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Comedian Jim Gaffigan bets on digital for new comedy special

April 11, 2012
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Glenn may have just found another reason to call Jim Gaffigan one of his favorite comedians. Today, Gaffigan is breaking with the traditional distribution model and selling his new comedy special, Mr. Universe, exclusively online in a distribution model similar to fellow comedian Louis C.K. and not that different from Glenn's own GBTV. Even better, he is donating $1 of each copy sold to the Bob Woodruff Foundation, a charity that serves injured veterans and their families.

In an interview with Mashable, Gaffigan explained that the move was partially a reaction to being censored at Comedy Central's Night of Too Many Stars, where some of his jokes were cut because the network felt there could be backlash from advertisers.

Gaffigan told Mashable his aversion was "“not a slam on Comedy Central, but the reality of being in the clutches of advertisers."

"I knew I was going to be dealing with a lot of product names in my upcoming special, so I decided to look outside the box."

Releasing the special digitally not only offers Gaffigan more creative control, it also has the potential to allow him to make more money than releasing the special on cable TV and other traditional methods. However, he will be donating $1 from each $5 purchase to charity.

“There’s a code of ethics on the Internet,” said Gaffigan. “One part of that is transparency. The other one is: Don’t be a greedy bastard.”

“Comedy Central made me a deal [for the special], but the risk of selling it online was more appealing. Yes, I’m spending my own money to produce it and build the website. But the chance I would make the same amount of money selling it myself is pretty likely,” Gaffigan said.

These comments echo a lot of the sentiments expressed by Glenn and his team when he first left FOX News to launch GBTV.

In March, Glenn spoke with the Wall Street Journal on the changes to the television industry. "We are on the edge of something that is bigger than industrial revolution," he said.

Will more media personalities follow the trail being laid by media entrepreneurs like Glenn, Louis CK, and now Jim Gaffigan? The trend - and the level of success - seems to suggest that it's certainly a viable way to bring your message and content directly to viewers.

You can read the FULL Mashable interview HERE. Mr. Universe can be purchased directly from JimGaffigan.com

Glenn Beck: 'I DON'T recognize my country anymore'

Glenn Beck has been warning since last summer that you would not recognize your country in a year. Well, it's not even summer yet, and he says he already doesn't recognize the country.

Do you recognize an America in which people are making more money off government unemployment benefits than they can make by working, inflation is ramping up, housing, supply and labor shortages are widespread, and the current administration gives cybercriminals from Russia a free pass after the biggest cyberattack on our nation's infrastructure to date?

On the radio program this week, Glenn pointed out that while businesses all over the nation are downsizing, one brand store is actually booming — and it says a lot about the state of the economy and what it means for our country's future.

Watch the video clip below to hear more from Glenn:

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Glenn Beck: Cyberattack on US pipeline points to 'Axis powers' of a 'digital World War III'

The largest American gas pipeline shut down on Friday due to what experts told the media was the "most dramatic cyberattack on U.S. soil to date." Investigators are looking at a group believed to be based in Russia known as "DarkSide."

It's time our leaders in the White House take national security seriously because this isn't the first time enemies of the U.S. — namely Russia and China — have used the cyber world to attack our nation and weaken our infrastructure, Glenn Beck argued on the radio program. Between Russia, China, and Iran — which President Joe Biden is now trying to make another nuclear deal with — it looks like the "Axis powers" of a "digital World War III" are lining up

"The journalists seem to care about the price of gasoline for the first time. Is it because they actually care? Or is it because they're trying not to focus on the fact that this was an attack most likely from Russia? And it isn't the first cyberattack from Russia of the year ... maybe we should be paying attention, to Vladimir Putin," Glenn began.

"And by the way, the pipeline going down, that's not the only [cyberattack] happening now," he added later. "Thirty thousand U.S. victims, small businesses and local governments, were hacked by cyber espionage units backed by the Chinese government in January of this year."

"There is an 'Axis power.' It is Russia and China. And, by the way, who is also aligned with Russia and China? Iran. Wow, this is weird," Glenn surmised. "But don't worry about that. Just leave your dog tags on another table. Let's not talk about China. Let's not talk about who actually crashed the jugular of our oil pipelines. I don't want war. But I got news for you ... this Biden administration is doing the job for our enemies."

Watch the video below to hear more from Glenn:


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'It's a death by a thousand cuts': Jordan Peterson on why staying silent is WORSE than facing the woke mob

Image source: Video screenshot

Canadian clinical psychologist, author, and cultural firebrand Jordan Peterson is no stranger to cancel culture. Ever since he was thrust into the culture war, he has faced one controversy after another, stirred up by the woke elites who hate him with a passion. But although they have tried to make him pay for speaking out so fearlessly against their message, he refuses to back down and he believes you should, too. He joined "The Glenn Beck Podcast" this week to explain why.

"There is a growth of the reluctant hero in all stories ... so many people think that they don't have what it takes, that they're not the hero," Glenn said to Peterson. "How do you get people to recognize and then have the courage to stand? You've taken a beating ... why is it worth it and how do you get there?"

"I think it's worth it because I believe the alternative is worse ... to stay silent when you have something to say," Peterson replied. "You don't know what it is within you that requires your voice, right, because you feel like 'I have something to say.' Where does that come from exactly, that feeling that you have something to say?

"Maybe you're disgruntled at work and you're choking on your own bile because the situation is not just in your estimation," he continued. "You're dying to say something, but you won't. Well, you'll die if you don't say it. Maybe it's a death by a thousand cuts. I don't like deferred punishment. I'd rather take it now and keep the future clean, which is why I encourage people to have the fights now, not to hide things in the fog for later. They grow and metastasize. It's better to confront what you need to confront when it's small and you have some possibility of victory."

Watch the video clip below to catch more of the conversation, or find the full podcast with Jordan Peterson here:

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Bank of America warns of HYPERINFLATION 'at the very LEAST'

Top officials at the Federal Reserve are doing what they can to sugar coat what's ahead for our economy, telling Americans we may hit a "transitory" period of inflation that will settle by 2022. But Bank of America is saying something different. The bank's latest earnings call commentary warned "at the very least" transitory hyperinflation is ahead.

Watch the video clip below to hear Glenn Beck explain what this means for prices and for our economy.

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