
Jeans. We all wear them. But they’re just not the same anymore. The just don’t, well, make jeans like they used to anymore, like they did in the “good ole days.” Further, jeans have been emasculated — de-balled, if you will — largely by Obama and his mom jeans, of course, but also by YOU. Do you think God or Jesus or the Founding Fathers would get caught dead wearing any of the jeans in your closet, jeans designed by gays and made in communist countries? Oh hell no!
What’s to be done? How can we, as a nation, get back to wearing “real American” jeans, jeans that won’t rip in the crotch when mounting a wild stallion while also making the face of every America-hating liberal melt off upon mere sight of them? Enter: Glenn Beck, and “the jeans that built America.”
Yes, Beck, the former Fox News crackpot who now is relegated to spreading his lunacy via the internet and AM radio, has recognized the great American fashion crisis hiding in plain sight and is here to save the day with his hot new clothing line: 1791. In other words, Glenn Beck wants to be the new (more patriotic and manly) Calvin Klein.
From Beck’s website, The Blaze:
Put simply, 1791 is a clothing line with a story to tell, Beck said.
The 1791 theme—the year the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution—has been in Beck’s mind for few years, said L.J. Herman, who runs Mercury Radio Arts merchandise. But only last January did Beck decide to create a clothing line around it, he added.
The main thrusts of the 1791 line are to remember where we came from as Americans—to revisit that “original blueprint” of our Founding Fathers—and to restore values and efforts that have made America great. The 1791 designs “will be a constant reminder to those that wear it that we are a people of merit,” Beck said, and that maintaining those rights we’ve cherished since 1791 don’t stick around without “great responsibility.”
All net proceeds from 1791 clothing line will fund Beck’s Mercury One nonprofit philanthropic organization, which looks to restore America “one town” at a time.
Translation: “THESE JEANS WILL KICK YOUR ASS, PINKO QUEERS!”

Here’s what apparently is the first commercial for 1791 — “The American Jean” — which Beck narrates himself in his best narrator voice…
And here is Beck talking about the line on his radio show…
Just go ahead and start preparing yourself now to see your dad wearing 1791 jeans when you go home for Thanksgiving this year. It’ll be much easier to handle if you know it’s coming going in.


(Via Hypervocal)



So now jeans are a political statement. Wonderful.
If you can think of a way of showing that you’re a person of merit better than buying jeans from a political ideologue, I’d be happy to hear it.
What’s really odd is that, after checking their site, their jeans aren’t available larger than 42″ waists. So not only can Beck not wear his own jeans, I’m pretty sure most of his audience won’t be able to wear them either.
I’m shocked there isn’t an elastic waistband option.
Because when I
slipwedgehammer myself into my 501′s I celebrate Cerdic and Cynric slaying the British king Natanleod, and five thousand men with him. Maybe, I dunno’.Don’t ever change, Glenn.
I didn’t think that celebrity fashion lines could get any worse, but there it is.
(And yay, Animal House gif!)
I need to find a way to get that gif on a t-shirt. I’ll wear it to work, and when my coworkers ask about it, I’ll reply:
“Look on my shirt, ye Incompetents, and despair!”
That commercial hurt my marketing brain. Ouch.
Yes, what better way to celebrate the authentic values of 1791 than promoting a clothing product that didn’t even exist then?
Personally, I always assumed that if Beck ever promoted a line of clothing, everything would be made out of gold bullion and tin foil.
I like that he is using an Indian head bust on the buttons. it’s almost as if he is trying to remind people that genocide is an authentic American value.
Their one clever innovation: If you’re a minority and you put these on, they instantly burst into flames.
I love the commercial there.
A white survivalist out in the middle of nowhere lighting a fuse to a homemade device and then running like hell to get away?
Hmmm. I don’t know if that’s really going to resonate with your average Glenn Beck fan.
Also a guy who’s for cutting funding to NASA bragging about America landing on the moon.
“Jeans for America. Made in America. Purchased by Americans. With American Money. THAT’S FINANCED BY THE CHINESE WHY AREN’T YOU WAKING UP PEOPLE………/sobs….. GOLD BARS AND FOOD INSURANCE.”
Let me guess: every pair is relaxed fit with a tapered leg. They come with inseams as short as 27″. Three washes – light blue, sort of darker blue, black. I’d visit the site to see but that would mean visiting the site.
Dark blue and dark blue only.
THESE COLORS DON’T RUN, HIPPIE FAGGOT!
@Otto Man, they do however, fade with time. Wash inside out in cold water to minimize fading. ‘Murica!
Conversation between actor in the commercial and his agent:
Agent: “Hey, good news, I got you a gig!”
Actor: “Great! Television, film? I hope it is Homeland, that show is great.”
Agent: “Well, actually, it is a commercial for jeans.”
Actor: “Well, shit, a commercial? Well, I guess it is a job. What company, Calvin Klein, D&G, or some other high end company, right? I mean, I guess Levis would be okay as well.”
Agent: “Actually, it is a jean company founded by Glenn Beck called 1791.”
Actor: “Dafuck!? Goddamnit. It pays right?”
NAILED IT.
“1791, jeans you can rely upon when the Space Jew Lizards invade after intoxicating our water supply with fluoride”
I’m gonna pass on this. I’m white enough as it is.
Y’all really don’t get out of Brooklyn much do you? Every welder I know is going to trade in his Carharts for a pair of these (and they’re all dumb enough to us a 4″ grinder w/o a face shield)
Where are these jeans made?
How are jeans part of a clothing line? It’s only the label, right? You could put jeans from 30 different companies in front of me and I couldn’t tell which ones were Target clearance items and which ones cost $300. Also, I’m always in favor of a way to tell apart people I never have to talk to.