# The Daily Show, April 07, 2011 Glenn Beck is going **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 8, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-april-07-2011-glenn-beck-is-going/577660 "2011-04-08T14:32:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-april-07-2011-glenn-beck-is-going/577660/21 "2011-04-08T19:35:09Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Byron Williams took Beck seriously enough to try to kill some people Beck singled out on his show, Stupid dyslexia. I had a serious WTF moment for a second there. “Bryan Williams did _what_?” ---
**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:** [April 8, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-april-07-2011-glenn-beck-is-going/577660/22 "2011-04-08T19:56:31Z")
I thought he walked the line really well of pissing on the show while only making fun of the person. I’ll admit it wasn’t funny the entire time, but little bits here and there were great. The one I really liked was him erasing parts of the Bible to make it say that Beck was Jesus, and then telling you to go look it up. It sounded like something that would be said by the biblical conspiracy theorist who works with my dad. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-april-07-2011-glenn-beck-is-going/577660/23 "2011-04-08T19:56:41Z")
It was too long. But I loved his line about how Glenn Beck isn’t exactly Paul Revere. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-april-07-2011-glenn-beck-is-going/577660/24 "2011-04-08T20:01:38Z")
It was a tad too long, but just enough that there really wasn’t time for another bit. I think it was brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-april-07-2011-glenn-beck-is-going/577660/25 "2011-04-08T20:03:23Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > \*\*… > \*\*Byron Williams took Beck seriously enough to try to kill some people Beck singled out on his show, although I’m sure that guy was ill in the head. It’s easy to show what was wrong with Beck’s arguments, but it’s not unfair to pick on him. He deserves nothing but contempt. Could you give a summary about this? I know I can look it up, but I am not familiar with this event. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-april-07-2011-glenn-beck-is-going/577660/26 "2011-04-09T00:00:55Z")
Byron Williams is a guy that got into a shootout with Oakland (CA) police last summer after he was pulled over on his way into San Francisco. He was on his way into town to shoot up the ACLU office and an environmental group that Beck has been recently bashing. I believe he said in interviews that Beck had made him aware of the danger they posed. But he was hardly a clear headed guy before listening to Beck. He had a history of issues and was on parole for bank robbery. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-april-07-2011-glenn-beck-is-going/577660/27 "2011-04-09T00:58:14Z")
Parts of it kept cutting away-but Comedy Central has has many problems with it’s Daily Show/Colbert Flash episodes. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-april-07-2011-glenn-beck-is-going/577660/28 "2011-04-09T01:39:01Z")
I didn’t like the episode. I find Jon doing a Beck impersonation boring. I would have rather him cover something/anything else that’s going on in the world right now. I know the show not just about the news, but how the news is covered… but like I said, I just find it boring. Edit. Maybe it’s just because I don’t watch Beck. I’ve seen his show a few times, and know about the rally. But have no idea what he’s been up to lately and don’t care. Sure I hope he gets fired, but… ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-april-07-2011-glenn-beck-is-going/577660/29 "2011-04-09T01:53:22Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > **What do you call an act like that?!?** > > Saying it’s not fair isn’t the point - although I think it’s perfectly fair game. Beck’s not a mental patient. He’s a guy cynically playing a character so he can make an easy buck. I didn’t think so at first, but over time it became obvious. He may have started by working from his own real opinions, and maybe Jon Stewart is right that he later bought into his own hype, but he was doing his show to make money and exploit his audience - some of whom probably understood it was an act, but others were ignorant and dumb enough to take his garbage seriously. Byron Williams took Beck seriously enough to try to kill some people Beck singled out on his show, although I’m sure that guy was ill in the head. It’s easy to show what was wrong with Beck’s arguments, but it’s not unfair to pick on him. He deserves nothing but contempt. > > “I am going to fuck you with the truth” almost out-Colberts Colbert. 😃 I think it’s fair to make fun of him, but I think Beck _is_ a mental case. Even if he doesn’t buy his own bullshit, there’s still a grandiose delusion. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-april-07-2011-glenn-beck-is-going/577660/30 "2011-04-09T02:35:14Z")
He was going to fuck our \*ears \*with the truth. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-april-07-2011-glenn-beck-is-going/577660/31 "2011-04-09T09:07:46Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Parts of it kept cutting away-but Comedy Central has has many problems with it’s Daily Show/Colbert Flash episodes. The episodes are back on Hulu, I’m watching them there. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-april-07-2011-glenn-beck-is-going/577660/32 "2011-04-09T13:41:02Z")
I thought it was a great send-up, but also a tribute of sorts to Beck’s ability to bring the crazy over the past couple of years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-april-07-2011-glenn-beck-is-going/577660.md?page=1)