Video: Guest collapses on Glenn Beck’s show
posted at 5:23 pm on April 13, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Evidently he’s okay, but was feeling ill this morning and became light-headed during the segment.
Never a dull moment with GB. Although I confess, I always thought he’d be the first one to pass out on his show.
Update: Only on GB could people think this might actually be part of the show.
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I’m glad the fellow is ok, though I’m sure a bit embarrassed. I have yet to watch the video or the show because I have school during the day and wait to get home and watch it on the DVR. I’m glad that, according to others who have already commented, Mr Beck handled the situation well.
On a lighter note, reading this thread (and pretty much every other thread) since Ed posted the “What commenter archetype are you?” all I see, aside from the comments themselves, are the various types of commenter archetypes popping up. It’s sort of fun to think about.
Weebork on April 13, 2009 at 6:45 PM
If you went to college (which I highly doubt – probably still trying to get thru high school) then love to know which one. Judging by your posts, it must be Harvard no?
What a waste of money if that’s truly the case.
RedbonePro on April 13, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Hamburger University
thomasaur on April 13, 2009 at 6:48 PM
If I told you, you wouldnt believe me. But, a few people on here would say “oh yeah, that does make sense”.
The Wall on April 13, 2009 at 6:49 PM
I’m guessing BYU
thomasaur on April 13, 2009 at 6:50 PM
Actually, I could care less which one. The fact that it produced such high quality of intellect is proof positive that our entire educational system is in the toilet.
RedbonePro on April 13, 2009 at 6:50 PM
We don’t believe you anyway.
Jim Treacher on April 13, 2009 at 6:51 PM
***awkward silence***
The Wall on April 13, 2009 at 6:52 PM
This is a fake, like Beck’s debunking of the FEMA camps and his 912 project!
BobAnthony on April 13, 2009 at 6:52 PM
He handled it pretty well, actually. Even kept the guy from going down as hard as he might have by holding his hand like that. It doesn’t get much more awkward, but it could’ve been worse.
You have to admit, thinking about this fiscal nightmare makes us all a little woozy from time to time.
Blacklake on April 13, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Guy’s…I think “you know who” finally cracked.
High fives all around.
LtE126 on April 13, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Would love to have you come with me. I always travel alone and they kill me with their “single traveler” penalty. I’ve been looking at that cruise for 3 years, got an e-mail from Viking two days before Christmas “book before midnight and go half price” and I jumped on it.
Grand European Tour
In Prague, I hook up on another one go all the way into Russia.
Take a look, mine is number one on the list.
Carry on.
Knucklehead on April 13, 2009 at 6:58 PM
I thought that stuff only happens to Obama.
“Can we have a bottle of water here”
RobCon on April 13, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Well Glenn isn’t the most athletic and he will usually admit so, the guy was right in front of him, announced that he was going to pass out, and Glenn still managed to catch him on the first bounce.
LevStrauss on April 13, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Dude I have a 14 year old that behaves more maturely than you. Hes better written also. You went to college? Go get a refund they failed miserably.
canditaylor68 on April 13, 2009 at 7:03 PM
I saw this. At no point did I think it was a stunt.
Alana on April 13, 2009 at 7:06 PM
It’s an honor, sir! :)
Branch Rickey on April 13, 2009 at 7:08 PM
They were explaining how the assets had been combined.
Now if you consider that a doomsday scenario, then you must agree with Glen Beck that this situation with the assets is pretty bad.
Alana on April 13, 2009 at 7:10 PM
It’s ok.. his morning prayers will revive him.
Hopefully his black robe is clean and his eyes are focused so Anton LeVey will be easy reading…
GoodBoy on April 13, 2009 at 7:11 PM
If I was going to fabricate some collapse of a guest who happens to be an economist, I would have picked when Beck showed just how much a trillion dollars is, and that the government just created it out of thin air.
It is rather interesting how some people consider Beck’s behavior as a performance. I think it is rather a waste of time to even mention the fabrication of anything Beck does. It is easy to be cynical. You don’t have to participate in the discussion. If you don’t believe Beck, fine, but the conversation just simply ends at that point. I try to look more at what Beck says as a matter of truth. Is what he saying nonsense, or is there some truth to it? If the latter, what does that mean?
Weebork on April 13, 2009 at 7:11 PM
I have enjoyed Hot Air for a couple years now. Registered but have only chimed in a few times. One my favorite things about Hot Air was that this was an adult conversation. Tempers occasionally flared, but for the most part arguments were well laid out, as were rebuttals. Name calling was infrequent, at best. Differing attitudes/politics were, if not respected, at least tolerated.
Lately though, the caliber of the conversation has decreased MARKEDLY.
I won’t go into any detail at all regards my personal politics, because politics is not the problem. Childish behavior and comments are.
I do not presume to speak for others, only myself, when I ask that the conversation please return to it’s former, more adult level. I would wager that I am not alone in thinking that judicious use of the ban hammer is in order.
Let me be plain that I am in no way asking that dissenting viewpoints be silenced, only that minimal standards of reason and common courtesy be adhered to.
northofthenotches on April 13, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Totally agree with you, Candit! My four year old nephew has more cognitive skills and appreciates the service of fire fighters.
Branch Rickey on April 13, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Is Beck wearing Chucks?! LOL
Rusty Shackleford on April 13, 2009 at 7:13 PM
Wow, yer nephue is better written?? well I be durned!
That may be true, but I am a better writer.
pwned.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!
The Wall on April 13, 2009 at 7:15 PM
I agree. This all started when HA had opened its registration.
RedbonePro on April 13, 2009 at 7:18 PM
Is it hard typing with a straitjacket on? Just curious.
sherry on April 13, 2009 at 7:19 PM
This is nonsense. There’s a difference between “worshiping” Sarah Palin and constantly putting her down/ridiculing her.
We get enough of that elsewhere, and it’s kind of tiresome to encounter that sort of thing here, and so consistently so, too.
That’s all.
Alana on April 13, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Literary diarrhea.
jimmy2shoes on April 13, 2009 at 7:21 PM
My God man! Is there any working professional you have even a modicum of respect for? I’m starting to think the Yuppie-hate from the eighties was a completely natural response to folks who acted just like you.
Damn, you’re the second person that’s told me to Carry On today.
Well, while I am available now that SWMBOed is dumping me, I’m afraid the next trip is going to be planned by Uncle Sugar. (If it’s Tuesday, I must be in Manas AFB) Enjoy your cruise though. I know from what you’ve said about your vision, this one must be pretty significant. It would make a terrific movie.
hawkdriver on April 13, 2009 at 7:30 PM
He and Poptech have been told that about 50 different ways and they just don’t care. Getting under the skin of any Conservative that is willing to put up even the most minimal defense of her and her family are 14 point bucks for these two fearless hunters. They don’t care a lick about Conservatism although they might, I said might, even truly be Conservatives. All they care about is riling up the base. In a lot of ways, they’re worse than trolls because they have moments of lucidity where some of us get sucked in for a moment or two.
hawkdriver on April 13, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Thank you, notn…I couldn’t agree more.
kakypat on April 13, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Did he pass out from boredom or because he was laughing so hard at the goofy host guy?
benny shakar on April 13, 2009 at 7:35 PM
The poor guy got to close to Beck’s moldy jeans…
PaCadle on April 13, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Rather than just commenting, you should actually try to watch the video just once. Oh, try reading the articles too.
hawkdriver on April 13, 2009 at 7:37 PM
too
PaCadle on April 13, 2009 at 7:37 PM
FIFY
The Wall on April 13, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Ok, I haven’t had a chance to read all the comments but…
Did anyone else think when the guy said “I’m going to pass out”, that he was making a joke about what they were talking about?
Jvette on April 13, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Hes better written also
Wow, yer nephue is better written?? well I be durned!
Okay college boy. I will school you. Written: to spell in writing <words written alike but pronounced differently. As an intransitive verb as in produce written work. Like I said get a refund,u dun ben had.
canditaylor68 on April 13, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Is it hard typing
with a straitjacket onwith a crack pipe in your hand? Just curious.sherry on April 13, 2009 at 7:19 PM
fixed
Colorado Anne on April 13, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Please tell me you are kidding. You think it makes more sense to say “He is better written” than “He is a better writer”????
Not even.
The Wall on April 13, 2009 at 7:46 PM
Fixed again.
MadisonConservative on April 13, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Allright children, that’s enough.
Dark-Star on April 13, 2009 at 7:50 PM
I think it could have been written either way,but pointing it out without understanding why I used it the way I used it does not deter the fact that you have acted immaturely on this blog in your treatment of other people. You say you have been to college,yet you cannot contribute to raise the discussion to anything but ad hominem attacks and unsubstantiated hyperbole= “
canditaylor68 on April 13, 2009 at 7:56 PM
If someone dies for real on a TV program, you know it’s happening on Beck’s show. The man is the must see gold standard these days.
Mister Ghost on April 13, 2009 at 7:57 PM
You’ve not presumed to speak for me, but you succeeded brilliantly! :) The only value I see in a troll room is if we can as commenters agree to send trolls there to stay.
Maquis on April 13, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Well you know cover bands, they’re a pale imitation of the real thing.
Ann NY on April 13, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Correct. It couldve been written your way, or the way it is supposed to be written in the English language.
Look Candi,
I really dont care. To me, its all a laugh. But if you really want to know, read this thread.
I came on the thread and said something supportive of Michelle Malkin. Immediately, I had about six self-appointed Palin Guard attacking me. Using inappropriate language..the whole deal.
So, it wasnt like I fired a single shot and then all these d-bags come on and start in on me.
Like I said, I dont care. I was amused and not offended and I was laughing out loud and hard enough for people to look at me as they were walking by my office when I started the fireman smack. It was great!!
But, with the off chance that you actually are sincere and want to be fair, read this entire thread and then tell me who was the instigator and who was acting in self defense.
Like I said earlier, the cultists now have it in for me because I pointed out that the Emporeress Xenu has no clothes.
The Wall on April 13, 2009 at 8:09 PM
The reality of what has happened to America makes me want to faint too…it is overwhelming.
djn on April 13, 2009 at 8:09 PM
Yes, you did Sugar Britches. You can go back to playing grownup blogger now. And stay out of the flower beds.
hawkdriver on April 13, 2009 at 8:10 PM
OT: related to Hawkdriver and Knucklehead’s side convo…Let’s organize a HotAir Cruise! AP can wear a mask, it’ll be superfun.
Johnson on April 13, 2009 at 8:10 PM
it looks like David Buckner got lightheaded when GB mentioned the word “cancer”
i would bet that he or a close family member has recently had a test taken and is waiting for the results, or already got the results and its POSITIVE
flyingsheitel on April 13, 2009 at 8:12 PM
You’re like Scut Farkus, man trying to be the school bully. Only when you show up, it’s like everyone know Raphie already kicked your ass and now they want their turn.
Honestly! If you ever wanted to get into a serious conversation, you’d have to get banned (again), change your screen name (again) and try a little harder to be serious and not so insulting. I like goofing as much as the next guy, but you and poptech are just boring, boorish, broken records. And never funny except to each other.
hawkdriver on April 13, 2009 at 8:19 PM
I’m not sure Apex Tech is really considered “going to college”.
Ann NY on April 13, 2009 at 8:20 PM
I would classify that comment as total fail.
You and I both know that PopTech has a habit of posting detailed info on Queen Xenu and it drives you fricking bat-sheeeet. It ruins your mirage. That is why you dont like us.
But, a few people seem to think we are OK…like AP. But, are you one of the cry-babies that doesnt like him either because the echo chamber you seek is not here???
Alternative opinions, especially by people who are in the same party as you drive you crazy. To you they are traitors. You would prefer all discussion on HotAir to be Baaaaa baaaaaa baaaaa baaaaaa baaaaa baaaaaa.
Yeah, I think so.
The Wall on April 13, 2009 at 8:25 PM
And just so everyone knows, he didn’t really pass out. He was brought down with thermite.
LevStrauss on April 13, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Also “David Buckner” isn’t his real name, that’s just for TV. He’s actually the eldest Palin son, Timber.
LevStrauss on April 13, 2009 at 8:27 PM
Quote of the day:
The Wall on April 13, 2009 at 8:28 PM
MadisonConservative on April 13, 2009 at 8:30 PM
I hope that gentleman was alright. It reminds me of when I was an altar server in 2nd grade, and refused to eat breakfast before serving early mass. I went ‘timber!!’ twice, and, luckily, was caught by the elderly lady in the first row. It’s not a fun feeling watching everything go dark as you get tunnel vision, and then ‘down she goes’.
sDs61678 on April 13, 2009 at 8:34 PM
It is pretty hard to be in two different place at the same time./sarc
Clyde5445 on April 13, 2009 at 8:50 PM
I heart Glenn Beck.
He’s so awesome, even Columbia University Professors are fainting in adoration!
HornetSting on April 13, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Yup.
This, AP, is precisely why giving the Trolls here their own “Green Room” would turn into a time consuming and frustrating venture. Your call, though.
KendraWilder on April 13, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Why, because you said so?
I defy you to find one comment about Palin where I praised her any more than Romney. The difference between you and me is I’ll go with the Conservative pick and not cry like a freaking baby if my guy or gal doesn’t make it. You must have me confused with someone else. I mean, you insult so many, I know it must be hard to keep track. BTW, I listened to Romney on Hannity today and he’s still be my pick. I just don’t feel like I have to go out of my way destroying another contender.
I defy you to find one critical word I’ve ever saod about Allah or Ed. One word. I defy you.
I’m as open minded to the candidates as they come. Again, you either have me confused with someone else, or you’re just a childish liar who’ll say anything if you think it’ll bolster your current thread ant.
No, I think not.
I’ll be waiting for you to find all that railing I do against Allah or Ed. Or just ask them. As a matter of fact, Allah or Ed, if I’ve ever said a cross word to either one of you, can you post it for Wally and I?
hawkdriver on April 13, 2009 at 10:51 PM
In order…
…he’d still be my pick…
…I’ve ever said…
…current thread rant….
hawkdriver on April 13, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Apparently, I have you confused with somebody else.
The Wall on April 13, 2009 at 10:56 PM
How come he get’s to post his crap here and I got banned on the Daily KOS for trying to make honest dialogue?
Answer: The Obama left is less tolerable than they want you to think.
http://www.therightscoop.com/banned-from-posting-comments-on-the-daily-kos/
therightscoop on April 13, 2009 at 11:10 PM
Geez, Allah,
Talk about damning with faint praise.
Dr. Charles G. Waugh on April 13, 2009 at 11:39 PM
I suppose they didn’t teach you how to use an apostrophe in college. What kind of moron says something like “I went to college” yet epically fails to punctuate his sentences properly?
Stop wasting air.
leetpriest on April 13, 2009 at 11:46 PM
OMG He killed one!
Bladerunner1701 on April 13, 2009 at 11:50 PM
I don’t like you because you’re a fake elitist with a fake education (likely a certificate that you bought online for a few hundred bucks). You’ve proven yourself to be lower than Jimmy Carter. You’re a useless idiot. Furthermore, nobody around here likes you because you add NOTHING to a conversation, except random trolling.
leetpriest on April 13, 2009 at 11:53 PM
homasaur on April 13, 2009 at 6:50
Leave my university alone. I guess I know in which column to put you!!!! How did it even enter the conversation?
Glenn is real and I try not to miss him, but 3:00 is pretty early since I don’t get home from school until after 3:00. And his jeans are fine. I guess you don’t know how many other tv people wear them, because you never see below their desk.
Bambi on April 14, 2009 at 12:47 AM
That happened once right after I gave blood. I was 19 yrs. 6′ 135 lbs, not a great idea looking back at it. Landed in a chair where somebody set a large open box of paper clips. The clips all went sailing and the folding chair crashed. Returned to work within an hour and everybody had already heard of the incident. Thankfully no YouTube.
The second time I awoke in a hospital. I asked proverbially, “Where am I?” Rose Hospital, which meant nothing to me. “How did I get here?” Ambulance. “Dash it all! I always wanted to be in an ambulance and hear the siren. There I was, told I was in an ambulance and didn’t remember anything! “How did they know?” Friend called. Oh.
The third time was in a bar, the place was crowded. I just took my first sips of a Cuba Libre. I was talking among a group of deaf friends. I suddenly could not make sense of their signing nor could I control my own hand and arm movements so I withdrew from the conversation. Thump. Witnesses assumed I was drunk and deaf.
I have more, but this concludes my passing out anecdotes. The rest are dreadful. What amazes me, though, about other people passing out is the urgency witnesses feel to get the afflicted person back on their feet. It’s as if the sooner normalcy is restored, the sooner witnesses can feel comfortable themselves. I believe best to leave the fallen person in a heap no matter how unseemly until they come around on their own, take stock of the situation, manage an internal systems check, and sit up by themselves without being rushed, especially not vexed immediately with pop-quizzes like “What did you have for breakfast? Where did you park your car? Who is the current president? What month is it?”
Glenn Beck is amusing. I like his comic voices. I can see he’s trying to understand and convey his understanding. I do not watch him ordinarily because for myself a little Beck goes a long way. He handled this situation very well. I only wish he could have read the signs sooner, closed up the segment, and offered Buckner a chair and cup of orange juice, but that’s asking a bit much.
bour3 on April 14, 2009 at 1:22 AM
Don’t you just have to shake your head at the trolls, including Allahpundit? Turn the freakin channel if you don’t like it.
Does anyone remember David Letterman accusing O’Reilly, Limbaugh and Hannity of not actually believing what they say on T.V. or radio? That’s how these simpleton leftists think, if anyone has idealism that is counter to theirs, leftists claim that they are just spewing the beliefs to make money….but yet, a leftist and ONLY a leftist can be true to their belief system according to these same leftists.
The same as above goes for the idiots that claim everything on Glenn Beck’s show is fake or staged.
Beck rarely puts much on his show that I didn’t learn in high school, not to mention college….Too bad more Americans didn’t learn high school history and the Constitution but we even see that example in Congress, The White House and the Supreme Court.
nelsonknows on April 14, 2009 at 1:25 AM
Other people have BDS or ODS. I have GBDS, I don’t believe a single thing this man does is genuine or legit. I wouldn’t be surprised if it wasn’t orchestrated, how has this never happened on any live news program before? Whatever Glenn Beck you suck forever.
DeathToMediaHacks on April 13, 2009 at 5:28 PM
I remember not to long ago thier was a video of one of the euopeon politicions speaking and he dropped dead at the podium while speaking,sorry forgot this one lived.
heshtesh on April 14, 2009 at 1:25 AM
Anyone who voluntarily uses more than 2 exclamation points is certifiably insane. Or 13 years old.
I’m starting to think that The Wall isn’t so much a troll as it is a prepubescent digital weeble. Trolls are vile, uninteresting creatures (i.e., DTMH) that are only enjoyable in their destruction; watching folks here verbally beat the snot out of The Wall over and over again is just entertaining.
Harpazo on April 14, 2009 at 1:30 AM
The first step is admitting you have a problem…
ThereGoesTheNeighborhood on April 14, 2009 at 1:31 AM
Sooooooooo, what you are telling us is that you are gay.
OK, well that’s OK. Nothing wrong with that. We still accept you for the way you are.
HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Wall on April 14, 2009 at 1:36 AM
Nominating your own comment as quote of the day is the single lamest thing I’ve ever seen on HotAir.
I recommend you don’t tell too many people what college you went to. Just say you spent 6 years drilling holes in your head with a DeWalt.
Harpazo on April 14, 2009 at 1:39 AM
This is the extent of your pwning capacity? Gay jokes?
Wow. Move over Treacher, there’s a NEW sheriff of snark in town.
Harpazo on April 14, 2009 at 1:42 AM
Okie Dokie Artichoke.
BTW, did your parents have any children that lived?
HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Wall on April 14, 2009 at 1:42 AM
Happened to my daughter once just after getting a shot. It’s a completely uncontrollable reaction that some people have. Embarrassing, yet nothing to be ashamed of.
The clinic now has a rule that shots are only administered to people sitting down.
ThereGoesTheNeighborhood on April 14, 2009 at 1:42 AM
I change my discussion pattern based on who I am chatting with. So, with you, I talk at a 2nd grade level.
Mmmmmmmmkay?
HA HA HA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Wall on April 14, 2009 at 1:43 AM
Glad to see I could elevate you to new and unfamiliar heights of public discourse.
Dream big, and someday a long time from now you might even make it all the way to high school.
Harpazo on April 14, 2009 at 1:46 AM
In closing I’d like to say…*thud*
LevStrauss on April 14, 2009 at 1:47 AM
Why are you’all feeding this troll???
How many times have any of you used pwned in a sentence? That alone should tell you the level of this character.
Keith_Indy on April 14, 2009 at 7:31 AM
And just so everyone knows, he didn’t really pass out. He was brought down with thermite.
LevStrauss on April 13, 2009 at 8:25 PM
You, sir, are made of win.
VekTor on April 14, 2009 at 9:43 AM
Every post you’ve made on this page contains the same writing pattern, regardless of whom you reply to. Methinks you’re incapable of having a real discussion. Just traces of 12 year-old over-punctuation and temper tantrums.
Kim Jong Il, is that you?
leetpriest on April 14, 2009 at 10:29 AM
This topic is officially closed.
The Wall on April 14, 2009 at 1:00 PM
+ 100
Amen. Until Poptech, Wall and few others are banned permanently, this site will continue to deteriorate.
Norwegian on April 14, 2009 at 1:48 PM
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