George Noory Sucks! - The Definitive Compendium

[Gyoza Girl]

I suspect he worked hard. He was the youngest radio such & whatever nationally at age 28. Plus he did the not-so-lovely job of selling ads to keep Night Hawk going, if I understand correctly.  And he had to be available at a moment's notice with no set schedule to fill in for Art for quite a while, and yet maintain enough normal work to support his family. Even supporting the wife and 3 children for years and years and years after the very expensive divorce.

Don't you think there are enough unknowns about the virus that it's plausible it was lab-mixed?  I too read the articles from 2003 that said a novel corona virus was overdue... but it still could have been set free from a lab, no?

I think you're right about George working hard. I remember a show where he talked about filling in at the last minute for the times when Art Bell, who I guess was the original host of Coast to Coast, couldn't do the show for whatever reason.

George said he never turned down an opportunity to host the show. He described wrapping up his own Night Hawk show in one studio, then running down the hall to another studio to do Coast to Coast with very little prep time. I thought that was pretty impressive!

I also remember him saying that on Night Hawk, he had to be his own ad salesman. I used to wonder if this is why Coast to Coast has so many oddball advertisers, such as companies that I never hear about anywhere else.

[GravitySucks]

I think you're right about George working hard. I remember a show where he talked about filling in at the last minute for the times when Art Bell, who I guess was the original host of Coast to Coast, couldn't do the show for whatever reason.

George said he never turned down an opportunity to host the show. He described wrapping up his own Night Hawk show in one studio, then running down the hall to another studio to do Coast to Coast with very little prep time. I thought that was pretty impressive!

I also remember him saying that on Night Hawk, he had to be his own ad salesman. I used to wonder if this is why Coast to Coast has so many oddball advertisers, such as companies that I never hear about anywhere else.

He didn’t do a bad job with those fill in shows.  His 8 hours of show prep must be his secret into fucking up the current ones.

[albrecht]

I think you're right about George working hard. I remember a show where he talked about filling in at the last minute for the times when Art Bell, who I guess was the original host of Coast to Coast, couldn't do the show for whatever reason.

George said he never turned down an opportunity to host the show. He described wrapping up his own Night Hawk show in one studio, then running down the hall to another studio to do Coast to Coast with very little prep time. I thought that was pretty impressive!

I also remember him saying that on Night Hawk, he had to be his own ad salesman. I used to wonder if this is why Coast to Coast has so many oddball advertisers, such as companies that I never hear about anywhere else.

Norry shows up. And He also appears to support, or at least help out, a lot of family. I don't think he is a bad guy just not the best interviewer, mangles words and common phrases (foreign language at home?,) and followed Art which is impossible to match. And the interwebs also changed things. Everyone knows the news, can look up a subject/guest, and reality has often become more "woo woo" or "doom and gloom" than Art ever imagined!

[Uncle Duke]

I also remember him saying that on Night Hawk, he had to be his own ad salesman. I used to wonder if this is why Coast to Coast has so many oddball advertisers, such as companies that I never hear about anywhere else.

Pretty common for on-air talent at local stations to have to find their own sponsors, especially when broadcasting at non-peak listening times.  I was offered a two hour Saturday evening show on a local station to do a college football show.  I wasn't worried about getting paid, but I backed out when I was told I'd have to sell my own commercial time.

[ItsOver]

He didn’t do a bad job with those fill in shows.  His 8 hours of show prep must be his secret into fucking up the current ones.

Plus, suffering from R-O-T-J syndrome, among other maladies, including stupidity, malapropism, ignorance, mushmouthing, posing, pornstacheitis, and overall incompetent boobery.

[CronkitesGhost]

Coast is a special show, high strangeness and kitschiness, it should have been handed off to a broadcaster who 'gets it', Noory doesn't, at all.

He's not without any talent, he'd be fine doing a morning show somewhere in this great land

WAKE UP WITH GEORGE AND LORI IN THE MORNING FROM 6 TO 10 FOLLOWED BY RUSH LIMBAUGH, LET'S TALK IT OUT SPRINGFIELD. WXYZ 1230 ON YOUR DIAL!

but he's a fucking disaster as Coast's host.

[Dateline]

I think he should be referred to as the "National Disaster", broadcasting live from Camp Fema. 

[Gyoza Girl]

He didn’t do a bad job with those fill in shows.  His 8 hours of show prep must be his secret into fucking up the current ones.

He must have been more motivated to do a good job back then.

I like it when an author comes on the show, and George asks what the titles of the chapters in the book mean. It's like he never actually reads the book.

But that's understandable. A lot of guests seem to be promoting a new book, and I would think hosting a nightly radio show, planning his live stage shows and doing his Beyond Belief television show doesn't leave him much time.

[Gyoza Girl]

Norry shows up. And He also appears to support, or at least help out, a lot of family. I don't think he is a bad guy just not the best interviewer, mangles words and common phrases (foreign language at home?,) and followed Art which is impossible to match. And the interwebs also changed things. Everyone knows the news, can look up a subject/guest, and reality has often become more "woo woo" or "doom and gloom" than Art ever imagined!

I hate it when George kicks off an interview by asking how the guest became interested in his or her subject. The answers are usually not interesting and they all sound the same. I end up falling asleep, and then learn from the recap that I missed some good stuff.

Regarding George mangling phrases, a few months ago he talked about someone being in a "self-induced coma." That cracked me up!

[albrecht]

He must have been more motivated to do a good job back then.

I like it when an author comes on the show, and George asks what the titles of the chapters in the book mean. It's like he never actually reads the book.

But that's understandable. A lot of guests seem to be promoting a new book, and I would think hosting a nightly radio show, planning his live stage shows and doing his Beyond Belief television show doesn't leave him much time.

Just don't lie (much.) Or be bold. Example Art said (true or not?) that he usually didn't read guest's book. So that the interview would flow and author could explain to listeners the contect. Worked well. Other interviewers read the book n tab sections and ask author about specific sections. Can work. But doing neither doesn't work well, usually.

[Gyoza Girl]

Pretty common for on-air talent at local stations to have to find their own sponsors, especially when broadcasting at non-peak listening times.  I was offered a two hour Saturday evening show on a local station to do a college football show.  I wasn't worried about getting paid, but I backed out when I was told I'd have to sell my own commercial time.

I don't know much about radio or sports, but I would have thought college football was so popular that a station's advertising staff would have no trouble selling against it.

But this explains a lot of things. On the radio station I listen to Coast to Coast on, the on-air hosts are always doing commercials for various products and services, and they all seem to be customers of whatever it is. I always thought that was an amazing coincidence, but maybe there's some sort of transaction going on behind the scenes.

[Gyoza Girl]

Just don't lie (much.) Or be bold. Example Art said (true or not?) that he usually didn't read guest's book. So that the interview would flow and author could explain to listeners the contect. Worked well. Other interviewers read the book n tab sections and ask author about specific sections. Can work. But doing neither doesn't work well, usually.

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I like the way George Knapp does it. He asks intelligent questions that make it clear he has read the book and not just the table of contents.

The Art Bell tribute show was the first time I heard him speak. I can see why so many of you Bellgabbers prefer him to George.

What I want to know is: Why would anyone think the Area 51 pilot thing was real, but think the thing George plays about the little old ladies getting out of their car and pummeling some guy with their purses and umbrellas is phony?

[Morgus]

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I like the way George Knapp does it. He asks intelligent questions that make it clear he has read the book and not just the table of contents.

The Art Bell tribute show was the first time I heard him speak. I can see why so many of you Bellgabbers prefer him to George.

What I want to know is: Why would anyone think the Area 51 pilot thing was real, but think the thing George plays about the little old ladies getting out of their car and pummeling some guy with their purses and umbrellas is phony?

Yep George Knapp is the best of the current c2cam hosts.

You can hear more of full Art Bell shows on Saturday nights, many of the c2cam affiliate stations play "Somewhere in Time with Art Bell" replays of old c2cam shows with Art Bell going back to the mid 1990s the four hours prior to the live c2cam show on Saturday nights.  Many of the old shows were all open lines, compare the callers Art got and how he handled them compared to Noory who limits open lines even on Friday nights to only an hour or two at most...

[albrecht]

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I like the way George Knapp does it. He asks intelligent questions that make it clear he has read the book and not just the table of contents.

The Art Bell tribute show was the first time I heard him speak. I can see why so many of you Bellgabbers prefer him to George.

What I want to know is: Why would anyone think the Area 51 pilot thing was real, but think the thing George plays about the little old ladies getting out of their car and pummeling some guy with their purses and umbrellas is phony?

Because the old lady Bible n purse thumping was played on local AM "drive time zoo" shows. And he keeps replaying. Decades later and Norry didn't make it. Can be argued whether people thought other stuff was real. I always thought more fun and theater of the mind. But before Drudge n interwebs and late night maybe driving or just a scratching AM you can get a creepy vibe. And took a good host to do 'news' or stories. Now they just read the web. Can still be done but have to be able spin a tale but harder. And then more callers (or haha) to do well. Lifesavers weight as an old sharkfisherman trick? From Mel of hole fame? Epic.

[Gyoza Girl]

Yep George Knapp is the best of the current c2cam hosts.

You can hear more of full Art Bell shows on Saturday nights, many of the c2cam affiliate stations play "Somewhere in Time with Art Bell" replays of old c2cam shows with Art Bell going back to the mid 1990s the four hours prior to the live c2cam show on Saturday nights.  Many of the old shows were all open lines, compare the callers Art got and how he handled them compared to Noory who limits open lines even on Friday nights to only an hour or two at most...

Thank you! I'll check out "Somewhere in Time," especially since my local radio station preempts the first hour of Coast with some military show on Saturday nights.

I'll be curious to see how Art Bell handles the callers. Friday Open Lines with George has become a disappointment. Last half-hour is usually some stale recording.

[Jojo]

Pretty common for on-air talent at local stations to have to find their own sponsors, especially when broadcasting at non-peak listening times.  I was offered a two hour Saturday evening show on a local station to do a college football show.  I wasn't worried about getting paid, but I backed out when I was told I'd have to sell my own commercial time.

Yeah, who could blame you.  There is community radio, though.  What do you think of that?

[Dr. MD MD]

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I like the way George Knapp does it. He asks intelligent questions that make it clear he has read the book and not just the table of contents.

The Art Bell tribute show was the first time I heard him speak. I can see why so many of you Bellgabbers prefer him to George.

What I want to know is: Why would anyone think the Area 51 pilot thing was real, but think the thing George plays about the little old ladies getting out of their car and pummeling some guy with their purses and umbrellas is phony?

IMHO, the only C2C hosts worth listening to are Knapp and Syrett. I’ll listen to Noory if he has a really interesting guest on but that seems kinda rare these days. I don’t often check to see anymore though.

[Gyoza Girl]

Because the old lady Bible n purse thumping was played on local AM "drive time zoo" shows. And he keeps replaying. Decades later and Norry didn't make it. Can be argued whether people thought other stuff was real. I always thought more fun and theater of the mind. But before Drudge n interwebs and late night maybe driving or just a scratching AM you can get a creepy vibe. And took a good host to do 'news' or stories. Now they just read the web. Can still be done but have to be able spin a tale but harder. And then more callers (or haha) to do well. Lifesavers weight as an old sharkfisherman trick? From Mel of hole fame? Epic.

The old ladies in the car thing might be old and not original to George, but still makes me laugh!

To borrow a phrase from Barry in Rockville, S.C., the Area 51 pilot thing was very compelling. Art Bell himself asked the listeners if it was a hoax. If he thought it was real, I think he might have asked "Jill" to contact him so he could ask what happened.

Now that I've actually heard Art Bell, I'd like to hear more. Anyone who can interview someone about a hole and make it interesting has got some real skills!

[Gyoza Girl]

IMHO, the only C2C hosts worth listening to are Knapp and Syrett. I’ll listen to Noory if he has a really interesting guest on but that seems kinda rare these days. I don’t often check to see anymore though.

For me, the shows hosted by Richard Syrett are oriented a little bit too much toward conspiracies, and I just want to hear about the paranormal. I still tune in anyway, because Richard seems so nice personally. I don't think I've ever heard him be discourteous to a guest or caller.

Also, Richard doesn't interrupt his guests the way Ian Punnett does. I think Ian spends more time expounding than his guests. I don't tune into the show to hear what Ian thinks about any given topic!

[Dr. MD MD]

For me, the shows hosted by Richard Syrett are oriented a little bit too much toward conspiracies, and I just want to hear about the paranormal. I still tune in anyway, because Richard seems so nice personally. I don't think I've ever heard him be discourteous to a guest or caller.

Also, Richard doesn't interrupt his guests the way Ian Punnett does. I think Ian spends more time expounding than his guests. I don't tune into the show to hear what Ian thinks about any given topic!

I’m not a big fan of Ian. Albrecht will tell you about how he always seems to skew things toward his anti-Paulist theology. That’s a conspiracy theory in itself.

[Gyoza Girl]

I’m not a big fan of Ian. Albrecht will tell you about how he always seems to skew things toward his anti-Paulist theology. That’s a conspiracy theory in itself.

Oh, this is a new term for me. I'll have to look up what anti-Paulist means. I guess it has something to do with the Apostle Paul, but beyond that, I don't know.

[Morgus]

Noory tells his tale of recently when he went grocery shopping without wearing a face mask.
Other mask-wearing shoppers saw him and immediately ran away!

[Dr. MD MD]

Oh, this is a new term for me. I'll have to look up what anti-Paulist means. I guess it has something to do with the Apostle Paul, but beyond that, I don't know.

I’m a bit sketchy on it myself. When al brought it up I sort of understood what he was saying though. He doesn’t want people to think that evil has any personified agency, like the devil; it’s not important whether Christ really existed or not, etc. He could better explain it.

[NoMoreNoory]

He must have been more motivated to do a good job back then.

I like it when an author comes on the show, and George asks what the titles of the chapters in the book mean. It's like he never actually reads the book.

But that's understandable. A lot of guests seem to be promoting a new book, and I would think hosting a nightly radio show, planning his live stage shows and doing his Beyond Belief television show doesn't leave him much time.

It’s not understandable, it’s plain lazy. I’ve listened to a lot of presenters of daily shows over the last few decades who will say to an author variations on a theme of ‘You’ll forgive me, I haven’t read the whole of your book, but I spent a couple of hours with it last night....’ and then proceed to conduct an interview which makes it clear they had an overview of the contents, had read half a chapter here and there, and had picked out salient points, things that interested them, etc. Ian had the authors of When God Had A Wife on recently and described how he was burning some stuff he’d cut down, and sat in his yard doing that and ‘reading’ their book while he did. If Noory is doing even half the show prep he claims, if he was a diligent broadcaster he would find time to at least familiarize himself with the book. But, no. He even absurdly draws attention to it by talking about the title; the subtitle, yet; the artwork on the cover; even recently how impressively large a book was. But the stuff between the front and back covers? Crickets. The only time he’s at ease talking about a book is where each chapter announces a subject and Noory can just work through the checklist, prompting the author to fill the next five minutes: ‘The three-toed anteater of Des Moines. Tell us about that.’

[Morgus]

He must have been more motivated to do a good job back then.

I like it when an author comes on the show, and George asks what the titles of the chapters in the book mean. It's like he never actually reads the book.

But that's understandable. A lot of guests seem to be promoting a new book, and I would think hosting a nightly radio show, planning his live stage shows and doing his Beyond Belief television show doesn't leave him much time.

Compared to Art Bell who concentrated on the radio show, no tv shows or live shows and flying back and forth between LA and St Louis...

[NoMoreNoory]

Oh, this is a new term for me. I'll have to look up what anti-Paulist means. I guess it has something to do with the Apostle Paul, but beyond that, I don't know.

I grew up in the shadow of organized religion, and specifically my minister grandfather’s Scottish Baptist/Calvinist fundamentalism, and I’m acutely aware of this. Most of the New Testament is Paul, who never met Jesus, but devoted screeds to laying down the law of who Christ was, what he wants of his followers, what he meant, etc. He was, imho, the first Christian zealot, not to say bigot, and there is a valid argument that ‘codified’ Christianity might be more accurately called Paulanity.

[Morgus]

Looks like the first guest is done after just one hour.
Good, the more interesting second guest might get 3 hours...

[Dateline]

Looks like the first guest is done after just one hour.
Good, the more interesting second guest might get 3 hours...

Yes, something else beside the Covid Monster.

[NoMoreNoory]

Looks like the first guest is done after just one hour.
Good, the more interesting second guest might get 3 hours...

Except Tellinger is an Annunaki guy. I’m done the moment I hear that word.

[K_Dubb]

I’m a bit sketchy on it myself. When al brought it up I sort of understood what he was saying though. He doesn’t want people to think that evil has any personified agency, like the devil; it’s not important whether Christ really existed or not, etc. He could better explain it.

Here I was so looking forward to your elucidation of Pauline theology.