JDaveG Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 ajc.com > Associated Press storyFox's Glenn Beck announces comedy tourBy DAVID BAUDERNEW YORK — Glenn Beck, Fox News Channel's latest sensation, is taking a comedy show on the road for six live performances over six days during the first week of June.Beck calls his act a "poor man's Seinfeld" and intends to mix topical humor with his modern-day reimagining of Thomas Paine's 1776 pamphlet "Common Sense."The radio and TV talk show host will start June 1 in Denver, then perform in theaters in Phoenix, San Diego, Kansas City, Houston and Richmond, Va., over the next five days, he said. The Kansas City show on June 4 will air as a live simulcast in select theaters across the country and as a recorded broadcast in theaters a week later, a spokesman for Beck said.Beck has done such live performances in the past, most recently during the downtime between his departure from CNN's HLN network and joining Fox's schedule in January.His profile has increased exponentially since then, with his 5 p.m. show nearly doubling Fox's ratings in the time slot. He's become a favorite target for Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert to lampoon, and been criticized by liberals for over-the-top criticisms of President Barack Obama."I couldn't have guessed this success at Fox," Beck said. "We would never have put money down on the table that we would have had this kind of success."Since he began doing live performances in 2004, Beck has appeared before more than 100,000 fans.The live shows give him the chance to see firsthand what sort of themes are resonating among his regular followers, Beck said. For the first time during his most recent tour, there seemed to be no regional differences in the concerns that his fans expressed, he said."I learn something from the audience," he said. "I know my thoughts but I can see their reaction to things." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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logic Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 A poor mans Seinfeld?So his standup act is going to be even less funnier than Jerry Seinfeld's?smhAnd wasn't Thomas Paine an athiest?So this is who the devout mormon who claims the cause of America's downfall is that we have "shut out God" has chosen to summon?smh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backnblack Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 I thought he had been doing comedy all along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDaveG Posted April 13, 2009 Author Share Posted April 13, 2009 I thought he had been doing comedy all along. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransack Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 I'll give Beck some credit. He does bring up some good topics and does occasionally make a good point or two but you have to dig through all the other hype and bs to get to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logic Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 I'll give Beck some credit. He does bring up some good topics and does occasionally make a good point or two but you have to dig through all the other hype and bs to get to it.Sounds like the average rapper... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st4ngeI2 Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 pretty cool - i like beck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 he's about as funny as Carlos Mencia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pencilpusher. just because Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 I thought he had been doing comedy all along. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pencilpusher. just because Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 what part of the show will he be crying?And in 15 years he has been seen by 100,000 people? #### I would say 100,000 people have seen me in 15 years and I'm not even trying to be seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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