George Noory Sucks! - The Definitive Compendium

[zeebo]

That was when George really jumped the shark for me. ...

You just indirectly compared George to Fonzie.  Take it back! Take it back!

[jazmunda]

You just indirectly compared George to Fonzie.  Take it back! Take it back!

I apologize. George can "Sit on It".

[zeebo]

I apologize. George can "Sit on It".

Aaaaaaayyyy, it's ok, you're cool again Jaz.   

[jazmunda]

Aaaaaaayyyy, it's ok, you're cool again Jaz.   

If ziznak was still around we would have a photoshopped George as Fonzie in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Wherefore art thou, ziz? Your contributions are missed.

[zeebo]

So George says "the movie War Games gave us our first idea of what if computers went wrong".  Uh, no George, that's the first time you were exposed to the idea.  There were many stories before 1983 that raised the issue. 

Edit: How about 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) or Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) just off the top of my head?

[jazmunda]

So George says "the movie War Games gave us our first idea of what if computers went wrong".  Uh, no George, that's the first time you were exposed to the idea.  There were many stories before 1983 that raised the issue.

Exactly. What a buffoon!

[WOTR]

I voted YES anyways. NO is winning? WTF? 

Thank you for voting!
No  51.61%  (337 votes)   
Yes  45.02%  (294 votes)   
Uncertain  3.37%  (22 votes) 

Total Votes: 653

I think that somebody at Pemrat has found a way to keep our host at his desk for the entire evening and prevent him from skipping out early. Every time that somebody votes "yes" George casts a vote for "no" just to keep it even and make certain that he does not have to do the show.

This works out well being as George does not have to put any real effort into hosting... he can just keep clicking "no."  Right now we have
No            48.93% 1423 votes
Yes           46.46% 1351 votes
Undecided  4.61%    131 votes

There were really 131 people who had no opinion but also nothing better to do than log into coast to cast a pointless vote to let the world know that they cannot even decide on an answer to a pointless, mundane question.  What do they do when it comes time to vote for a congressman or president?

[zeebo]

I am convinced that George, although professing to be a great fan of Twilight Zone, has only ever seen 3 episodes:

To Serve Man
I Sing the Body Electric
It's a Good Life

[jazmunda]

I am convinced that George, although professing to be a great fan of Twilight Zone, has only ever seen 3 episodes:

To Serve Man
I Sing the Body Electric
It's a Good Life

Is one of those the one with Bill Mumy? I swear I get an Uncle Touchy vibe from George when he fawns about Mumy in that show.

[zeebo]

Is one of those the one with Bill Mumy? I swear I get an Uncle Touchy vibe from George when he fawns about Mumy in that show.

Yep, It's a Good Life - see with that one he gets to name-drop Mumy.  With I Sing the Body Electric he can name-drop Ray Bradbury (like he just did).  And with To Serve Man he can shout out "It's a Cookbook!"

[Morgus]

Is one of those the one with Bill Mumy? I swear I get an Uncle Touchy vibe from George when he fawns about Mumy in that show.

yep Billy Mumy as the little kid with powers to wish people in the cornfield, was "Its A Good Life"

[Morgus]

So George says "the movie War Games gave us our first idea of what if computers went wrong".  Uh, no George, that's the first time you were exposed to the idea.  There were many stories before 1983 that raised the issue. 

Edit: How about 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) or Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) just off the top of my head?

I remember "Colossus" as a favorite movie when I was a little kid.
Computer controls all the nuclear weapons.
Kind of like an early version of "skynet" from the Terminator movies...

[zeebo]

I remember "Colossus" as a favorite movie when I was a little kid.
Computer controls all the nuclear weapons.

Yes, cool movie, if a bit dated now.  What was so chilling to me was how totally plausible it seemed then (and even more so now.)

[jazmunda]

Yep, It's a Good Life - see with that one he gets to name-drop Mumy.  With I Sing the Body Electric he can name-drop Ray Bradbury (like he just did).  And with To Serve Man he can shout out "It's a Cookbook!"

George sure hasn't changed since I stopped listening to him 6 years ago. Are you sure this isn't a repeat from 2008?

[zeebo]

Is one of those the one with Bill Mumy? I swear I get an Uncle Touchy vibe from George when he fawns about Mumy in that show.

Ding ding ... Mumy reference just for you Jaz! 

[21st Century Man]

George isn't too bad tonight.  He seems to be engaged and asking relevant questions for once. 

[jazmunda]

Ding ding ... Mumy reference just for you Jaz!

An idiot never changes his dunce cap.

[zeebo]

If I remember right HAL flipped out because of an inconsistency in his programming, i.e. it wasn't a problem with the AI per se, it was a failure in the humans who programmed him with paradoxical instructions. 

[zeebo]

George sure hasn't changed since I stopped listening to him 6 years ago. Are you sure this isn't a repeat from 2008?

George isn't too bad tonight.  He seems to be engaged and asking relevant questions for once.

Hey jaz, see you actually picked a good night (on the Noory scale)   

[jazmunda]

Hey jaz, see you actually picked a good night (on the Noory scale)   

I'm not actually listening which is why I am still awake. That and it's only 5:27pm here.

I find following the commentary here some days more interesting than the actual program.

[WOTR]

So George says "the movie War Games gave us our first idea of what if computers went wrong".  Uh, no George, that's the first time you were exposed to the idea.  There were many stories before 1983 that raised the issue. 

Edit: How about 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) or Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) just off the top of my head?

The man is a jackass... I can think of a couple of x minus one radio episodes from the 1950's with computers and machines turning on people.  "A logic named Joe" is specifically about computers (logics) that control entire houses in the future age of the 1970's.  Logics will give you stock quotes, answer questions (google), make phone calls (skype) and serve as a filing system.  They are hooked up together through hubs (the internet.)  Friggin' amazing that the writer thought up... In this scenario the logics just start answering questions and enabling people to kill eachother with knowledge... A little more mundane that the logics turning on people.  That was 1955. 

In the 1930's Stephen Vincent Benet wrote a poem "nightmare number three" that a x minus one episode was based on.  While not computers in particular every piece of office equipment, cars, beauty parlour hair dryers all turn on people and kill them. 

There was another radio show around the same time where the house turned a childs playroom into the equivalent of a star trek holodeck and went after the parents.

I am certain that these ideas even predate the 1950's (The revolt of the machines in the late 1800's) has locomotives starting a revolt... they only kill the one man before returning to service... but the thought was still there.

Millions of locomotives gathered around her, listened, shook their pistons in outrage, banged their safety valves, cast long jets of steam toward the sky as curses.

And when the Jeanne concluded, “Down with humans,” a loud, tumultuous roar answered her, “Down with humans! Long live the locomotives! Down with tyrants! Long live liberty!”

I cannot believe that George really, honestly thought war games was the first... I will give him the benefit of the doubt on this one- he cannot really be that stupid.

[Morgus]

Tonite Noory again told his story of running around his neighborhood as a kid dressed up like Zorro with a plastic sword...

[21st Century Man]

Tonite Noory again told his story of running around his neighborhood as a kid dressed up like Zorro with a plastic sword...

I love the N emblazoned on the hilt of the sword.

[DocHolliday]

Did George really say that Tommy came up with the fad of "bumping knuckles"? Aside from that horrible mental image, i'm sure he meant fist bumping. But that surely didn't start with Tommy.

[George49]

We should start calling Him Zoory. I would like to try a knuckle punch to Tommy right in his stomach. That'll change his new fad.

[jazmunda]

Did George really say that Tommy came up with the fad of "bumping knuckles"? Aside from that horrible mental image, i'm sure he meant fist bumping. But that surely didn't start with Tommy.

Anyone who claims that they created a fad is compensating for something.

[Izintit?]

Tonite Noory again told his story of running around his neighborhood as a kid dressed up like Zorro with a plastic sword...

Until the little kids dressed as cowboys chased him back to mommy with their squirt guns.

[Izintit?]

 I only heard about ten minutes of last nights show.George and the guest seemed to be trying to out-negative each other talking about the terrors of AI.I turned it off when George predictably mentioned the Jetsons.GNS

[NoMoreNoory]

Did George really say that Tommy came up with the fad of "bumping knuckles"? Aside from that horrible mental image, i'm sure he meant fist bumping. But that surely didn't start with Tommy.

He called it 'knuckle punching', which he claimed is 'much safer' than a handshake. Norro said Tommee does this because he won't shake hands with people. One more level of weird.

Discussing AI, he suggested they could create a cyber-talk show host who would - and, yes, he actually used these words! - listen and pay attention. We only hope and pray.....

[pyewacket]

I only caught the last hour of the show- he did seem to rapid fire his questions and comments at the guest. Kinda rushed and out of rhythm with the conversation to me. At least he was making an attempt.

One of the things that makes George hard to take is that I don't really know what he believes in or his point of view. He recites the same phrases over and over but there's no real conviction or passion. Most media personalities have some core beliefs that they bring to their programs and it's consistent. Whether you agree or not, at least it shows thought. He seems to look for opportunities to inject his buzz phrases into the conversation and it falls flat.