George Noory Sucks! - The Definitive Compendium

[Sybil]

Hi Gumby, another picture request...could you
Do George and tommy as
"The Dumb Ranger" and his indian sidekick
"Tom-To"...his trademarks are the
Silver-tongued Bullshit he spews, and
That he leaves everyone wondering
"who was that masked 'tard?"

And Troy could be Taunt-Ass cuz we know he's got tight little buns.

[The Professor]

Special note to everyone, ESP. SuperN,
Paperboy and Mabuse who may not have seen it,
Read the "Letter from a Radio Insider" thread posted
By the forum founder MV... It confirms what we have
All said all along, but straight from someone who
Has worked within Nooryville and know...sad, but vindicating...I would
Say forward it to George and Tommy, but they
But that would be like giving a dog a physics textbook...

I can't post much, travelling this week, but Noory sucks!

[Gumby, Dammit]

Damn! I'd pay to see that!

Well...at least that's how they bill themselves...and as usual there's a hidden *truth* behind it.

What really happens is this: they sell all the tickets in advance, pocket the money, then send in Ed Grimsley and Richard C. Hoagland with the slide-show of their Mexican trip. Then, a Mexican mariachi band comes in and plays while a bullfighter chainsaws a drugged bull in half.

The audience doesn't know the difference. They see a mutilated cow and two of their heroes from the show. Done deal. Suckcess.

[Gumby, Dammit]

And Troy could be Taunt-Ass cuz we know he's got tight little buns.

Troy could be the horse that George and Tommy share.

[Sybil]

Wow...just heard this:

Linda: "...i heard a cow, screaming..."

George: "Hmmmm"

Every time Linda's voice quivers, a cow screams.

[Sybil]

Troy could be the horse that George and Tommy share.

Good idea!!!! OMG! He looks like a horse even...God Dammit!!! ROFL!

[Gumby, Dammit]

Every time Linda's voice quivers, a cow screams.

...and two AA batteries die.

[Gumby, Dammit]

okokok

nite part III

shit...these callers are driving me to nyquil

*hic*

[MV/Liberace!]

Special note to everyone, ESP. SuperN,
Paperboy and Mabuse who may not have seen it,
Read the "Letter from a Radio Insider" thread posted
By the forum founder MV... It confirms what we have
All said all along, but straight from someone who
Has worked within Nooryville and know...sad, but vindicating...I would
Say forward it to George and Tommy, but they
But that would be like giving a dog a physics textbook...

I can't post much, travelling this week, but Noory sucks!

thank you for the plug, sir.
http://coastgab.com/index.php/topic,1467.0.html

[Sybil]

Well...at least that's how they bill themselves...and as usual there's a hidden *truth* behind it.

What really happens is this: they sell all the tickets in advance, pocket the money, then send in Ed Grimsley and Richard C. Hoagland with the slide-show of their Mexican trip. Then, a Mexican mariachi band comes in and plays while a bullfighter chainsaws a drugged bull in half.

The audience doesn't know the difference. They see a mutilated cow and two of their heroes from the show. Done deal. Suckcess.

Then they meet Troy for cocktails and ride the mechanical bull.

[The Professor]

thank you for the plug, sir.
http://coastgab.com/index.php/topic,1467.0.html

MV, thanks for posting that letter, it will become the
The dead sea scroll of the Noory sucks movement...literally the
Most illuminating thing I've read about the Noron,
Though in one sense it just confirms what we all suspected ...

I had a similar , but much shorter letter from someone who had
Been in the Nooryverse, and they in not so many words
Confirmed that the smarter folks involved with the C2C program
Are aware of how badly noory sucks, but it's an
Emperor has No Brains type of environment, so one either
Just does ones own best, or just leaves,,,

[PB the Deplorable]

thank you for the plug, sir.
http://coastgab.com/index.php/topic,1467.0.html

Yes, this sounded exactly right.  The only part we were missing was the inside baseball stuff... 

This could only be from Richard C.   Just kidding - was it Rollye?

[PB the Deplorable]

...but it's an Emperor has No Brains type of environment, so one either
Just does ones own best, or just leaves,,,

Hooray for Corporate America!

[Mops]

Boy, you could fry an egg on the radio tonight, couldn't ya?!?  Heads up, hot radio coming through, hot radio coming through!!

But seriously, many thanks to the generous new hosts for the invitation into their home.  Looks great.  Nothing like cooling blue skies with a few clouds in reach when I need some rain.  Nice echo too.  Check this out:  "George, go downtown and wash clothes for the homeless.

"And take an ironing board with you."

And, of course, hello to all of the other familiar threats to national security who have gathered here.

Have to be brief tonight.  The city is worried about a blackout due to high temperatures and asked everyone to power down as much as possible.  Must be serious.  The NWS added a new measurement - "skillion" - to tomorrow's forecast.

Later 

[PB the Deplorable]

Prof, you had to have done Suckin' before, but I just can't help myself.  Apologies to Jerry and Bobby...


To the tune of Truckin'

Suckin?, we got our phones plugged in.  We?re suckin?, me and Tommy-man
He?s sayin?, ?we got Noortard's on the line, so let?s get suckin? on?.

We start by shillin? this crap to the folks out on Main Street.   
Then we?ll go to the phones, it?s really all on the same street.   
Your typical Noortard involved in a typical daydream
Hang it up and see what the next caller brings.

Dallas, they were really mean;  Houston, they got way obscene
New York, didn?t get past the screen;  they just wont let me be, oh no.

Most of the cat?s that you meet on the streets say the show sucks,
Most of the time they?re emailin? and postin? from home.
One of these days they better learn I?m not goin?
I?m in the door and up on my throne all alone

Suckin?, here with Tommy-man.  Once told me I should wash my hands,
Holding these turds ain?t worth a damn, but I just can?t lay ?em down,

Sometimes notes sounded out for me;
Other times I can barely read.
Lately it occurs to me - what a dumb, shit host I?ve been.

What in the world ever happened to Linda?
She got a face lift, you know she isn?t the same
Listenin? to Mish, Richard C, and No-Brain,
All a friend can say is ain?t it a shame.

Suckin?, I?m a shillin? ho.  Been thinkin?, I wrecked the show
Takes time, to make it really blow, guess I?ll keep suckin? on.

Sittin? and starin? out of the hotel window.
Got a tip, up there?s an intergalactic battle.
Instead of getting some sleep before I travel,
Grab my NV goggles and watch those moths flit all around

Drinkin?, down on Bourbon Street, mud puddle, fell right in.
Got filmed, it gets to wearin? thin.   They just wont let you be, oh no.

They?re sick of me hangin? around and want me to travel;
Get tired of travelin? and I want to settle down.
I guess they?re pissed ?cause I?m not really tryin?,
Fell into this gig,  hang on, wanna stay in this town.. 

Sometimes my prostate?s all right with me;
Other times I can hardly pee.
Lately it occurs to me - what a dumb, shit host I?ve been.

Suckin?, some think I should go on home.  Whoa, whoa baby, back where I belong,
Back home, sit down and learn to read, and get back to suckin? on.
Hey now get back suckin? home.

[Sybil]

Well...at least that's how they bill themselves...and as usual there's a hidden *truth* behind it.

What really happens is this: they sell all the tickets in advance, pocket the money, then send in Ed Grimsley and Richard C. Hoagland with the slide-show of their Mexican trip. Then, a Mexican mariachi band comes in and plays while a bullfighter chainsaws a drugged bull in half.

The audience doesn't know the difference. They see a mutilated cow and two of their heroes from the show. Done deal. Suckcess.

[Sybil]

Boy, you could fry an egg on the radio tonight, couldn't ya?!?  Heads up, hot radio coming through, hot radio coming through!!

But seriously, many thanks to the generous new hosts for the invitation into their home.  Looks great.  Nothing like cooling blue skies with a few clouds in reach when I need some rain.  Nice echo too.  Check this out:  "George, go downtown and wash clothes for the homeless.

"And take an ironing board with you."



And, of course, hello to all of the other familiar threats to national security who have gathered here.

Have to be brief tonight.  The city is worried about a blackout due to high temperatures and asked everyone to power down as much as possible.  Must be serious.  The NWS added a new measurement - "skillion" - to tomorrow's forecast.

Later

Love your AV, Mops! Nice to see you!

[Baghdad Bob]

v, your dating of jc's "lesbian tupperware parties" call is incorrect -- you are off by one year.  he said that on october 20, 2006

[MV/Liberace!]

Hooray for Corporate America!

you said it, bro.

[MV/Liberace!]

Just kidding - was it Rollye?

well, honestly, i made a decision to just let people reach their own conclusions as to who wrote that email rather than directly "out" anybody.  i've already been cunty enough by posting it to begin with.

a little process of elimination and most people will figure out who it is, i think.

[Gumby, Dammit]

well, honestly, i made a decision to just let people reach their own conclusions as to who wrote that email rather than directly "out" anybody.  i've already been cunty enough by posting it to begin with.

a little process of elimination and most people will figure out who it is, i think.

It could be any one of the temp hosts who have not been asked to return...the ones I remember off the top of my head are Mike Siegel, Hilly Rose, and Rollye James. Or hell it would be a scream if Art Bell actually wrote it I guess too. It actually has the timing and tempo of a James or Siegel, the Alzheimeresque spelling gaffs of a Hilly Rose on too much Metamucil and hot chocolate, and the deft, concise inside knowledge of an Art Bell.
Having said all that, and knowing that all three, Mike and Rollye and Hilly were in radio in California, it deduces to any of those I suppose. For me though, my inner ear tells me that's Rollye James talking.
I just wish she'd talk about it some more. The country needs her. We need her. So Rollye, if you're reading this....need an avatar?   

Here it is again for those who don't feel like clicking on a link today, originally posted by MV:

                                                          Wise Words From a Radio Insider                                                        ?  on: June 22, 2009, 10:49:05 AM ?

                                                                                                

                     About a year and a half ago, someone who used to sit in as a host from time to time on C2C sent an email to a friend of mine.  A LENGTHY email.  During this year and a half, some developments have occurred, some things have been said publicly by this person, and the cat is out of the bag, so to speak, with regard to this person's feelings about George Noory and the state of C2C today.  Therefore, we thought this would be an appropriate time to share it with you.  It's a real gem.

Many apologies for not seeing this sooner-- still recovering from the flu/pneumonia.

I will hold you to your word about not sharing my thoughts-- or at the very least not sharing them unless you run across attribution that doesn't lead back to me.  Too many people inside the industry would know from whence most of this comes.  Not sure how much you know about the inner workings of radio, so if I expound of points obvious to you, forgive me.

Randy Michaels at Jacor wanted a syndication division,  He ultimately bought Premiere, and then in 1998 bought Coast to Coast.    I laughed at the press release with Randy saying he'd been a long time fan of the show.  Randy in 1997 had never heard the show--  I know because we were on the phone while I was driving to LA listening to Art while I was on I-10 in Arizona.   I was telling Randy about "Mel's Hole".  He got excited and said 'let's go find it!'  I had to assure him it was nowhere to be found, this being an Art Bell caller.   He confided that while he'd certaom;u heard of the show, he'd never actually heard it for himself.

So Randy bought the show and put it under the Premiere banner.  I doubt Premiere had a clue about how the show made money.  Let me digress further and say that when Herb Jepko's wildly successful overnight show, "The Nitecaps" was bought by Mutual in 1976; the deal was that Herb would pay the landline cost of transmission from Salt Lake City to the network's DC headquarters and pay the salary of an hourly newsman.  Mutual, for it's part would clear stations and sell time.    Herb was grossing over $2 million before this deal. Within 18 months he was bankrupt.   

Networks sell on a CPM model (cost per thousand listeners) but head count is only viable in the day. Many national advertisers don't want night time inventory for any reason (let alone overnight inventory) and those that do which pay on a CPM basis are paying a fraction of what a daytime spot would cost.  (When hosts spout off ratings, they are talking Shares-- percentage of people listening to the radio while they are on who are listening to them-- so as you can see, a 10 share in morning drive will produce exponentially more listeners than a 10 share at 2 a.m-- many more people listening to the radio at 7 am then the middle of the night.  Hence  advertisers don't care about shares-- they want to know about many Persons they reach.  Further, when hosts spout of numbers of listeners, like millions-- they are talking Cumes-- the cumulative total of people who are listening during a week, as opposed to Average Quarter Hour which is roughly the number of people listening at any given time-- a number exponentially lower than the Cume.   National advertisers buy on Average Quarter Hour Persons because they want to know how many people are available at the minute their message is airing, and AQH Persons is the closest they'll come to assessment,  assuming there's any validity to this rating scheme but I won't belabor that. Nor will I get into demographics, another big factor.)   Mutual using the standard network model of selling time based on CPM produced very little revenue for Herb.

So how did Herb make that $2 million?  On direct response-- concentrating on advertisers who could measure results.  He targeted companies who he believed would be of interest to his audience and when he produced enough revenue to make it worthwhile for them to continue advertising, they did so.  Icy Hot can thank Herb Jepko for their start.  Apart from ads, he had conventions, did tours ('the all riding no walking tour of Hawaii' was my favorite), and had a monthly newsletter "The Wick" and was cleaning up until Mutual came along.  He died a drunk.

Art was a fan of The Nitecaps (it's why he has so many phone numbers for different regions of the country-- that was a Jepko bit I also won't belabor), but he either didn't know the inside story or didn't understand what he was getting into  with the sale to Jacor/Premiere.  The deal couldn't have happened without Art's approval.  I cringed when he put out a press release saying the new owners gave him total programming control.  I was yelling at the radio saying, 'Dope, you need SALES control.'   TRN (Talk Radio Network, which at that point had no other product) understood direct response and they were doing a good job at selling the show.  They took the $9 million they were offered because they realized Art could walk if they didn't.  Bad blood still exists, though TRN has done very well with Savage, Ingraham, et al.  (Let me also say that Direct Response is often these days what PI spots are called-- but PI-- Per Inquiry spots pay radio and television stations or networks based upon the number of responses which is a gamble. I 'm referring to Direct Response advertisers that pay a set rate for spot schedule.)

First thing Premiere does when they got the show was to inform stations they'd be requiring two units of daytime inventory a day in order for them to carry the show.  (This was not an uncommon request back in the days of wired nets.)   The stations, almost en masse, informed them, they could go to hell.   What Premiere was trying to do was to fit Coast to Coast into their CPM model... they knew they couldn't sell overnight CPM and had no idea how to sell Direct Response, and wouldn't want to expend the effort anyway as their mode of operations was so different.   When that failed, they had a problem on their hands.  But not immediately-- a lot of the Direct Response advertisers were loyal to the show, so revenue they didn't solicit continued to come in.

A year or so later, Jacor was bought by Clear Channel. This was actually good for Coast to Coast in the long run financially because Clear Channel could force the stations it owned that were talk formatted to run the show-- and force them to carry that daytime inventory.  Problem solved.   Further, as time progressed, it became the norm of all current syndicators to force clearance of shows that stations might not want in exchange for shows they did want.  --Want Rush Limbaugh in the day? Gotta run Dr. Dean Edell (for many years).  In short order, Rush was so successful they were able to charge cash for the show (only one able to do that currently) in addition to the standard barter arrangement where stations run network spots within the show.  Down the road Premiere was additionally able to force other product on affiliates who wanted Rush.   I can name some eye popping non CC owned call letters (not many but in one case. a huge market) that were told if you want Rush, you'll also carry Coast to Coast, or we'll give Rush to your competition who will carry Coast.    (Today that hijacking scenario is so common among syndicators that it explains how some obviously secondary product winds up on primary radio stations.)  With Coast it's not the norm as there's little competition and many of the affiliates are already owned by Clear Channel, but it's happened.

So what we're seeing happen in his scenario is that the revenue Coast brings comes more from outside the show.  Secondarily there's a small stream from things like the newsletter, streamlink, and amazon products (i.e. the bumpers) on the site.  Nevertheless, the hope is always that the revenue inside the show will be sizable. I doubt Art was thrilled with some of the sponsors they began to amass.  I'm going to skip over his leaving the first time, and the choice of Mike Siegal-- that's another soap opera.  (Let me cut to the chase and say it worked out well for Art--  when he left the first time, the contractual restrictions on him were so severe that I joked he couldn't even appear in a public restroom.  When he came back after Siegel, he made sure those restrictions wouldn't continue to exist should he leave again.)

BUT..  by the time Art left again, I strongly suspect the choice of George (made unilaterally by Kraig Kitchin at Premiere) was based solely on his malleable nature. In George they have everything they want, if their goal is to have someone so grateful for their job that they'll never complain.  He is and he won't.

Who else would read a commercial for The Psychic Pill?!   I'm sure you can point out many examples. 

The downside of possible losing stations is a non factor-- consider the previous info and add that there is no real competition and likely will not be in radio's current incarnation.    The downside side of losing listeners, is virtually unnoticed:

Ego ratings will continue to look great.  The way ratings are currently taken, news/talk stations are favored during late night periods (boring reasons I'll spare you).   Since Coast has no viable competition, it continues to have great ratings.  But remember, those ratings hosts love to cite are Shares-- the percentage of people listening to any station that are listening to them.  If people turn off the radio, it doesn't affect Shares.   It also doesn't affect Share when people listen to non-commercial stations, such as public radio (because ratings are used for sales purposes, they don't factor stations that can't sell-  you can find them if you know how to look, but the publicly stated data doesn't factor them).   

This is actually a not uncommon radio dillemma. I've always said if you don't know why you're winning, you won't know when you lose or what to do about it when you finally do.  Ratings lag performance, and in very successful products. by years.  For instance when I was programming a station in 1979 in Los Angeles, KABC was #1.  I said at the time they were already slipping-- I could feel it. (I was not a direct competitor, I was PD of a music station.)   In 1982, KIIS, a top 40 station became an 'overnight' #1--  overnight my foot.  KABC was probably not in the top 5 in reality by 1980.   The inverse is true too.  By 1987 I knew KFI was gaining great traction, but it wasn't until the '90s that it dominated any demo.

Now that you've waded through all that, you get to the reality--   over the past several years the show has become virtually unlistenable to the bright, hip crowd that Art fostered.  Some have left entirely, some listen with less enthusiasm because there's nothing else.  They're replaced with the brain dead-- those who think George is the ultimate host. (Believe me,they're there-- they complain when anyone exhibits personality, or interjects a comment. And they're cruel.  I can figure out why George Knapp wouldn't want to see Fast Blast.  Unless you've been doing this for decades and nothing bothers you, most of it will shake anyone up.  I found it funny though sad and telling at the same time.)

The behind the scenes people working on the show are emboldened because they're working with George who likely has no say or control over anything-- and theyr'e able to lord over most weekend hosts who are either inexperienced or totally new to radio. They've got producers telling hosts what to do.  (This is completely backward it the real radio world-- producers work for hosts, not the other way around.)  And all have consumed the kool-aid that this is a terrific show with a wonderful living heritage on which they self-righteously expound at the drop of a dime.  It's the blind with an attitude leading the brain dead without a clue.  I strongly doubt anyone in the equation has enough radio savvy to remotely understand that their indicators of success belie the truth, let alone enough insight to know what makes good radio.

I snobbishly say a host better learn how to play records before they play the talk hits--  Art did. Rush did.  Rush's success came not from his politics.  It was phrases like 'feminazi' not what he thought of feminists.  He, in his build up days, was truly an entertainer.   Art had a good deal of that too.  And he we stumbled upon the paranormal genre, it was perfect (actually not a lot different from what Long John Nebel was doing in the '40s and  '50s in New York). 

I suspect unless there is a major change, Coast will continue to devolve with no one there aware.  I also suspect unless there are major changes in radio, there will be nothing that immediately threatens them.  The losers are the listeners, at least those who are not drooling.    The move toward 'conspiracy', to my programming ears, is catastrophic, but the staff embraces it.  True conspiracy fans are so beyond George's questions that it defies elaboration, and those that don't know much about it are less likely to be interested in it.   Producers (I worked with Lisa Lyons and did not enjoy the experience)  also shun many of the paranormal avenues worth exploring.

So why did I ever agree to do the show again?  In small part because I didn't realize how much it had devolved, since i rarely have a chance to listen to it, and in major part because a wonderful friend at Clear Channel corporate asked me to do it because it was his opinion that there was no one on the show with a real radio background.  So I did for awhile.   But it really was a drain, and increasingly I saw no upside given all the above.  On an emotional level, it hurts me to the core that this venue has over 500 stations and programming is either an afterthought of the product of people without the necessary knowledge to make it work.  Probably some of both-- but the combination of expedience and ignorance is likely a symptom of radio today which is why I'm so blessed to be able to do my show on my terms and actually profit from it.  I keep that in mind each time I grouse about having to be responsible for every facet from engineering to sales, but in the end, it's the only way I could possible survive.  Too old and too impatient to actually be in a radio station or syndicator these days.

I'm sure that's more than you wanted to know and more than I should have written. Again I'm trusting you to not make it public.   

I'm at a horrible stage where I'm really no longer to answer most of the emails (I guess I should be glad because it means people listen, but it really does bother me I can't physically answer them all and still do anything.)  I'm still sick and have been lying in bed today, hence the luxury of a response I'll probably never be able to give again any time soon.   Plus it got me to further delay a bunch of projects I'd probably rather not do                                                                                                                     

         

[Pirate King Atomsk]

So I rearranged my room last night and decided to turn the radio on since everything was unplugged and scattered about. I never liked LMH...but that massive chunk of "guano" last night was even more boring than usual. She was just playing tapes of a dry interview about bats dying and how it's "super duper cereal" or something. Gay gay gayyyy, I can't wait for Art tonight.

Oh, and I finally got to hear George's commercial about the after dark newsletter where he talks about his Dad. "And how he helped me to become the Host of Coast to Coast AY-EEEEEEM!" 

[Itty Bit]

It could be any one of the temp hosts who have not been asked to return...the ones I remember off the top of my head are Mike Siegel, Hilly Rose, and Rollye James. Or hell it would be a scream if Art Bell actually wrote it I guess too. It actually has the timing and tempo of a James or Siegel, the Alzheimeresque spelling gaffs of a Hilly Rose on too much Metamucil and hot chocolate, and the deft, concise inside knowledge of an Art Bell.
. We need her. So Rollye, if you're reading this....need an avatar?   





       

Gumby, thank you for bringing up the whole letter to read.  It is something that should be repeated at least once a month.  It's timely, and for one, I really appreciate Michael's sharing.

Thanks to both of you.  It is my opinion that the only thing good that George N has done for us is give us the need for this forum.  It's such interesting and fun reading!

Long live Michael, and all posters here!

[Smoky]

I was wondering if any of you guys ever actually called into the show and got on the air? That would be cool...or how many have sent noory a fast blast or email and received a response. I sent him a fast blast once and received a nasty email from him one time. The other time I sent him an email that simply said "Look how many people there are that don't respect you." with a link to the GLP thread. He sent me a nasty email about that as well. I don't have the emails anymore but I'm wondering if this guy is so huge and popular why does he have time to respond to my comments?

p.s. is art on tonight?

[Marc.Knight]

Yes, Art is on tonight.

[MABUSE]

thank you for the plug, sir.
http://coastgab.com/index.php/topic,1467.0.html

indeed, many thanks!  I have read and commented on same already.

As to getting through, I have gotten through 3 times over the years and on one occassion  I just tore up the guest
something fierce (I can't remember the guest) over Sitchin-esque interpretations of ancient myths. I beat his ass badly
about Jung, Campbell, Frazer and Mircea being far more valid methodologies for myth interpretation and got said guest so honked off he swore on the air (a 'dammit' and a 'hell') before George hung up on me, and then made some half-assed comment about "it takes all kinds" or some shit like that.  Said guest was so enraged he spent the next five minutes disparaging my sources and attacking me personally--while NOT supporting his position in the least, and of course the Gilded Turd backed him all the way with his wonder cure snake oil paliatives of "feel it in my gut" and "think outside the box".  I felt my job was well done since I rattled them both that badly.

**M**

PS
THANK YOU SYBIL!  LOVE IT!  Will use it as an alternative when I switch out!

XXX 
**M**

[Sybil]

I was wondering if any of you guys ever actually called into the show and got on the air? That would be cool...or how many have sent noory a fast blast or email and received a response. I sent him a fast blast once and received a nasty email from him one time. The other time I sent him an email that simply said "Look how many people there are that don't respect you." with a link to the GLP thread. He sent me a nasty email about that as well. I don't have the emails anymore but I'm wondering if this guy is so huge and popular why does he have time to respond to my comments?

p.s. is art on tonight?

Smoky!!!!! There you are! I'm so relieved! I thought you ran out on the highway and got hit by a car!
Come here so I can pat you on the head....you're a good kitty witty.

As for your question...YES! I have fastblasted George and emailed him. All with bad results. He was downright rude. And, believe it or not, I was VERY polite about it. That was before I knew what an evil bastard he was. I too have long deleted those emails. That was before I even knew what a forum was really. After that Ouija Board debaucle I discovered the other forum and to start posting so I wouldn't go postal!!!!! I still get mad as hell thinking about that damn show! That BASTARD!!!! He hyped us up for months!!!! LITERALLY and FIGURATIVELY!!! (as George would say, that dumb ass) Then he pussied out! Why? I'm not quite sure still. To pretend it was an ominous endeavor? Then take the hero role and protect us from the scary ouija board? FUCK! It's the fucking radio you moron!



And that was one of the last emails I sent him. When he finally pussied out on his ouija board exphurimunt that night, he said it was because Father Hootinscootin (forget his name) had a car accident, his daughter had a miscarriage, and there was bad weather somewhere....WTF?!
He thought all that happened because HE was going to exphurimunt with the ouija board. WTF! At that point I was livid! I wrote him and told him I thought he was pretty full of himself to actually think that he had that kind of power to cause those types of things to happen.  And,  if he actually thought that was true, he had some major guilt to be dealt with for causing such terrible things to happen. What a weirdo!

[Sybil]

Yes, Art is on tonight.

Don't hold your breath.

[PB the Deplorable]

I was wondering if any of you guys ever actually called into the show and got on the air? That would be cool...or how many have sent noory a fast blast or email and received a response. ...

p.s. is art on tonight?

Well, lets see, twice his response to me was that I was a lowlife, another was a breezy blow off.  I also emailed him when the other thread got to 2500 pages - thought he'd like to know.  It was cool we got a response from that, I posted it.

Those were all from fairly polite emails.  I've also sent a bunch of fast blasts telling him he sucked with specific examples from that night's show - no responses to any of those.


Why the ferk is Art always on Fri and Sat.  People go out those nights.  I used to be able to come home and catch the replay, as they replayed 3 hours of it right after it ended on our local station.  Recently they started only replaying the first hour.

525 and growing...

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v, your dating of jc's "lesbian tupperware parties" call is incorrect -- you are off by one year.  he said that on october 20, 2006

Damn! Here's the deal on my JC collection... I got them all off the web somewhere last year, and some guy had renamed them with the date and year and content - so I haven't changed anything as to the originals as I got them... I think what I'll do is, mass rename them by taking off all the dates... or maybe better yet, I'll post a link to a plain text file with all the download links, then you can get them all and correct all the dates! Cuz I have NO idea what they should really be... for example, I had never heard the "lesbian tupperware party" JC call before, so was unprepared for it being nearly 20 minues long!