Glenn Beck’s ‘Christmas Sweater’ flops in major cities, 17 tickets sold in New York, Boston

[DainBramaged]

Blech is not someone I usually post about, that's Paddy's department. However, there are exceptions to everything, and this is such a lovely one:

Last night, Fox News host Glenn Beck premiered his new live show based on his book The Christmas Sweater, which was simulcast to hundreds of movie theaters across the country.
Here comes the good part. Prepare yourselves for BlechFail in 5...4...3...2...:

Despite heavy promotion on Beck’s radio and TV shows, and in-theater trailers, ticket sales were weak in major cities: Beck sold only 17 tickets in Boston, another 17 in New York, and just 30 in Washington, DC. <...>
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.

http://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2009/12/glenn-becks-christmas-sweater-flops-in.html

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[geek_sabre]

1. no surprise

His shit always flops here. But he sells out in flyover country.

[MadHound]

7. Not in this part of flyover country

Take your generalizations and baseless accusations and shove them. I'm tired of idiots like you who are so dismissive of all people and places that aren't on either coast.

[uncle ray]

10. some people here are offended way to easily.

this generalization may or may not apply to you.

this whole fucking country is populated by idiot teabaggers, your locale included. hardly cause for your rude personal attack.

[MadHound]

18. Some people make utterly baseless generalizations simply due to race, religion, or location

This may or may not apply to you, but the fact of the matter is that these people need to be called on their bullshit. If you can't handle that, oh well.

Thanks for making my point, that the whole country is populated by teabaggers, not just flyover country.

My question for you is why are you jumping in the middle of this conversation between geek-sabre and myself? Who died and made you arbiter of such matters? Could it be that you too subscribe to the same sort of baseless hatred of "flyover country"?

[proud2BlibKansan]

19. +1

:hug:

[MineralMan]

8. Flyover country, eh?

Like Iowa, one of the very, very few states that has same-sex marriage? Like Minnesota, which sent Al Franken to the Senate?

Which flyover states are you talking about, eh? And, since you don't bother to tell us what state you're in, we have no idea where "here" is.

[Morning Dew]

17. You Betcha, Minnesota -

the ONLY state (along with D.C.) to NOT go for Reagan in 1984.

[MineralMan]

20. Yah, sure.

[Historic NY]

2. the sweater is unraveling.

[SpiralHawk]

3. ...unraveling because Beck's sweater is made of Chickenhawk Feathers

in the most dominant -- and least honorable -- of wide-stance republicon family value traditions...

[saltpoint]

4. Beck's kook fans prefer their Hate as free entertainment. They don't want

to have to pay for it.

[WhiteTara]

5. lol, so true n/t

[Bitwit1234]

6. Even that shows there are still some nuts out there.

where in the world did these type of people ever come from in a country like America is beyond me.

[Archae]

9. Beck will brag about the "hundreds" at all the theaters...

And he'll use old footage from the Million Man March. :eyes:

[SallyMander]

16. LOL! nt

[FSogol]

11. Haw-haw, maybe some of those tears will be real ones now?

:rofl:

[DainBramaged]

13. I wonder if he guaranteed the promoters fees???

THAT would be just desserts.......not pie though......

[mwb970]

15. He starts crying in the first 15 seconds of the movie. /nt

[DainBramaged]

21. MMMAAWWWHHHHH

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I am SURE his promoters are crying today.......

[aquart]

12. Seattle losing its mind?

[NYC_SKP]

14. Well, Seattle, New York, Boston... they aren't Really America to Glenn Blech, so...

They don't really count. :sarcasm: