Then, in the summer, as we're finishing the book, Glenn Beck announces he's going to have this rally and Jon says, "We should have a rally of our own. We should go out there and have a Rally to Restore Sanity." And I thought, "please let him forget this" - because he'll do that sometimes, he'll say something then [drop it]. I thought it sounded like the worst possible idea. A comedy rally? Do not let this happen.

Then I didn't hear anything about it for a couple months; I thought, "Thank God, he forgot." Then the Beck rally starts to come closer and Jon's like "We're going to do that rally," and I was like, shit.

I grew up going to a lot of rallies and protests and I thought you can't do comedy bits like we do on the show for such a large crowd. I was thinking, "This is going to be such a catastrophe." And then, again, as it came closer I was like, "Holy shit." It was incredible; it was an amazing experience. I know it had some dissenters, which is alright. It should.