George Noory Sucks! - The Definitive Compendium

[somatichypermutation]

I'm a newby here compared to most and am in tune with most opinions about Disgeorge, but from my brief time here I get the impression that a fair percentage of posts, as well as being anti-Noory, have an "anti-phenomena" edge re many of his topics. Could be my having read a limited number of posts relative to the total.

Anti-phenomena?  Not sure what you mean.  Art had all kinds of phenomena on his show so I do not think we are anti-phenomena in any broad sense.  I think we are anti-George.

Also, John B Wells is awful tonight, talking down to callers and making fun of them, Art would never do that so obviously.

[ufogadfly]

Just think which callers Tommy is turning away when you hear the idiots he puts through most nights.

And I somtimes wonder what, in his most secret thoughts, Tom really thinks of Noory.

[ufogadfly]

I wonder how many first time guests come on and are floored by the ineptitude and lack of professionalism and all the rest.  If they hadn't heard the show how would they know?  Who would even suspect someone that's been the main host of a nationally syndicated show for 10 years would be as shockingly terrible as George Noory. 

I sometimes think of Disgeorge as "not ready for prime time," but he's not even in prime time.

[zeebo]

...talking down to callers and making fun of them, Art would never do that so obviously.

True dat.  Art had this way of being civil and gracious to people with various eccentricities, whilst also giving cues to the listener at times that he was a bit incredulous at what he was hearing.  It was a pro attitude that respected the caller whilst also respecting those listening in.

[Morgus]

Noory keeps asking listeners to click the "like" button for his c2c facebook page.
too bad facebook doesn't have a "don't like" or a "hate" button - that would get pressed a lot more than the "like" button on Noory's page...

[Sardondi]

And I somtimes wonder what, in his most secret thoughts, Tom really thinks of Noory.

what does Tom think of George? "No man is a hero to his valet." Sort of a "familiarity breeds contempt" situation I would think.

Oh, and about these...

The "greatest generation" my ass! Fuck you Tom Brokaw.

   Those ancient motherfuckers ain't beating my generation in a full-court game of 5 on 5. More like the "Grating generation" with their Guy Lombardo, Matlock reruns and Polident. And incontience.

I tend to disagree. I'm a Boomer, born in the 50's. Since the 60's it's been apparent mine is the most "self-" generation America has ever produced*: indulgent, involved, esteemed, important and just plain -ish. My parents' generation on the other hand went through the Depression, which, as bad as things are (and I think that when the real economic figures, which Obama's people have been struggling desperately to keep hidden, finally tumble out they will show the last 5 years have been as bad as anything since 1940), was far worse than today. And then WWII, which we can't fathom. They are far tougher than any of us. Now I agree that we Boomers have provided the economy to fund their Soc Sec and Medicare payouts, under which they've made out like bandits. But they're merely the recipients of the largesse, not the authors of it. But as far as toughness and ability to endure and overcome? We're all pussies; the "GG" just got on with it. 

*although there is a lot of whinerization coming up on the outside from the X's, Y's and Millennials. Jeez, what complainers!

[CrabbyOld Bat]

And I somtimes wonder what, in his most secret thoughts, Tom really thinks of Noory.

If I were Tom I'd feel like a babysitter.

"Snorge! Put down that piping hot pizza roll before you... Oh, crap."

[PortlandDangler]

I really have nothing againts the "GG". Just giving you guys shit, or as my dad would say: a "raft of shit". Old people and their sayings.  :

[mombird3]

I agree with the Boomer there. I am one. As far as the depression, I have heard it all my life from my parents. But my parents were always nagging about working and earning a living, and being honest and having morals still goes through my head. My Mom is 86 and served in WWII in the Armay. So did my DAD. We Boomers gave a lot to the world. As you were talking about Bob Dylan. He is a Boomer.

[Sardondi]

I really have nothing againts the "GG". Just giving you guys shit, or as my dad would say: a "raft of shit". Old people and their sayings.  :

Does he really "raft" instead of "ration"? And as far as being old...God how did it happen?

[McPhallus]

We're all pussies; the "GG" just got on with it. 

And they didn't have all these revolving door relationships, marriages, scattered kids from various relationships....  My grandparents (lost them both over the last couple years... the GG is disappearing fast) were married for over 60 years.  60 fuckin years!  Unimaginable to anyone born 1970 or later.

That being said, the whole "GG" meme is heavily idealized and distorted to a certain degree.  But there's some truth in it, too.

[McPhallus]

Anti-phenomena?  Not sure what you mean.  Art had all kinds of phenomena on his show so I do not think we are anti-phenomena in any broad sense.  I think we are anti-George.

Also, John B Wells is awful tonight, talking down to callers and making fun of them, Art would never do that so obviously.

I think he means we aren't true believers, i.e., tend to believe whatever we hear.  We just think (most) of it as pure entertainment and appreciate the way Art presented it over the Three Stooges (Knapp is excepted from the list).

[HAL 9000]

Those ancient motherfuckers ain't beating my generation in a full-court game of 5 on 5. More like the "Grating generation" with their Guy Lombardo, Matlock reruns and Polident. And incontience.

The "greatest generation" my ass! Fuck you Tom Brokaw.

Both of my parents were born during The Depression. I identify with Sardondi's generation. My dad worked two jobs much of my childhood, while also being baseball coach of our Little League team. My mom somehow was tirelessly a nurse, chef, gardener, wife, laundress, seamstress, house painter, psychologist, baker, janitor; all without complaint or pay.

My parents certainly have/had different cultural tastes than their children. My mom loved Wheel of Fortune, and Judge Judy. Not quite two years ago, my mom literally died in my arms when her aorta burst after I moved her to the couch so I could clean up her incontinence. At the end she weighed 75 pounds.

Recently, I've been caring for my dad, for whom the years are taking their toll. The last year has seen hospitalizations for bilateral cataract surgery, cardioversion for persistent atrial fibrillation, gastric bleeding requiring transfusions, cancerous lesion on his ear, and last week, a partial pacreatectomy and sleenectomy.

To even fleetingly deride my parents' choices of cultural satisfaction or physical maladies, are notions completely foreign to me. They provided for us kids, all the while selflessly sacrificing of themselves.

I had time to tell my mom how great she was and how much I loved her; I have been especially vigilant in keeping my father apprised of how much I care. I will never know how they did so much with so little; I could never have done it.

As time goes by, I do, without doubt, recognize a dramatic decline in what recent and current generations (military personnel excluded) are willing to sacrifice, and take for granted their current station in life. How selfish and self-absorbed they have become, or allowed to become.

In conclusion, I was talking with my mid-twenties nephew about how lucky I felt, as my generation benefited from our parents' and grandparents' sacrifices; I am old enough to have learned computing on an IBM 1620 8K magnetic core memory the size of a large refrigerator; grew up during pong, yet am hip enough to appreciate the latest video games (and am proficient); grew up with the greats of pop/rock music, did all my own car repairs, and am at least, if not more proficient with computing devices, though I do not own a cell phone or other such device. My life does not, nor will ever revolve around text messaging or cell phone calls.

So, despite Lawrence Welk, Roger Whittaker records, Wheel of Fortune, Polident, and yes, even incontinence - thank you grampa and gramma, mom and dad  for all you endured and sacrifice you made, to help make me appreciate all you've done, and hopefully, in some small way, I managed to make you proud.





NOTE: Somehow, this sub-discussion seems more appropriate for the "Things That Annoy You" thread, and I probably could have moved the quotes and my response there - but I'll leave it here for continuity.

[mombird3]

My Dad died in 2007 of Altzhiemers. He had an accident, fell down from a balcony while my Mom was in the other room. My Mom is still around. She is having health problems now. She keeps falling down but she is still sharp.
My parents were pretty hip for their generation. They learned to love the rock and roll of my brother and me. My Mom went to work in 1970 again, and even was at the World Trade Center the day the "Hard Hats" were protesting. She needed to take a office employee to the courts to avoid a fine and jail. My Mom had worked for a decorator. She loved Frank Sinatra. I know all of the songs and the different artists of their Generation. I can quote them.
I find myself appreciating more and more what my parents did for us. And sometimes when my Daughter says or does something good or bad I stop and say I sound like my Mom.
Thanks for some memories.

[Doomed]

I lost my Pop back in 1967. He was killed by a drunk driver while driving to work. Pop worked for the Boeing company from the time he got out of the Navy in '45 until his death. He was a supervisor in the wing shop, where they built KC-135 tankers. Dad was a company man as were the bulk of the guys who worked there. Surviving WW2 and being kids during the great depression made them VERY greatful to have a nice job at a big airplane company.
When Dad was killed I was only 13. That is a bad age for a boy to lose his father. And yet I managed to stay out of serious trouble all through the '60s and '70's. Not an easy job, let me tell you. Every time the temptation to do some dirt came along, without fail, I would hear my Pop telling me why I shouldnt do it. Even though I had him for 13 short years, and in spite of the fact that he worked many hours, he still made the time for me. Enough time, it seems, to ingrain right from wrong into my thick head. He also made me understand several other important notions. Family first. Work hard. Stand your ground.
Greatest generation? Maybe. I do know this. The idea that another American is less than me because they belong to the other party does not fly with me. As Pop used to say, our best weapon is the freedom of speech.
I only had my Pop 13 years, and yet he stands as the greatest influence on me, bar none.

[Juan]

I tend to disagree. I'm a Boomer, born in the 50's. Since the 60's it's been apparent mine is the most "self-" generation America has ever produced*

I tend to disagree.  I'm a Boomer, too, a few years older than you.  I think the most "self" generation is the one we learned from, the generation that was the only one without a president, but that was so influential, the Silent Generation (1926-1945) - the one of Lee Harvey Oswald, Charles Manson, Sirhan Sirhan, James Earl Ray, Grace Slick, John Kerry, Robert Allen Zimmerman, John Lennon, John McCain, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jack Weinberg (don't trust anyone over 30), Joan Baez, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, Mario Savio, Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture), Tom Wolfe, Michael Dukakis, etc.

[CrabbyOld Bat]

When Dad was killed I was only 13. That is a bad age for a boy to lose his father. And yet I managed to stay out of serious trouble all through the '60s and '70's. Not an easy job, let me tell you. Every time the temptation to do some dirt came along, without fail, I would hear my Pop telling me why I shouldnt do it. Even though I had him for 13 short years, and in spite of the fact that he worked many hours, he still made the time for me. Enough time, it seems, to ingrain right from wrong into my thick head. He also made me understand several other important notions. Family first. Work hard. Stand your ground.

I can sympathize. I too grew up in the 60s and 70s and I lost my dad when I was 12. He died on Father's Day which made it all the worse. Horrible day in my young life. But, like you, I managed to stay out of trouble largely thanks to what Dad taught me. (Having Notre Dame nuns teaching me that everything fun was a sin that would send me straight into the fiery bowels of Hell had some affect too, I suppose.) Mom really struggled after Dad died but she did a great job of raising 3 kids without the only man she ever loved. (I lost my mom when I was 27 and obviously that was still waaaay too soon.)

I don't know if any generation is really 'better' than another. All I know is that my parents came from a great one.

[sleeplessinca]

Sounds we have a lot in common.  My icon is a tribute to my dad, a radar tech in WW2 who kept the then top secret and exotic in working order while pilots guided the bombing runs over Germany out of GB.  He's near 90 now with memory failing and amazing general health.  An amazing guy who also did so much for his family - who needed a lot as it turned out. 

[sleeplessinca]

On another note - I must have missed the bad JW last night cuz what I heard was OK. 


Has anyone noticed how much Snoorey is giving lip service to "how he cares about people"?  I think it is direct response to our criticism regarding the stupid voice prank.


Keep saying t until you believe it Snores.  He truly sucks.

[alien2012]

the line george noory gives about working together as a team after any events of 12/21 is a line he stole straight out of my book. noory is a fraud. I sent him a copy of my book in January 2012 and then he filmed an entire episode of "Ancient Aliens" on the history channel called "The Time Travelers" quoting word for word out of my book and claiming these ideas as his own. you can read the entire story and also the chapter from my book about Darwins Theory which noory quoted word for word in this episode. you will also see proof that I sent him a copy of my book before this episode was filmed. my book was published in May of 2011 one year before the Ancient Aliens episode was released. www.george-noory.com

[lonevoice]

Have you started legal proceedings against him?   I would sure think you have a strong case.

Oh, and Jorch Noory still sucks.

[alien2012]

not yet. I am seeking legal representation. I have sent letters to the History Channel and the producers of Ancient Aliens. they seem dumbfounded saying they have never heard of my book. I sent them copies. I am awaiting their response.

[ziznak]

Wait a minute... deja vu moment! I think i just read something similar in another thread!!!

[Morgus]

the line george noory gives about working together as a team after any events of 12/21 is a line he stole straight out of my book. noory is a fraud. I sent him a copy of my book in January 2012 and then he filmed an entire episode of "Ancient Aliens" on the history channel called "The Time Travelers" quoting word for word out of my book and claiming these ideas as his own. you can read the entire story and also the chapter from my book about Darwins Theory which noory quoted word for word in this episode. you will also see proof that I sent him a copy of my book before this episode was filmed. my book was published in May of 2011 one year before the Ancient Aliens episode was released. www.george-noory.com

crossposting the same thing in more than one thread is considered bad form...

[NoMoreNoory]

crossposting the same thing in more than one thread is considered bad form...

It may very well be in bad form, but if there is validity to this claim, I am more than willing to overlook message board etiquette in lieu of Snoron facing a lawsuit. We all want this guy off of the air, who knows....maybe Mr. Niven's claim holds water. Maybe this will finally do it. Maybe not. Redardless, I don't think being so curt to someone who is so clearly upset, is exactly in the best form either. We all know Noory is a liar and a fake. If there is a way to go beyond this, to go beyond lamenting about it all...should we not be supportive? Let's see how and if it pans out.

[CrabbyOld Bat]

Has anyone noticed how much Snoorey is giving lip service to "how he cares about people"?  I think it is direct response to our criticism regarding the stupid voice prank.

Maybe I'm imagining it but there's seems to be a serious increase in both damage control and brown-nosing lately. While Snorge is busy patting himself on the back and stroking his ego, guests and callers are tripping over themselves telling him how wonderful he is. I understand that guests are buttering him up in hopes of getting on the show again so they can promote whatever they're peddling. But it sounds scripted at this point, as if part of the agreement to appear on C2C includes "be sure to tell the audience what a great guy Snorge is".

Also. a few days ago Tom "surprised" Snorge with a special phone call during a call-in portion of the show. I didn't listen all that carefully but I believe the caller was a guy who was going blind at one time but somehow, thanks to Snorge, he was able to see now. (Am I the only one hearing "Jesus Christ, Superstar" playing in the background?) Maybe I'm a cynical old bat as well as a crabby one, but I couldn't help think the "surprise" call was actually planned to put a band aid on Snorge's image after the voice prank. I don't doubt the caller's story overall, I just found the timing odd since the topic didn't seem to fit with the show.

[NoMoreNoory]

the line george noory gives about working together as a team after any events of 12/21 is a line he stole straight out of my book. noory is a fraud. I sent him a copy of my book in January 2012 and then he filmed an entire episode of "Ancient Aliens" on the history channel called "The Time Travelers" quoting word for word out of my book and claiming these ideas as his own. you can read the entire story and also the chapter from my book about Darwins Theory which noory quoted word for word in this episode. you will also see proof that I sent him a copy of my book before this episode was filmed. my book was published in May of 2011 one year before the Ancient Aliens episode was released. www.george-noory.com

To be clear: Are you claiming that Noory himself quotes you verbatim in Season 4 Episode 9 of Ancient Aliens? I've viewed the episode, and Noory makes no contribution at all, neither as a voice to camera nor credited as writer, producer or contributor according to the credits. I would hate to be seen to be defending Noory in any way whatsoever, but I don't see anything in this episode to substantiate your claims in regard to Noory. If you feel the programme as a whole has plagiarised your book, you should pursue that, but possibly with Kevin Burns the Producer and Georgio 'Mad Hair' Tsoukalos the 'Consulting Producer'. It would be next to impossible for you to claim intellectual copyright on the vague idea that aliens might be entities visiting from some time and place in the future. Can you be more specific about your allegations against Noory?

[lonevoice]

It may very well be in bad form, but if there is validity to this claim, I am more than willing to overlook message board etiquette in lieu of Snoron facing a lawsuit. We all want this guy off of the air, who knows....maybe Mr. Niven's claim holds water. Maybe this will finally do it. Maybe not. Redardless, I don't think being so curt to someone who is so clearly upset, is exactly in the best form either. We all know Noory is a liar and a fake. If there is a way to go beyond this, to go beyond lamenting about it all...should we not be supportive? Let's see how and if it pans out.

I agree with you, NMN; besides which, some of us may not read many of the other threads and might have missed this.  Certainly intellectual theft and copyright complaints about Jorch are on topic for this thread.  If true, it may be one of the suckiest things I've heard yet about the truly sucky Jorch Noory.  And, if Jorch did something like that to me, I'd be demonstrating remarkable restraint if I only posted it two times.   

Good luck with your legal actions alien12.  I really hope you'll keep us updated.

[somatichypermutation]

Maybe I'm imagining it but there's seems to be a serious increase in both damage control and brown-nosing lately. While Snorge is busy patting himself on the back and stroking his ego, guests and callers are tripping over themselves telling him how wonderful he is. I understand that guests are buttering him up in hopes of getting on the show again so they can promote whatever they're peddling. But it sounds scripted at this point, as if part of the agreement to appear on C2C includes "be sure to tell the audience what a great guy Snorge is".

Also. a few days ago Tom "surprised" Snorge with a special phone call during a call-in portion of the show. I didn't listen all that carefully but I believe the caller was a guy who was going blind at one time but somehow, thanks to Snorge, he was able to see now. (Am I the only one hearing "Jesus Christ, Superstar" playing in the background?) Maybe I'm a cynical old bat as well as a crabby one, but I couldn't help think the "surprise" call was actually planned to put a band aid on Snorge's image after the voice prank. I don't doubt the caller's story overall, I just found the timing odd since the topic didn't seem to fit with the show.

I think you are right and this is more than an impression, I think it reflects real fear of an Art Bell return. 

[b_dubb]

I think we should start calling in with completely made up stories about ghosts, UFOs, Bigfoot, etc but then when we get to the end of the story we finish with PIZZA ROLLS. as in ... "as the creature was walking away it turned and held up .... A BOX OF PIZZA ROLLS. if we managed to pull that off the show would come apart at the seams