George Noory Sucks! - The Definitive Compendium

[sleeplessinca]

She gets that a lot...

[The General]

Lionel Fanthorpe is on tonight. Is everyone ready to hear Springheel Jack for the hundredth time? Oh wait, I forgot we don't have to listen to Coast to Coast anymore.

Just the thought of it makes me want to gouge my eyes out.

[nooryisawesome]

FYI George told me he isn't listening to Arts show. He only texted Richard because he got an email.

[scottydawg]

Well he did it! With the remote control for my SiriusXM radio I can jump back and forth from channels 104 to 246.
Would listen to the Dark Matter re-run, then hop back to Jorch when the re-run got bogged down. Sure enough at 1:20am CST
Jorch asked Lionel, "And what about Springheel Jack?" It's like "Gee Uncle Lionel, can we go into the backyard nd dig up the old dead squirrel again? : Well over on Channel 82 they have Radio Classics, and on early Saturday morning they were running old scary tales hosted by a great host, Greg Bell!

[starrmtn001]

I'm surprised your cat didn't throw the radio out the window.

Post a picture of her and you on Art's site for all of us cat fans to see.

Good call Falkie!  Surprised I didn't think of that in my reply to popple.

[Morgus]

It depends.  George hid behind the ficus for 25 minutes waiting for her to get there.  'How arre yew?' he whispered, as he followed her in and the doors closed..

Jenny probably said "Get away from me, you masher!" 

[Falkie2013]

When I worked in the adult bookstore years ago, Clint Eastwood walked in and asked directions to the Moroccan restaurant that was just down the street.

Some dweeb was gushing over seeing Clint and I finally had to stop the guy and tell him to knock it off so I could tell Clint how to get to the restaurant.

Having worked as an extra I always talked to stars as if they were people and not celebrities, which they appreciate.

I've never understood people like Noory who are starstruck.

Celebrities are PEOPLE first, stars second.

Something that regular folks forget and some celebrities have too.

I once sat with Leonard Nimoy while we were both waiting to go on the air, him on radio and me on tv at KGO and it being a Friday, I wished him a Gut Shabbos and we spent an hour NOT talking about Star Trek but about what it was to be Jewish.

People always think that all the stars of TOS want to do is talk about Trek.

They do have other interests in life too.

But I digress.

One thing that bugs me about Noory is that his damned promotional ads are everywhere like cockroaches.

I googled paranormal podcasts and the first damned thing that came up were pictures of Noory.

That is one of the things I hate about Google.

They pimp themselves out and subject the entire internet to this guy and he's even popped up on sites devoted to food !

Sheesh.



I wonder if Jenny was looking for the hatch above the elevator and thinking :

" Oh, my G*d, I'm trapped in an elevator with George Noory.

  Someone get me OUT of here ! "

[onan]

When I worked in the adult bookstore years ago, Clint Eastwood walked in and asked directions to the Moroccan restaurant that was just down the street.

Some dweeb was gushing over seeing Clint and I finally had to stop the guy and tell him to knock it off so I could tell Clint how to get to the restaurant.

Having worked as an extra I always talked to stars as if they were people and not celebrities, which they appreciate.

I've never understood people like Noory who are starstruck.

Celebrities are PEOPLE first, stars second.

Something that regular folks forget and some celebrities have too.

I once sat with Leonard Nimoy while we were both waiting to go on the air, him on radio and me on tv at KGO and it being a Friday, I wished him a Gut Shabbos and we spent an hour NOT talking about Star Trek but about what it was to be Jewish.

People always think that all the stars of TOS want to do is talk about Trek.

They do have other interests in life too.

But I digress.

One thing that bugs me about Noory is that his damned promotional ads are everywhere like cockroaches.

I googled paranormal podcasts and the first damned thing that came up were pictures of Noory.

That is one of the things I hate about Google.

They pimp themselves out and subject the entire internet to this guy and he's even popped up on sites devoted to food !

Sheesh.



I wonder if Jenny was looking for the hatch above the elevator and thinking :

" Oh, my G*d, I'm trapped in an elevator with George Noory.

  Someone get me OUT of here ! "

Not that I doubt you, but I worked on two movies as an extra, "Striking Distance" and "Bob Roberts" and we were specifically told not to talk to the actors unless we were spoken to. The crew actually kept us away from the cast.

[West of the Rockies]

RE:  Falkie's post two above this one (and sorry to sound like a fanboy here), Nimoy sounds like a pretty great human being.  I know he has many interests, and probably not talking Spock-related matters was a treat.  The main point I'd make though is that I can imagine Noory first being annoyed that someone recognized him but more annoyed if someone didn't.  "Do you know who I am?"

[stevesh]

Not that I doubt you, but I worked on two movies as an extra, "Striking Distance" and "Bob Roberts" and we were specifically told not to talk to the actors unless we were spoken to. The crew actually kept us away from the cast.

I was the guy who liked Striking Distance. Did you get to meet Willis or Farina?

[onan]

I was the guy who liked Striking Distance. Did you get to meet Willis or Farina?

No, they kept us away from all the actors. I didn't see any of the "stars".

I always like telling the story though. I like telling how if you look real close at the scene where the crowd is looking on at Willis and Parker, you still won't see me. I think there may be a split second you can see my back... some of my finest work.

[WOTR]

I googled paranormal podcasts and the first damned thing that came up were pictures of Noory.

How much of this is our own fault?  I use ixquick and there is no mention of Noory anywhere on the first page of results for paranormal podcasts. 

Even when I use google (I just did to test it being as I rarely use them...)  Noory is not on the first three pages (I stopped looking after that).  Google uses all sorts of things to find out what they THINK you would like to see and give it to you.  your search history and other crap obviously suggests to google that you would like to hear some more of Dave and that you just cannot get enough.  Perhaps with my lack of history they have  a tougher time deciding what I want to hear?

For me, parapods comes up first, followed by theunexplained.tv, a reddit post with mention of the Fine Art stream, Jim Harold, itunes, a yahoo post, a paraviewer blogspot, and it keeps going. 

Just keep "googling" things and they will tailor everything to make certain you only see what you want...

[UFQuack]

Some dweeb was gushing over seeing Clint and I finally had to stop the guy and tell him to knock it off so I could tell Clint how to get to the restaurant.

Having worked as an extra I always talked to stars as if they were people and not celebrities, which they appreciate.

Celebrities are PEOPLE first, stars second.

Yeah God forbid any the fans who made them richer than anyone can imagine and who made them who they are put them out.

I once sat with Leonard Nimoy while we were both waiting to go on the air, him on radio and me on tv at KGO and it being a Friday, I wished him a Gut Shabbos and we spent an hour NOT talking about Star Trek but about what it was to be Jewish.

Wow, that sounds incredibly boring.

[SR-71]

George Noory what type of pizza rolls do you like?

[George Drooly]

I once sat with Leonard Nimoy... and we spent an hour NOT talking about Star Trek but about what it was to be Jewish.

They're both science-fiction

[Falkie2013]

Not that I doubt you, but I worked on two movies as an extra, "Striking Distance" and "Bob Roberts" and we were specifically told not to talk to the actors unless we were spoken to. The crew actually kept us away from the cast.

I lived in San Francisco from 1964-1968, 1970-1980 and in 1990.

When I grew up the Chronicle would mention where movies were being filmed and being naturally curious I went down to watch.

I'd already met authors and I'm one of those people who strike up conversations  usually with " Hi. What are you doing ? " and it would go from there.

I helped out with the filming of the tv movie The Monk with George Maharis and Janet Leigh, got to watch the filming of Bullitt, The Lauging Policeman and What's Up Doc and became an extra on the Streets of San Francisco and in the movie The Toweiring Inferno and got to know Irwin Allen somewhat who invited me to the benefit premiere of the film which they set up to benefit the families of injured and deceased SF firefighters as well as a party after the film wrapped up.

I would help out on sets long after filming stopped and once they get to know you enough they accept you as one of the film family.

I never had any trouble talking to Karl Malden who was a regular guy and never put on airs that he was an " actor " like so many stars do.

Its fans that gush over them that the production staff have trouble with.

I've also gotten onto studio lots because I've known screenwriters and authors and if a dear friend hadn't died when his leukemia killed him after being in remission for 5 years, I would have become a screenwriter as well. He was beginning to teach me the ropes weeks before he suddenly died literally over a weekend.

The latest filming I saw was when I was walking down hill to go to my Mother's and saw them filming Nash Bridges.

I don't make stuff up and have no reason to at this late date or in the past.

[Falkie2013]

Yeah God forbid any the fans who made them richer than anyone can imagine and who made them who they are put them out.

Wow, that sounds incredibly boring.

Not boring at all but you had to be there and be Jewish to understand.

I know you find it hard to believe but there are things to talk about to them other than acting.

Like Leonard's interest in photography or Shatner's one time hobby of boar hunting on Catalina Island with bow and arrow which is something he has discussed.

Years ago at the old Emporium I brought him 2 copies of Bow and Arrow which had a spread of him hunting and his appearances on the old ABC show American Sportsman.

His reaction was " Where did you get those ? "

I said they were selling them in the store's newstand.

He was promoting his record The Transformed Manat the time.

I've had dinner with George Takei and introduced Jimmy Doohan to the woman who became his wife when I was an officer of a local Star Trek group and he was appearing in town in the play The Trial of James McNeil Whistler.

This from a bowhunting website. Shatner no longer hunts. But he also hunted bear with bow and arrow in Alaska.

rom: Gene Carroll                   
Date: 06-Jan-11    




    I have also seen old pictures in one of my old 60-70's Bow and Arrow Magazines, with I think Jim Dougarthy [sp?] hunting goats on Catilina Island and if I remember right he was using a very early production Allen Compound.

    Gene

[sleeplessinca]

I lived in San Francisco from 1964-1968, 1970-1980 and in 1990.

Why no SF in 1969? 

[awake]

Look at you all being mean to George Noory again. Now, you just go over and watch his interview on The View. He wasn't the worst interviewer there! Now Whoopi, there's someone out of her element. There wasn't even softball questions, just somebody that hadn't a clue as to what the hell she was doing.

I'm kidding of course. George pretty much has a choice, either make the show his own, or make it Art Bell's. He either needs to keep listening to Dark Matter and improve in that direction by a factor of ten or just go full out Hollywood and start interviewing Madonna about her Kabala beliefs. He can't have it both ways with Art around doing a show that's the *true* C2C as it was conceived.

So, time to pick, George. Hollywood bullshit or underground weirdness. Your call, but if you pick Hollywood bullshit, abandon The Chase and give that to Art and pick your own, personalized opening bumper. Something contemporary and hip that fits that audience.

If someone, no one or everyone wishes to be "mean to george" it really isn't any of your business, is it?  dave's an adult, of sorts, and if he chooses to come around he gets what he gets.

[coaster]

I find "celebrity" overrated and the people that flock to it annoying. I will never understand why people get obsessed with someone who's job requires them to stand in front of a camera. Big deal.

[Falkie2013]

Why no SF in 1969?

We lived in Vegas from 1968-70, went briefly back to the 'Burgh due to a family emergency and then returned to San Francsico.

I lived briefly in LA in 1972 and then moved to Sacramento in 1980-1990.

I got used to celebrities when we lived in Vegas. My Mother's job was to act as a babysitter for the stars kids while they were on stage in the casinos.

Got to meet a lot of stars but regret that I never got to see some of them live.

Always thought they'd be around and I would get to it one day.

Back then, we got comped to everything.

The old Vegas was more fun than the sprawling place it is now.

I went to high school there and you knew most everyone because it it still had a small town atmosphere with 300,000 people.

You'd run into locals everywhere you went.

By the way, if you ever go to Vegas in the summer, don't go out in the daytime.

Wait til night until you go to the casino.

Its too hot in the daytime.

I used to spend a lot of time in the coffee shops and buffets doing my homework becuase there wasn't a lot to do if you were under 21.

I did get to see new casinos being built and it was funny to be surrounded by showgirls when we landed on the moon at the Dunes while the hard core gamblers ignored history and kept putting money into the one armed bandits.

That was at the Dunes.

16 and showgirls.

Oh, my !

[sleeplessinca]

We lived in Vegas from 1968-70, went briefly back to the 'Burgh due to a family emergency and then returned to San Francsico.

I lived briefly in LA in 1972 and then moved to Sacramento in 1980-1990.

I got used to celebrities when we lived in Vegas. My Mother's job was to act as a babysitter for the stars kids while they were on stage in the casinos.

Got to meet a lot of stars but regret that I never got to see some of them live.

Always thought they'd be around and I would get to it one day.

Back then, we got comped to everything.

The old Vegas was more fun than the sprawling place it is now.

I went to high school there and you knew most everyone because it it still had a small town atmosphere with 300,000 people.

You'd run into locals everywhere you went.

By the way, if you ever go to Vegas in the summer, don't go out in the daytime.

Wait til night until you go to the casino.

Its too hot in the daytime.

I used to spend a lot of time in the coffee shops and buffets doing my homework becuase there wasn't a lot to do if you were under 21.

I did get to see new casinos being built and it was funny to be surrounded by showgirls when we landed on the moon at the Dunes while the hard core gamblers ignored history and kept putting money into the one armed bandits.

That was at the Dunes.

16 and showgirls.

Oh, my !

corruption impossible to avoid and fantasies fueled for a lifetime by the sound of it.

[DanTSX]

Hi all.

Long time lurker, first time poster. 

Jorch Noory does indeed suck.  Jorch is an intellectually lazy dope who is the luckiest broadcaster on the planet to have been penned for the C2CAM job.  The people above him must be equally dopy and incompetent to allow him to host for 10+ years.  The only redeeming factor in Jorch's lame, mispronounced captainship of the show is the ability of the many here to make me laugh about how badly he bumbles drunkenly through most every show.

I might as well get it off my chest here as well because I don't plan on posting too much.  I don't like Wells, and I'm glad Punnet is on an extended tinnitus fishing trip.  Wells was only hired because he sounds like Bell to uninformed idiots, and Punnet belongs praising the lawd and Oprah instead of being an annoying little woman on the air.  (still worth listening to over Pizza Pocket Breath).  I was so glad when he quit I wouldn't have to listen to another night of D.B. Cooper balony.  George Knapp is cool.  He is oldschool, but can hang with us younguns.    Must be dew to tha..... porthals or angels or something

Anyways, glad W6OBB is back on the air.  Listening to the first night's show last week pretty much left no doubt that there is absolutely zero in common between the two hosts.  Art is world class.  A once in a lifetime on-air talent, interviewer, and story teller.  Georgie-porgie wouldn't last a week on a mid-sized metro market if he was out on his own.  He would be doing more lebanese catering Beyond Bleef!

Oh yeah, this guy Bateman cracks me up.  what a nut!

[onan]

Hi all.

Long time lurker, first time poster. 

Jorch Noory does indeed suck.  Jorch is an intellectually lazy dope who is the luckiest broadcaster on the planet to have been penned for the C2CAM job.  The people above him must be equally dopy and incompetent to allow him to host for 10+ years.  The only redeeming factor in Jorch's lame, mispronounced captainship of the show is the ability of the many here to make me laugh about how badly he bumbles drunkenly through most every show.

I might as well get it off my chest here as well because I don't plan on posting too much.  I don't like Wells, and I'm glad Punnet is on an extended tinnitus fishing trip.  Wells was only hired because he sounds like Bell to uninformed idiots, and Punnet belongs praising the lawd and Oprah instead of being an annoying little woman on the air.  (still worth listening to over Pizza Pocket Breath).  I was so glad when he quit I wouldn't have to listen to another night of D.B. Cooper balony.  George Knapp is cool.  He is oldschool, but can hang with us younguns.    Must be dew to tha..... porthals or angels or something

Anyways, glad W6OBB is back on the air.  Listening to the first night's show last week pretty much left no doubt that there is absolutely zero in common between the two hosts.  Art is world class.  A once in a lifetime on-air talent, interviewer, and story teller.  Georgie-porgie wouldn't last a week on a mid-sized metro market if he was out on his own.  He would be doing more lebanese catering Beyond Bleef!

Oh yeah, this guy Bateman cracks me up.  what a nut!

Oh hell you are already fitting right in.

[bateman]

Hi all.

Long time lurker, first time poster. 

Jorch Noory does indeed suck.  Jorch is an intellectually lazy dope who is the luckiest broadcaster on the planet to have been penned for the C2CAM job.  The people above him must be equally dopy and incompetent to allow him to host for 10+ years.  The only redeeming factor in Jorch's lame, mispronounced captainship of the show is the ability of the many here to make me laugh about how badly he bumbles drunkenly through most every show.

I might as well get it off my chest here as well because I don't plan on posting too much.  I don't like Wells, and I'm glad Punnet is on an extended tinnitus fishing trip.  Wells was only hired because he sounds like Bell to uninformed idiots, and Punnet belongs praising the lawd and Oprah instead of being an annoying little woman on the air.  (still worth listening to over Pizza Pocket Breath).  I was so glad when he quit I wouldn't have to listen to another night of D.B. Cooper balony.  George Knapp is cool.  He is oldschool, but can hang with us younguns.    Must be dew to tha..... porthals or angels or something

Anyways, glad W6OBB is back on the air.  Listening to the first night's show last week pretty much left no doubt that there is absolutely zero in common between the two hosts.  Art is world class.  A once in a lifetime on-air talent, interviewer, and story teller.  Georgie-porgie wouldn't last a week on a mid-sized metro market if he was out on his own.  He would be doing more lebanese catering Beyond Bleef!

Oh yeah, this guy Bateman cracks me up.  what a nut!

I like this guy.

[Meanandnasty]

Don't be such a turkey Mr. Noory!  C'mon back and socialize.

You were invited to our party and you did not feast on your turkey sandwich, so the caterer wrapped it up and put it in a zip-lock Hefty deep freezer bag. You will find it is kept safe in the Coast Gab deep freeze.  It should be safe from freezer burn.  The day  may be a cold day in hell  until you come back and commune with us, but if you do, your turkey sandwich will be thawed out and waiting.  It will not be hot like those nasty Pizza Rolls.

[VictoriaPandora]

The following is a list of documented George Noory quotes. Known as "Nooryisms"... these non sequitur quips and half-witted, meandering ramblings serve only to exacerbate my feelings of disappointment over what has happened since Noory took over Coast to Coast AM. If you happen to know of others and you can document when they occurred, please post them in a reply to this topic.


"Could it be a portal?"

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"I don't think there's any doubt."

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"Let me tell you even I have learned some things here I didn't know about."
From Jul 19 2007. Following a round table discussion on trans-humanism.

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"How 'bout a dramatic topic... trans-humanism... you know, when you just think of the word trans-humanism, you dudint think that it's that exciting but it really is!"
From July 19 2007. He really did say dudn't.

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"If we all had our own solar system, we wouldn't have to worry about that."
From July 19, 2007. During a discussion on solar energy.

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"Did you hear today they just found Saturn's 60th moon? I will give you one million dollars of the network's money, James, if you, in the next two minutes, can name all sixty."
From July 19, 2007.

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George Noory: "Dr. Leir's website is www.alienscalpel.com. Ooh, that's scary sounding. Alien scalpel."

Dr. Roger Leir: "Well, you know me George, I don't try to scare people."

George Noory: "Yeah, with those fang teeth of yours?"
July 6, 2007.

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"If you raised a baby and beat it and kicked it and yelled at it, it would turn out to be a mean baby?"
July 19, 2007.

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"Jim, humanity has always been looking for ways to improve on our suffering and improve on disease, aging and involuntary death..."
July 19, 2007.

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"You know, Ray, everytime I think of things in the future, I think of the Jetsons."
July 19, 2007.

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"Well before too long we'll all be cyborgs won't we?"
July 19, 2007.

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"I would guess your mind is part of who you are."
July 19, 2007.

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"If you had a chance to go back to Skull and Bones right now, as a little fly on the ointment, so to speak, what would you be looking for?"

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"Gosh!"

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I've been fascinated by this my entire life.

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Al-ja-reeza.

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"Things are never as they seem.

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I should write a book. I've always wanted to write a book. I should write a book about kids who see dead people.

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"Wouldn't it be amazing if one day they discover a buried UFO and flipped a switch and on it goes?" (Another non-sequitur.)

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I don't believe in coincidences.

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There are no coincidences.

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Coincidences don't exist.

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Have I ever mentioned that I don't believe in coincidences?

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OK, Canadian. Don't knock our administration.

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I really do believe 2012 is coming. What do you think about that?

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"Well, the group mind experiments I've done on the show have been rather tentative because I don't know what the heck I'm doing.

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George: "It would be great if Saddam just left Iraq, don't you think?"

Hal: "Yes, but he's not going to do that. Like last time, he's going to put his citizens in harm's way, use them as human shields, and wreak destruction on the oil fields."

George: "That's kind of selfish, isn't it?"

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"Yeah, March 3rd is a full moon. When our boys go in that'd be the best time, because they'll really need the light to see." (On the Iraq invasion.)

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"I truly believe there are other solar systems out there. I really do."

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That'll make you want to think.

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"Just let it go. Don't worry about it. If you screw up, no one will ever know." (George talking to his board operator during a break when his mic was accidentally left open.)

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A story is worth a thousand words.

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Richard C. Hoagland: So he used the Star Wars theme the night before the God damn war started! Can I say that on here?

George Noory: No.

Richard C. Hoagland: Oh. OK.

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"That's got to be the worst luck I've ever heard of... in a very long time."

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I was jumping over chairs and knocking them over with my back feet."

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"Yeah. Pretty scary. But has anyone considered the people that live underground? (Referring to the Sounds From Hell clip.)

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"Lex has done it again. I don't know how Lex does it." (Referring to listener-submitted photos on the website.)

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"Oh, yeah."
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Sure.
That's right.
Uh huh.
Gee.
Ha ha. That?s true.
Yeah.
I was just going to say...
Sure, yeah.
Gosh, he comes up with some great stuff.
(Noory's interactions with Michio Kaku in April of 2003.)

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"He's dedicated to finding the 'Theory of Almost Everything.'"
(Referring to Michio Kaku.)

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"Did he have.....Lamb Legs?"
(Referring to a half-man, half-animal thing a caller said was chasing her.)

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"You know, you sound exactly like Don Johnson."
(Immediately following a lengthy monologue by guest Zeph Daniel.)

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Are they called sand scripts because they were written on tablets of sand?
(To Michael Cremo, referring to the Sanskrit language.)

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Chucacabra.

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"Do you think asteroids have a brain and know which side of the planet to crash into?"

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"You'll know how advanced they are by the amount of graffiti in the tunnels.
(Referring to Mars.)

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Wagering war...

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"I've got to ask you something, and this is going to be a very profound question. I want you to think for a moment, if you haven't already, and... oh, I guess you probably already have...

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Can you add hydrogen to, say, gasoline... or does that defeat the purpose?"

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"I want to go back to the dark ages and find out what the reason was. I think it was an asteroid or a meteor."

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"Elderly Thomas Edison was elderly."
March 28, 2007.

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"Bigfoot may well be an extraterrestrial, because... remember Chewbacca?"

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"We're not talking about dead people. We're talking about the aliens... of their ghosts!"

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"Well, with prophecy you got to see what happens."

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"You do something annual every year, don't you?"

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"What I do is create an aura of mystery."

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"Sometimes I wish the aliens would abduct me and crown me as their leader."

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"Who or what was the Great Pyramid?"

that moment when your husband asks about the "nooryisms" and you come to this post from five years ago, read them to him, and you both laugh till you cry. (while waiting for art bell to come on.) life is good!

[ItsOver]

Yes. It looks like indifference has set in. That's worse than hatred!

Hahahah...yes, "Dave Noorie who???"

[VictoriaPandora]

Hahahah...yes, "Dave Noorie who???"

lol!

[SciFiAuthor]

If someone, no one or everyone wishes to be "mean to george" it really isn't any of your business, is it?  dave's an adult, of sorts, and if he chooses to come around he gets what he gets.

Way to mistake facetiousness for seriousness! I'll dumb it down for you next time and call him a turdhead or something more potty humor so you'll get it.