# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/101 "2009-09-25T00:13:19Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > No. Then we waterboarded them. > > Salamanders _love_ being waterboarded. You biologists and your fraternity pranks. ETA: Folks, even if you hate Beck, he never gets a hold of a frog. He has one for an instant, but you can see it jump out of his hand at :32 as he is taking his hock out of the enclosure. Then he just closes his hand like he has something in it, without grabbing anything, and then moves along to do the rest of the bit. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/102 "2009-09-25T01:07:09Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > You biologists and your fraternity pranks. > > ETA: Folks, even if you hate Beck, he never gets a hold of a frog. He has one for an instant, but you can see it jump out of his hand at :32 as he is taking his hock out of the enclosure. Then he just closes his hand like he has something in it, without grabbing anything, and then moves along to do the rest of the bit. I’ll believe what I want to believe, damn it!!! Facts shall not sway me in the light of a higher truth!!! _(Can I parley this into a highly paid position somewhere in Republicandom?)_ ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/103 "2009-09-25T01:15:14Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > ETA: Folks, even if you hate Beck, he never gets a hold of a frog. He has one for an instant, but you can see it jump out of his hand at :32 as he is taking his hock out of the enclosure. Then he just closes his hand like he has something in it, without grabbing anything, and then moves along to do the rest of the bit. So, basically, he throws nothing into a pot of boiling water? That’s as good a descritption of the Glenn Beck Show as I’ve ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![CyclopticXander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/104 "2009-09-25T06:34:54Z")
I’m starting to consider the possibility that he set up that wacky situation just because he knew people would think he really killed a frog and get upset about it. Then he gets another example of how persecuted he is. I must admit the calculus of this demonstration is super fascinating to me. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/105 "2009-09-25T06:55:01Z")
It really doesn’t look like a frog went into the water to me. Though he seems to be implying that he is throwing Obama into the pot in frog-effigy. If you are interested in some real shit about Beck, check out [this article](http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/16/beck_skousen/index.html). ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/106 "2009-09-25T20:44:32Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Better experience was my stint as a toad wrangler. [Channeling Mason Williams…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTSSlP8CbWw) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/107 "2009-09-25T21:33:17Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > [Channeling Mason Williams…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTSSlP8CbWw) Maybe on his next show Beck can have Sarah Palin come in and goose a moose. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/108 "2009-09-25T22:20:53Z")
Hmmm… I wonder what happens if you put Sarah Palin in a big hot tub of water and start heating it slowly… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/109 "2009-09-25T22:51:16Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Do you know what happens to a frog when it’s struck into boiling water? > > The same thing that happens to everything else. /b/ masturbates to it? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/110 "2009-09-25T23:06:16Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > /b/ masturbates to it? Trick answer. /b/ masturbates to everything. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/111 "2009-09-26T06:09:20Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Hmmm… I wonder what happens if you put Sarah Palin in a big hot tub of water and start heating it slowly… This sounds like the start of a porn film. Which is really about the only thing Palin can be considered to be qualified to do. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/112 "2009-09-26T06:14:39Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Maybe on his next show Beck can have Sarah Palin come in and goose a moose. Politics aside, that just never ends well. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333/113 "2009-09-26T11:59:15Z")
> [@Michael\_Ellis](#): > > This sounds like the start of a porn film. Which is really about the only thing Palin can be considered to be qualified to do. Apparently you haven’t heard of _[Who’s Nailin Palin](http://www.zimbio.com/Nailin+Palin/articles/11/Who+s+Nailin+Palin)_? [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=5)