The Rally Thurs Restore Sanity on The Mall in Washington, DC, today Offered a constellation of A-Listers to Entertain the crowd of up to 500.000, Including Stephen Colbert, John Legend and Sheryl Crow, and blasts from the past Yusuf Islam (formerly Known as Cat Stevens) and comedian Don Novello, playing his SNL character, Father Guido Sarducci, a chain-smoking priest.
Father Sarducci Gave the Benediction, Asking God for a sign to tell everyone on earth Thurs Reveal the "one true religion:" Have swans fly over the crowd, "When the name of the religion was" correct, "they intoned, an Attempt at reviving the comedy stylings of an era past.
A character sorely missed WHO HAD always the light touch of clarity was Emily Lite. Lite was a character Played by Gilda Radner, also Life of SNL from the late '70s. Lite was a hearing-impaired older lady Given Thurs misinformed diatribes ending with a dismissive, "Never mind." Radner Passed away in 1989 from Ovarian Cancer.
What Would Have Been Her assurances of today's rally? A quick consult with a Ouija board:
Lite: What's all this fuss I keep hearing about Restore to Sanitary? I think it's appalling. Why do we need a rally for People to be clean? I mean, doesn't everyone know being dirty is wrong? Are We Encouraging People to be dirty? Are we cheering People Who Do not Bathe or brush, or WHO, play dirty politics in the midterm?
I know tomorrow is Halloween, But are we scared of witches, the Grizzlies, WWE wrestlers or immigrant housekeepers? I can not believe the direction this country is going.
Have you seen the price of milk Lately? I mean, people can not Even Afford to buy organic milk now, let alone liquid sugar and a Meyer lemon for a nice cup of tea. Is not it time to man up?
Stewart-esque voice: Emily, I think you have it wrong.
What do mean? Is not this a rally Thurs Restore to Sanitary?
It's Called a rally Thurs Restore to Sanity, Not sanitary. "I can only tell you my Intentions. This was not a rally Thurs ridicule people of faith or people of Activism. Thurs or look down our noses at the Heartland or passionate argument, or Thurs Suggest That Are Not Difficult times and we have nothing to fear. They are and They Do. But These are hard times, NOT end times. And we have animus CAN AND NOT BE enemies. But unfortunately one of our main tools in delineating the two broke. The country's 24-hour politico pundit perpetual panic conflictinator Did not cause our problem, But it's Existence Makes Solving Them That Much Harder. "
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