Are Glenn Beck and The Office's Michael Scott the same person?
Written by Karl Frisch
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I've always thought Fox News host Glenn Beck and The Office's Dwight Schrute were the same person:
It seems I may have been wrong all along. Steve Young -- a former television writer -- makes the case that Beck and The Office's Michael Scott may in fact be the same person. He humorously observes:
Why Don't We Ever See Glenn Beck and Michael Scott in the Same Place?
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Both have an incredibly conflicted view of who they are, beginning particular lines of reasoning with an aw shucks, I don't know nothin', before giving themselves a standing ovation for grasping the incomprehensible. Like their intimate understanding of how God works:
“Is there a God...? Then what are all these churches for?” Michael Scott
“God is giving a plan, I think, to me...that is not a plan.” Glenn Beck explaining God's submission of a plan that is not a plan.
While neither is black they both have found Martin Luther King effects their lives in significant ways:
"...it was divine providence." Glenn Beck on why he selected the anniversary of Martin Luther King's “I have a dream” speech as the day of his 8/28 rally at the Lincoln Memorial.
“I don't understand. We have a day honoring Martin Luther King, but he didn't even work here.” Michael Scott on MLK Day.
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They both know how to relate to others' pain:
“When I see a 9/11 victim family on television, or whatever, I'm just like, 'Oh shut up' I'm so sick of them because they're always complaining.” -The Glenn Beck Program, Sept. 9, 2005
“I'm not a bad guy, I am a good guy, who just, hits women with his car.” Michael Scott after hitting his employee with his car.
You can read Young's entire Beck/Scott breakdown here.