George Noory Sucks! - The Definitive Compendium

[Scully]

     He said he got "an email".  Heck, I know at least two people who gave him shit on this, but for some reason he chose minimize the response he got. ...

I've noticed Noory using this minimizing tactic more than once.

Last year when he was celebrating ad nauseum his 7th anniversary as C2C host, he thanked listeners for all the congratulatory emails he had received.  "And," he said, "to the ONE guy who said I've been here for 7 years too long (pause) ... ppbbllllltttt!!!" (raspberry sound directly into mic.)

Always a class act, that George.  :

[Roger]

C2C is a strange fish nowadays. Not interesting 'strange', just odd in a
strange kind of way.

Maybe 'open-lines' was the better part after all, but not the way it
was treated.

Should have been the majority, not the minority treatment.

And if someone really intriquing got the 'ear', keep it going for
as long as possible or until things crash.

Once a week: 'special guest', then time for listeners to ruminate
and digest the information.

The format was backwards.

Otherwise, as treated, 'open-lines' became kind of anathema.

Not that ordinary people weren't interesting: just because when they
were VERY interesting, they got cut off due to some urgency to get to the
next caller who might regale us with an over-long preamble about being
a 'first-time caller, long time listener, just love you, how's it going
and oh, by the way, listen every night from xxx city, station, BTW, everyone
here really enjoyed last night's show . . . but the reason I called:
how often should I wash my hands again? Your guest the other night, I missed
that part about frequency of hand-washing . . . blah, blah, blah'.

The next call might have had someone saying merely: 'hi, my dad worked
for (some segment of military, private business, etc.) and he told me
and the interruption will finally come: would like to hear more about
this: email me!

Right.

Onto vampires! Ghosts! Nothing provable, nothing substantive.

The interesting callers'll be contacted!

'Interesting', but nothing follows.

Shot in the foot.

Enough was interesting we continue to hope.

I truly believe in reverse psychology.

Please ART, don't come back!

Don't do it right if you do! Keep doing things the wrong way.

[tmock00]

Last night, Noory referred to a social studies teacher as a "social security" teacher.  Gah!

[anagrammy]

Just for the record here's what Snoory said:

"Just when Jesus Christ was crucified it did not put an end to Christianity. If anything Christianity flourished, it got bigger. Believe me, the death of Osama Bin Laden will not mark the end of terrorism, by any means. We need to get to the root cause of what is causing this and combat it and fight it whatever way we can."

Thanks, El Kragen.  The point I made in my email response to Lisa's defense of Noory is that the choice of Jesus Christ as the leader who's movement was not halted by his death demonstrated Noory's impaired judgment.  It invites a side-by-side comparison of bin Laden and his movement with Jesus and his movement, unnecessarily and unwisely elevating bin Laden while demoting Jesus, who many Americans consider to be God.

This is not over.

Anagrammy

[b_dubb]

Noory could've said the same thing about Hitler. Would that have been less offensive?

God he's a moron

[starrmtn001]

Found a market trend site that rates how much snoory sucks.  Boy!  He sucks big time!

http://trends.lessaid.net/view/5623/keyword/George%20noory%20sucks%20thread

[anagrammy]

Found a market trend site that rates how much snoory sucks.  Boy!  He sucks big time!

http://trends.lessaid.net/view/5623/keyword/George%20noory%20sucks%20thread

Hi Star--Can you explain what this is charting?  Thanks---Ana

[starrmtn001]

Hi Star--Can you explain what this is charting?  Thanks---Ana

I think it's a rating of how popular "gn sucks" threads are on Google, Yahoo, and MSN. 

[Scully]

If anyone doubts that C2C has plummeted to the nadir of its existence, take a peek at the upcoming week's topics.  No wonder so many are screaming George Noory Sucks!

George's intentions to be the nighttime political/medical voice of doom are coming to fruition, and Premiere is evidently in accordance.  I cringe at what is happening to the voice of reason on the airways. 

[Peeman_Enterprises]

Maybe I just notice it more but....I listen to the show most mornings over the Internet when 640 KFI is replaying it. It seems like 4 out of 5 times now George is discussing some freaking health topic.

Maybe it should just become one of those three hour vitamin and colon cleanser infomerrcials and be done with it.

[valdez]

If anyone doubts that C2C has plummeted to the nadir of its existence, take a peek at the upcoming week's topics.  No wonder so many are screaming George Noory Sucks!

This week ain't winning any awards either.  Wednesday's prediction show with John Houge and Patrick Heron had me wondering, have these guys actually predicted anything?  Ever?  And then tonight with Micheal Cremo on ancient nuclear technology.  My ass.  And Howard Friedman on longevity.  He wasn't a bad guest.  Mildly interesting.  He even managed not to laugh when Noory let slip this gem of a question: "what if an asteroid slams into the earth, killing millions, how would that effect the rest of us?"  Huh?  What?  Besides never seeing the sun again due to all that dust flying around?  And the shit load of earthquakes generated by the impact?  And the tsunamis?  Well, I guess we would all be sad, and then we would be feeling lucky to be alive, right up until we started wishing we were dead. 
 

[anagrammy]

Maybe I just notice it more but....I listen to the show most mornings over the Internet when 640 KFI is replaying it. It seems like 4 out of 5 times now George is discussing some freaking health topic.

Maybe it should just become one of those three hour vitamin and colon cleanser infomerrcials and be done with it.

Welcome Peenman - you had me laughing --hope you don't sell vitamins and colon cleanser.  He might be the face of Peenman Enterprises!  He makes a lot of us here crap right off, you know...

Anagrammy

[rkowna]

It looks like noory is not being called for any appearances any more.  His "calender" has been as blank as his head for a long time now, and we all know if he had something scheduled in December he would already have it up and showing.

I wonder what his speaking fee is?  It may be fun tohave him do an hour of hostile fan Q and A.

[anagrammy]

I wonder what his speaking fee is?  It may be fun tohave him do an hour of hostile fan Q and A.

RK- you have a huge point.  Remember when he announced a few weeks ago that he was going to be out on the road more traveling and making public appearances?  Well....?  I am thinking we should contact him tonight when the show starts and quiz him about all the nothingness on his calendar.  I'd like to accuse him of being a May 21st-er and has cleared his calendar.  LOL!

Anagrammy

[Bart]

I don't think you'd have any problem getting in to him tonight.  You can tell when he isn't getting any calls because he lets whatever caller he hooks just ramble on until another call comes in (or he wakes an "on call" caller and assigns him so many minutes to fill)    That is happening all the time now.   I have more "calls" in this post than he gets!

[El Kragen]

I tuned in last night long enought to hear Snoory read a story about a woman who "went under amnesia for routine dental surgery"


This is one of the things I don't get about how Snoory's mind works. He knows he's reading about a woman having surgery and waking up with an accent. The word amnesia does not logically fit into that sentence. It doesn't make sense. Why then does his brain see the word and then he says it. George does this all the time while reading the news. I imagine it's because there's no actual thinking going on. He just reads the words. Probably the same reason why he inserts punctuation where it doesn't belong. 

[Time Entropy]

I tuned in last night long enought to hear Snoory read a story about a woman who "went under amnesia for routine dental surgery"

This is classic Nooron.

[b_dubb]

This is classic Nooron.
[/quote
under ... amnesia you have to be fucking kidding me, right?

[TaoOfLuxLisbon]

Last night the callers were worse than ever. That guy from Boston (forget his name) who is always crying about something. The woman whose kids won't talk to her. The guy who claimed John Walker Lind was in Osama's inner circle. A total shitshow.

[anagrammy]

Last night the callers were worse than ever. That guy from Boston (forget his name) who is always crying about something. The woman whose kids won't talk to her. The guy who claimed John Walker Lind was in Osama's inner circle. A total shitshow.

Tao, that woman was a MESS--how the HELL did she ever get past the screeners--Oh, I know, she was screened for Dr. Laura's show and got patched over by accident.  I really am at a loss to understand how in GOD'S NAME they ever allowed that crybaby on the air.

Sorry if I sound unsympathetic.  One of my kids doesn't talk to me and I somehow managed to keep my sanity.  But Coast to Coast?  For that?

The prow is in the air, folks, this is just sad.

Anagrammy

[MV/Liberace!]

holy christ.  i'm about 8 pages behind on this thread.

[MV/Liberace!]

haha, eddie... you and i would get along just fine in real life.  i just noticed your "cause ya don't mess around... with god's america" avatar.  sweet.  that was always my favorite bit from the whole four seasons of mr. show.


mr show-blow up moon

[starrmtn001]

     This week ain't winning any awards either.  Wednesday's prediction show with John Houge and Patrick Heron had me wondering, have these guys actually predicted anything?  Ever?  And then tonight with Micheal Cremo on ancient nuclear technology.  My ass.  And Howard Friedman on longevity.  He wasn't a bad guest.  Mildly interesting.  He even managed not to laugh when Noory let slip this gem of a question: "what if an asteroid slams into the earth, killing millions, how would that effect the rest of us?"  Huh?  What?  Besides never seeing the sun again due to all that dust flying around?  And the shit load of earthquakes generated by the impact?  And the tsunamis?  Well, I guess we would all be sad, and then we would be feeling lucky to be alive, right up until we started wishing we were dead. 
 

Umm - yeah.  Of course, I'd want to go out and take pictures first for . . . posterity.  Oh wait - never mind.

[George49]

At least it would be more entertaining than any show the Snoory could ever be able to have.

[fysisist]

5/6/11: OBL was "holed up in Pakistine"    Is that a new country

[fysisist]

Later same show, on open lines, the mustachioed wonder asks why the media that took the pictures of the other dead at the OBL compound after the US raid didn't get any pics of OBL's body.  Gee, I don't know, maybe it was because the body was taken when the commandos left the location, later to be buried at sea, just a guess...  It's impossible to be that stupid, it can't be.  But of course it's not stupidity per se, it's total indifference and apathy.  What a jackass.

[anagrammy]

Later same show, on open lines, the mustachioed wonder asks why the media that took the pictures of the other dead at the OBL compound after the US raid didn't get any pics of OBL's body.  Gee, I don't know, maybe it was because the body was taken when the commandos left the location, later to be buried at sea, just a guess...  It's impossible to be that stupid, it can't be.  But of course it's not stupidity per se, it's total indifference and apathy.  What a jackass.

Thanks for those fysist.  I have decided to send a weekly email to Lisa Lyon on Thursday of the Nooryisms for the week (and copy around to other staff).  I think this will be more effective than a formal complaint leter with a spreadsheet of Nooryisms.  It' s more timely and gives her the ammunition she needs for the next Monday meeting.

Anagrammy

[EvB]

Thanks for those fysist.  I have decided to send a weekly email to Lisa Lyon on Thursday of the Nooryisms for the week (and copy around to other staff).  I think this will be more effective than a formal complaint leter with a spreadsheet of Nooryisms.  It' s more timely and gives her the ammunition she needs for the next Monday meeting.

Anagrammy

it also gives her time to put your email address in her spam filter

[anagrammy]

it also gives her time to put your email address in her spam filter

EvB - Don't you think she WANTS the information?  Not a lot of GNS ranting, but just facts.  Take a look at the email I have going for this week:

Dear Lisa,

Here is a list of this week's Nooryisms:

  110504 -  Refers to a social studies teacher as a  social SECURITY teacher.
110506 â€" A woman goes under AMNESIA for routine dental surgery and wakes up with an English accent.
110506 â€" Osama bin Laden was “holed up in PAKISTINE.”
110506 â€" After reporting that the body was taken by Navy Seals and buried at sea, Noory later asked why the media who came into the compound after the raid didn’t take any pictures of bin Laden's body.


Wouldn't any manager want that kind of straight-forward info?  Remember, she actually emailed aldousburbank and asked him to give her a specific example of why he thought GNS.



Anagrammy

[Eddie Coyle]

haha, eddie... you and i would get along just fine in real life.  i just noticed your "cause ya don't mess around... with god's america" avatar.  sweet.  that was always my favorite bit from the whole four seasons of mr. show.


mr show-blow up moon

     That sketch was 1997...what makes it even funnier(for me at least) is how circa 2001-03, there tons of patriotarded videos from Toby Keith types that were just like "C.S. Lewis Jr". This week brought back those memories...

     Mr Show rules...and HBO did all it could to keep it obscure.