♪ ♪ welcome to the glenn beck program. tonight, we're broadcasting from high above times square. these are my radio studios in new york. we're about 40 stories right above times square. we're going to spend the next hour looking at this crazy live show that we do every night at 5:00 on fox. it is -- it's been a wild year. we have broken stories, cnn, where are you? this is a very, very -- >> here i am. hello, america. >> some people think boiled frogs alive. >> i swear, i thought they jumped right out. >> we worked with dead fish.

>> hello. i'd like to give $108 billion to the i.r.s. >> you name it. we've done it. tonight we're going to look at some of the more outrageous moments. some of the things that we did. >> i care! >> and how we did ththem. on the glenn beck program. >> we have had a lot of animals on the set this year. which ones did tough most fun with? we had frogs. >> okay. all right. >> turtles. >> barney and frank. here they are. this is your shovel ready project from florida. why did the turtle cross the road? to get to the other side. go ahead. go. look. i'll even, i'll even put our messiah, barack obama. c'mon. dashboard obama. go get him. look, a little baby turtles.

go get him. i've got a dove bar. uh-oh. uh-oh. that didn't work out well. 3.5 million for a turtle crossing. >> dead fish. >> this is in the center of the fish is what is called a spine. a spine. it runs generally down the fish's back or our back right here. it keeps us erect. it also helps us make tough decisions. sometimes when it's really tough, like i don't know. maybe i should have a little spine. meet my friend larry, the dead fish. here he is. hello, larry. hello, america. larry is here for, well, for the one reason that larry -- whoo! larry. larry is the dead fish that

nobody wanted you to see. he was printing up money last week. that's what he was doing. meanwhile, the government, they decided to do a couple of other things. look, it's barack obama. >> the dog. >> they're watchdogs of our republic, right? here is the press. see, it even says press. [ barking ] oh, it really scary, huh? look. she's like shivering she's so afraid. >> or carrier pigeons. >> maybe the phones are down. the white house, so you know, i brought carrier pigeons. if you need to send a message, you can call me or send a pigeon. i really did like our little "new york times" journalist, the little lap dog of the president. i liked that a lot. i like the turtle segment a lot. until one of them peed all over me on the set.

that was a little -- it was honestly, that was like my appearance on "the view." >> glenn. >> i'm a little pissed at you. >> we were not going to start off on this, but you have two of us. >> to deal with. >> yeah. >> when you cry, does it come natural, or do you have to pull an air out of your nose? >> probably the turtle. >> now to one of the biggest controversies the show has ever generated. the frog controversy. >> the progress controversy. you know what kills me about this show? we're talking about a communist, the white house. we're talking about a guy who is defended cop killers in the white house. we're talking about the destruction of our economy. what do the press talk about? boiling a rubber frog. incredible. >> look at what happened that day. >> he's a republican.

how bad could he be? bad! let me explain this to you. using this boiling water here. and these little frogs. you know, the old saying if you put a frog in boiling water, he will jump right out because he's scalding hot. if you place a frog in lukewarm and gradually rising temperature, the fog won't realize what is happening and dies? let me get the frogs. okay. so you have the little frogs. you have the little frogs here. barack obama has galvanized the country because of the sheer size of the bills he's proposed and the number of the bills, the urgency he's placing on the bill. he has forced to us think and get involved. we have not like john mccain been boiled slowly, we have been tossed quickly in to boiling water.

don't forget, what happens when you throw them in. when you throw frogs in boiling water -- okay. forget the frog. >> how did we pull up the frog shot anyway. >> i'm the director behind the boiling frog controversy. glenn came to me and said he wanted to make sure that when we did the frog stunt it looked like we were putting a real frog in boiling water. he was very specific. i want to hear it splash. i want it to look like i'm taking it out. and we have this container of frogs to out on set and i recorded glen putting his hand into the water to get one of the frogs out. so when i actually shot it in the live show, i had that recorded on tape. and i actually gave glenn a monitor so he could look and see and react to when his hand was in the water so as he took his hand out in the rehearsal footage, i was able to cut to him live holding this frog. it was just a split second.

it looks the same because it was our set, but it was a tape. and then he took the now rubber frog that he had in his hand, and threw it into a pot of boiling water and we heard this splash. and we looked in and saw a frog in there. and it appeared very real. >> i think there should be an award for stunt double, because the little rubber fog that we boiled was so believable to so many people. or at least we'll have you believe it was a rubber frog. >> let's look back now at some of your favorite guests over the year. >> you said you didn't do anything illegal. >> right. >> did you do anything unethical? >> no. >> why the hesitation? >> he was good. rod blagojevich. he was good. i can't believe that guy actually looked me in the eye and he was just -- i mean typical dirtbag from chicago. i don't know if you know this. a typical dirtbag

politicians. looked at me right straight in the eye, "no. no. i'm really a good guy." oh, my gosh! i remember the moment with rod blagojevich was when i said to him -->> if you're innocent, then you know what? the biggest tragedy is being done right now and we need to get to the bottom of it. but if you're lying do you realize the damage you're doing to this country? >> look me in the eye right now -- >> looking at you in the eye. >> you tell me. you are absolutely clean, you had nothing to do with this. >> i'm telling you, i did not commit any criminal acts. >> for a fraction of a second, i could see behind his eyes the oh, my gosh, i am that dirt bag. it was an amazing moment. i don't think it translated on tv. i could see it for a millisecond, the realization of -- a friend from acorn, which was another great, fantastic interview.

>> you're saying you guys have bad employees. >> it happened. >> i know. >> it happens. >> every company has bad employees. >> why have you hired people who have been imprisoned for identity theft? >> excuse me? do you want to talk about that? >> yes. >> or do you want to talk about the furlough program that the -- >> i talk about fraud. >> that was the next one i brought up. >> great moments that nobody saw. anybody watching it had a moment of ah-ha. senator jim demint was on. when what's his face was, you know, making it with his girlfriend, governor. >> let me ask aboutovernor sanford. i'm sure you don't have

personal information on this. >> i heard he's actually taking a hike. and i know he wanted to get away. i really don't know the facts about this. >> i said do you know him? will you vouch for his character? and he paused for a minute. >> he has always been up front with me. he's a good friend of mine. obviously, i hope he's okay. >> we went into break and i said that sanford is guilty as sin. there is something wrong here. i later talked to jim demint and he said he had just got an text right before he went on air, he was standing in front of the camera. they went on the text and found the governor car at the airport. he said if you asked me that question three minutes

before, i would have said yes. i looked at the text and said something's wrong. >> off lot of glennisms. >> hello all. fat, fat, fatties. big fat, fat, fatties. the weasels in washington. >> the weasels in washington makes the the case of what the weasels if washington. >> that's fantastic! >> that's fantastic! >> that's weird. >> that's weird, isn't it? >> that's weird. >> i'd like more, please. >> i'd like for please. >> more pudding. >> more, please. >> mud the mudding in the pudding pops. it'd like more please. >> please, sir. i'd like some more. >> that's a good one. that's a classic. my wife loves 'em. people ask me all the time, you know, you are so great. what is your wife like? i introduce my wife and they say is she really like that at home? he says, yes, he is. it's great. they say, excuse me, honey.

it'd like more please. the laughs ensue. then she gets a golf club. >> speaking of pudding. your favorite food? >> honey, honey, no dessert. you have to eat your green vegetables and eat everything on your plate. >> this is why lord axon did not say power tends to purify. >> why are you handing me cookies? >> cookie dough. >> i did. >> i really did. this is like nature's prozac. it's close to it. it has sugar in it. sugar is made by god. i'm not sure. >> about 26% of this economy. >> this is the government spending. but we forget about the local spending. >> i think you're right. >> this bill is green on the outside. thinnest green on the outside. inside, it's deep communist red. >> ggorbachev has the

environmental group now. >> this has too much salt in it. it has cheese and bacon and hashbrown and pancake, eggs, sausage. too much salt. this isn't healthy. somebody should sue. it's almost 6,000 milligrams of sodium, or the amount of salt you should have in other three days. but guess what? piggy, pig, pig, pig, you don't have to eat it. >> i say serving the troops, you know, dinner was the best. but they didn't share. they're off my holiday list. i would say ben stein and bolton having chinese. >> thank you for the chinese. i thought of a reason to have shie chinese food. it might be good idea to get

your kids to serve mandarin chinese. >> this is bad luck. >> it is to have your chopsticks up and down like that. >> did you learn it at the sn u.n.? >> no. at the state department. how many times do you sit around with a fork in the fox talking to the ambassador of the u.n. and one of the best -- you know, one of the best economists in the world. >> next up on the special new year's edition of the glenn beck program -- glenn's favorite song? can you guess which that is? and the beck blitz that got the most hits on youtube this year. s year. >> arguing with idiots. smart debate with nitwits. root for those who care ♪ ♪ l our

book. >> and now, another >> and now another edition of arguing with idiots, speaking ben franklin and today's guest idiot carl marx. >> what? >> hello, i'm ben. >> i'm carl. >> idiot. >> what is going on here? >> we are here to illustrate how glenn beck's knew book -- >> wait, glenn beck? >> -- will help you win arguments with your idiot friends. >> glenn beck, really? >> watch what i mean. >> whatever. >> karl, what do you think about taxes? >> they're reaching out of good for too long. >> really? >> shared sacrifice. taxes shouldn't progressiprogr e progressive -- >> hang on. progress sniff>> your rate goes up as you earn more. >> that's already how it works. >> fair share. hello. >> okay. we all know you can resight bumper sticker slogans. look at the chart. >> i'm unable to turn my head because i'm flat. >> well, in 2006, the top 1%

paid almost 40% of the country's income taxes. >> really? >> really. >> you don't see that in the "new york times." >> i love the "times." >> i'm sure. but i doubt they told you 57% of the earners pay 97% of the income tax bill. >> the poor only paid 3%? >> no, no, no. the middle class paid 3%. the paid got an income tax refund. >> whoa. i wish i was poor. >> you are poor. >> that would be great. >> you're still saying taxes aren't progress sniff>> no habla ingles. got to go, dude. your signal the dropping. >> idiot. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ 

>> you're watching glenn beck's "new year's countdown." now we go to the czars of the now we go to the czars of the year. the nominees are -- >> number one. >> number one. >> manufacturering czar ron bloom. >> he's good. >> we kind of agree with now that political power comes largely from the barrel of the gun. >> yeah, he's great. he believes political power comes from the barrel of a gun. he believes, he doesn't believe in actual i think manufacturering, which is weird. >> number two? >> fdc diversity mark lloyd. >> what we're saying is the doctrine is not enough. >> you're in a position where you have to say who is going to step down so someone else can have power? >> i like that. >> we have sam jones.

>> don't stop there. >> or number four. >> is it the disinformation czar? >> i will tell you stu did a very good job as the disinformation czar. >> i'm liz douglas, communication office for white house office of health reform. i'm to keep track of the disinformation. >> i'm stu from the office of disinformation and offices of disinformation. today we talk about linda douglas' video you saw. i'm dressed like her because i'm a huge fan. she's talented. she made the incredible leap from main stream media reporter all the way to obama administration mouthpiece. how did she do it? >> i don't know how she did it, but it's a sexy outfit that now you have too. do you have information for the disinformation? >> yes. there is a video she didn't show you. i hate when people show old video and don't tell you

about it. this is very, very old. it goes back to when george wus w. bush was president. >> it was spooky how much they looked and sounded alike. >> now we'd like to welcome the disinformation czar. [ applause [ applause ] >> how are you? good to see you. >> what happened when glenn came to your office and said wear this. >> i finally realized i had a use for the blazer, which i had purchased, which is absolutely beautiful. normally when you have your boss who comes to you and says can you put on this wig is not something you want necessarily to end up on national television, but i feel like in this case, things came together. the hair really worked. i learned something about myself, which was i'm much

more attractive as a female. i am very happy to be one of glenn's stars. in fact, what is odd about me, this is something that the obama administration might want to learn is only dress up as one czar. linda douglas. she's one of the few that still has their jobs. there is a correlation going. i'm like my own stimulus program. i have saved one job. linda douglas. >> i'm going to have to go with the czar of czars. i'm going with jones. >> barack obama. i'm going to have to start getting a little bit ugly. >> i mean, hey. van? you're always right here, baby. always right here. >> you talked to a lot of sound bites on the show this year. which has we used the most this year? >> most used sound bite on

the show? got to be van jones. van jones. got to be. give them the wealth. give them the wealth. >> no more broken treaty. no more broken treaties. give them the wealth. give them the wealth. >> the fundamentally transform america, we're -- what was it? five days away from fundamentally transforming america. >> we are five days away from fundamentally transforming the united states of america. >> the problem with the constitution -- right? yeah. didn't go for the redistribution of wealth. crazy constitution without that! >> one of the i think the tragedies of the civil rights movement was because the civil rights movement because so court-focussed, i think that there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing and activities on the ground that are able to put together the

actual coalitions of power through which you bring about redistributed change. >> glenn: you at seiu, your agendas, might -- yeah, i love that. >> your agenda has been my agenda in the united states senate. before debating healthcare. i talked to andy stern in seiu members. >> glenn: i feel like in the last year i spent my whole life representing your agenda, america's agenda. can you believe it's been a year? up next, want to play a game? still ahead, the most talked about moments ever on the show. can you guess which one that was? when glenn beck's new year's countdown returns. ♪ ♪ >> do you ever lie away at night and think man, i just wish i had a juggler on hand to help me explain the role

of government interference in our lives? yeah. we're making a big pile of monopoly money to make sense of foreign debt. lucky day for you! look no further. just record this show. or dvr it every day at 5:00 p.m. eastern. i mean i'm this for you, baby. you know what i'm saying? >> i think i made most of the audience throw up in their mouth just a little bit. there is nothing like a little glen afterhours. look, did it again. remember, midnight snack and a side of me. they took away my m&ms and replaced them with grapes. i am grossing america out like crazy. make sure you join us every day. dvr, or record the show. 5:00 eastern. think about what you spend on bottled water.

from america's news headquarters, i'm gregg jarrett. rush limbaugh holding a news conference from the honolulu hospital where he was rushed wednesday afternoon after suffering severe chest pain. a very vocal opponent of government healthcare reform and he thanked his doctors and well-wishers and put in a plug for the current state of u.s. medical care. >> i feel very, very fortunate. i have been treated to the best healthcare the world has to offer. that is right here in the united states of america. >> other news, chaos in northwest pakistan. 75 people now dead. 60 injured. homicide bomber blowing up

his car in a crowded feel of 300 people and volleyball tournament. it caused several nearby buildings to collapse. police believe locals are targeted for opposing the taliban. i'm gregg jarrett. now back to glenn beck. >> we played a lot of games on the show. any favorites? >> jenga is my favorite. that was my favorite. that was the favorite one. >> they have just committed you to debt of $116,000 -- it goes up every minute. $116,000. that's what your family owns. now, david, what was the problem we got into? we got into the problem partly because everyone was making loans they couldn't afford, they were taking out too much money. >> well, and wall street was betting on loans that people couldn't afford. wall street was leveraging that. i mean betting on top of these things making a reverse pyramid that was teetering on that little point, which is

about to collapse. >> nobody wants to take the rich people, the well connected, the privilege people don't want to take a loss for it. >> they don't want to take a hair cut. >> they didn't ask a lot of the people if if for, can you verify your income. did they ask you to verify your income? they already have your name and address. they are sending you the bill. for everybody else, let me tell you something, america. all these people, all they have done the whole time is just play a game. >> what about the barbie doll house? >> i didn't think we were going to talk about that. oh, you meant on the television. oh, sure. who doesn't do that? they said they wanted to talk to me about acorn, so on the way to work i stopped on the toys "r" us and i got the, i got the big house for, you know, for barbie, because i thought i would explain -- this is going to hack him off. how much do you bet he doesn't let me bring the house on the set. this is dale rathkey.

and his brother is in here some place. i have all of the acorn members here. they'll be in -- i could bring the little house, but i think acorn probably is -- don't you think it's better if the acorn people are in the big house, you know what i'm saying? then we'll explain this. of course, this is -- i don't know who this one is. but they're angry and they're going to drive away. it will be -- well, you'll see. >> dominoes. >> you just knock it out by overspending. and the whole thing collapses. your house, unemployment. then the government. then you're left with a choice. are you ready? it's easy. you just push one. wow! one didn't fall. >> connect four? >> let's play connect the

dots here. we have buffy and josi, and we have valerie. then we have -- uh-oh. connect four. that was tricky. >> how about playing the magic trick. >> he cannot lose this battle. it's his legacy. john boehner said it's his waterloo. i told you a million times, the man is david copperfield. let me show you what they're doing. lights, please. the man is david copper field. it said to you over and over again, just watch the other hand. see the money? see the money? here is the money. watch the other hand. the guy is a physician. the -- the guy is a magician. instead of putting the

spotlight on fox, and have you watch us, what else is happening. if we turn the lights back on, oh my gosh! as you were watching this, healthcare was snuck in the back door! >> money is coming from all over the world. this is the engine of any big company. >> the law puts them first in line. >> correct. >> then you have what? stockholders are next. or preferred shareholders. >> with a we have done here if i'm not mistaken, these people are gone. they're out. theme people are put here. >> you need another train. >> got to be jenga there. he blows. >> speaking of game players, what are your favorite lawmakers you've talked about this year from washington?

>> do you have a choice? i can't think of a single one. is this like an anti-favorite? hero, anti-hero? >> give award to eloquent lawmaker, let's say, would you choose perhaps nancy pelosi? >> let's just reflect on some of the super classic nancy pelosi lines like this one. >> i have concern of some of the language that's being used. >> san francisco, there was violen violence. >> i saw this myself in the late '70s in san francisco. this kind of rhetoric was very frightening. it created a climate in which violence took place. >> by liberals? is that biased? yeah. that's a good one. i love the c.i.a. statement is clear one. >> my statement is clear. let me read it again. let me read it again.

>> sorry, i have to find the page. >> there is the maxine waters, tell you what this liberal is going to do. >> guess what this liberal would be all about? this liberal would be all about socializing -- would be about, basically taking over and the government running all of your companies. >> that one is just the best piece of video ever for holy crap, uh-oh. um, um. i can't think of anything barney frank has done this year that's been crazy, except for maybe -- i do like -- when i think barney frank, i think of the audio where right before the crash

comes. faneuil and fanie and freddie is perfectly solvent. >> i think fannie mae and freddie is fundamentally sound. i think the prospects going forward are very solid. >> please! >> to your favorite married couple? >> tiger woods. if that is not a marriage made in heaven, you know. swedish supermodel and ahh, hookers and stuff on the side, too. then we have congresswoman chikowsky and robert creamer. married. i don't think he took her name. hard to pronounce. and then that is good. tough corruption of congress.

they can lay in bed at night and say hey, i stole a bunch of money. the other one can say i did too, in a completely different way. anita dun and her husband, whatever -- he's the attorney now for the white house. by the way, i thought that wasn't happening. i thought when we broke that story we were called crazy, that that wasn't going to happen. hmm. >> your favorite couple of the year, i think, has to be clara pittman. >> i don't think they were technically married. >> yes, they were married. >> were they? >> yes, they were married. >> two names they will never say, cloward and piven. if you don't know what cloward and piven, pause the show and go google it. google it. pause, please.

look it up. this is important because cloward and piven, it's what they're doing. they're collapsing the system and replacing it with a system of guaranteed annual income for all the workers. workers of your world unite. >> for no other reason to make it simple for simple minded people like me. can you take each other's names? i don't care if she takes his or he takes her name, i don't care. >> favorite prop is next. what could it be? we are only minutes away from the most memorable moment of all time on the glenn beck program. b1+)+)))))

glenn: we're not saying we're like russia.

i'm not saying obama is going to kill anybody but can we stop the music? can we at least come up with some other title than czar? can we maybe remember that czar wasn't a good thing? loom how >> look at how enormous their head is. that's high. i've been shrunk down here. c'mon. really. what do these matter anymore? we're designing something new. why don't we just put the, you know, the new -- these say glenn beck is such a dummy, dummy he spells oligarth that way. you're right. we talk about what is america transforming into on the board. o-l-i-g-a o-l-i-g-a-r-h. huh. what is missing? show the chalk board from earlier in week, will you?

oh, that's the word that's missing! hang on just a second. so what? we were missing yesterday was czar. hmm. so the liberal -- they said the progressives just wouldn't get it. what they taught us is you can't spell oligarh without the czars. thank you. >> what was your favorite prop this year? >> the white house used to have when we had real enemies like russia. those were the days. we used to have a red phone at the white house where if russia did something, you know, they could pick it up and the president could say what are you doing? we're going to bomb you. then they would talk things out. we installed this telephone. the only people who have it are the people now in anita

dun's office in the white house. >> a red phone. >> when the phone there and they have the phone number -- the white house has the phone number. we verified it. they have the phone number. why in your wildest dreams wouldn't you phone? here is an idea, because you're lying. maybe. >> how many blackboards do we really have? >> we only have three. >> double sided. >> okay. we have three. they are double sided. we also have one that's a rental. and i did on a saturday near my hohome, i did try to buy a blackboard for my house, more my kids. >> the culprit of those who were going to save us, the

federal reserve, they were supposed to safe us. what they do for a living they create bubbles. we have the savings and loan and they saved us. the 1980s led to the failure of 747 savings and loans institutions. the ultimate cost of the crisis estimate to totalled about $160 billion. >> a beautiful calendar for the thoughtful members of congress and president is working to create this. gold everywhere. the president is winking at you. government motors is going to fix, the sun is going to be hot, but not too hot. wall street, main street, rolling in the cash. clean energy, kids will be healthy. it's fantastic. they're stitching this calendar together with several things. the stimulus bill, healthcare and the climate change bills. it's just sunshine and lollipops for you and your children. look, everybody is happy. even the sun is wearing cool shades.

>> hello, my name is glenn. i'm addicted to back boards. >> up next, the big review. the most talked about moment of all time on the glenn beck program. of all time on the glenn beck program. e

it's an emergency. it's an emergency. >> quick, we need the emergency red lights, please. can we get the energy red lights? thank you. this is an emergency. head for the exits. go, go. get out of here. as quick as you can. it's the economy. quick. it's an emergency. >> so, get comfortable, sit back and relax. take a deep and soothing

wonderful breath and visualize golden white light filling your lungs and floating and drifting deep with my voice further down. as you do, you begin to drift and dream, filling wonderful, happy calm feelings. whatever you're hearing on the news because one with you. and you become one with it. >> i hope he's wearing gloves. he's cleaning up one of the fancy lightbulbs here. this is steve brigere, always known as "stu" on my program. can you hear me? >> yeah, i can. >> are you okay, man? >> in tornado, alley, kansas, what could possibly go wrong there? the government accountability office says homeland security did like an outhouse, just like can somebody close the door? the security relied on a flaw study to justify spending $700 million to build the research facility filled with

diseases. >> and now, the moment america has been on pins and needles for. you'll feel them soon. the most memorable moment of the glenn beck program 2009. >> okay. but here is where i want to get. as all of these fell, they all piled in to the federal government. >> they did. >> now it's all contained there. >> i'm passing out. >> are you all right? want to hang on? >> i'm passing out. >> want to sit down? >> go on. >> oh, oh, oh. we'll be back in just a second. >> welcome back to the program. it's kind of a wild day here. david buckner who is a good friend of mine is doing well. he was ill apparently this morning. and just got a little light headed but he's fine. and we have medical professionals on their way to the set. he's up and alert and fine. it became an international sensation. i think only susan bo boyle knocked him off. he was number one on youtube.

and he's very proud of that. no, he's not. we never got to finish what he was talking about so he is here to finish what he start start start started. how are you? >> i'm fine. >> we have a chair just in case. >> i'm good. >> go for the helmet. >> i'm fine. >> all right. i'm sorry, dude. >> it's just been -- >> glad to know it's there. >> i didn't know what to do. i was thinking okay -- you got my hand. it was good. >> you got me down! >> we have, look -- this is a very special, this is coveted, this is very coveted. and you can see by the way it works here, you probably know who that might be. and i'll just keep talking and talking and talking until finally he just -- and then maybe i'll recognize it. most memorable moment goes to -- come on in -- david buckner. here is david. [ applause ] >> thank you so much. >> i'm so touched.

>> can we, can we cut here. i think he's passed out. >> here you go, david. you should actually, well, you can put him like that but we thought you should glue him face down. >> i'm so touched. >> you're recognized on youtube. there is 1.6 million hits on it. >> quite a few there. susan bo boyles came along three or four days. >> you were a star for a moment. i'll never forget that day. >> neither will i. >> i was sitting out there on the stretcher and you came out. it said, "glenn, i'm so sorry, man." >> david said to me, as we're doing this conversation, he's like i'm a goner, i'm going to pass out. i'm thinking i don't see how that relates to this. you get into this -- >> toxic assets. i'm like okay, i don't know what kind of joke that was, that didn't really work. then when he was on the floor, i realized what you were saying to me.

and then you apologized when we went into the break. i'm like david, it's okay. we just want to get you to the hospital. >> you did say now that i know you're okay, don't worry, you're number one on the board. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> i will cherish this always. i will let it wobble. >> the very high budget show. and very coveted award. maybe you can win it next year. and the bolt that holds it in place. maybe not. >> don't go away. the count down continues next. continues next.

>> glenn: we might as well all go to crazy town. think it over. yeah, baby. nasa released the refurbished video of the first ever moon landing. this makes sense in upside down world. have you noticed or is it just me we seem to be marching down the road to socialism? >> oh, no, it's socialism. stop, stop. comrades, today, i bring you the news from the western front. our fearless leader of the

american swine say their country will never recover if the stimulus doesn't pass quickly. how right he is. but comrades, you must not listen to the foolish propaganda from the pig who says that their leader obama is simply fear mongering. the nine founding principles and the 12 eternal values. yes, the 9-9-12 project. are you ready to be the person that day after 9/11 on 9/12? these guys, this is the way the media sees it. this is the way america is trained to see it. it's the republicans versus the democrats. but my theory is that there is only about 15% of these people that just care about the party. all they care about is the party, the money and the power. i think that's actually high.

>> the radicals. revolutionary. they were. right to bear arms. health. determination. thrift. these guys were called traders. dangerous, awful. this was unspeakabunspeakable. all new thought. they were revolutionary for freedom. they fought gigantic government and oppression, because they fought there is a better way. here is the question. are we going with that revolutionary or that one from new york? good night, america. >> glenn: before we leave each other, i want to take the time to say thank you. thank you for the most incredible year of my life. it was just over a year ago that i met with the fox executives and they told me we'd like to put your show at 5:00 in the afternoon.

i said, i don't care what time you put it on, but i don't know if it will be a success. and who is going to watch at 5:00? >> three, two, one. beck. >> well, welcome to the glenn beck program. i'm going to be real honest with you out of the chute. this is only the third time i've done live tv so buckle up, it could get very, very bumpy. >> glenn: here we are a year later and one of the fastest growing tv shows in cable history. it's really because of you. you're willing to put up with me, to listen to me, to question, question with boldness. i've been trying, staff has be to fair and reasonable. we talk about outrageous things but it's not because we're trying to come up with outrageous things. we're just trying to come up with answers. thank you for being with us all year.

thank you for being willing to question with boldness, to hold to the truth. and to speak without fear. we have a lot of work to do. and a lot planned for next year. i invite you to join us. we'll see you then. from new york, good night, america. ♪ ♪