In which the audience says, 'Glenn who?'

I meant to post this at the beginning of the week, but things like days out of town and work got in the way.

I noticed something interesting this week, and it has to do with Glenn Beck and public recognition. In the past week, we've seen Beck get sent up by both The Daily Show and on Saturday night Live. While both bits were pretty good - both Stewart and Jason Sudeikis did pretty savage parodies - if you listen to the audience's reactions on both clips, it's pretty clear that the audience isn't quite sure what they're laughing at.

I've got to conclude that both audiences were unfamiliar with Beck's Crazy Man schtick, and that's why the clips are uproariously funny to bloggers and those who keep an eye on the Crazy Contingent of cable news but somewhat less so to the people who were actually sitting in the audiences.

While Beck drives bloggers and media watchers batshit, isn't it interesting that such accurate parodies don't generate more than weak titters among your average sane Americans?

Here's why: Your average sane American does not know who the fuck Glenn Beck is. There's really no other explanation.

Update: Not to be upstaged by either Stewart or SNL, Eric Cartman does his best Beck imitation.