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Quote from: (Sandman) Logan-5 on May 22, 2017, 12:52:17 AM
95 Yr-Old WWII vet calling in to Knapp ?  That kicks ass. 

I was thinking the same thing!

Quote from: TigerLily on May 21, 2017, 11:34:18 PM
Hey Neb! I'm sure you will when the spirit moves you. I watched Manhattan Melodrama this evening. Somehow had never seen it. And DVRd Love, the silent Anna Karenina with Garbo and Gilbert this evening too

Wonderful stuff!  And, Knapp is rocking it!  I can tell he really wants us to listen to the Beatles segment!

Quote from: TigerLily on May 21, 2017, 11:12:40 PM
Whew! Just made it. Good Evening Knappstars. I'm so ready for UFOs, and Beatles and Knapp. Good George. Despite the cats' opinions, you have my permission to color outside the lines. Occasionally it's a miss but more often hits

Hey, girlfriend!  Glad to see your post!  Still wanting to post on TCM! 

Hey Zee...It's Over and I are here.....are you?

Quote from: Dateline on May 21, 2017, 10:42:20 PM
Finally, a host to listen to.

Amen!!!!

Quote from: ItsOver on May 21, 2017, 03:52:30 PM
I'm going to see if I can at least do Knapp for the first half.

Agreed....just not that into the Beatles.

Quote from: albrecht on May 14, 2017, 07:01:37 PM
So out of curiosity and because an interesting tale, if all true, I read "The Stranger in the Woods." About the Hermit that was in some papers and a Knapp guest wrote a book on him and was able to interview him. Fairly interesting, I chuckled a these lines:
page 103: "He listened to a lot of Rush Limbaugh. "I didn't say I liked him. I said I listened to him." Knight's own politics were "conservative but not Republican." He added, perhaps unnecessarily, "I'm kind of an isolationist.""

page 111: "Sometimes I'd stay up late, he said, "and listen to some crazy AM talk-radio show, and hike to a high clearing before dawn and watch the ground fog collect in the valley." [emphasis mine] 

page 166: "And what about a text message? Isn't that just using a telephone as a telegraph? We're going backwards." When he hears how songs are now shared and downloaded, Knight is equally unimpressed. "You're using your computers, your thousand dollar machines, to listen to the radio? Society is taking a rather strange turn." He says he'll stick with vinyl records.

Just received the book from Amazon.....couldn't resist ordering it.  Quite a story.

Quote from: ItsOver on May 19, 2017, 09:17:41 AM
I hate to barge in on the usual "I love Trump" banter but here's what's upcoming for Good George.  Finally, some UFO talk for the first part and stuff for Beatles lovers in the second.

UFO Manipulation/ Sgt. Pepper's Influence
Sunday - May 21, 2017
Hosted by George Knapp
Guest(s): Jeremy Corbell, Bruce Spizer
First Half: Joining George Knapp, UFO researcher Jermey Corbell will discuss his speech at the Contact in the Desert UFO expo:"UFOs: A Clockwork Orange" - suggesting that the UFO phenomenon itself seems to be a display - controlled by a mechanical and artificial intelligence.

Second Half: "Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band" is the most famous album by the most famous band in the history of rock ’n’ roll. It became the soundtrack for the Summer of Love. Beatles expert Bruce Spizer talks about how the album reshaped the history of popular music with progressive sounds and a mind-blowing experience shared by millions.

Can't Wait! 

Quote from: zeebo on February 05, 2017, 03:32:01 AM
I'm with you on this one WOTR.  I'm willing to listen to almost any type of b.s. except such casual claims of miracle healings - be it through some magical supplement or some kind of mysterious supernatural therapy.  If I had such powers I'd spend every waking moment relieving the poor souls with chronic illnesses of their miseries, rather than babbling like some jackass on talk radio.

Amen to that, Zee.

Quote from: zeebo on May 01, 2017, 01:14:37 AM
Hope Neb is enjoying the show, with a nice Irish whiskey nearby.

Oh, yes, Zee....I WAS PARTYING with my Irish friend!

Thanks for thinking of me!

Quote from: zeebo on May 01, 2017, 03:15:37 AM
Glad I tuned in tonite, especially for the second half.  Well done as usual, Mr. Knapp.  Interesting story that raises some thought-provoking, if morally ambiguous questions.

Personally I'd have given up after two days without a nice hot cappuccino with proper foam and cinnamon sprinkles.  Nite all.

Hey, Zee!  I listened..... but was away from home  so didn't get on our site.  Great program!  Wish I could have engaged in the conversation

Quote from: ItsOver on April 24, 2017, 08:13:24 AM
Sorry, Neb.  I was of the same opinion as our favorite squirrel and conked-out early.  I'm pretty much an Area 51, aliens, and UFO Knapper of the non-Blink 182 variety.

Agreed!

Quote from: zeebo on April 23, 2017, 11:25:46 PM
Thanks Neb ... enjoy the show.   

You take care. I am listening and, even though I'd rather mysterious places, strange beings, ufos, the creepy and unusual, .....I will give these topics a chance because it is Knapp working the interview.

Quote from: zeebo on April 23, 2017, 10:59:51 PM
I hate to agree, but i do.  This'll be the second Knapp show in a row I've skipped.

Given the paucity of good shows out there though, I feel maybe I'm being too picky - like I just crossed a desert but refused a drink of water for having no ice cubes.

Ha!  No problem!  I will throw a couple of extra cubes in my Irish whiskey and think of you!

Quote from: TigerLily on April 23, 2017, 10:43:06 PM
Gracious Good Evening, Knappstars.  I plan to be listening offline tonight but may drop in later. Just know you are on my mind and in my heart   

Hi!  Tonight's topics are not my favs; but, I know, Knapp doesn't disappoint.  Enjoy!

Zee?  Are you and It's Over with us?

Getting  ready!

Quote from: GravitySucks on April 17, 2017, 01:41:38 AM
Knapp asks good questions.

He rocks.

Quote from: (Sandman) Logan-5 on April 17, 2017, 01:41:21 AM
Too late Nebraska. You should have gotten out while you still had a chance. You've already passed the event horizon to the black hole known as BellGab. You're here for life now.     

Yikes!  I am doomed!

Quote from: GravitySucks on April 17, 2017, 01:25:10 AM
I miss Runzas. I used to have a recipe for the dough out of the world herald. Mine would always turn out a tad sweeter than the real thing. I had to go to a funeral in Iowa a few years back. Had to go eat a Runza and then go see the new Rosenblatt stadium. I spent many nights in the old one.

One of the toughest courses I took at UNO was a Public Relations course taught by a guy named Reilly that was like the chief editor at the World Herald. Never take a course when the textbook is wriiten by the professor.

Reilly, yes.....we all know him.

Wish I could mail you a few runzas!

Just checked out the Classic Movie thread.  If I would start posting, Gravity, I would never get off my computer.  I enjoyed all the comments.....and immediately felt compelled to add to the conversation.  I may decide to give my two cents worth occasionally, but I am afraid of getting hooked!  Ha!

Quote from: GravitySucks on April 17, 2017, 01:12:41 AM
Is there a Runza Hut in your town? Kind of got hooked on them when I was stationed in Omaha.

I live in a village 25 miles from York, Nebraska, where I taught English.  Runza just had  some press in today's Omaha World Herald.  They now have 93 restaurants!  They are currently constructing a new headquarters.  DELICIOUS!

Quote from: GravitySucks on April 17, 2017, 01:09:03 AM
My favorite Willy Nelson song

Love Willy.

Quote from: TigerLily on April 17, 2017, 01:04:00 AM
Puhleeze join us sometime in the Classic Movies thread. Love those movies you listed!

Thanks for your invite!!!!  I may check it out!  Sleep well!

Still listening.... Still interested!

Quote from: TigerLily on April 17, 2017, 12:58:12 AM
I'm the same way. My default tv channel. Robert Osborne was like losing a grandpa. Have master classes in his short intros. I really like Ben Mankiewicz too. He has a gentle often self-deprecating humor I appreciate. I think his introduction style is very entertaining

Agreed.

Quote from: 21st Century Man on April 17, 2017, 12:47:47 AM
As an example of what I don't like.  Take a look at the nominees to the 1970 Best Picture.

Patton- love and glad it won but only came to it late.  I saw the TV movie sequel decades before I saw the original.

Airport- need I say more.

Five Easy Pieces -  Outside of the sandwich scene,  I don't like the film.  As a matter of fact, I didn't care much for Nicholson until I saw the Shining.

Love Story -bleech

MASH  - liked the TV show but haven't watched the original movie


I think my problem is, I've never  fully embraced the French New Wave.  I'm getting around to watching a few of the films that defined it but again they are hard to like.  I appreciate the added realistic touches but many times the story lines don't engage me and while I can appreciate and love downbeat endings like in the film noirs of the 1940's, many times FNW's and 1970's downbeat endings just depress me.

Yep, I am in agreement.  I enjoy Graham Green's FALLEN IDOL, movies like, A BRIEF ENCOUNTER, or good scary movies such as, THE INNOCENTS, or the 1943? DEAD OF NIGHT, or,  the 1963, THE HAUNTING...my list is lengthy!!!  Of course, Citizen Kane, Casa Blanca....but many little gems like THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE....and others....WHITE HEAT....etc...etc...ALL GENRES!

Quote from: TigerLily on April 17, 2017, 12:46:38 AM
You should post in the Classic Movie thread. I'd be interested to see your take on some movies you like

I should!  My brother Mike and I watch nonstop!  I miss Robert Osborne so much, but I do like Ben M.

Quote from: 21st Century Man on April 17, 2017, 12:24:29 AM
Meh.  I found it boring in stretches.  I've seen it recently too.  I'll let it be known that I revere pre-1968 Hollywood and don't like many of the new classics made between 1968-1976.  I like how films embraced sexuality once more but a lot of the films leave me cold.  I start liking mainstream films again when Lucas and in particular Spielberg enter the scene.  It's an interesting contradiction in me as I love late 60's and 70's exploitation cinema.

As a TCM fan, I can agree.  My list of favs are ANCIENT!  However, I have some fond memories of movies that, in my youth, were entertaining.  My intellectual acumen has developed since then, but my fondness remains for some of those rather simple days.

Quote from: TigerLily on April 17, 2017, 12:16:53 AM
Now that's a really nice memory 

Yes, it takes me back .....also, beautiful Katherine Ross.  Obviously, these guests are refuting this fictional account. 

Quote from: (Sandman) Logan-5 on April 16, 2017, 11:52:53 PM
Hi 21st & WOTR.

Yeah Neb, Knapp is killing it.

I am amazed that this program had peaked my interest!  But,  Knapp has the skill to engage his guests and listeners.  So far, I am sipping a good whiskey and remembering Paul Newman and Robert Redford! 

Quote from: (Sandman) Logan-5 on April 16, 2017, 11:35:27 PM




Hi Nebraska888. 

Hello.... So far, I am surprised that I am enjoying the interview.  A tribute to Knapp who never lets us down.