Books Nov 18, 2010 at 10:46 am

What Happened After Glenn Beck and I Decided To Go Get Pregnant

Dan Savage
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1
I wouldn't trust him around a kid!
very bad homo on November 18, 2010 at 10:54 AM Report this
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BEAUTIFUL!
ianbnyc on November 18, 2010 at 10:54 AM Report this
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I'm laughing!
Fnarf on November 18, 2010 at 10:57 AM Report this
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Ugh, though...who has to be Beck--you or Terry?
emma's bee on November 18, 2010 at 11:00 AM Report this
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Ha ha!

I wouldn't do that to a kid, though o.O

Nor cast either of you as Beck!
BEG on November 18, 2010 at 11:01 AM Report this
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HA! Good way to get your book out there!
Vince on November 18, 2010 at 11:01 AM Report this
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@4- I'd think that the author would be the one looking at the camera and the BF would be holding the kid, which means Terry gets the... um, honor.

That's one of the worst book covers ever. It just doesn't fit. Why is the other guy just standing there? Having a kid is one wonder, OK, so... going bald is another? Or is it pink shirts with gray sweaters?
S-Lo on November 18, 2010 at 11:03 AM Report this
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Well, I've read "The Kid" (though I'd never seen the cover since I got it via Kindle), and I have no intention of reading Beck's book, but if I saw it with THAT text I totally would. Clearly, you have better marketing staff.
Sketch on November 18, 2010 at 11:15 AM Report this
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Hahahahaha
Ratatoskr on November 18, 2010 at 11:17 AM Report this
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Right after this picture was taken, Glenn ate that child.
Proteus on November 18, 2010 at 11:20 AM Report this
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I wouldn't let that psycho, religious, fundy creepazoid Glenn Beck within two blocks of any kid. We'll be reading about him getting his luggage lifted one day, mark my words. I just hope that no minor is inflicted with the Beck...[shudders and vomits slightly in mouth].
OutInBumF on November 18, 2010 at 11:23 AM Report this
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Tom Colicchio??
starsandgarters on November 18, 2010 at 11:23 AM Report this
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You'd probably get in trouble, but you should print stickers of your book title to be stuck on Glenn's book.
biffster on November 18, 2010 at 11:25 AM Report this
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The composition of that cover shot makes Keith Ablow, M.D. come across as some kind of nefarious puppet-master.
saxfanatic on November 18, 2010 at 11:30 AM Report this
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The kid looks a bit like DJ at that age.
Chicago Fan on November 18, 2010 at 11:31 AM Report this
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Why didn't Beck wear that cute outfit from the cover of his last book? That'd look really good when he's holding the kid. Baron von Baldy behind him would also look good in one of the mock-SS outfits.
tiktok on November 18, 2010 at 11:35 AM Report this
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No child deserves Glenn Beck for a father.
mitten on November 18, 2010 at 11:43 AM Report this
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The thought of Glen Beck that close to ANY child is horrifying.
Reverse Polarity on November 18, 2010 at 11:45 AM Report this
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@5 BEG, @17 mitten and @18 RP have it correct. Totally not cool to mess a good kid up because of this asshole! He should have a restraining order against him for all kids everywhere.
despicable me on November 18, 2010 at 11:54 AM Report this
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@13, that's a great idea.
Fnarf on November 18, 2010 at 11:56 AM Report this
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@13, @20 - Yes, please do the stickers.
jen on November 18, 2010 at 12:07 PM Report this
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I would laugh if anyone but you told me to read it a different way. That is bizarre. I guess someone at the publishing house is having a big laugh about selling his joke concept. (Although it would have genuinely made a lovely cover if Dan and his husband had been on the cover in the same pose with their kid. But then someone would have said it was "too gay" and banned it.)
samanthaf63 on November 18, 2010 at 12:23 PM Report this
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Oh Dan...you should be ashamed of yourself. Glenn's cover was so much gayer than yours...
on November 18, 2010 at 12:32 PM Report this
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Brilliant!
Otto Toot Otto on November 18, 2010 at 12:33 PM Report this
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@14: Good point. And where is Dr. Keith's left hand, and why is Glenn laughing so hard?
on November 18, 2010 at 12:36 PM Report this
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Brilliant!
Otto Toot Otto on November 18, 2010 at 12:36 PM Report this
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@23 That's actually it in a nutshell :-P

Am *still* trying to figure out the point of the cover though. Why both of them on there? It does imply some kind of relationship (apart from coauthoring). If not sexual then... patient/therapist? What? What were they trying to communicate with that picture???

Really like the stickers idea.

Actually, you should also do a run of stickers with you and Terry to stick on your own book :-) That will help erase the Glenn visual -- do it for the health of your readers!
BEG on November 18, 2010 at 12:55 PM Report this
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He's grabbing that little boy's ass. Good thing he's rolling dude heavy.
dwight moody on November 18, 2010 at 1:31 PM Report this
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I've been wondering all day how much GB had to pay the parents of that boy to let him hold him for that picture and put on his book.

I do understand though if they did it to put the money in his college fund.
despicable me on November 18, 2010 at 2:07 PM Report this
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But you and Terry are so much more attractive! And I mean that in the least creepiest way.
LaCharlotte on November 18, 2010 at 2:24 PM Report this
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@31- Calling someone more attractive than Glenn Beck isn't creepy. It might be construed as damning with faint praise.
dwight moody on November 18, 2010 at 2:31 PM Report this
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His last book came out literally 27 days ago and he already has another?
jath on November 18, 2010 at 3:05 PM Report this
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Wait... my math was wrong. It was 25 days ago. I apologize for my gross inaccuracy!
jath on November 18, 2010 at 3:07 PM Report this
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EXPLAIN THIS BULLSHIT.
venomlash on November 18, 2010 at 4:08 PM Report this
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Gotta make the stickers happen now. I want to see Glenn Beck crying on tv because a bunch of homo-liberal commie-nazis vandalized his book.
samktg on November 18, 2010 at 4:11 PM Report this
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Hilarious!
AnniePdx on November 18, 2010 at 5:10 PM Report this
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I love even more that the MD's name is ABLOW
kvs920 on November 18, 2010 at 6:06 PM Report this
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How many books has Beck sold?
on November 18, 2010 at 6:09 PM Report this
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I loved The Kid and still want to know what happened to Dan & Terry's baby mama. Has Dan ever updated us?
Susan on November 18, 2010 at 6:09 PM Report this
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@41- Dropped off the face of the Earth, if I recall correctly.
dwight moody on November 18, 2010 at 6:11 PM Report this
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This only encourages my fantasy hate fuck.
on November 18, 2010 at 6:24 PM Report this
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Glenn and his "co-author" are quite a cute couple ;)
JerkFace on November 18, 2010 at 6:40 PM Report this
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Ew! He's repulsive.
anaisninja on November 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM Report this
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We're slipping if it took us 39 comments to realize the name of Beck's coauthor. Seriously??? *facepalm*

OK, I just had to check. But yeah. For real: This title will be released on January 4…
BEG on November 18, 2010 at 8:48 PM Report this
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HA! HA!

ABLOW, what a silly name.
Simone on November 18, 2010 at 9:24 PM Report this
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Beck's original cover is the gayest book cover I have EVER seen.

Except of course for the cover of Gay Cookbook. That was a picometer gayer than Beck's idea.
Rach3l on November 19, 2010 at 3:46 AM Report this
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THE GUY'S LAST NAME IS FUCKING ABLOW

A
BLOW

aauauughgh!!!
Rach3l on November 19, 2010 at 3:47 AM Report this
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A little disappointed that they didn't add your head to the other guy's body.
elizaj on November 19, 2010 at 4:41 AM Report this
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A little disappointed that they didn't add your head to the other guy's body.
elizaj on November 19, 2010 at 4:42 AM Report this
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Glenn Beck actually has three daughters, one of whom has cerebral palsy, and an adopted son (who, I believe, is of color).
on November 19, 2010 at 11:08 AM Report this
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@33, 34

Surely you're not suggesting that Glen Beck doesn't write all his own books!
Next, you'll be claiming that Sarah Palin doesn't write her books, either!

You must be part of the liberal media consipiracy.
Clayton on November 20, 2010 at 5:55 AM Report this
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The question here is: Who babysat Glenn's kid while he wrote all these books!?

Oh right, more like, who wrote all these books while Glenn thumbed his asshole to chalk board sketches
Cherry Pirate on November 20, 2010 at 8:23 AM Report this
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Keith Ablow's expression seems to being saying, "This isn't what we talked about in the meeting..."
LiviaScott on November 20, 2010 at 12:37 PM Report this
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Ablow used to have a Dr. Phil type show that was decent by daytime network TV standards.
on November 21, 2010 at 12:14 AM Report this
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I just read a book on Glenn Beck (a biography, not his autobiography) and sadly, Glenn Beck has 4 children, 2 from his first marriage, 2 from his current marriage.

I wish I could remember the name of the book, but it did a pretty good job of breaking down exactly why Glenn Beck is a scourge upon this earth and an assault against good taste.

Nevertheless, a man who called, on air, the wife of a rival who recently had a miscarriage to mock her, show never be allowed access to another child ever again.
Staoge06 on November 21, 2010 at 12:45 PM Report this

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