Beck's performance in "The Christmas Sweater" was inspiring and emotional. It's a shame that the anti-Christmas attitude that prevails in the country stopped most people from seeing it.

best news I've read all day.

Which is weird, because I see this as Glenn Beck returning to his true talent: performance art.

I keep waiting for him to take a bow, announce that it's all been a stunt, and return to his husband and his longtime secret membership in the Yes Men.

Shoot, I didn't see that advertised around my city. It would be worthwhile to get a big group together to go see it and mock him. It could be bigger than Rocky Horror!

So now we jackbooted liberal fascists are literally preventing you wingnuts from going to the movies, aL? Really? How do we do that? What Gestapo tactics do we use to prevent you from driving to the mall and buying a ticket? And if we're such fascists, why don't we use those tactics to prevent you from showing up at tea parties, or voting Republican?

By the way, it appears that this was streamed in movie theaters one day last December, and the box office was shabby then, too. Man, we Nazilibs must have been out in force that day....

I saw someone reading one of beck's books and wanted to talk him out of his delusions, but I was afraid he was packing heat.

Maybe he is giving away too much craziness every day for free. What's going to happen next year when he spends the entire year unveiling the 'Plan', which is supposed to last for 100 years? Will the bubble burst or enlarge his following?

Maybe if Obama moves on to talking about deficit reduction after the health care bill, it will take some of his thunder away.

FYI, Al is a mostly a very clever parody of Republican "thought." Don't get upset with his comments: enjoy a good laugh!

...Al is mostly...

...Al is mostly...

I will credit Beck for this: he doesn't actually promise any tangible return on your investment in his crap.

Quaker, it won't work. People mock RHPS, but they mock it because they love it. It's so bad it's good, and it was clearly written to BE so bad it's good.

This is just horrible. It's fun to mock something that doesn't take itself remotely seriously to begin with. It just feels sick and cruel to mock a trainwreck.

Olbermann has him pegged perfectly: Lonesome Rhodes. See Andy Griffith in "A Face in the Crowd" if you haven't. Great film, and so timely.

About a month or so ago, there was a long article in Salon which described Beck’s life. In his younger days, when he was breaking into radio, he was one of those “morning zoo” guys. That is, they would do stupid, outrageous things on the radio in order to increase their ratings.

I see his present gig as nothing more that a continuation of the “morning zoo” show. Ratings and money are the goals, nothing else matters.

I would that that Beck wouldn't draw that well in the big cities like NY Boston and DC. But what about all those loser 1-horse towns where Sarah Palin went on her book tour? I wonder if Beck did better in those places

FYI, Al is a mostly a very clever parody of Republican "thought."

Actually, look carefully, this is aL. We also have an Al who is a troll.

Steve is right on, but if you want the delicious pottymouth take on this, in all its brilliance, see the Rude Pundit.

http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/

Beck has discovered that there is more money, in the long run (and you can't be cancelled), in following in the footsteps of Tony Robbins, Depak Chopra, and the rest of the "inspirational" speakers/writers.

And then there are the Groupies. . .

Actually, look carefully, this is aL. We also have an Al who is a troll.

Nope, Al is 100 percent parody as well.

IN ARIZONA SMALL TOWN, MET OPERA HAS MORE FANS THAN GLEN BECK HAS IN LARGE CITIES

The rebroadcast -- the rebroadcast -- of the Met in HD in a Sierra Vista Arizona, a GW Bush and generally ultra-conservative city, got about 30 people at $25 each.

(yes, I was there)

Beck sold only 17 tickets in Boston, another 17 in New York, and just 30 in Washington, DC.

And those people were really pissed when Jeff Beck didn't show up.

When do we start calling Beck "Elmer Gantry"?

When do we start calling Beck "Elmer Gantry"?
When do we start calling Beck "Elmer Fudd"?

I might have gone to see it, had it been called "The Christmas Robe"; there's something mystic and mysterious about a "robe". Even a "Christmas vestment" would have been OK; given our truncated economy, it might have been meant as a "Christmas INvestment" But, a "sweater"?!?!?!?!

Mental illness runs in Beck's family -- his mother and brother suffered from depression and committed suicide, and he considered suicide in the mid-'90s ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Sponsor Fathom Events called it a "once in a lifetime event,"
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Well, that's certainly my hope too, and I hope it turns out to be a nice long lifetime. Actually, even once may be surplus to an ideal arrangement of the universe.