Good works done well

Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief

We hadn't planned to watch the whole Hope for Haiti telethon but we couldn't turn away.^[1]
The performers were humble, respectful, earnest. They did what was asked of them, which was to bring their A-game on short notice, and then stepped aside.

• High point - Chris Rock with Muhammed Ali.
  
• Musical high point - Justin Timberlake with Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah."
  
• Low point - the voice in my head saying, "Who is that?" "Why don't they introduce these people?" "Let's see. I know Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock and that other guy looks familiar. What's his name?"
  
• "I'll bet that Anderson Cooper says, "This is Anderson Cooper from CNN," when he calls his mother.
  

^[1] I did take a brief spin around the channels, long enough to see Karl Rove bloviating about something on Hannity's FoxNews show. Heck, even the Weather Channel joined in the simulcast.