Oprah Shows Up On The Daily Show To Send Audience To ‘Rally To Restore Sanity’

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 which 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.

Oprah now joins Arianna Huffington as the second major media player to very publicly get behind Stewart’s “Rally to Restore Sanity.” While the tenor of the “Sanity Rally” is light and comedic, the HuffPost buses and Oprah involvement are certain to bring criticisms from some quarters who will claim that this rally is somehow ‘”astroturf,” the term for fake and a non-organic grassroots movement. But who cares? Even it’s awfully hard to criticize the mission of restoring sanity. Plus, it’s all delightfully fun to watch unfold. Well done Mr. Stewart, Colbert and Oprah.

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