A Farewell: Mediaite’s Favorite Controversial, Wacky, And Tear-Stained Glenn Beck Moments

Bon Voyage

by Jon Bershad and Frances Martel | 4:03 pm, June 30th, 2011

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The state of American media on January 18th, 2009 was an ambivalent one, at best. With a not-so-beloved president stepping down to make way for historic change to hit the White House, many wondered how the tenor of political coverage– a tenor that had appeared to peak in cynicism and malaise– would evolve in a new era of Barack Obama™ “Hope and Change.” On that day, an obscure former Headline News host debuted his new program on Fox News, and as he departs two years later, we can safely say Glenn Beck has left an indelible mark on the history of cable news. Below a compilation of Mediaite’s most memorable moments from the program.

These two and a half years of Glenn Beck’s stunning success at making enemies and rounding up viewers have produced one of the most diverse repertoires of political commentary in the cable news format as we know it. We’ve laughed at boiling frogs, we’ve shivered with tiny chihuahuas representing the mainstream media, we’ve scoffed at the power of Van Jones and scratched our heads at the Overton Window (and The Overton Window), and did more than our fair share of crying (well, Beck did most of the crying for us). In honor of the show that gave us so much to talk about, and in reservation as to how it will be possible to explain the hold Glenn Beck had on the public sphere during his two years on Fox News to future generations, we have divided our favorite moments into three categories: the most entertaining, the most emotional, and the most completely inexplicable moments to happen on the program.

We begin our fond look back with the most entertaining moments in the history of Glenn Beck:
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Liberal Tormentor – tormenting liberals with logic and facts since 1972

You two aren’t kidding anyone. You will be hanging on his every word at GBTV too. You’re obsessed with the man, as all liberals are.
Jon Bershad

Liberal Tormentor - tormenting liberals with logic and facts since 1972 said:
You two aren’t kidding anyone. You will be hanging on his every word at GBTV too. You’re obsessed with the man, as all liberals are.

When exactly did we say we wouldn’t be?
Liberal Tormentor – tormenting liberals with logic and facts since 1972

Just pointing out the obvious.
Jon Bershad

Liberal Tormentor - tormenting liberals with logic and facts since 1972 said:
Just pointing out the obvious.

That the two people who have been watching every single episode of a TV show, have an encyclopedic knowledge of it, just spent an hour creating a slide show to celebrate it, and (most importantly) never claimed to not like it may actually…like it?

You’re right. That is pretty darn obvious. Good job.
Greg

Liberal Tormentor - tormenting liberals with logic and facts since 1972 said:
You two aren’t kidding anyone. You will be hanging on his every word at GBTV too. You’re obsessed with the man, as all liberals are.

Indignation is not always righteous.
Alice67

Tootles Beckerhead.
TfT

I didn’t watch a lot of Beck, but I do so remember the dog barking incident; I laughed so hard I cried over it. I recall in those days, Glynnis was here doing her Beck story of the day and we shared a good loud chuckle over that episode.

Beck will be3 missed; he is coming up live shortly, and I expect a lot of stories about him tonight.

I remember meeting Beck back in the 2000 race when he was a little known entity broadcasting out of a station not far from my house. He was a good man then, he is a good man now. I wish him luck and all the best. Mediaite will be hurting for certain without Beck to bash around …oh wait, there is always GBTV and I presume ya’ll will cover GBTV more than you cover Current and the hater.
Thelonious Funk

I hope this doesn’t affect Glenn Beck University. Me am want to learns.
Paul G

Who wants to bet on the final comment count in this? LOL
Cecelia

I’m going to miss Beck’s Joe Klein impersonations.

They captured his psyche, but otherwise sounded nothing like him, which was what made them so priceless!
Cecelia

Beck once received some sort of gift from a union boss he had raked over the coals.

This caused him to do a long hilarious riff likening the gift to the scene from The Godfather where the guy wakes up with a horse head in his bed.
http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

I kind of wish the post embedded all of the videos in the slideshow. Of course by making us click back and forth, it’ll help with pageviews, but it also means that I’m going to have to set aside a period of time to fully enjoy this post.
http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

ETA: Of course, if the vids were embedded, the post would still take time, but once I click back, then there’s the risk I’m going to have to re-read the commentary, load times and what-not, plus it’s just easier to procrastinate, if everything’s not just here in one place.

Otherwise, the post looks exhaustive and I look forward to enjoying its fruits.

Oh and for the record, though I probably don’t agree with 95% of Beck’s political stances and have occasionally pointed out things that he’s failing to mention or have overlooked, I still appreciate his skill as an an entertainer and when it comes to that role, he’ll certainly be missed.
seek

We all learned a lot from Beck. Learned things about past Presidents I’d never heard (not in any history book I ever had in school).

His was a very well researched program. Some of his goofy antics had you laughing but you were still learning, and that never hurt anyone.
WilsonTheHeretic

Oh man, Good job Jon and Frances. It has been one hell of a ride. I actually found Mediaite just after Glenn moved to Fox, and have been reading ever since. Hard to believe it hasn’t even been three years.
purveyor

“Did you know that Freedom exists in a school book

The Servants have the power”

They are afraid Glenn, very afraid of you. Be careful on your journey…
purveyor

Jon Bershad said:
When exactly did we say we wouldn’t be?

What, is there a problem I have missed? Has MEDIAITE done something improper?

Not that I have noticed, at least not so overt that… never mind

I enjoy the site. Thank you
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Thelonious Funk said:
I hope this doesn’t affect Glenn Beck University. Me am want to learns.

Give it up, public schools have damaged your brain–it’s obvious from any of your posts.
http://none pyrope

A Farewell: Mediaite’s Favorite Controversial, Wacky, And Tear-Stained Glenn Beck Moments

I didn’t take time to look at your “moments” because I know what liberal hacks and liars the both of you are.
george L

Bottom line. You won’t see much comment about Glenn Beck once he is gone from cable TV. We just do not care what he says to idiots who are willing to pay $10 per month to “learn” from him.
Whether he was a hero or a villain or a genius or a fool to those who could watch him for free, the fact that he was on Fox News gave him more credibility than he deserved.

Glenn Beck is now past tense.