Beck's Sweater

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#1  Edited By ninjakiller

Ahhhhhh the schadenfreude is so delicious.   
 

  

“Beck’s ‘Christmas Sweater’ flops in major cities, just 17 tickets sold in New York and Boston.”

 
  
Beck sold only 17 tickets in Boston, another 17 in New York, and just 30 in Washington, DC. Raw Story reports that, while sales were better in more conservative areas, even Seattle — which is near Beck’s hometown — couldn’t muster a strong crowd:

While it performed better in the south and in rural, more conservative areas, his ability to draw viewers in major US markets was a bust.

“The theater’s almost empty,” a representative at Regal Cinemas in Manhattan told Raw Story moments before it began.

The viewing in Lynnwood, WA — the closest one to Beck’s Mount Vernon hometown — sold out several hours before the show began. Ten miles south, 70 out of 415 seats had been snagged in Seattle, a better turnout than other cities.

 
  
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#2  Edited By Castro

I totally thought you were talking about the singer/songwriter/musician, Beck, when I first clicked on this. I was all, "Christmas Sweater? What?"

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#3  Edited By ninjakiller
@Castro: The confusion caused by this thread with the indie musician known as "Beck" is 100% intentional. 
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#4  Edited By Castro
@ninjakiller:  Aha! I was thinking that Beck probably wears some pretty sweet Christmas sweaters and I wanted to see them. I think I might want to check out this Glenn Beck movie though, if I can find a way to see it without paying. I'm sure it's a rollicking good time. Might have to have a few drinks first.
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#5  Edited By beargirl1

ouch...  
I was also thinking of the singer Beck (or the anime), but damn.. that's awful

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#6  Edited By septim

Hehe the story mentions the "event" is just Beck sitting in a barren room doing a one man play of his own story. And then he has the balls to charge $20 a ticket.
 
I'm sure he'll either cite the lone sellout as a huge success or try to leverage this as an attack on Christmas or something.

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#7  Edited By Emandudeguyperson

I'm glad, Glenn Beck is a fucking prick.

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#8  Edited By Brendan

For a second I was compelled to buy Beck tickets (the singer, as he's cool shit) but then I clicked on the link and laughed and laughed.
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I think I could draw a bigger crowd to my house, thats horrible.

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#10  Edited By JJOR64

All I can do is laugh.  Ahahahahaha......

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#11  Edited By artofwar420

Ah yes, I can taste the failure, so yummy.
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#12  Edited By Cadmus

I don't know why you guys hate him so much, he kills frogs and doesn't afraid of anything! 
 
  

  

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#13  Edited By JaredA
@Emandudeguyperson said:
" I'm glad, Glenn Beck is a fucking prick. "
This.
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#14  Edited By NathHaw
@Cadmus: 
 
In case anyone doesn't know, youtube vids are great at the facts.  They're never edited or misleading!
 
Anyway, what actually happened here was that it turned out Glen Beck threw a plastic toy or something like that into the water to make an impact (or garner ratings).  Later in the show, like a few minutes, it's revealed what actually happened.  That's really not that fun for people pushing an agenda though, so that was cut out in this and many other youtube videos that people watch while unintentionally formulating an opinion...especially political ones. 
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#15  Edited By Rowr
@Cadmus said:
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I don't know why you guys hate him so much, he kills frogs and doesn't afraid of anything! 
 
  

  

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O_o
 
You can get away with killing animals on american tv? Let alone for completely senseless purpose.
 
I hope this guy dies in a house fire.
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#16  Edited By RetroIce4
@Castro said:
" I totally thought you were talking about the singer/songwriter/musician, Beck, when I first clicked on this. I was all, "Christmas Sweater? What?" "
Yeah. I was like Beck has a album called, "Christmas Sweater" and it flopped too? Wrong idea. Lulz.
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#17  Edited By Cadmus
@Bloviator:
Ok, but I still find it shocking that Glenn Beck hasn't refuted rumors that he raped and murdered a 9 year old girl in the early 90s.
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For a second I too was confused with the singer, because "Christmas Sweater" seems like something he'd name one of his albums. But this news is much better, since I enjoy some of Beck's music.

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#19  Edited By damnboyadvance

Ouch, that's pretty horrible.

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#20  Edited By Gorikka

Goddammit, man. I was really hoping that Beck (the musician) had released an album of terrible Christmas music. 
 
But it turned out okay--I always enjoy a little bit of laughing at Glenn Beck.

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#21  Edited By ArchScabby

Well come on,  I doubt it's just because it was Glenn Beck.  
 
What kind of uninteresting wet blanket of a person would pay money to go sit in a theater and watch a news journalist (is that what he is?  I have no idea)  tell a story about why he wrote a book.  SERIOUSLY, WHY WOULD SOMEONE DO THAT????

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#22  Edited By TheHT

Oh Glen Beck. Reading through the whole post I was thinking the band and was kinda confused cause I thought alot more people liked them.

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#23  Edited By Gabriel

Glen Beck is mildly entertaining, and  I don't hate him, but fuck me if i am going to go waste my money and sit through 1-2 hours of him talking about his life and some sweater. People just probably watched some version of a Christmas Carol.

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#24  Edited By lilburtonboy7489

I don't believe it. He has one of the largest followings of any celebrity right now. 

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#25  Edited By CowMuffins

So you took out the "Glenn" part to make us all click this. You're worse than Glenn Beck for that.

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#26  Edited By MAN_FLANNEL

Glen Beck is a piece of shit.