# Jon Stewart does Glenn Beck **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 6, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck/516582 "2009-11-06T15:53:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck/516582/41 "2009-11-07T04:31:54Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Can someone post a transcript or description for those of us who don’t live in the US, and thus, can’t watch the video? Are you living in an “Axis of Evil” country, because I can watch it all here in Australia. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck/516582/42 "2009-11-07T05:10:48Z")
you can download it off many iTunes, if you’re willing to drop a couple bucks. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck/516582/43 "2009-11-07T06:16:26Z")
I thought the clip was great, but the Stephen colbert one wasn’t bad too- his pure quoting of Glen Beck on disliking the family’s of the 9-11 victims just brought the Audience down to SUCH a somber mood, but he didn’t really go in to finish him off after that one. He could have REALLY just crushed the man right there if he had wanted to with the way that audience reaction was. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck/516582/44 "2009-11-07T06:43:41Z")
I for one am all for stealing Glenn Beck internal organ by internal organ. I wonder how long it would take for him to go off the air after they got his brain. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck/516582/45 "2009-11-07T07:33:36Z")
His Beck parody was a beautiful thing, but last week’s take-down of Fox’s news-entertainment-let’s _literally_ make the news" methods was on par with anything Thomas Nast ever did, the sort of thing that should be shown in classes. The [entire first 12 minutes](http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/253737/thu-october-29-2009-wanda-sykes) or so really, but particular the parts beginning around 5:00 about “news v. opinion” (in which he uses Fox’s own words to hang them) . I started to open a thread on it last week for it’s “wow”-ness. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck/516582/46 "2009-11-07T07:55:11Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > His Beck parody was a beautiful thing, but last week’s take-down of Fox’s news-entertainment-let’s _literally_ make the news" methods was on par with anything Thomas Nast ever did, the sort of thing that should be shown in classes. > > The [entire first 12 minutes](http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/253737/thu-october-29-2009-wanda-sykes) or so really, but particular the parts beginning around 5:00 about “news v. opinion” (in which he uses Fox’s own words to hang them) . I started to open a thread on it last week for it’s “wow”-ness. That was a good piece and great to watch but it lacked the pure entertainment value of the Glen Beck clip. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck/516582/47 "2009-11-07T08:11:27Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > I for one am all for stealing Glenn Beck internal organ by internal organ. I wonder how long it would take for him to go off the air after they got his brain. That happened several years ago and he’s still going strong. ETA, oh, I loved the OP skit too. I even posted it to my Facebook page and tried to explain it to my overseas friends with not much success. Glen Beck is an unknown entity for the most part outside the US, thank goodness. I told them Stewart was being kind, considering that Beck is WAY crazier than that. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck/516582/48 "2009-11-07T11:53:16Z")
> [@ToeJam](#): > > I thought the clip was great, but the Stephen colbert one wasn’t bad too- his pure quoting of Glen Beck on disliking the family’s of the 9-11 victims just brought the Audience down to SUCH a somber mood, but he didn’t really go in to finish him off after that one. > > He could have REALLY just crushed the man right there if he had wanted to with the way that audience reaction was. Would you happen to have a link? I would LOVE to see that. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck/516582/49 "2009-11-07T13:02:51Z")
Linked in Post #9 - the 10/31 Project. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck/516582/50 "2009-11-07T13:12:52Z")
ETA: Didn’t refresh. singular1 beat me by wide margin. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck/516582/51 "2009-11-07T13:17:52Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Are you living in an “Axis of Evil” country, because I can watch it all here in Australia. I can watch it in SOCIALIST SWEDEN. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck/516582/52 "2009-11-07T14:53:47Z")
And I can watch it in TINY-BIT-LESS SOCIALIST-THAN-SWEDEN FINLAND. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck/516582/53 "2009-11-07T15:01:46Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Glen Beck is an unknown entity for the most part outside the US Good… he’s been successfully contained. Now if we just work on that one country. I’ll never in my life understand his success. He’s crazy, he’s mean, he’s Mormon (which I mention because many of his core fans are people who consider Mormonism a heresy at best), he’s proudly ignorant and uneducated, he’s not witty, he whines, he’s been caught in several lies, and he’s unattractive to boot. What the hell is his appeal? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck/516582/54 "2009-11-07T15:16:43Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Good… he’s been successfully contained. Now if we just work on that one country. > I’ll never in my life understand his success. He’s crazy, he’s mean, he’s Mormon (which I mention because many of his core fans are people who consider Mormonism a heresy at best), he’s proudly ignorant and uneducated, he’s not witty, he whines, he’s been caught in several lies, and he’s unattractive to boot. What the hell is his appeal? If I understand my conservative leaning friends correctly, it’s because he scares the lieberals to death. Which is why us Demorats try to tear him down whenever he speaks truth to power. Yes, I do have crazy friends. Why do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck/516582/55 "2009-11-07T17:08:08Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > My profuse apologies. > I watch Fox New pretty much never, but my FIL could be a parrot for them. > > Where in the heck did Glen Beck come from? He just seems to have catapulted into the national awareness, what, in the last year or so. First time I saw him I thought he was a TVpreacher that decided to try politics. He’s a crackpot. He’s basically a morning shock jock that found his niche spouting right wing talking points. Salon ran a pretty interesting series of articles about him a couple of months ago: [http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/21/glenn\_beck/index2.html](http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/21/glenn_beck/index2.html) Even if you detest the man (like I do), the articles still offer a fascinating portrait of the world from which he came. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck/516582/56 "2009-11-07T17:30:12Z")
> [@maladroit](#): > > I saw this comment over at the freep today, thought you might like to giggle along with me. > > [Jon Stewart Parodies Glenn Beck](http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2380040/posts) > > “As you watch the clip it becomes increasingly obvious Stewart is actually doing a parody on Beck’s show though I don’t think it is all that obvious in the very beginning.” This does seem unusual, but then again, keep in mind these are the same unable-to-understand-parody sort of people who think [Oscar the Grouch hates Fox News](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20091105/pl_ynews/ynews_pl968). ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck/516582/57 "2009-11-07T18:54:47Z")
More alarming than his shock-jock career- if only to me- is that he came to Fox from CNN. Again- this is a man with NO journalistic training who makes no pretenses of being a journalist, in fact vehemently denies it, and in fact never completed a college class, and yet he had a show on CNN. Between him, Nancy Grace, Lou Dobbs, and Jane Velez Mitchell I think I know why they go by the acronym: no announcer could say “We’re Cable **News** Network” without laughing. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck/516582/58 "2009-11-08T00:40:25Z")
Glenn Beck’s pupose is to make the rest of the right-wing pundits seem believable. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck/516582/59 "2009-11-08T02:24:40Z")
> [@ToeJam](#): > > I thought the clip was great, but the Stephen colbert one wasn’t bad too- his pure quoting of **Glen Beck on disliking the family’s of the 9-11 victims** just brought the Audience down to SUCH a somber mood, but he didn’t really go in to finish him off after that one. > > He could have REALLY just crushed the man right there if he had wanted to with the way that audience reaction was. Bolding mine. Whoa, when did Beck say THAT?!?! (He says so many idiotic and offensive bullshit that it’s hard to keep up) ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck/516582/60 "2009-11-08T03:08:39Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Good… he’s been successfully contained. Now if we just work on that one country. Hilarious! But I will take a slight issue with you regarding his looks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck/516582.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck/516582.md?page=4)