Comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert announced Thursday that they would hold dueling rallies on the National Mall on Oct. 30. Delighted fans immediately began RSVPing for the rallies on Facebook, even though Comedy Central and its associates have yet to secure a permit from the National Park Service. Here’s how the numbers stood as of Sunday:
85,449 — Number of Facebook RSVP’s for Jon Stewart’s “Rally to Restore Sanity”
34,085 — Number of Facebook RSVP’s for Stephen Colbert’s “March to Keep Fear Alive”
25,000 — Number of attendees Comedy Central said it was expecting when applying for a permit from the National Park Service
