George Noory Sucks! - The Definitive Compendium

[eddie dean]

GN word of the day!
I put this together pretty quickly, so there is not much production quality.
I hope I can find the time to do more of these and add some spice and production they deserve. God knows there will be no shortage of material.
enjoy!!

[ziznak]

GN word of the day!
I put this together pretty quickly, so there is not much production quality.
I hope I can find the time to do more of these and add some spice and production they deserve. God knows there will be no shortage of material.
enjoy!!

LOL def do more of these

[Sardondi]

Not Bambi!! Oh God, that's the second saddest movie ever created! After that terrible gunshot when Bambi goes running in fear, calling "Mama? Mama?" it's enough to make you want to scream. That poor baby!

Noooo, not Bambi! I cannot bear it!

Hmmmm. Walt Disney...George Noory. Have you ever noticed that Walt Disney and George Noory were never seen together before Walt's death in 1966....when George was, uh, 16? Let's examine the "coincidences" connecting Disney and Noory. Walt Disney regularly used heartbreaking plots where a child's parent/pet/sibling is torn forever from them - Noory enjoys reading stories about traumatized children. Disney had dark hair and a trimmed mustache - Noory has dark hair and trimmed mustache. Disney brushed his hair straight back - Noory brushes his hair straight back. Disney was a genius of cartoons and radio, movies and tv broadcasting, a financial genius as well as a visionary of the future - and Noory is, uh...er...has dark hair and mustache.




That's it, shut it down. There's nothing here; they're not at all alike. The connections are just coincidences. 

..."Noorish"...

Heh heh heh.

[eddie dean]

Naturally I had to go listen to GN trying to pronounce the title of the book; it was sooo bad and I missed it at the time because I had no idea what the guest's book title actually was. GN just couldn't say "malevolent." Just couldn't do it.

The audio of GN mush mouthing his way through that woman's vampire books and his stupid vampire impression.
He fucked it up so bad and managed to sound cocky all at the same time.

[ChewMouse]

GN word of the day!
I put this together pretty quickly, so there is not much production quality.
I hope I can find the time to do more of these and add some spice and production they deserve. God knows there will be no shortage of material.
enjoy!!

haha! Very good! I hope you find time to do more as I eagley await.

[HAL 9000]

Last night contained another perfect example of the appalling way Noory treats his callers. I could only describe this as brutal in its rudeness and insensitivity. The call started with one of his cringeworthy introductions:

'OK, let's go to the area of Lake Jackson, Texas. It's, er, Melissandra...

I found this really distressing. Is it me, or does he reserve this kind of thing for his most vulnerable callers, invariably female? Here's a young woman with a life of rejection and abandonment, reaching out for help. And what does she get? Rejection and abandonment from Noory who suddenly drops the nice guy mask and becomes just plain nasty. I've found myself thinking about her through the day, wondering what the rest of her story was and what question she was asking. I bet George hasn't given her a second thought. Callous bastard.

Below, members can find the mp3 attachment and listen for themselves how Noron handled that call. Personally I didn't have a problem understanding her, and it seemed the guest understood her too.

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[Sardondi]

GN word of the day!
I put this together pretty quickly, so there is not much production quality.
I hope I can find the time to do more of these and add some spice and production they deserve. God knows there will be no shortage of material.
enjoy!!

Well done.

I am literally crying and struggling to breathe with all the Old Yeller posts....

I hope that would be from laughing, but based on your description I'm afraid it's not....

Last night contained another perfect example of the appalling way Noory treats his callers. I could only describe this as brutal in its rudeness and insensitivity.....

Below, members can find the mp3 attachment and listen for themselves how Noron handled that call. Personally I didn't have a problem understanding her, and it seemed the guest understood her too.

Nor did I. The bastard. It was obvious when he heard the words, "I've been on psyche meds for 20 years" that it terrified him, and her fate was sealed. Even though to me the call was not particularly long, rambling or over-personal, and certainly not off topic, George was having none of it, and the pretext of a dropped call meant she would get none of the famous Chateau Noory vintage compassion.

Ah, Le Pitié Célèbre Noory, the famous Noory pity: a glorious ambrosia of flavors and tastes unique to the broadcast world, and thus highly prized. Said to have magical healing properties from containing a piece of the Noory soul, although there has never been absolute confirmation that anyone has ever been offered the real thing.

Noory's behavior with Melissandra does make one wonder whether the vintner believes he must tightly control the pressing. It's almost as if the patron is trying to keep a huge secret: that his Pitié Célèbre Noory is not the magnificent 100% pure and natural vintage; but is instead nothing more than the mass-produced sympathie ordinaire, which is manufactured by the hundreds of gallons by mixing the sour dregs of the leftover Pitié Célèbre Noory with concoctions of manufactured aromas, flavors and commercial sweeteners. Unfortunately this is a common practice. And appears to have become the standard procedure at Chateau Noory.

[michio]

Below, members can find the mp3 attachment and listen for themselves how Noron handled that call. Personally I didn't have a problem understanding her, and it seemed the guest understood her too.

George is such a nice guy.  Bwahahahahahaha!

[PB the Deplorable]

Last night contained another perfect example of the appalling way Noory treats his callers. I could only describe this as brutal in its rudeness and insensitivity. The call started with one of his cringeworthy introductions:

'OK, let's go to the area of Lake Jackson, Texas. It's, er, Melissandra (Strokemouth tried to give this something of a Latin flavor, so it came out as 'Mullusandrrrrrrrruh) with us on Coast To Coast. Hi, there, Mel. Go ahead.

She proceeded to tell a heartbreaking tale. Aged 26, she said she had been on 'psych meds' for 20 of those years. A stable, high energy child, she had had some psychological disturbances to the extent that her mother had had to give her up. Placed in Austin State Hospital, she had been put on Ritalin to stabilize her........

And that's as far as we got. The volume on her call dropped and the signal broke up slightly. Literally within a couple of seconds, Noory barked at her, in a horribly harsh voice, 'Where'd you go? where'd you go? Get back to your phone.' he allowed a couple more moments. She was still breaking up, although words were coming through. Noory curtly remarks 'OK. Yup. Can't understand you.'...

OMFG, the rolling of the R's in her name when introducing her as if to kick the party off with an upbeat story, then the inevitible shortening of the name to 'Mel' (or the lengthening of it if they started off with a nickname).

Malevolent call screening, it's as if George has no idea what the caller will be talking about or the screener doesn't know what kind of callers he wants.  That, or the screener is under orders to use no more then 3 letters under 'topic' when setting up callers for George.

All these years and I just can't get past how someone can be so lazy that he'd rather be this awful this publicly than to make a handful of simple changes.

[Juan]

His closest friend is Tommy...at least every other night GN mentions that they had dinner together at some restaurant. (That Tommy apparently has no personal life bothers me less because he seems, on the whole, like a fairly centered guy. Just my take.)

Working in broadcasting, especially as a producer, involves long hours without a lot of social contact.  Tommy also works during the hours that most people have social interaction with other people - in the evening. I believe one reason news people are so out of contact with most of society is the hours they work - they just don't interact with normal, every day people.  I'm sure Tommy and George have this problem, also.

[stevesh]

Malevolent call screening, it's as if George has no idea what the caller will be talking about or the screener doesn't know what kind of callers he wants.  That, or the screener is under orders to use no more then 3 letters under 'topic' when setting up callers for George.

I think that's the main problem with the callers. I've heard Noory boast many times that he doesn't know what callers want to talk about when he takes the call. He claims all he sees on his screen is the name and city they're calling from.

That doesn't explain, though, why almost all of them are complete dildos who only call to blather on about themselves. That should be pinned on the screeners, but Danheiser always sounds like a reasonably intelligent guy on those rare occasions when he's on the air, so it may be program/network policy to present the lowest common denominator.

[stevesh]

I used to wonder if he read CoastGab and decided that no, he doesn't, or he'd either address at least ONE of the things we've said or we'd see him trying to improve. I know that if I were GN, and if I read these boards, I'd quit the job immediately.

I'm sure Simple George reads CoastGab, probably religiously. With his bizarre (not 'bazaar', Noory) combination of overweening ego and obvious inferiority complex, he wouldn't be able to stay away. Trouble is, the ego won't allow him to quit, and the complex won't allow him to do the job better.

[Ben Shockley]

...Ma Noory thought Old Yeller was about an old man sitting on his porch all day shouting obscenities at the neighborhood kids, and wouldn't take him to see it.

She figured that he saw enough of that at home, from Dad Noory, and didn't need it reinforced from a movie.

I don't mean this as a shot against the late "Gabe" Noory, whose life was made hell enough by having Georgie that he always told people that his only son had died of AIDS in a Mexican prison, but I've also wondered what hell Georgie himself might have endured at home to make him the wreck he is today.
I wondered if Gabe might have been a raging petty dictator --maybe shit-on and neutered at work and by society at large-- who took his frustrations out on the family.   I've wondered if it was the experience of some traumatic knock-down-drag-outs at the Noory home that has made Georgie so panicky about the mere perception of "yelling and screaming."   Maybe Gabe was the kind who interpreted any difference of opinion as intolerable "arguing," so Georgie learned to just play along and accept anything that was said.
HOO KNAUWS?

[PB the Deplorable]

She figured that he saw enough of that at home, from Dad Noory, and didn't need it reinforced from a movie...

Hahaah, I knew Pa Noory went in there somewhere.

[PB the Deplorable]

...   I've wondered if it was the experience of some traumatic knock-down-drag-outs at the Noory home that has made Georgie so panicky about the mere perception of "yelling and screaming."   Maybe Gabe was the kind who interpreted any difference of opinion as intolerable "arguing," so Georgie learned to just play along and accept anything that was said.
HOO KNAUWS?

George learned the Fine Art of insistently not listening when people were talking somewhere..

[NoMoreNoory]

Before the dust begins to settle on the week of Old Yellow and My Lava Lamp Banshee, disturbed only by John B snorting down his nose, I have one more moment from last week to share. It goes back to Monday's show and the caller who asked Craig Hulet if he had come across any evidence of non-human entities controlling the New World Order/Illuminati/Corporate Government. Paraphrasing from memory, Hulet replied 'If I were a cynical man, I'd say one of them just phoned the show.' Made me laugh out loud and applaud, so it did. It caused Noory to rush to the defence of his callers, condescendingly explaining to Hulet that 'this is how it works'. He puts his opinions, and callers will challenge them. Now I was laughing out loud again, but now at the sheer hypocrisy of Noory presenting Coast as some kind of free-for-all open forum. Hulet took Noory's comments in his stride and adjusted his answer to 'No.'
From there right up to The Idiot Child telling Varla Ventura he believes mermaids and leprechauns are real, it's been a week of comedy gold. Noory will have to go some to match it in the upcomeen week.....

[RedMichael]

I don't know how the selection process works but last week's Noory line-up was boring. I just started listening again a month ago but it seems like the focus is a lot more psychic/afterlife than UFO/paranormal (how I remember C2C). Maybe he is passing n those.

While waiting for classes to start I probably have waaay too much time on my hands but I get the vibe that Noory has a fear of his own mortality. From the increasing slant towards these type of guests to just the little things, like the first of the three psychics calling George old and him instantly saying "I'm not old" in a sincere tone. I credit that with him being testy with the next psychic (this attitude would make anyone have trouble on-air).

[MV/Liberace!]

The audio of GN mush mouthing his way through that woman's vampire books and his stupid vampire impression.
He fucked it up so bad and managed to sound cocky all at the same time.

Holy fuck.

[Ben Shockley]

...From there right up to The Idiot Child telling Varla Ventura he believes mermaids and leprechauns are real, it's been a week of comedy gold.

I didn't hear that tidbit, since I never listen to Noory anymore, but you've just added support to my contention that Georgie thinks the best show topics are found on old female relatives' bric-a-brac shelves.


Speaking of never listening to Noory anymore:  I am deeply troubled (okay: "amused and puzzled") by people in here still referring to "Coast Insider" and touting it as a way to hear past shows.
STOP PAYING FOR THAT!   You're sustaining the twin beasts that are Noory and Premiere!   Don't feed 'em; drive the financial stake through their hearts!   There are free alternatives.

[ziznak]

Speaking of never listening to Noory anymore:  I am deeply troubled (okay: "amused and puzzled") by people in here still referring to "Coast Insider" and touting it as a way to hear past shows.
STOP PAYING FOR THAT!   You're sustaining the twin beasts that are Noory and Premiere!   Don't feed 'em; drive the financial stake through their hearts!   There are free alternatives.

This is sooo true.  Anybody wanna drop their sub I'm sure there are posters here that will guide you through the wonderful ways you can get the same shows you pay for now for free...

[NoMoreNoory]

I'm sure Simple George reads CoastGab, probably religiously. With his bizarre (not 'bazaar', Noory) combination of overweening ego and obvious inferiority complex, he wouldn't be able to stay away. Trouble is, the ego won't allow him to quit, and the complex won't allow him to do the job better.

I did notice that before he started talking to Dr Peter Breggin last Tuesday, Noory prefaced the whole thing by 'warning' his guest that he had already received a few emails from people demanding to know how they could run a show suggesting that people should come off their meds. Breggin immediately pointed out that he was not completely against psych meds and believed they could be effective in the short term. His concern was more with the effects of being on these drugs for months or years.
It did make me wonder, though, whether Noory's reference to those 'few emails' was referring to the shit storm we all kicked up over the Seth Farber show.

[RedMichael]

Another classic Noory moment. With the topic of the financial crisis, George decides to regale us with his "great" Jimmy Stewart impression.[attachurl=1]

[RedMichael]

I don't know how to edit my posts but I do have a confession. That was the condensed version of the impression. Yea, you guys probably remember the interview and didn't like me compromising the integrity of the segment.

So I am releasing the uncut version. Again, I apologize for being dishonest.

[ManiacMatt]

Worst Jimmy Stewart impression ever. 

[astroguy]

If I want to call in tonight and ask Mike a question, at what time would you recommend calling into the Skype line?  during hour 3?

[Morgus]

That longtime annoying caller "Bill from West Hartford, Conn" who always remind us he is an atheist amateur astronomer called in again in the first hour tonight.
Tonight he revealed he is the same age as Noory (62)

[Morgus]

If I want to call in tonight and ask Mike a question, at what time would you recommend calling into the Skype line?  during hour 3?

Usually the last hour of the show is when Noory takes callers.
But sometimes its an hour before that if he cuts the guest down to 2 hours or runs out of his own questions early.
Have to listen to the show live to be sure and when Noory says he is taking callers.

You have to get thru the screener too, who make sure you are not anti-guest...
You may need to get on the hold queue early to make it on the air, possibly waiting on hold for an hour or more.

[astroguy]

That longtime annoying caller "Bill from West Hartford, Conn" who always remind us he is an atheist amateur astronomer called in again in the first hour tonight.
Tonight he revealed he is the same age as Noory (62)

Yeah, but at least he asked a non-stupid question unlike Linda is doing now (or whatever her name is).

[astroguy]

Usually the last hour of the show is when Noory takes callers.
But sometimes its an hour before that if he cuts the guest down to 2 hours or runs out of his own questions early.
Have to listen to the show live to be sure and when Noory says he is taking callers.
You have to get thru the screener too, who make sure you are not anti-guest...

I thought that the phone lines "light up" well before they start to take calls, or at least that's what George sometimes says ("all the phone lines are lit and we're not even going to take callers for an hour!").

And yeah, I know I'd need to get through a screener, and I will be open that I will challenge the guest.  But, I'm only going to do this if Mikey names me or alludes to me (he has in the last 3 interviews he's done in the last month).

[ChewMouse]

If I want to call in tonight and ask Mike a question, at what time would you recommend calling into the Skype line?  during hour 3?

I agree with Morgus on the timing, but I'm willing to bet that you're on some kind of list (maybe a short list) of people that Bara provided to the screener as "don't let this one on the air!"

Are you going to identify yourself honestly? If lying is an issue, maybe you have a middle name you can use? Or you could say you must be anonymous, that might actually work in your favor.