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News from Stewart rally will be portaJons

by YankeeJim | October 21, 2010 at 01:25 pm

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Jon Stewart missed a golden opportunity. The prominent potty provider is called “portaJons,” as in porta Jon Stewart. Steven Colbert, of course, will prefer the word portable toilet as it is more French sounding.

Nonetheless, I reported much earlier that toilets would be a problem for such a crowd. Given that many people must go to it about every two hours, and given that most people will arrive well before the event, and given that many people will attempt to go prior to prime time, which means a surge to the porta potties. Therefore, having your own device might seem practical, however finding a place in the bush to use it is not.

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“Larry King gives Jon Stewart portable restroom for Mall rally

[This blog post has been updated.]

Daytime diva Oprah Winfrey gave Jon Stewart transportation to bring his studio audience from New York to his upcoming Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the Mall in Washington later this month.

Stewart appears on Larry King Live Wednesday.

CNN primetime anchor Larry King gave Stewart a portable toilet.

"There's some controversy about whether there are portable potties at the rally," Larry King said while interviewing Stewart on his CNN show Wednesday night about the rally, Stewart's new book ("Earth") and the midterm elections.

"We have been in contact with the Porta-Potty people," Stewart said. "Right now they say they are 'efforting' Porta-Pottys. We will have toilets -- they may not be enclosed. I guess what I'm saying is we will either have toilets, or we will have shovels."”