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Glenn Beck
Midlife Crisis Tour: Male Menopause Treatable; Physical Therapist Discusses Helping Kids with Cerebral Palsy; New Movie on Small-Town Football Coach Has Religious Focus
Aired June 19, 2006 - 19:00 ET
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Some of you might know that Glenn`s an alcoholic so it makes it tough when we`re on a small plane like this, because the rest of us like to have a drink after work, and we don`t really want to flaunt it in front of Glenn. But over the years, we`ve sort of developed a little bit of a routine where we can kind of enjoy our drinks without putting it in his face.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hey, Glenn, is that the Statue of Liberty?
GLENN BECK, HOST: What?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is that the Statue of Liberty down there or the Washington monument?
BECK: I think we`re past -- where are you seeing it?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right over there.
BECK: No, I think we`re past that.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, OK, sorry.
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BECK: Hello you sick freaks, it`s Pittsburgh! All right, all right. Great to be here aboard the Gateway Clipper Majestic for our Midlife Crisis tour.
People have been asking me, "What the hell are you doing traveling around the country talking about getting old?" And I`m going to be real honest, it is a deeply personal reason. Tickets are about 40 bucks a pop, and we`ve sold 20,000 tickets so far. I mean, do the math, you know? My daughter`s going college this fall, and CNN pays me in T-shirts and daddy needs some more candy. That`s the way it is.
The other reason is, I`m -- I`m doing it, because honestly, take a look at my ridiculous hair. I mean, it`s -- it looks like a toupee. It`s eight different shades of gray. I -- I saw myself the other day and I swear I look like William Shatner. Remember when what he looked like in "T.J. Hooker"?
And I realized youth is wasted on the young. Wisdom, I think, wasted on the old. Because I mean, I got knowledge and stuff, but I`m sleepy. You know? I don`t know if I want to do anything about it.
I spent my 20s and my 30s drinking until I was vomiting on some stranger. Haven`t done that in a long time. But now I`m a grown-up. I`d kill for the occasional drunk blackout, wouldn`t you? I mean, I wasted all of my blackouts when I didn`t need them. I`d like them now. I`d like whole days just to disappear. I can`t do that anymore, because I have responsibilities and you know the family need me, all of that stuff.
So if you didn`t buy a ticket it to my stage show, here is what you`ve been missing.
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BECK: You know what midlife crisis is all about really? I just want to be happy. And we don`t know how to get there. We have no idea how to get there. And so we focus on all of the stupid stuff, you know? We`ve got to start asking the big questions.
We`ve got to start really looking in and asking the kinds of questions like, "Why is this hair falling out but this hair continues to grow?"
If you ever see a guy with a lot of nose hair and he`s married, his wife no longer loves him. Because only a loving wife would say to you, "Geez, man, cut the nose hair, will you?" That`s what it is. No, I`m -- it`s true. It`s true. That`s what a loving wife does. One that hates you doesn`t say anything. It`s -- that`s what -- that`s the way -- for instance, Andy Rooney`s wife hasn`t loved him since 1972.
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BECK: I`m telling you, it`s true. 1972, their love was dead.
Jed Diamond, author of the best selling "Male Menopause and Irritable Male Syndrome".
I mean, Jed, is this a joke book? Are you serious? The Irritable Male Syndrome?
JED DIAMOND, AUTHOR, "MALE MENOPAUSE": Well, I got to tell you, Glenn, when my wife suggested that my grouchiness might be a male menopause thing, you know I got irritable, but after doing a study over 10 years with 30,000 males, we know now that it`s real, it`s serious, and it`s treatable.
BECK: Can I get an attorney to sue somebody over it so I can make some cash?
DIAMOND: A lot of people have been trying to make cash on this, but I think the main thing it does is save marriages.
BECK: Right. So what is the thing that you found out about it?
DIAMOND: Well, what we discovered was that there were hormonal and physiological changes that really are at the root of these irritability, anger and depression that is so common in men. And that when we understand it, we can do something about it.
BECK: Right. OK. So you -- this is like an actual science thing. So you really know the midlife crisis?
DIAMOND: Well, I`ve been a therapist for 40 years dealing with these issues. And until we...
BECK: But...
DIAMOND: ... did the study we really began to understand the truth of this.
BECK: Right. So I just wanted to make sure that -- I mean, because I have a clinical question for you.
DIAMOND: Yes.
BECK: When you hit your midlife crisis which is better? The Ferrari or Lamborghini?
DIAMOND: It`s a tough choice, you know, these are some of the significant decisions we`ve got to make.
BECK: Yes, it is. Sure. Sure. You know, actually, you know, my midlife crisis hit -- and I didn`t -- I`m a kind of successful guy. I know a lot of people who are, you know, they`re titans. They`re running, you know, their companies and they`re really successful, have great families, et cetera, et cetera. They hit their 40, 401st birthday and all of a sudden it takes them by surprise.
I was shocked that I went through a midlife crisis. It`s -- I think it -- you tell me, is it some sort of hole that we missed? I mean, we all grow up thinking, you know, I want to be this successful. I want to accomplish this. And then when we hit 40, we realize, none of that matters. It`s really all about family.
DIAMOND: Well, it`s true. And what we find is that the things that were important to us in the first half of life, when we hit 40, a whole different set of things become important.
BECK: Right. Do you find that there`s a difference in midlife crisis between those who are spiritual or religious and those who are not?
DIAMOND: We find the spiritual aspect is something that really comes to the fore. In the study that we did that we now have up on our web site, where people can take the quiz to find out, we find that spirituality is really at the core of a lot of the healthy transitions that people make to get to this time of life that can be really the best that we`ve ever experienced.
BECK: I have to tell you, I think that that is the key. I mean when -- every guy that I know that has gone through the midlife crisis, when they get -- you know, because you want to fill -- you`re thinking what`s going to make me happy is? Is it going to be a sports car? Is it going to be a mistress, whatever it is, when you`re missing the point that it`s about spiritual -- it`s about something so much bigger than anything that`s here on earth.
DIAMOND: Exactly. Yes, the first part of our life really is about success and making our place in the world. The second half is really, what does it mean? What`s my contribution, what are the bigger issues?
BECK: Right.
DIAMOND: And that`s really what we`re dealing with at this stage if we engage it.
BECK: So it`s really -- it`s really normal for -- I mean I have been having this thought so much that I mean -- and I have, you know, somewhat fame. I`ve got a radio show, television show, blah, blah, blah. I could die next week and I`m not even a Trivial Pursuit question, you know what I mean?
DIAMOND: Right. Yes, about.
BECK: It doesn`t really -- it doesn`t matter. The only thing that matters, the only way you`re going to be remembered is through your family.
Jed, thank you so much. I appreciate it.
DIAMOND: Sure thing.
BECK: Back in a minute from Pittsburgh.
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BECK: So what is it I know? Here in my midlife crisis, what is it I really, really know? Not very much. In fact, the one thing I know for absolute surety, I learned from my daughter Mary.
My daughter Mary, when she was born, she had 13 strokes. They said she would never feed herself; she`d never walk; she`d never talk; she`d never understand speech or be able to speak back. She`s a miracle! Through the efforts of her hero of a mother, she is just remarkable. She`s going to school, to college. What a blessing.
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BECK: You know, in Hollywood, people do some charity things and then they like to tell the whole world about it. In the rest of the country, there are people from all walks of life who help others out in incredible ways and never, ever get any attention for it.
Mimi Baker is a physical therapist here in Pittsburgh. She specializes in children with disabilities, something that`s very close to my heart. As I just told you, my daughter was born with cerebral palsy, and she has been the biggest inspiration in my life. That`s why I think someone like Mimi Baker is a real American hero.
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BECK (voice-over): For many people, when they look at kids with cerebral palsy, they can`t help but feel sorry for them. But look at these kids, through the eyes of their physical therapist, Mimi Baker, and instead, what you`ll see is potential.
MIMI BAKER, PHYSICAL THERAPIST: Every accomplishment, whether it`s just being able to sit up for the first time for just a few minutes, is huge. And that`s something that most families don`t have to celebrate.
BECK: For 24 years, Mimi`s been helping the hundreds of children in the Pittsburgh area born with cerebral palsy.
KIM BROZOVICH, MIMI`S FORMER PATIENT: Many, man why years ago I was a patient at the Children`s Institute, and Mimi Baker was my therapist. I was her first patient.
BAKER: You can`t help but feel emotion when they have some success. And you just feel so good about it. Or when you know they`re just not going to be able to do that.
BECK: In Kim`s case, what Mimi refused to do was take no for an answer.
BROZOVICH: She actually spoke to the surgeon while I was on the operating table. He was going to make a cut back -- like right back here, my heel cord tendon release. And he said to Mimi, "Well, if -- I`m going to cut it because she`s just going to be wheelchair bound anyway."
She said, "Don`t you dare." She said, "Don`t cut that muscle. She`s going to walk."
BECK: Nothing could have prepared Kim and her family for the journey that awaited them. In fact, nothing could prepare any family.
Chrissy is the mother of a child born with C.P.
CHRISSY BARTOLOWITZ, SON HELPED BY MIMI: We just knew something wasn`t right. So it was -- it was scary. It was really a scary thing.
BAKER: If you look at an example of a child with cerebral palsy, and they discover early on it will be with their child for life, they need time to grieve.
BECK: A sentiment Mimi now better understands.
Two years ago, Skyann (ph) was Mimi`s patient. Now Mimi is her mother.
BAKER: Right now I am a working parent. I am taking care of a child with special needs. It certainly has helped me be empathetic to what these families need.
She has touched my life like no one else has. And it`s a lot of work. But you just do it.
BECK: But it`s more than just hard work. Mime has succeeded, in no large part, due to the kind of patience so rarely found in this day and age. And her patients will tell you, she`s touched their lives in ways small and large that will never be forgotten.
Not only did Mimi make it possible for Kim to take her first steps, but Kim was able to walk down the aisle in her sister`s wedding.
BROZOVICH: I had a strong faith. Jesus and prayer, my parents and Mimi telling me, "Hey, you can do it."
BECK: Kim is now 28. She has a college degree. And she`s just begun a new career, working with special needs kids. And guess who her role model is?
BROZOVICH: That was the thing about Mimi. She made it fun. It wasn`t like -- I mean, it was hard work and I was sweating and stuff. And sometimes I would, "Ow, that hurts," but she just -- she just made it fun.
BAKER: When families say they liked having me as a therapist, I just always tried to see their child as a child and look at what they can do and not what they can`t do.
(singing) Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
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BECK: Mimi Baker, Kim Brozovich are with me now. Hi, guys.
BAKER: Hi, Glenn.
BROZOVICH: Hi.
BECK: Angels come to mind. Angels come to mind. You, Mimi, give people hope, as you do. As you do, as well.
BROZOVICH: Thanks, Glenn.
BECK: My daughter is going to college, and as I said earlier, you don`t know, as a parent, and it takes a miracle worker like you to let parents who are trying to navigate these waters know that it`s just a different struggle, you know? We all have different things that we go through, with all of our kids. It`s just -- it`s just a different struggle. Isn`t it?
BAKER: It is -- it is a different struggle. All parents need help. But having a child with a disability is overwhelming. It`s heartbreaking.
BECK: You know, it`s not -- it`s not as heartbreaking -- yes, it is.
BAKER: Initially.
BECK: It is. It is.
BAKER: Initially.
BECK: But it`s also, it`s the -- you just don`t know what the future holds.
BAKER: Right, there`s a lot of unknowns.
BECK: Yes. And you, you start to think, well, gee, will they be able to do what I did? And I come to a place where I`m not sure that my normal experience is the right experience, you know what I mean?
BAKER: Right.
BECK: Or the better of the two.
BAKER: Right.
BECK: So what -- Kim, how important is the attitude of "I`m just not going to let anybody stop me"?
BROZOVICH: Well, it`s the most important thing, Glenn. I think that, you know, you have a positive attitude and you say, well I can do it, then if you have it in your mind, most likely you`ll do it.
BECK: You`re very religious.
BROZOVICH: Yes, I am.
BECK: How important is that?
BROZOVICH: Well, it`s -- it`s right up there with my physical therapy. It`s very important.
BECK: Right.
BROZOVICH: Yes.
BECK: Is that -- has that gotten you through one of your toughest days? What are your toughest battles?
BROZOVICH: Well, probably right before I started walking, Mimi and I did physical therapy five days a week, because I started out at the Children`s Institute for school, as well.
BECK: How old were you?
BROZOVICH: When I started physical therapy, I was 5. So kindergarten age, up through second grade. So we worked three hours a day. So it was a lot of work.
BECK: Your parents are, I imagine, amazing people.
BROZOVICH: They`re the best. I have the best parents in the world.
BECK: My wife, who was just relentless. She was a full time job just making sure she was at the therapist all the time and just relentless on making sure that my daughter received the best care and was constantly working. I mean, it`s really a combination of the right therapist, the attitude of the child, and the parents just making sure that they`re the -- that they`re the strongest advocate, isn`t it, Mimi?
BAKER: And the parent, they`re thrown into this role of being -- we`re all advocates for our children, but they are thrown into the role of finding every resource that they can find to try to help the child. And they just love -- they`re so passionate about their love for their child that they do what they need to do.
BECK: What is the one thing that you`ve really learned through all of this? What -- at the end of your days when you close your eyes, what is it that you will remember most?
BAKER: I think I learned by watching my father over my lifetime that, you make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give. And that, I try to help, but the bottom line is, they`re doing the work. They`re making the efforts. The families are the ones that are so invested and passionate about helping their child that I`m just there to consult and help and guide. And they, they do it.
BECK: I`ve only got a couple seconds left. Message to parents?
BAKER: Accept and respect the differences, but love the child.
BECK: Mimi, Kim, you`ve been the best. Thank you so much.
BROZOVICH: Thanks for having us.
BAKER: Thank you, Glenn.
ANNOUNCER: Coming up on GLENN BECK...
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Our carbonated beverage, not soda. It`s pop.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Soda.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Pop, just pop. Say it.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Can I say soda pop?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No. No, no, no.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Pop.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Around Pittsburgh, that`s putting on airs, calling it soda pop.
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BECK: That`s right, we`re in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for a midlife crisis tour. And if you`re listening to the radio in the morning in Pittsburgh, you are listening to "Quinn and Rose".
Welcome to the program, guys.
RADIO ROSE, CO-HOST, "QUINN AND ROSE": Good to be here.
JIM QUINN, CO-HOST, "QUINN AND ROSE": Thanks a lot. Good to be here.
BECK: So, what a fricking nightmare John Murtha is. Tell me about it.
ROSE: Isn`t he though?
BECK: He is.
ROSE: You know what we call Murtha here? The gift that keeps on giving.
BECK: He really...
ROSE: Yes. For the Republican Party he is doing us such a favor, and we`ve got -- I`ve got a great friend...
BECK: I don`t know. The guy -- who`s running -- it`s a woman.
ROSE: It`s a girlfriend of mine.
BECK: Girlfriend of yours?
ROSE: A very good friend, Diana Irey, my commissioner in Washington County. She is running against Murtha. And it is definitely like a David and Goliath thing. She`s this tiny petite little spitfire, articulate, beautiful, and I think she actually has a very good chance of winning.
BECK: Yes, but you`re a friend. She has a chance of winning?
QUINN: Yes, she does. She has a chance of winning.
ROSE: She has a chance because he won`t shut up.
QUINN: Yews, well, first of all, I don`t know how popular Murtha is in Johnstown, especially in the some of the VFWs out there. This guy is so typical of the anti-war left. And I think we`re seeing a deal here now between him and Pelosi for her to swing him to the majorityship coming up. He`s laying the groundwork for that.
BECK: What a nightmare that would be. What does that mean? He wants to take leadership. What would that mean to our troops?
QUINN: Well, to our troops what would it mean to have Nancy Pelosi as the speaker of the House, or Alcee Hastings on the -- you know, on the intelligence committee.
ROSE: Here`s my impression of Nancy Pelosi.
QUINN: Thank you. Hasn`t blinked in 17 years, folks.
ROSE: But back to Diana Irey. I just want to say one thing. Even though they -- ever since Murtha has been out there, just taking stabs at our military, condemning the Marines before they`ve even had a trial, she`s been receiving money from all but four states all across the country, including Puerto Rico. People are sending her money because they hate Murtha.
And so this is not our local race, really, in the end. This is of national concern. So she`s doing fantastically.
BECK: The whole thing is just -- it absolutely amazes me the way the left has -- I mean, even when they captured Zarqawi.
QUINN: Everything -- everything the left has had to say, since then boils down to this, OK, look, we still have time to blow this. We`ve still got time to lose. We still have time to -- if we work really hard we can blow this thing, please!
BECK: It really is --
QUINN: Can we bring everybody home?
BECK: It has come down to that.
QUINN: Totally incoherent message.
BECK: Yes.
QUINN: It`s like we`re winning now.
ROSE: And the press asking questions. I mean, you would think one question could be the intelligence behind this, how did you -- the strategy, what did you do? This was so well-done and orchestrated.
BECK: I`ve got to tell you, listening to you guys this morning.
ROSE: You hear nothing about that.
BECK: And they were talking about Zarqawi and, you know, was he tortured, et cetera, et cetera. I heard it in your voice, Jim. I heard it your voice.
QUINN: Who cares? Who cares?
BECK: It`s like, I wouldn`t mind Jack Bauer with a couple of lamp lines right to the nipples.
ROSE: I volunteered to finish him off.
QUINN: A Louisville Slugger and...
ROSE: She should be very afraid.
BECK: They`re such hate mongers, America. Hate mongers.
QUINN: I know. We`re like that.
BECK: Zarqawi. I mean, here`s Zarqawi, who has dressed as a woman, has dressed as a Vader (ph). I mean, he is -- he`s a master of -- that`s another show -- but.
BECK: Getting crazy, and we`re going to leave it on the radio. Quinn and Rose, thank you very much for being part of the program.
ROSE: Thank you.
QUINN: Thank you.
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BECK: Well, here we are, day one, leg one. This is Harvey Weinstein`s jet over here. The way he came off that jet in a white t- shirt, big gut hanging out, honestly, he made Tony Soprano look like Fabio. We`re ready to rock and then take a nap.
Choke the living bat crap out of the companies that are hiring illegal aliens. Is this not the sexiest picture you`ve ever seen? Thank you very much.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Wait a minute. I`ve got a picture with the guy who made me cry in front of my wife.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You should really try doing something on TV.
BECK: I`ll give that a shot. I`ll think about it.
Well, we just finished our second show in Columbia, South Carolina, and this is always the worst part. Going back to the hotel, and it`s always a mob scene, with people asking for autographs. It`s crazy like this all the time.
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BECK: All right. To sports fans, Pittsburgh means the Steelers, the Pirates, the Penguins. Me, it`s the frickin` food, man. It is the birthplace of the Clark Bar, the ever-loved Klondike Bar, Heinz ketchup, and, if you visit Pittsburgh -- yes, I know, I didn`t -- I loved the ketchup until that woman got involved.
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And if you visit here, there is something different about the way people speak. It`s its own dialect. It`s Pittsburghese. Dorothea Coelho, we sent her out to give -- how do you say "you guys" here, "yunz" -- to give yunz a personal tour of the city.
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DOROTHEA COELHO, COMEDIENNE: We`re at a store in Pittsburgh called "Who Knew," right behind me. And this is one of the owners, Jeff. Since you`re retro, and you`re a Pittsburgh native, we wanted to talk about Pittsburghese.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yunz guys came to the right place.
COELHO: Oh, goodie.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Some of the words I want you to practice are Iron City Beer.
COELHO: Iron City -- Iron.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Iron. Iron.
COELHO: I am here at Iron City Brewing Company, which I`m very excited about, and I`m with the assistant brewmaster Dave Markle.
DAVE MARKLE, BREWMASTER: One of the main important things about beer is keeping everything clean so you don`t get any kind of contaminations.
COELHO: I think I lost my watch in there. Oh, are we rolling? And when no one`s looking, do you ever go in swimming in there, maybe a little skinny dipping with the girlfriend?
MARKLE: Oh, no. And then we`ll add the yeast, which ferments the beer.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I actually put the yeast into the beer, which gives it the alcohol.
MARKLE: It takes over a month, from the time we brew it to the time we can put it into a package.
COELHO: So you`re kind of like God turning water into wine?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, I wouldn`t say exactly God, but maybe, you know, one of the apostles.
COELHO: All right. They`ve made me a bottler for five minutes, and they`ve taught me basically how to do it. The beer`s been in the bottle for like a minute, right?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: About 30 seconds right now.
COELHO: It looks delicious.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It can`t get any fresher. The best part about it, it`s 33 degrees right now in the bottle.
COELHO: Oh, really? Oh, here we go, bottoms up!
We`re at Wholey`s Fish Market, one of the most famous places in Pittsburgh for the fish. And I`m here with Scott. Scott, what do you do here?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I`m the store manager.
COELHO: So, Scott, we`re in line right now to get a -- what do you call it, a whaler?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A whaler, a 16-ounce whiting sandwich.
COELHO: So is this all your four food groups?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We do have a fruit bowl that we sell that`s missing. Everything else is here, I think.
COELHO: Is it deep-fried fruit? This is absurd. Look at -- it`s crazy. I mean, how do you tackle this? Like, "Hey."
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: : Well, I usually start about right here.
COELHO: Right, OK.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And then work my way to the outside round, and then I don`t set it down until I`m done.
COELHO: Oh. I`m an official Steelers fan.
All right, so now I`m inside Primanti Brothers, the most famous sandwich in the world. Tell me how the history of the sandwich and how all of a somebody somewhere down the line decided to put everything, everything you eat in one bun?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There was a truck driver sandwich, so they can eat and drive at the same time they could drive the truck.
COELHO: Now, do you drive a truck? And do you eat the sandwich while you`re driving...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, I can`t. No.
COELHO: No? Tell me about the sandwich.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Our sandwiches are made off the grill with Italian bread, French fries, coleslaw, and tomatoes.
COELHO: So, tell me, how many calories are in this sandwich?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Probably 5,000.
COELHO: Oh, my goodness. This is unbelievable, and so light. Not heavy at all. I think my favorite part is the coleslaw, too.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It is good, isn`t it?
COELHO: Yes, because it makes you think that you`re eating something healthy. It`s the cabbage.
All right, I`ve spent an amazing day in Pittsburgh. I`ve learned how to eat like a Pittsburgher; I`ve learned how to drink like a Pittsburgher; I`ve learned how to work like a Pittsburgher; and I`ve become a Steelers fan. I love Pittsburgh!
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BECK: Oh, yes. Dorothea, I mean, is this the greatest sandwich of all time?
COELHO: And it`s kind of small.
BECK: It is small.
COELHO: Yes, it`s a snack.
BECK: Here, you need a...
COELHO: Thank you so much.
BECK: ... because I`m not having to sit here -- in fact, here, wipe this up for me, will you?
COELHO: Yes, yes, excellent.
BECK: Yes, good, you can put it back down.
COELHO: Perfect.
BECK: There we go.
COELHO: Can you smell that?
BECK: Now I`m ready to go. Yes. So what exactly is in this thing? This is...
COELHO: Well, first of all, as you notice, it`s humongous. It`s kind of like Tom Cruise`s ego.
BECK: I`m not waiting.
COELHO: Yes. And you have pastrami, melted provolone, French fries, tomatoes and coleslaw. And the coleslaw`s the kicker, because it`s the vegetable. It`s the healthy part. And it`s unbelievable. And, basically, it was invented for truckers who -- this is the first meals on wheels.
BECK: God bless truckers!
COELHO: So you just dive in and go.
BECK: We love you. But what is it -- I mean, because you`re from L.A.
COELHO: Yes.
BECK: OK? What is it -- why do people from L.A., New York, why do they come here and talk down to the people in the middle of the country? What is it that they`re missing?
COELHO: Well, first of all, their football teams aren`t as good, yes?
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But, seriously, I think L.A., New York -- I`ve lived in both places. I know I`ve got more food in my mouth than I do on Thanksgiving. I think what happens is, on the East Coast, everyone`s very narcissistic in the big cities.
BECK: No!
COELHO: I know, it`s shocking. We think we are the center of the universe.
BECK: Right.
COELHO: But people forget, like, kind of the heart of the country is in a city like Pittsburgh. And I`ve got to tell you, I`ve lived in a lot of places. I`ve traveled a lot of places. It`s one of the greatest cities I`ve been to.
BECK: It`s great.
COELHO: It is, because the people are very real here.
BECK: You know what -- exactly.
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BECK: I was just in Columbia, South Carolina, felt the same way. It`s just real. That`s the best way to describe it. Dorothea, I`ve got to run, but thank you so much.
Oh, by the way, it`s an Oprah moment. Sandwiches for everybody!
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COELHO: Cheers!
BECK: It`s better than an Oprah car. Oh, Oprah gives you car; I give you food.
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COELHO: Look at me. I`m Oprah. Big earrings.
BECK: I`m going to eat the whole thing.
All right, now from the Gateway Clipper Majestic here in Pittsburgh, let`s go "Straight to Hill," Erica Hill, the anchor of "PRIME NEWS" on Headline News in Atlanta.
Hello, Erica.
ERICA HILL, CNN HEADLINE NEWS ANCHOR: All right, Glenn, while you digest, here`s yet another reason to hit the gym, and not just big sandwiches. It turns out one of the best ways to beat hot flashes, mood swings, even night sweats could be exercise.
Women who exercise more reported fewer hot flashes and overall symptoms associated with menopause. That`s according to some early findings from an ongoing study at the National Institutes of Health. Now, while there`s no proof exercise is a cure, other studies have also shown the benefits of being active during menopause to help with those symptoms.
Not really sure who is buying them, but it turns out you can now pick up a calendar which features different serial killers, including David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam," in March. Also, January and February, you`ll find Charles Manson and Ted Bundy.
The paintings were done by a Frenchman who served seven years in prison for murder. And despite opposition from crime victims` families and advocacy groups, the company`s already planning a 2008 calendar and posters.
We all know there are fewer places to light up these days, right? More cities and states are passing anti-smoking laws. Well, in response to those laws, along with rising cigarette prices and shrinking sales, cigarette companies are now turning to smokeless tobacco.
Basically, they`re starting to market small pouches that you tuck in your cheek. It`s kind of like dip but without the spitting or the chewing. Camel`s version is already on sale in some states. Marlboro`s goes on sale next month. Health advocates, though, warn the products may entice children and nonsmokers alike, and that it could also keep smokers from quitting. A spokesman for tobacco company R.J. Reynolds says it`s just meeting consumer demand.
And it turns out global warming not only could maybe be affecting the weather, but might be changing the genetic structure of animals. In a new study, biologists say the seasons have been longer in the past few decades, causing animals to adapt to those changes physically.
And with the changes in weather, migration and reproduction patterns, and hibernation schedules change, as well. Researchers go on to say that animals who can adapt have a better chance of passing their genetic information on to future generations.
They`re also predicting that climate changes will -- get this -- make Canada the future agricultural powerhouse and perhaps turn the U.S. into a dust bowl. Sorry to leave you on such an uplifting note.
But this may be uplifting for you: More GLENN BECK coming up in just a minute.
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BECK: Look at this. They`re still eating the sandwich. Everybody else is done.
All right, there is a new movie coming out. It`s an independent film. It`s coming out this fall. It`s about a small-town football coach whose life falls apart. It`s turned around, though, through prayer and a miracle.
If you`re a parent and you think, "Hey, that sounds like the movie I`d like to see with my kids," warning: Hollywood is giving it a PG rating, parental guidance is suggested. Why? Profanity? No. Nudity? None. Violence? Nope. They are upset now at the Ratings Board because it has thematic elements; specifically, they talk about Jesus.
Yes, they talk about Christianity, and they feel that other people from other religions might be offended. The movie is called "Facing the Giants."
Joining me now from Atlanta is the director and star of the film, Alex Kendrick, and Michael Catt, pastor of the Sherwood Baptist Church in Georgia, the church that produced the film.
Hello, you crazy cats, you.
ALEX KENDRICK, DIRECTOR, "FACING THE GIANTS": How are you doing, Glenn?
MICHAEL CATT, PASTOR, SHERWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH: Hi, Glenn.
BECK: I`m doing pretty good. I`m doing pretty good. I don`t know how I feel about this whole thing. Tell me, are you guys upset that the PG rating came in?
KENDRICK: No, upset`s not the right world, just surprised at the reasoning behind the PG rating. It`s the time we`ve heard of a movie solely being rated for our spiritual faith.
BECK: OK, but put yourself into the role of a parent who is Jewish. If you saw -- I don`t know how the film`s being marketed or anything else - - but if it`s not in the marketing that, you know, you`re talking about Jesus wouldn`t you, if you were a parent of some Jewish kids say, "Well, wait a minute, I mean, I don`t want them, you know, having the propaganda of Jesus"? Does that make sense to you?
KENDRICK: Sure, yes. You know, your question`s very telling, because when, you know, Jesus was asked, "What`s the greatest commandment?" He said, "Love the lord, your god, with your heart, soul and mind, and love your neighbor as yourself."
And what we`ve done is kind of reversed those priorities and we`ve made it about us not offending anybody at the expense of kicking God out of the picture. So as a minister, you know, we`re trying to change that.
BECK: No, no, no, no, no. No, I disagree with you, sir.
KENDRICK: Why`s that?
BECK: First of all, I`m a Christian...
KENDRICK: Wonderful.
BECK: ... and I go to church every Sunday. Here`s the thing that I keep saying. If I were a Christian, which I am, and I went to -- I sent my kids off to a movie and it was just about, you know, tennis, and they come back and they`re like, "Hey, and I learned that I should be living the five pillars of Islam, and I should be listening to the Prophet Mohammed," I would say to the movie people, "Could you warn me a little bit? Could you let me know my kids are being indoctrinated on Islamic ideals?"
KENDRICK: So would you say we need to go back and re-rate "It`s a Wonderful Life," "Sound of Music," these that talk about faith and God and prayer?
BECK: No.
KENDRICK: No?
BECK: No, there`s a difference between -- no, there`s a difference between faith and God, and you need to accept Jesus Christ as your savior, something that I believe in, but I think that`s where it crosses the line a little bit.
I mean, for instance, you can run a -- you are can run a story, make a movie about Jesus and his miracles, put it on there, and it would be rated G. But it`s the problem that I have with Hollywood where they embed these messages.
You know, you think you`re just going to see some movie by George Clooney and all of a sudden you`re like, "Wait a minute, he`s slamming the president!" If the movie isn`t marketed as something Christian that has a lot of stuff in it about accepting Jesus as your savior, you should let people know that that`s what -- a message that is in there.
KENDRICK: But it is. We are marketing it that way.
BECK: Oh, you are marketing it? That`s why I said at the beginning...
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BECK: I don`t know how the movie`s being marketed.
CATT: Well, one of the lines in the movie is "where fear and faith collide." So obviously there`s a reference to faith in the movie about the collision of the anxiety and the fear and the failure of the coach and how faith comes into the picture. So anyone that sees the trailer would know definitely that this is a movie about faith.
BECK: No, sir, I just happen to disagree with you. I don`t think faith is the same as saying, "Accept Jesus Christ as your personal savior." There are people of great, tremendous faith that are Jewish, and Muslim, and whatever that have not accepted Jesus Christ as their savior. I have, and it`s a wonderful thing.
The deal is: You need to let parents know if they`re not of that faith. We could spend an hour on this. I appreciate it. Thank you so much. And, in fact, we may have you on the radio show to talk about this very thing.
CATT: Sure.
BECK: Because I`d like to hear some more from you.
CATT: Be glad to.
BECK: Thank you very much, guys.
I think the bottom here is that the rating systems for the movies is so screwed up, I don`t trust them at all. I have taken my kids to PG-13 movies that I have been completely comfortable with. I`ve taken them to PG-rated movies where I walk out. I`ve walked out of PG movies with my children.
Hollywood now on this, you know, message movie, message movie kick, the ratings are even harder to figure out with that. Some people saw religious messages embedded in the movie "Chronicle of Narnia," while a lot of others just thought it was a cute, little Disney film with a neat, you know, animated lion.
So who decides? Gabriel Snyder, he is a senior writer at "Variety."
Gabriel, give me with your flaming sword, tell me exactly, how do you guys decide what the ratings are?
GABRIEL SNYDER, SENIOR WRITER, "VARIETY": Well, first of all, it`s not me, I assure you. But really the -- I think this story really demonstrates just how little we know about the ratings.
I mean, all the MPAA will tell us and tell parents is rated PG for thematic elements. That`s the few words that they issued on this. They have had had a discussion with the filmmakers that we just saw, but, you know, the rest of us really don`t know what they`re rating and how they`re making decisions. All they do are issue these certificates.
BECK: Well, I have seen -- one of my favorite movies -- and I don`t watch rated-R movies anymore -- but one of my favorite movies is "Planes, Trains and Automobiles." I think there`s only one scene in there that makes it rated R, and I don`t know how many times you have to say the F- word to get a rated R, but it`s just past that threshold.
What are the rules? Do you know? Do they have a clear set of rules, or is it subjective?
SNYDER: No, it`s completely subjective. There`s no, you know, hard and fast rules. They`ll bend them if they want to. And they don`t really tell us.
I mean, you know, how many S-words or F-words do you have to say before you go from PG-13 to R? It`s really not clear at all. And, in fact, the entire system is designed to be that way. There`s no precedent here.
It`s not like they, you know, look at "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" and say, "Well, they said that word that many times, so if you say it that many times we`re going to rate this new movie like that." Each film is judged independently.
BECK: Yes, and that really bothers me, and I don`t trust Hollywood with the ratings at all, I mean, because I could see them saying rated-C for Christianity. I mean, it could come.
SNYDER: Sure.
BECK: Thank you very much, Gabriel. I appreciate your time.
SNYDER: Thank you.
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BECK: Hello, and welcome to "Masterpiece Theater," where today we feature the writings of Sarah from Nashville. She writes, "Dear Glenn, I don`t care what celebrity is dating what celebrity. I don`t care who`s having a baby by artificial insemination. I don`t even really care who`s in or out of the closet. I don`t care what cause Hollywood is beating me over the head with. I just love movies. Is there anything coming out this summer that I`ll actually want to see? Sarah, Nashville."
Well, Sarah, quite frankly, it looks like you`re in need of another edition of "Hit or Heap." This is the game where we decide whether something is worth experiencing -- a hit -- or if it`s a worthless pile of crap -- a heap.
So let`s look at the big movies out this summer. "Nacho Libre" stars Jack Black as a Mexican monk who becomes a pro wrestler to save his orphanage. Wow, does that sound like a big pile of crap, doesn`t it? But it`s from the direct of "Napoleon Dynamite," which also sounded like just steaming crap, and I actually liked that one.
Based on that, and the fact that it`s up against "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift," I`m going to give it a hit.
This weekend brings us "Click," basically Bruce Almighty with a remote instead of God, and Adam Sandler instead of Jim Carrey. Those two downgrades, you know, pretty much bring you to the level of the AMC Pacer, probably a big, fat, steaming heap.
And it`s up against "Garfield: The Tale of Two Kitties." Oh, this is obviously a big-time hit. I`m kidding! Jennifer Love Hewitt with an animated cat that loves lasagna? Oh, that crazy cat gets me every time.
Then on the 28th, "Superman Returns." All right, you know, OK, 23 years later, can this possibly be a good sign? You`d think no, especially when you find out Superman is played by something called Brandon Routh.
But Kevin Spacey is Lex Luther. That`s solid. Budget approximately the cost to defend the entire Soviet Union circa 1984. I`ll say it`s a hit, but I feel a little dirty saying it, you know. It`s like a Lifetime movie where I feel just very -- I can`t get clean.
You got a question to ask? Ask it right here at GlennBeck@CNN.com. We`ll see you tomorrow, you sick twisted freak. I`m going for food!
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