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Comedian Jon Stewart, left, welcomes comedian Stephen Colbert to the Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear on Saturday afternoon on the National Mall. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Musicians (backed by funk group the Roots) and celebrities mocked a variety of current events and trends, including political rallies. The Comedy Central cornerstones swore that this rally was not a political one, and pretty much kept to their promise.
Many many photos and funny signs after the jump...
Tens of thousands of people crowded the National Mall to watch the comedy and listen to the music. So many attended that some left the event because they couldn't hear or see very well. "Let's just go back home + watch it on youtube," Julia E. Christian overheard and tweeted. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
One of the more ominous sights was comedian Stephen Colbert trying to induce fear in front of a giant papier-mache puppet of himself. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
And speaking of ominous fear, what modern rally would be complete without some signs featuring Adolf Hitler and variants thereof? (Photo by Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
A Sanity supporter holds a sign with an image depicting Stephen Colbert as Adolf Hitler with "Say No to Fear" on the National Mall in Washington, DC. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
Even the 70s smiley face got the Hitler treatment in a satire of current political signs. (Photo by Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
People wearing masks hold up anti-Republican signs in front of the National Gallery of Art. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Stephen Colbert's satirical stance to Restore Fear captured the imaginations of many in attendence. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
One of the more interesting moments on stage was when Ozzy Osbourne, left, and Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens) performed "Crazy Train" and "Peace Train" respectively, then embraced for an unforgettable photo. (Photo by Reuters/Jason Reed)
Not all of the signs were comedic. (Photo by Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
It is safe to say that most in attendance were left-leaning, like this bearded peace-loving man with a sign supporting President Obama. (Photo by Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
Some of the signs were very professionally made. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
But most were handmade and hilarious. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Some estimates claim over 100,000 people were in attendance. Even some heathens made the trip to D.C. and brought a sign. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Bashing the upstart Tea Party was prevelant. Maya Reiser and her husband, Alan Shakin, both of Bethesda, Md., walk through the crowd. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Jim Rothe, left, and Paul Fouschia, both of Cincinnati, were dressed as the Blues Brothers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
A familiar-looking woman claiming not to be a witch was at the rally. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
And hey look, even Waldo was spotted in the well-behaved crowd. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
The signs that got the most buzz on Twitter were the more unexpected ones, like this sign that seemed to criticize the ability of big business and powerful lobbiest who often have more access to politicians than regular people. (Photo by Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
In the end, the signs were mostly light-hearted and respectful. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
Except for the one honoring this filthy Marxist. (Photo by Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
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I am glad to see that you posted the picture of a Hitler mustache on Eric Cantor.
Posted by: just a conservative girl | October 30, 2010 at 07:58 PM
The difference in the two rally's is that these signs are spelled correctly.
Posted by: malinche | October 30, 2010 at 08:16 PM
Jon Stewart's executive producer was arrested for punching an activist in the face... Why can't Jon fight his own battles instead of sending his producer to handle his battles? Why is Jon Stuart and his people violently opposed to the truth movement?
Posted by: sean | October 30, 2010 at 08:26 PM
Thank you for the pictures. (A reader in Toronto.)
Posted by: Stephen Wong | October 30, 2010 at 08:30 PM
Vote. Even if your vote does not help the one you voted for win, point out the last digit of the number and say "See that seven? it would have been a six if I hadn't voted. I can criticize now."
Posted by: Reynard Fuchs | October 30, 2010 at 08:35 PM
Wow -- it looks just like a Tea Party. The crowd is predominately white. They must be racists.
Posted by: Nancy Lee | October 30, 2010 at 08:42 PM
what a bunch of pretentious posers
I hate to have to point out the obvious but
people normally don't go nuts on "themselves"
when THEY ARE the party in power.
Posted by: dempublican | October 30, 2010 at 09:13 PM
Hilarious - they get Yusuf Islam - the wannabe Rushdie-killer - to perform at a "Sanity" rally. Will whoever was responsible for that decision please LEAVE our political side. I acknowledge that pandering to wannabe author-killers in this context has a funny side to it, but ultimately it gives us a terrible name. If we ever expect to get broad ongoing voter support so we can effect significant social change, we need to sideline the Islamofacists and their collaborators asap. Let them start their own political party and see how many votes they get, instead of parasitizing on a party supposed to represent the working-class. It is a disgrace and an indictment that we don't regularly get massive overwhelming support from workers - and the sort of mindset that would shove Yusuf Islam in our faces is part of the reason.
Posted by: Lee | October 30, 2010 at 09:24 PM
There were so many great signs. My current favorite is "Make awkward sexual advances, not war".
Posted by: Jess | October 30, 2010 at 09:34 PM
I am happy to be in a country where we can be serious as we want and not so serious as we want.
Posted by: steve | October 30, 2010 at 10:05 PM
What a bunch of hypocritical dweebs. After they clapped and cheered for mega federal domestic debt now they want no dissension. But as there will be a snowball's chance of new federal domestic debt candy coming their way post 2 Nov., what with the big democrat slapdown in the midterm, watch as the same dweebs suddenly remember, oh yeah, there's a war still going on in Iraqipakiafghanistan, and resume their disingenuous anti-war-n-waste protest from the Bush years. Maybe now after two years of spooning, Obamalove will get out of bed with the Bush-Cheney-Palin neocon war-n-waste mongers over President Obama's continuing Af-Pak war of Candidate Obama's 2008 campaign necessity.
Posted by: dom youngross | October 31, 2010 at 01:22 AM
The sane are alive and well, thank God.
Posted by: David | October 31, 2010 at 04:39 AM
Hilarious. Love that it's comedy when conservatives (including the Jewish soon-to-be Repub Majority leader) are portrayed as Hitler, but ANY intimation of Obama being Muslim/Marxist/etc. is viewed as 'offensive' or 'racist'.
I'm just glad your newspaper continues to lose readers.
Posted by: Tim | October 31, 2010 at 04:45 AM
I do beleive Cat Steven's was there to Prove that the World Wouldn't End This Moment! (Scary Muslim) FOX (Foreign) Noise didn't Scare me into a Frenzy! At least The Crowd is more than 99.9% White and Being Pumped full of FEAR and False Anxiety, Because UNLIKE FOX They Are NOT!
Posted by: Ryne Schaefer | October 31, 2010 at 06:51 AM
Those photographs are amazing!
Posted by: Heisenberg | October 31, 2010 at 11:48 AM
Thanks to the satirists of the world, maybe sanity and intelligent discourse will be restored.
Posted by: Jan Mintz | October 31, 2010 at 11:59 AM
@ Tim - It's called irony. Look it up.
Posted by: Jake | October 31, 2010 at 12:06 PM
THANK YOU FOR SUCH A GOOD MEETING. WELL BALANCED AND POSITIVE. G_D BLESS AMERICA AND THE G - OOD PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO SPREAD LOVE - IF YOU DISAGREE GO TO SOUTH AMERICA - AFRICA AND EUROPE AND MANY PLACES IN ASIA.
Posted by: manuel kitay | October 31, 2010 at 12:55 PM
Interesting how many of the comments are from the insane! Gotta love 'em, just don't vote for em.
Posted by: Supe | October 31, 2010 at 02:03 PM
Yusuf Islam supported the death fatwa on Salman Rushide, author of the book Satanic Verses. Some sanity rally.
Posted by: Brianna | October 31, 2010 at 04:18 PM
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