Sep25
Did Glenn Beck Really Boil a Frog Alive?
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The Internet was ablaze yesterday with "did he or didn't he" talk about Wednesday's episode of The Glenn Beck Program, in which Glenn Beck appeared to boil a frog alive on national television. Was the frog fake? Did Beck actually throw a real frog into a pot? Who would do something like that?
Given that Glenn has a history of showing compassion toward animals, we were sure that he would not throw a defenseless frog into a boiling pot of water. But because enough people were fooled by his prank, we asked him to make a statement on his show explaining that it was a ruse.
And last night, in a segment he called "Frog-Gate 2009," (a possible shout-out to "Flygate"?) Glenn Beck did just that—he replayed the whole segment, read our letter to him aloud, and clarified that the frog he appeared to boil alive was just a plastic toy.
Thanks for setting the record straight, Glenn! Now, could we trouble you to have a little talking-to with those real-life frog abusers over at Brookstone …?
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A Beck you can always count on his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitar virtuoso, Jeff Beck. He's been a humane vegetarian for forty years. He's been a pet guardian for hundreds of dogs and cats, a herd of sheep, chickens and a goat.
Posted by: Brien Comerford | September 25, 2009 08:54 PM
Thanks for posting this! Its sad that all those bloggers/other news networks lied to their readers/viwers about this and I respect Glenn a whole lot for setting the record straight!
Posted by: Curtis | September 25, 2009 11:36 PM
nope
Posted by: zach | September 27, 2009 02:26 PM
Glad to hear it wasn't real.
Posted by: Jackie | September 27, 2009 06:06 PM
Glad to hear it wasn't real. haven't watched the segments, but that is good news.
Posted by: sawntwo | September 28, 2009 03:01 PM
I'm so happy it was fake!!
Posted by: Natasha | September 28, 2009 03:23 PM