It took Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert nearly an hour-and-a half to travel the roughly ten blocks from the National Mall, where the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear had taken place, to the National Press Club for their post-rally wrap-up. No doubt they were fighting through the throngs of people who had attended the day's festivities -- the official permit for the event had been for 60,000 people, but Comedy Central's unofficial count for attendees was 250,000.

When Stewart and Colbert sat down to talk to the press, they seemed joyful more than a little relieved. They had just presided over a three-hour event that included their own comedy, both of them singing (Stewart had a bit of trouble recreating his performance from rehearsal on some high notes), comedian Father Guido Sarducci, actor Sam Waterson, and music guests like the Roots, Yusef, Ozzy Osbourne, and the O'Jays, Jeff Tweedy and Mavis Staples, Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock, and Tony Bennett.