In case you missed it, here's Glenn Beck getting all weepy over that Mean Joe Greene commercial from 1979 -- an era in America he appears to cherish as "a better time":
And here's a factoid about 1979 from a commenter at Sullivan's place:
I saw this at the gym yesterday and almost fell off the treadmill laughing. I am so glad you posted it. You know what the best part is? That Mean Joe Green commercial was from 1979. That means Glenn Beck is harking back to those simpler times when America was better...when Carter was President. Does he not have a research staff?
Snap! Also...
According to Wikipedia, in 1979, the date of the commercial that made Glenn Beck cry, his mother drowned in a mysterious boating accident. His parents had divorced in 1977 and he then had to move to a different town to live with his father. His step-brother subsequently committed suicide.
Um.
Good times!