Glenn Beck: Keith Olbermann says Glenn Beck owes it all to Lonesome Rhodes, Dave Foley
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I think Andy Griffith is a terrific, underrated actor. And any time someone calls attention to Mr. Griffith, I say hooray.
I also admire the Kids in the Hall and applaud whenever someone calls attention to that brilliant troupe.
Keith Olbermann last night paid tribute to both Griffith and Dave Foley of the Kids in the Hall by bashing Glenn Beck.
Olberman noted that Fox News left out “Lonseome Rhodes Beck” in newspaper ads saluting the channel’s run atop the cable news ratings. Lonesome Rhodes is Griffith’s character in the 1957 classic “A Face in the Crowd,” a startling performance light years from Andy of Mayberry.
And Olbermann replayed a 1994 sketch of Foley as a TV commentator.
“If somebody were to create like a demo tape for an invention called a Glenn Beck, that’s what it would look like,” Olbermann said.
Foley replied: “I like to comfort myself by thinking that Glenn Beck has never seen it because I would hate to think that he was actually a ‘Kids in the Hall’ fan. I don’t want to contribute to his happiness in any way.”
Here’s the Foley sketch: