Common Sense Comedy Tour Review

Glenn Beck challenged his listeners to write a preemptive review of his upcoming Comedy Tour, in the form of a liberal journalist. I thought if I had a minute today, I would see what I could come up with. Surprisingly, I did have a few minutes! On his website, he had a few points we had to cover. And I think there is a prize for the "most accurate". Anyway, here is what I came up with.

Those of us who live in the real world, brace yourselves! Banjo-playing, Bible-thumping, sheet-wearing, radical right wing zombies are braving an evening away from their apocalyptic bunkers and dozens of brainwashed kids for a night on the town. Is it another embarrassingly unsuccessful Tea Party? Surprisingly, no. It is in support of their fearless, or fanatical leader, Glenn Beck.

Glenn Beck, shock jock turned investigative journalist, is stepping out of his “War Room” in the Fox News compound, and into the world of comedy. Or so he is advertising with his Common Sense Comedy Tour. Possibly the task of verifying simple facts became overbearing, and since the rest of the world was laughing at him, he might as well profit from it.

The Common Sense Tour is a typically excruciating Glenn Beck production, which inevitably involves bulging forehead veins, streaming tears, pit stains, and a frightening look into the future. If you tune out the Republican shill disguised as comedy, and focus singularly on his laughable appearance, you might get your money’s worth. Instead of listening to his sardonic monologue, picture him walking the halls of your junior high. What ridicule an overweight, almost translucent skinned, perpetually perspiring, prepubescent must have endured. Most grow out of their awkward stage. Instead Mr. Beck added to the unfortunate list an unknown hair color and loud mouth demeanor.

The emotional and overcharged evangelical style might appeal to the small-minded disenfranchised minority of Americans, but for the rest of us who still have our spinal chord attached to our brain, save your money! To paraphrase an overused quote by Mr. Beck, “if you pay money to listen to his comedic gospel, you’re an idiot.”