angrymob
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:51am

      I heard that Oprah lives all over the place to get out of paying taxes on her many homes…why is it that Libs think they can support a Prez that wants to tax us to death while they remain tax exempt?

      Who really cares what Oprah thinks anymore? As far as I‘m concerned Oprah’s credibility is shot. It’s just like Barbara Streisand saying she wants to protect the coastal wetlands here in California, but turns around and builds her massive estate on top of one! EEEKKK!

      Report Post » angrymob  
  • Iamtheoracle
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:41am

    these guys are funny – but only in the context of being comedians and being on a comedy show… for anyone to think that they could pull off a serious event – well, they are smokin crack

     
  • CJJAKENS
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:41am

    Who cares its just one more attempt to upstage a grassroots movement with an intent to throw it in the face of Beck “see we can do it too” good for you. Keep on marginalizing the little people who are aparently nothing more than puppets of some grand master or something…

    Report Post »  
    • itasca
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 2:20pm

      It is all a marketing scheme . Free advertizement for them , but ultimately they will make more money . It is all one big media hustle. I do not even own a TV. Nor will these dirty lefty liars ever got a dollar of mine!

      Report Post »  
    • Rlyeh
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 2:29pm

      @itasca

      It’s a marketing scheme? As opposed to the self described non-political rally staged by Beck for what can only be altruistic reasons?

      Report Post »  
    • neverending
      Posted on October 16, 2010 at 11:41am

      Their desperation is quite hysterically funny – yes the crowd will be large – just counting all the MSM and their buddies adds up to big numbers. They just do not know what else to do now that they have finally figured out that the tea partiers are determined to take our beautiful country back. You can be sure everyone one of the lowlife sob’s will be there.

      Report Post »  
  • Citizen
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:36am

    It will be a bunch of low income people gathered together to watch some comedians.

    Report Post »  
  • john seven eighteen
    Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:36am

    Well, now we know that those who actually do show up will only be doing so because they think Oprah will give them all cars or trips to exotic, foreign lands. What a joke!!

    Report Post » john seven eighteen  
    • LONGLEGGEDMACKDADDY
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:41am

      Ima go now dat my chicken eatin queen goin.

       
    • theninthplanet
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:45am

      Wish Glenn Beck would’ve bused me in to DC for 8/28 and then given me a car :’(

      Report Post » theninthplanet  
    • 5
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:14am

      No Money Okra? Com’on Goofy Huffington gave $250,000. TIGHT WAD!

       
    • thepatriotdave
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 12:34pm

      The bottom line is…

      Nobody I know, even cares what Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and Oprah Winfrey does! All three of them could have a three-way in a cheap motel somewhere in LA or Chicago and the only one who would care would be TMZ.

      PatriotShops.com

      thepatriotdave  
    • NoName22
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 12:48pm

      This rally is for moderates. People who know that unemployment is at 9.5% nationally, and yet have to see stories like O’Reilly on The View, Koran burnings………..Foreclosures are up, yet the news is more interested in covering stories such as Christine O‘Donnell being a teenager in high school and Alan Grayson’s smear ads…………….People are working jobs just to pay bills and families are struggling, yet the news cares more about some illegal immigrant who lied, and yet, we are supposed to feel sorry for.

      That’s what the rally is about. That’s how Colbert and Stewart get their jokes, is because that is the sad truth in this country. MSNBC, FOX, CNN……they cover what’s going to get the most viewers, not what’s the most important……I was watching Stewart the other night, he was ripping all the news networks because they were scared to say “whore” talking about what the ex-Cali gov said about Meg Whitman. ARE YOU SERIOUS? Just say it and get on with the show, the political correctness in this country is absurd. That’s what is fueling these rallies and gives these guys emmys.

      Sometimes I think Stewart, Colbert, and South Park have more common sense views on things than people that are paid to give opinions.

      Report Post »  
    • Contrarianthinker
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 1:22pm

      No Name. They need to state their objectives and methods. IF as you claim, my wife and I may go.

      Report Post »  
    • snowleopard3200
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 1:36pm

      Now I believe that with the two rallys mixed into one I understand the phrase of “Bad Comedy is Bad Business” being wrapped into one.

      Report Post » Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}  
    • BeckFan1941
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 2:08pm

      That is what these guys are is Jokes. They can be funny but they have an agenda and that is too bad. If they made fun of both sides, it would be fun—instead they are the Dems jokes.

      Report Post » BeckFan1941  
    • SomthingorOther
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 2:13pm

      BeckFan1941, apparently you have never watched either of there shows, they make fun of EVERYONE. that means Rep. Dems. and everyone in between. They may make fun of Rep more often but that usually because they seem to make themselves an easier target.

      Report Post »  
    • pajamash
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 2:29pm

      Oooooh, ahhhhh, Ohhhhhh. Hell, isn’t The Daily Show taped in New York? Nothing like being second fiddle Oprah! Couldn’t these audience members have gone down to The Huffington Posts offices and gotten a ride from Arianna (Dahling/Gabor) Huffington?

      Report Post »  
    • NoName22
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 2:55pm

      @Contrarian

      That’s pretty much what Stewart said when he announced the rally on his show, I watched the episode. He wants to have a march on the mall to have peaceful discussion or whatever, he wasn’t really promoting liberal, conservative, religious, dem or gop.

      8/28 wasn’t political, and I loved everything about it, but it was a religious rally with a conservative backdrop (This is my opinion, Beck and his group did a great job of leaving the politics out and sticking to the Constiution and turning to God, again, I thought it was great)….Whereas the 10/2 rally was all about unions, embracing diversity by saying white people are evil, saying Obama needs his 2nd term to deliver, even though the stimulus promised unemployment wouldnt go past 8%,

      Stewart and Colbert’s kinda falls in the middle. It‘s for the people who can’t watch mainstream media because the media has an infatuation with shock value and not reporting stories that actually have importance. Donald Duck touching some girl’s boob (even though most mascots are female) is not as important as 700bil given to Wall Street firms at 0% interest. Of course, Colbert is taking his usual sarcastic stance and calling his rally “Keep Fear Alive.”

      I think it will be good…….Of course, the politics of the rally is it’s right before 11/2.

      Report Post »  
    • Robert W
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 4:38pm

      I thought this rally was a joke…but now that oprah endorses it. zzzzzzzzzzzzz

      Report Post »  
    • PlaneRick
      Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:20pm

      That is half the point of this rally (if you factually knew anything about it). It is a bringing of satire to the rally stage.

      To THENINTHPLANET: Glenn Beck could have bused you there if he genuinely care or had a sense of charity. He has made enough money to have paid for the rally completely by himself rather than a small portion cause his audience wouldn’t ( or more likely couldn’t). But just like everything Glenn Beck, he is only concerned with making money off of others. Actions speak volumes more than words

      To CONTRARIANTHINKER: There is just as much guidance in this rally as in 8/28/10 rally, possibly more.

      To NONAME22: You’ve hit the name on the head.

      This rally is about bringing people together who have enough common sense and understanding to see how bad things are now, yet know this country has gone through much worse times and is strong enough to keep going. It is self-centered, self-serving, and near narcissistic to think that you live in the time of the apocalypse, end of days, or even the end of such a strong country as ours.
      This rally is for those who think realistically and sanely enough to realize this and, at the same time, laugh at the absurdity and stupidity present in the current political and social discourse, the severity in numbers of the believers of such idiocy, and try to show that there are plenty of level-headed Americans through thought-provoking satire

      Report Post »  
    • skepticalbecausesomeoneneedstobe
      Posted on October 17, 2010 at 9:52pm

      and you wonder why youre labeled a racist.

      Report Post »  
1 2 3 ... 5

Sign In To Post Comments! Sign In

Sign Up For Our Newsletter!

Glenn Beck Radio

Listen to Glenn Beck 24/7 Listen Now
Restoring Love