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John B. Wells

Started by HAL 9000, December 30, 2010, 12:18:11 AM

John B. Wells looks like:

A Vulcan
97 (39.6%)
Hank's Japanese half-brother, "Junichero," in King of the Hill eps. 6ABE20-21  
57 (23.3%)
A stoner sufer named "Tracker," who mentored Sean Penn & Keanu Reeves
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Frankenstein's Monster
102 (41.6%)
One of those faces on the Sgt. Pepper album (2nd row from the top. Face #5)
66 (26.9%)

Total Members Voted: 245

mombird3

I think he is better than George Norry. I do think the guest on 11/03/12 in the third hour is a bit too radical for me.

Quote from: TheGrimCreeper1 on November 04, 2012, 12:35:57 AM
Wells is completely in over his head. With 2 minutes before the break, he couldn't complete one coherent sentence. It sounds to me as if he didn't read the book and as he was thumbing through it on-air, it hit him that he couldn't bluff his way through this interview. Lets see if he can regroup through the break.

Uhhhh..........Nope, he didn't.

Do these "guests" have to pay c2c to be "interviewed"?

El Kragen

Quote from: TheGrimCreeper1 on November 04, 2012, 12:35:57 AM
Wells is completely in over his head. With 2 minutes before the break, he couldn't complete one coherent sentence. It sounds to me as if he didn't read the book and as he was thumbing through it on-air, it hit him that he couldn't bluff his way through this interview. Lets see if he can regroup through the break.

I didn't listen but I wonder if Wells has second thoughts about taking interviewing advice from "ship's captain".  I can hear George now:
"Listen Johnny, you don't have to read the books. I haven't read a book in 10 years! Just ask a few general questions..."

Sardondi

Quote from: Nebraska888 on October 28, 2012, 12:16:56 PM
...I'll take Wells over Noory ANY NIGHT of the week....

The bottom line.

Meggini

Quote from: Nebraska888 on October 28, 2012, 12:16:56 PM
I'll take Wells over Noory ANY NIGHT of the week.

I can't agree. If Wells were to take over Coast, they'd still lose me. His Dark Delilah persona isn't flexible enough for most topics and interviews. The rock-n-roll show illustrated that one.

But...it would be interesting to have Wells host a Dark Delilah dedications radio show.

Wells: "I have Big Jimmy on the line. Jimmy, what's your request?"
Big Jimmy:  "I'd like to request Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap for my hot neighbor. Dat rotten egg she's livin' wit? It can be broken. Popped. Clipped. If you know what I'm sayin'... call me sweetheart."
Wells: "Well, he's willing to walk the clothesline for her. Sounds like Big Jimmy'd make a useful friend when this country finally collapses." (Fade in song)

Quote from: Sardondi on November 04, 2012, 07:04:01 AM
...I'll take Wells over Noory ANY NIGHT of the week....

That's like saying I prefer death from gunshot as opposed to snake bite. I'll continue to avoid both, begging your pardon.  :D

ItsOver

Quote from: TheGrimCreeper1 on November 04, 2012, 12:04:43 AM
Not sure if I have the stomach for this. That whole mothership spiel makes me want to punch him.

I can't take his reefer madness lunacy, either.  I wish an ET would take him to a mothership and add him to their collection of oddities.

Quote from: ItsOver on November 04, 2012, 10:11:21 AM
I can't take his reefer madness lunacy, either.  I wish an ET would take him to a mothership and add him to their collection of oddities.

I had to turn it off shortly after the second hour.

I fell asleep somewhere at the tail end of Somewhere in Time and woke up to the horrendous sound of the Numbers Lady screeching and ranting about numbers and the election. I turned it off.

Wells, as usual, did nothing to steer the conversation into less shrill territory. I don't know what he was doing, maybe taking a hit from the bong, but I seriously wonder why he's even there, except to announce station breaks and chime in with his idiotic mothership and shotgun out the backdoor remarks, which by now are as irritating as Noory's sumpin's happenin'.

He's on a national overnight show - he can't try a little harder?

stevesh

Quote from: UnscreenedCaller on November 04, 2012, 11:42:33 AM

He's on a national overnight show - he can't try a little harder?

Why should he ? Noory's still employed, isn't he ?

ItsOver

I didn't even bother with Wells and the mind-numbing numbers nut last night.  Yeah, I've fallen asleep several time during "Somewhere in Time" and then been awakened by The Mothership.  I'd rather be awakened by a real Mothership and abducted.  ::)

Good comment about Wells' standard remarks.  Probably be entertaining to start tracking them, like "Nooryisms."  Sadly, it would probably be a shorter list.  Pretty sad,too, when that type of thing is all C2C has left for entertainment value.

Quote from: UnscreenedCaller on November 04, 2012, 11:42:33 AM
I fell asleep somewhere at the tail end of Somewhere in Time and woke up to the horrendous sound of the Numbers Lady screeching and ranting about numbers and the election. I turned it off.

Wells, as usual, did nothing to steer the conversation into less shrill territory. I don't know what he was doing, maybe taking a hit from the bong, but I seriously wonder why he's even there, except to announce station breaks and chime in with his idiotic mothership and shotgun out the backdoor remarks, which by now are as irritating as Noory's sumpin's happenin'.

He's on a national overnight show - he can't try a little harder?

I've got a number for Glynis: 200 --  lbs, that is.


Glynis McCants, author of Love by the Numbers, on The Tyra Show

Mix in a salad once in a while.

ChandlersDad

Wells appears to be an extreme right wing survivalist fundamentalist CHristian, all the personality options that turn me off. With Steve Quayle, Wells is at least coherent and Steve does his routine rant about how poor Christians are being persecuted all over America just because they can't arbitrarily call the shots and lord (no pun) over everyone else anymore. But last night with some very elderly conspiracy fruitcake who could not even speak coherently was a new level of awful. I actually wanted Wells to get fed up and start challenging the old goof when he said that radical gays were trying to destroy families (what rubbish!). The guest was one of those too-old-to-be-asked-for-an-opinion-on-anything, the classic cranky old confused man who thinks that Death Squads are coming for us all. I'd be very happy if they were coming to the guest's house, but only the good die young.

margoloo

Welles jumped the shark last night.  Too bad the shark didn't get him. C2C has really hit rock bottom with Welles and the guests they are allowing to influence the minds of their highly gullible audience.  Premiere is at the bottom of all this crap.......that's why George is now having to say he believes in god on every fricking episode.  Got to let mommy and daddy, AKA Premiere, know that he is and obedient child.  Vomit. Guess who owns the broadcasting company?  Bain Capital. Double vomit. >:(

Presidential politics really has nothing to do with this, margoloo. Wells sucks because he sucks. The topic was a bit above his pay grade and probably would have been better suited for Ian Punnett -- possibly George Knapp. I could see Ian actually putting in the time required to have an intellectual conversation with the author.

John Smith

Every topic is above JBW's pay grade because he is a TERRIBLE talk show host. I wonder how-long he is under contract for and what his ratings are?

mombird3

It was a bit of an odd show. I heard another show like this one with Art Bell "Somewhere in Time" a few weeks ago. So these doomsday shows where done back in the day. I think maybe this is done to make us afraid. Or maybe it is just talk.

I think Wells was a bit of a simple question kind of host. But the guest had a lot to say. Knapp is used to this kind of thing. And if that is what Premier wants, that is what they give us. You can always turn it off. If there was a decent late night show on I would listen. Daytime is Rush crap and at night we have this junk. I stopped watching television when it became crap.



RedMichael

Quote from: UnscreenedCaller on November 04, 2012, 11:42:33 AM
I fell asleep somewhere at the tail end of Somewhere in Time and woke up to the horrendous sound of the Numbers Lady screeching and ranting about numbers and the election. I turned it off.

Wells, as usual, did nothing to steer the conversation into less shrill territory. I don't know what he was doing, maybe taking a hit from the bong, but I seriously wonder why he's even there, except to announce station breaks and chime in with his idiotic mothership and shotgun out the backdoor remarks, which by now are as irritating as Noory's sumpin's happenin'.

He's on a national overnight show - he can't try a little harder?

He just sits there and collects his paycheck. A lot of the guests are involved in other jobs he has done. He narrated some "top secret" show. So he had guests on from the show. Normally this wouldn't bother me but coming from this slacker...  His show is also a big advertisement for his website that MAINLY just sells survival gear that I bet he gets a nice commission on (I wonder if thats why his focus is always on impending doom).

Nothing about his work history/attitude leads me to believe he ever put forth an effort or committed to a job.  According to his bio, he only hosted radio for about a year after college. In the "afternoon drive slot" I am not sure what that is but its probably just a little more in depth than playing records.

So we have a guy with one year of radio experience prior to guest hosting C2C. He just sits there and lets the guests ramble and when you think about it, has he ever shown anything that  led you to believe he knows what he is doing? I mean George KNOWS what he is doing, he is just incredibly bad at it. Finally, he shamelessly shills his website/anything he is involved in.

I recommend the show with guest Stan Johnson and Wells. Have fun!

Quote from: Mind Flayer Monk on November 04, 2012, 07:09:05 PM
I recommend the show with guest Stan Johnson and Wells. Have fun!

I'll wait until I renew my medicinal marijuana prescription.

ChandlersDad

John Wells' political views are neanderthal - he makes Alex Jones seems like a calm logical man.

Quote from: ChandlersDad on November 04, 2012, 09:25:40 PM
John Wells' political views are neanderthal - he makes Alex Jones seems like a calm logical man.

So if he were a liberal/progressive it would make him a better host? More like Alan Colmes or Wd Schultz perhaps?

RedMichael

Quote from: TheGrimCreeper1 on November 04, 2012, 09:54:58 PM
So if he were a liberal/progressive it would make him a better host? More like Alan Colmes or Wd Schultz perhaps?

I didn't get that from his post at all. One could be a fuckton more liberal/progressive than Alex Jones and still not be considered A liberal/progressive.


ChandlersDad

Quote from: TheGrimCreeper1 on November 04, 2012, 09:54:58 PM
So if he were a liberal/progressive it would make him a better host? More like Alan Colmes or Wd Schultz perhaps?

What I was trying to communicate is really that Wells lives (or at least promotes) a world of fear, which disimpowers the individual. Like some caveman hiding in a cave at night as the beasts prowl outside, Wells (like Alex) really promote doom and gloom, seeing a conspiracy everywhere. While I know there are conspiracies, Wells just strikes me as a more sullen Steve Quayle, not really caring about others but holed up somewhere in Montana with his ammo and freeze dried food, ready to shoot anyone who dares to approach his bunker after the apocalypse.  In other words, I just think Wells has a VERY SMALL WORLD VIEW, based on fundamentalist Christianity and a redneck version of patriotism. I am sure Clear Channel love it, and probably give him occasional bonuses for his nightly addition to the overall social fear factor. I used to watch Alex Jones on his website, but I soon became a paranoid. I realized I had to stop listening to his crap or I would end up hiding under my bed all day.

WOTR

Quote from: TheGrimCreeper1 on November 04, 2012, 09:19:28 PM
I'll wait until I renew my medicinal marijuana prescription.
Really  Only marijuna?  I am off today hunting down some crack and LSD to make that bearable.  All the more power to you if you can manage it with such mild help.

ChandlersDad

Quote from: WOTR on November 05, 2012, 01:18:43 PM
Really  Only marijuna?  I am off today hunting down some crack and LSD to make that bearable.  All the more power to you if you can manage it with such mild help.

My drug of choice is Ex-Lax.

VtaGeezer

For a change, I look forward to Wells this week...he's gonna freak over the election results.

Juan

Maybe he'll announce a sale on disaster supplies.

ShayP

I was looking forward to JBW having 3 straight nights of shows. Now that I see Steve Quayle is tonight's guest I feel sadness.  :(

Steve Quayle is going to be nuts. Can't wait. He is so loony. Grab a bottle of your favorite liquor and drink every time he takes a breath. Your liquor will still be there by the end of the show.

As for Wells, he is hosting 4 hours of open lines on Friday. The Coast to Coast website says "unscreened calls" .. I assume that means the call screener will still answer but not tell Wells the topic? Or are we going old school Bell ???

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