# Did Glenn Beck kill a frog on live TV, or is he just an idiot? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 24, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333 "2009-09-24T03:28:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/61 "2009-09-24T18:22:58Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Well, now that it’s waking hours again, you’ve got a misspelling in your user name. Nah. It’s just spelled weird. ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/62 "2009-09-24T18:32:15Z")
Actually, it’s spelled wierd. ---
**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/63 "2009-09-24T18:32:54Z")
Correction: it’s spelled wierdly. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/64 "2009-09-24T18:39:04Z")
> [@wierdaaron](#): > > Correction: it’s spelled wierdly. No it isn’t. **VarlosZ** is probably right that if people here saw this joke on Colbert or coming from someone who they were sure was joking, they would probably find it funny. Colbert actually _did_ use the boiling water thing as his final comment on the Bush years back on January 20, but unfortunately he didn’t pretend to boil a frog on air. That would’ve been better. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/65 "2009-09-24T18:49:50Z")
If Colbert did it, he would do it in a way that made _sense_. If Beck was really faking it as a joke, could somebody please explain the joke? I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/66 "2009-09-24T18:55:26Z")
I’ll bet the frog jumped out of the water as soon as no one was looking. It’s a common behavior among frogs in the entertainment industry. Or so I’ve heard. ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/67 "2009-09-24T18:55:56Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > No it isn’t. > > **VarlosZ** is probably right that if people here saw this joke on Colbert or coming from someone who they were sure was joking, they would probably find it funny. Colbert actually _did_ use the boiling water thing as his final comment on the Bush years back on January 20, but unfortunately he didn’t pretend to boil a frog on air. That would’ve been better. Maybe, but only because the delivery would have been better. And if it wasn’t for this thread, and the out of context clip on Youtube, if I was just watching the original airing, it wouldn’t even have occurred to me that he may have actually killed a frog. ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/68 "2009-09-24T19:03:25Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > If Colbert did it, he would do it in a way that made _sense_. If Beck was really faking it as a joke, could somebody please explain the joke? I don’t get it. It’s not the type of joke you explain. It was gag, you either think it’s funny or you don’t, there’s nothing to “get”. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/69 "2009-09-24T19:03:34Z")
Is this that Glenn Beck who people are saying raped and killed a girl in 1990? Now, I’m not saying it’s true, but people are saying it, and I sure wish he’d come clean with some kind of evidence that he didn’t rape and kill a girl in 1990. He can boil a frog, but he can’t present evidence that he didn’t rape and kill a girl in 1990? I have concerns. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/70 "2009-09-24T19:07:50Z")
He’ll need to provide the long form from the archives, too. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/71 "2009-09-24T19:15:33Z")
> [@hamlet](#): > > is this that glenn beck who people are saying raped and killed a girl in 1990? Now, i’m not saying it’s true, but people are saying it, and i sure wish he’d come clean with some kind of evidence that he didn’t rape and kill a girl in 1990. He can boil a frog, but he can’t present evidence that he didn’t rape and kill a girl in 1990? I have concerns. nazi socialist!!! ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/72 "2009-09-24T19:29:27Z")
> [@emcee2k](#): > > It’s not the type of joke you explain. It was gag, you either think it’s funny or you don’t, there’s nothing to “get”. This would carry a lot more weight if people said they watch Glenn Beck because he’s funny. They don’t. They watch him because he “speaks truth to power,” because he provides a rallying point, because he _sniff_ _cares_ about _choke_ this great country of ours. If he’s funny, I ain’t laughin’, and neither are his followers. They _believe_. Show me _one_ person who likes watching Colbert because they think he speaks truth when he talks about how bears are the number one threat to the country. Heck, show me someone who likes Beck because he’s funny. I’d love to be shown wrong. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/73 "2009-09-24T19:29:30Z")
I don’t really think Glen Beck is a Nazi socialist, but that would certainly explain certain troubling aspects of his personal history. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/74 "2009-09-24T19:35:26Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > nazi socialist!!! This isn’t a partisan issue. I’m not out to “get” Glenn Beck just because of his politics. It’s about justice and being safe. If Glenn Beck raped and murdered a girl in 1990, and I’m not saying he did, but if he did, he should pay for that crime. Yet you don’t see any of the mainstream media, let alone FOXNews, covering the story of whether or not Glenn Beck raped and murdered a girl in 1990. Why not? It’s not about politics, it’s about the truth. And I haven’t seen any proof that he didn’t, for sure, rape and kill a young girl in 1990, and he hasn’t answered the allegations. Again, I’m not saying he did, but some people are saying he might have, so we should know for sure. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/75 "2009-09-24T19:40:55Z")
Was this girl named Juanita Broaddrick, by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/76 "2009-09-24T19:45:28Z")
Nobody tell Glenn about when Solomon suggesting cutting a baby in two. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/77 "2009-09-24T19:50:10Z")
Now, whats this story I keep hearing about Glenn Beck cutting a baby in half? ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/78 "2009-09-24T19:57:21Z")
Crunchy Raw Unboned Real Dead FrogTM ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/79 "2009-09-24T20:02:00Z")
According to Salon, in 1990, Beck was working at a radio station in Baltimore. Also in Baltimore in 1990 there were 305 reported murders, at least some of those with young female victims. Now I’m not saying Glenn Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990, but there are questions. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/80 "2009-09-24T20:13:41Z")
> [@sqweels](#): > > Crunchy Raw Unboned Real Dead FrogTM You forgot “boiled”. So: _Crunchy Raw Unboned Real Dead BOILED FrogTM_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333.md?page=5)