Glenn Beck: I was wrong

bloo · 2011-04-21T12:08:11.000Z

Linoleum:

Except he’s a Mormon, it’s not like he can go start his own church. Well he could, but that would be unlikely albeit crazypants awesome.

Uh oh. He’s bucking for prophet!

Jeremy_Johnsen · 2011-04-26T12:48:35.000Z

There’s not big money in being a Mormon leader. Selling worthless books/posters/magazines and 72-hour kits to Mormons however IS big money.

BlueJackalope · 2011-05-13T15:40:22.000Z

At least he is going out with class.

Opening Serve: Glenn Beck, … was so nauseated by the sight of John McCain’s daughter Meghan’s partially nude body on a PSA for skin cancer that he felt the need to “vomit” several times during his radio show whenever Meghan’s name was mentioned. He also suggested that Meghan cover her skin with a burqa, since it’s the only thing that would fit her.

Scuzz · 2011-05-13T16:08:57.000Z

Anaxagoras:

What do you mean by “break”? Any President can do horrible things & take the country far down a path it shouldn’t go. Dubya was a great example of that. Does America still function after Dubya’s administration? Sorta. But it’s not a country I want to live in any more. And Palin is quite a bit worse than Dubya.

Having said that, Dubya & Palin can only do what they do because a sizeable portion of the population agrees with them. So it’s not like they’re unilateral agents of destruction or anything.

Then feel free to leave it…

Scuzz · 2011-05-13T16:11:00.000Z

Glenn Beck is a douche…

tiohn · 2011-05-13T17:47:20.000Z

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Eric_T_Cheng · 2011-06-30T23:39:37.000Z

Huh. Apparently Glenn Beck had his last show on Thursday.

RepoMan · 2011-07-01T16:08:31.000Z

bloo · 2011-07-01T17:25:08.000Z

Eric T Cheng:

Huh. Apparently Glenn Beck had his last show on Thursday.

And he closed by whining about Jon Stewart not being as awesome as he is because he talks for 21 minutes just in his monologue and has two writers but Stewart has dozens of writers and his monologue is only 4 minutes.

I think the comparison just demonstrates that funny ain’t easy and beck ain’t (intentionally) funny.

Eric_T_Cheng · 2011-07-02T01:10:16.000Z

TPM did a great cut of Glenn Beck’s last episode.

Mark_Asher · 2011-07-02T01:34:12.000Z

As Fox and Beck headed for a divorce, Beck set up his own diversified business. He makes speeches, writes books and owns a website along with GBTV, which is run by a former Fox executive. He will sell access to GBTV for $9.95 a month, or $4.95 for those who only want to see his nightly show.

Seems doomed for failure. I don’t see the Beck audience willing to pay $10 a month to listen to him.

WarrenM · 2011-07-02T03:41:32.000Z

For all of his championing of the common blue collar man and babbling about unemployment … $10 a month? LOLLERSKATES.

Calistas · 2011-07-02T04:43:11.000Z

I can google time cube and the same ramblings for free!

Shanadeus · 2011-07-03T07:57:44.000Z

Calistas:

I can google time cube and the same ramblings for free!

Just wait until they bill your four-dimensional self.

Jeremy_Johnsen · 2011-07-03T18:47:24.000Z

People pay for his crap books, he may be able to keep that website going until the next election.

JM1 · 2011-07-04T06:13:46.000Z

Eric T Cheng:

TPM did a great cut of Glenn Beck’s last episode.

Oh god the Youtube comments…

Cobra · 2011-07-05T14:13:32.000Z

Time magazine has a list op Top 10 Glenn Beck Moments that made me giggle.

bloo · 2011-07-05T16:25:15.000Z

He wasn’t the first to use a chalkboard as he claimed. But maybe he’ll be the last.

BlueJackalope · 2011-07-07T10:18:57.000Z

A farewell letter and review of his books.

The article is a bit of slog in the middle when she summarizes Beck’s book The Christmas Sweater (she should have just called it weird treacle and moved on rather than going plot point by plot point). But I like how she brings up figures like Jim Jones and Hitler, repeatedly, and then says :

I’m not equating him with Hitler, mind you, or Joe Smith or Jim Jones.

Very Beckian.

TimJames · 2011-07-07T10:45:44.000Z

Mark Asher:

Seems doomed for failure. I don’t see the Beck audience willing to pay $10 a month to listen to him.

I think he’ll rake in tons of cash with plenty of upside. He already has 80k subscribers at $7/mo, so he needs another 40k to make up for his Fox contract. If he happens to time it right to ride the wave of the future as old media continues to fade, he could get even more subscribers. We’ll see.