Glenn Beck Announces Comedy Tour...World Finally Gets It

Earlier this Easter Sunday, Glenn Beck, breakout star of Fox News and living proof that strong men also cry, announced a six-stop comedy tour starting June 1. The American public responded positively, noting that they finally "get it."

"All this time I thought I was laughing at him, but I realize now that I was laughing with him," noted Michael Rhys, a student at West Virginia University and regular viewer of The Colbert Report, where Beck's performance pieces are regularly reviewed. Rhys said he plans to travel to Richmond for Beck's last tour-stop. "I hope he says something vaguely racist about President Obama and then zooms in on his eyes, and maybe starts crying. I now realize that that stuff is priceless, and not just a terrifying demonstration of the far right's increasing lack of any sense of reality."

A Colbert Report staff member who wishes to remain anonymous noted that "not letting everyone else in on the joke was pretty hard. Here we are, constantly cherry-picking his best routines, his most over-the-top hysterics, his claims that Grand Theft Auto is the root of all evil, his comparing An Inconvient Truth to Hitler, I mean, I could go on and on. But somehow people still didn't get it." The staffer sighed and shook her head, "I never thought we would have to spell it out for them. I mean, when did everyone stop being so cynical?"

Though it has not been substantiated as of press time, sources close to Beck have rumored that Joaquin Pheonix is considering joining up with the tour as an opening musical act.

Comments

[SlashPrower]

Truly one of the great comic geniuses of our time.

I get it now.

[ElBruce]

It would be awesome if Beck were like some Uber-Colbert.

[rocko2466]

I don't think he's just a comedian.

I think he actually believes what he says - and his comedy show will just be a way to get it out there.

[Patricia84]

This is verging on scary though.

[Jilly Gagnon - Huffpost Blogger]

"verging" is definitely a mild term for what it's doing...

[sheeshbrother]

Very funny.Than­ks Miss Jilly.

[Jilly Gagnon - Huffpost Blogger]

thank YOU!

[DumbDad]

What are we then to make of Dana Perino? The neo-con Dickie Smothers?

[Jilly Gagnon - Huffpost Blogger]

I'll say yes, mostly because I just had to Wikipedia who Dick Smothers IS. I assume she's a latter day Smothers brother.

[stevnjessie1]

I don't get right-wing humor.

[larry278]

I will make it a point to miss Beck. I have never seen or heard him. When I read of him on HP, I see that I have missed nothing. Beck is as dull as a neo-con Garrison Keller.
Since W is out of office, I don't hear him by accident. The same thing goes for Cheney, Limbaugh, O'Really, 2 often Sean & the rest of FAUX's talking heads. 2009 is going to be a great year for me.

[Jilly Gagnon - Huffpost Blogger]

I've never even IMAGINED anything as dull as a neo-con garrison keillor. Thank you for that - now i have a new litmus test.

[MakeThemStop]

Oh, don't diss Keillor. You may not appreciate his dry wit, but some of us are quite fond of him, and at least his politics are compatible with HuffPost-ers. Besides, you will never hear or see him blubbering in public.

[destruct1]

yeah....yo­u wouldn't know that by the ratings. Good try though...y­ou can remain a miserable person like most on here.

[Jilly Gagnon - Huffpost Blogger]

you're right - if someone has high ratings, they MUST be good!

[E. Jean Carroll - Huffpost Blogger]

Love it, Miss Jilly!

[Jilly Gagnon - Huffpost Blogger]

thanks much!

[isawsasquatch]

Say...aren­'t you that NPR-hating neo-con chick that writes for Rush Limbaugh?!? What gives??

[Jilly Gagnon - Huffpost Blogger]

who writes STAND-UP for him.

[SurrealPumpkin]

He can stand?

[Gusser]

Thank you, thank you. I feel so stupid!!! Now, at last, I get it! Glenn is a comic genius!

[Jilly Gagnon - Huffpost Blogger]

Don't feel stupid - he was a master craftsman, laying out the longest performance piece the country has seen in ages.

[MagicalPossibilities]

Oh man I feel like a total idiot too... :-P

[FrankenPC]

Sacha better watch out. Beck is a comic genius. ;-)

[Jilly Gagnon - Huffpost Blogger]

Yes, he truly is a professional.