Fox-TV’s ‘Glee’ Depicts ‘Heartless’ Dad of Pregnant Teen as Glenn Beck Fan

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"Judy! Glenn Beck is on!"

Editor's note: For more analysis of the episode, including a more detailed description of the "heartless" dad, see the Newsbusters link in the related section below.

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November 19, 2009 at 11:01 am - Fox
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Static99   November 19th, 2009 - 11:09 am

Nice sync job…the audio is only 1 minute ahead of the video.
Outside of that…what?

csldp03   November 19th, 2009 - 11:51 am

Really? I don’t know of ANY conservative who is a TRUE Christian dad doing this. So what we can gather is that the daughter was reflecting what she learned from her father who claimed it but not live it. President of the Chastity club? The only thing this show did was protray a stereo-type and not truth.

Andy from Beaverton   November 19th, 2009 - 11:51 am

I love Beck and I love Glee. It was funny!

stacy   November 19th, 2009 - 12:21 pm

This is when I turned the show off! So much of TV has these little digs. Totally made up by hollywood — they create their own reality!

The tinkling glass of booze is also a dig on wasp culture. The smart educated people in America all drink (bad) wine — not booze! These people are stupid!

It is not clever. It is not true. Not insightful. That is what makes it so painful to watch. The sad truth is that the people who write these scripts are just not that smart.

jason   November 19th, 2009 - 12:26 pm

Hatespeech.

See what we do about it:
http://cafepress.com/rightwingstuff

matro   November 19th, 2009 - 1:00 pm

Wow, how edgy? How Bold? It makes this series all too predictable…you can see this a mile away.

Also notice that the pot-dealing pedophile is painted in a much more favorable light than Quinn’s parents.

Other   November 19th, 2009 - 1:15 pm

Who cares? Still a good show.

Harry   November 19th, 2009 - 2:15 pm

Hollywood Idiots!

Drew   November 19th, 2009 - 2:42 pm

It should be noted that the mother of this girl’s boyfriend is also an established republican (with pictures of both Presidents Bush hanging in her house). The episode depicted her as loving, understanding and willing to take the pregnant girl into her home after she was kicked out by her parents. This wasn’t a dig at all conservatives. Just the snotty fakers. They do exist. Many of them are currently holding public office.

Dominic   November 19th, 2009 - 3:08 pm

Just another show that I will no longer watch

Ben Dover 4 Obama   November 19th, 2009 - 3:14 pm

If a bear farts in the woods & no one is there to hear it, did he really fart?

Translation:

Who’s watching this crappy show?

Don'tCriticiseConservatives   November 19th, 2009 - 3:55 pm

Glenn Beck is the number one hate-monger now, leading Limbaugh about 2 to 1.
Never criticise a conservative. They have God on their side…all others are demons.

vonclausewitz   November 19th, 2009 - 4:14 pm

I’d comment here but I have to go watch Glenn Beck. next….

Global Warming is REAL!   November 19th, 2009 - 7:15 pm

It’s Algore that’s fake!!

I listen to Glenn but never watched glee so who cares…. Not me!

Roger   November 19th, 2009 - 9:43 pm

I dont get it.

Taylor   November 19th, 2009 - 11:07 pm

I watch Glee, and will continue to watch it, but this comment has had me in an inner turmoil all day. I love Beck, and I’m sick and tired of the media and of popular entertainment trying to portray him as something that he simply is not–an unnecessarily angry, fear-mongering, WASPish, crybaby bigot. He’s just a regular guy who makes stupid jokes sometimes, gets fed up with elitists, admits his own mistakes (almost to the point of self-deprication) and genuinely cares about things.

sarahliquid   November 19th, 2009 - 11:47 pm

I love both shows, and this was an obvious dig. There was no reason to mention Beck or have pics of
Bush at the boyfrinds home at all. Those are clear political statements.

They should stick to the teen drama and singing, that is all anyone tunes in for. I think the public
is getting sick of messages and politics being stuck into all of our entertainment.

james   November 20th, 2009 - 12:37 am

thats how it is at my place in mexico. 4:oo pm people start to arrive to watch glen beck. we love him,hes a great american.americans are starting to wake up to see whos in the white house, and what we see, we dont like, for all the reasons you all know about now, thanks to fox news. can i get a amen.

WTF Idiots!   November 20th, 2009 - 1:19 am

If that guy had no teeth, lived in a trailer, and was covered with his own feces, then it would be a more accurate portrayal of the average Glenn Beck fan. This is too unrealistic.

Patricia   November 20th, 2009 - 1:35 am

I took Glee off the Tivo. I can’t stand the characters, except for the lead teacher. The “cute” pedophile teacher is an outrage, the bitchy wife is grating, and the skinny lovesick guidance counselor is weird. Of course the only “bad” character is the WCM — White Christian Male!

Buh bye, Glee.

Dan   November 20th, 2009 - 6:33 am

What’s wrong with being drunk? It may be all we have left 3 years from now. Please don’t demonize the only hope so many of us have for the future.

krickets   November 20th, 2009 - 7:41 am

Anyone who takes this show serious is missing the point. Everything is in your eye “token”. Truly innovative over the top greatness. The true depth is missed by too many and this will be it’s own downfall, unfortunately.

krickets   November 20th, 2009 - 8:10 am

The more I think about this the funnier it is;
The head of the chastity club is pregnant. The one who thinks he is the father never had sex with her. The reason two of the kids should date is because they both are “Jews”. The fat black girl can’t even get a date with the gay white kid. The lead characters wife passes out speed to all the students. One of the teachers is a marijuana dealer. One father knew the son was gay because ever since he was five all he wanted for Christmas was a nice set of pump shoes. They have to carry the cripple kid into the auditorium because there is no ramp, and on and on.

And they have a clip about Glenn Beck and everyone is insulted. This should be a show in itself.

krickets   November 20th, 2009 - 8:15 am

Oh wait. They did make a show about that, this one. There is the depth.

mimi   November 20th, 2009 - 8:43 am

I watch this show because my teenager loves the music, it is MY music but I wouldn’t dare tell her that. But guess what? Nice fiscal conservatives like me who are life long Republicans don’t all love Glenn Beck. I think he is a travesty for my party and I wish he would put a sock in it. My mom always said you attract more bees with sugar than with vinegar, he spews only vinegar. People from the dark side cannot take him seriously which makes any valid point silent. In a few years the show will be parodying the rush of illegals and the impossibilities of getting an xray and the ultimate failure of the “all mighty Obama”. No one can save this administration.

Vicki   November 20th, 2009 - 10:55 am

Naturally. I don’t even expect any better any more.I did like the music on the pilot but it
sinking downhill rapidly. It is not just the Glenn Beck comment (writers must have thought
they were oh-so clever) it is the constant bashing of Christians. The lack of basic respect
is appalling.

Avantretard   November 20th, 2009 - 11:11 am

To “DontCriticisConservatives?…Yes, Glenn is at 2 – Van Jones
and Anita Dunn…that’s pretty good.

To “WTFIdiots”…aaahhh there is the intelligent open minded liberal
we all hear about…in fairy tales.

Anyone who thinks Glenn spews “hate and vinegar” (mimi I am looking at
you) clearly has never watched his show. You can disagree with him, sure.
This is still a somewhat free country…but if you want to see hate go
watch MSNBC for a night. Maddow (I know, who???) and Olberman are over
top…but you will never hear them get slammed on a “sitcom”. There good
liberals (godless, mean) so they are o.k…But Rush (let’s make up rascist
comments and tell everyone he said them) and Glenn are the bad guys. Nice!

stumped   November 20th, 2009 - 11:29 am

I don’t understand why Hollywood and these TV networks keep putting out this trash that offends so many viewers. Do they really want to lose their viewership at the expense of a few nutcases?

Amanda   November 20th, 2009 - 11:31 am

The whole show, not just this episode, plays on stereotypes. You have the stereotypical gay kid fashonista, the dumb jock, the ambitious know-it-all. It’s all part of the show’s charism. I love Glenn Beck and I’m a conservative gun-toting Christian (well, Catholic actually). It wasn’t offensive.

truth   November 20th, 2009 - 11:36 am

The joke in all of this is, in reality, statistics show, that the kid of the single parent (mother) is more likely to be screwed up and sitting in a jail cell.

Oh, how Hollywood likes to turn the truth into a lie.

They just can’t handle the truth.

Phranc   November 20th, 2009 - 11:50 am

Sue Sylvester, cute cheerios, and good singing is why I watch it. One little dig at Beck and so many get their panties bunched. How about the episode where Sylvester fills the missing cheerleader spot with a mentally retarded girl? I think that alone would make up for 5 Beck digs. But don’t let that message from the show or the one of overcoming adversity, breaking from the popularity game and whats seen as “cool” or the other positive messages that the target audience needs to hear get in the way of your righteous indignation.

Drew   November 20th, 2009 - 12:16 pm

Having the Bush pictures in the house wasn’t a dig at conservatives. The woman was married to a soldier who died in Desert Storm. She is not some white trash druggie mother who doesn’t care about her family, and the father was not a deadbeat.
The episode was like watching a comparison between the Palin conservatives who practice what they preach, and the McCain conservatives who enjoy the parties in Washington more than they care about conservative values. Finn (the boyfriend) has a conservative mother who stands by him and his girlfriend even if they did get into trouble. Quinn’s (the girlfriend) parents make a big show out of claiming to be good Christians with their white dresses and purity balls, but don’t actually practice what they pretend to believe.

We’re not talking evil liberals vs. conservatives. We’re talking about conservatives vs. supposed conservatives. The complaining about the big evil Hollywood writers is making us look like a bunch of whiny liberals, complaining about racism, sexism and homophobia everywhere they turn. Why not try looking at the actual story being told rather than get offended of one sentence that someone happened to hear in passing while flipping through the channels? It is a valid story in my opinion, and I’m just about as conservative as you can get without having to schedule a barn raising.

Mr. Happy Pants   November 20th, 2009 - 12:44 pm

Don’tCriticiseConservatives November 19th, 2009 – 3:55 pm
Glenn Beck is the number one hate-monger now, leading Limbaugh about 2 to 1.
Never criticise a conservative. They have God on their side…all others are demons.

What you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this chatroom is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

Axeman   November 20th, 2009 - 1:04 pm

@Don’tCriticiseConservatives: They aren’t “criticizing” Beck. If they were, it would only be guilt-by-association. So it would be a fallacy, and thus refutable. They are jury-rigging a stereotype–which is not a criticism, but essentially a straw man.

You don’t know what you are talking about–like a lot of trolls–which behave like libs: no analysis, just reaction.

Axeman   November 20th, 2009 - 1:08 pm

Yeah, my wife and I were watching the show, which is pretty good lib fare–and we make fun of those “terrible Beck-fans”. It’s really something to ridicule. It’s about as sophisticated as blacking out teeth, or drawing antennas or vampire fangs. It was really stupid, typical of the left … and … did I mention really stupid?

But let’s not have reaction, just illustration that the libs portray those on the right how they will, and move on.

Kepi   November 20th, 2009 - 2:45 pm

You goats need to stop watching TV. You are being brainwashed. Why not take that Glee TV time and spend it with your family.

Daisy   November 21st, 2009 - 3:43 pm

Even Leftists can’t get away from the fact that Conservative families are more physically attractive than Leftists. Of course, the “substance” of the show reflects pure Leftist self-absorbtion, which is always boring.

rebekah   November 23rd, 2009 - 11:28 pm

Um, I think the show is obviously full of stereotypes…purposefully. It teaches a lesson….that we all generalize ‘others’. Maybe some of you should wake-up and realize you are judging ‘others’ as well. The break-down occurs when you lose your empathy.

You angry extremists are so exhausting….btw, love this show, rock on glee!!!

Not Surprised   December 22nd, 2009 - 2:33 pm

Me and my wife stopped watching this show at week 3, when a show consistently advertised as “high school show choir” quickly turned “adulterous adults in the workplace”….

Same trojans, different horse…. no thanks.

Not surprised   December 22nd, 2009 - 2:41 pm

My wife and I stopped watching Glee after week 3.

The show was constantly advertised as “high school show choir” then quickly turned “adulterous adults in the workplace”…. so we turned it off.

Same Trojans, different horse…. No thanks.

Patty Nottoli   December 22nd, 2009 - 3:04 pm

I watched three episodes of Glee and found nothing and no one to like. Why is it on the air? If I WAS a fan, I wouldn’t be one after hearing them bash Glenn Beck, the number one conservative thinking man with a plan.

ItsMe   December 23rd, 2009 - 9:09 pm

My 16 year old daughter & I watched this together. We both looked at each other & cracked up. She loves the show for the music. She also loves Glenn Beck because she can think. I think it’s hilarious that a teen-age targeted show would try to send some “message”. Only educated kids know of GB. Only teen-age girls like this show. (I watch to monitor what my daughter watches & be able to discuss the subject matter with a reasoned approach, although it is painful.) Conclusion: It went right over most of the audiences’ heads.

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