George Noory Sucks! - The Definitive Compendium

[Sardondi]

...The 'breaking news' issue is more evidence of his bizarre Walter Mitty character. Somewhere in the echoing chasms of his brain, you feel he sees himself as a latter day Walter Cronkite, informing a breathless, and largely unaware nation of the latest national and international events.....

"So, on tonight's very special program, we have a very special guest who will tell us all about ancient sand script and how the Anti-Christ has already used it to begin implementing his one-world government." pocketa-pocketa-pocketa

[PortlandDangler]

666 WOOOO!

[Juan]

For all the reasons stated in the previous 665 pages of this thread, George Noory sucks.

[NowhereInTime]

And here's to 666 more pages! You can never overstate how much JorchNoory sucks!

[MV/Liberace!]

You remember how sometimes big hits were followed up by one of those"answer songs" which no-name groups sometimes did to try to cash in on somebody else's hit? Well, Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" was "answered" by "Somethin's Happenin' (Out There)" by somebody called "The Nighthawk". It sold a total of 37 copies in St. Louis and Dearborn, Michigan.

i am a stupid man.  after i read this, i sat here for about 5 seconds thinking it was true, asking myself, "wow, what are the odds?"

[hosehead]

Conway is constantly messing with Jorch on KFI.  Tells Jorch he's going to get really high and listen to him in his car in his driveway; Jorch gets all kinds of uncomfortable. It's great.

[someguy]

hail satan!

[PB the Deplorable]

... If he was using his much-vaunted 8 hours show-prep properly, he'd be searching around in the dusty, cobwebbed corners for C2C-related issues that otherwise might not be broadcast at all, though even that is difficult in the age of the internet....

Exactly.  And there are plenty of these ot there, paranormal and otherwise.  Instead he's looking for stories like zoo animals being shot.

... the nonsensical and lazy ploy of asking his guests to 'predict' what would happen in a) the coming year and b) the next three years. What is the point in that? It's not a prediction at all, it's at best a projection based on what we know but is for the most part - and especially when suddenly pressured into it by your interlocutor - guesswork and pretty much pointless...

These are the shows and guests I dislike the most, for this very reason.  If Coast under either Art or George has done anything, it's been to debunk prophets, seers, remote viewers, and predictions.  And as you point out, under Lazy George, it's one of his pointless useless fallback positions,

[Sardondi]

i am a stupid man.  after i read this, i sat here for about 5 seconds thinking it was true, asking myself, "wow, what are the odds?"

I'll take that as an implication I have been generally factually reliable in the past. Which means I just sold my reputation for a mess of pottage. Or actually a very cheap laugh. More like a half-hearted chuckle. Crud.

[Harmness]

I'll take that as an implication I have been generally factually reliable in the past. Which means I just sold my reputation for a mess of pottage. Or actually a very cheap laugh. More like a half-hearted chuckle. Crud.

Welcome to the dark side.

[Neil]

      George "the best break taker in radio" Noory. It's like having an illiterate student who is really good at dotting his i's or something.

If he was 1/2 as good at interviewing, as he is watching that clock, perhaps he'd be bearable.  Art, on the other hand, missed the hard break on occasion.  He was so engrossed in the conversation, that he'd flat out miss it.  That tells you a lot about each man, right there.

[Eddie Coyle]

If he was 1/2 as good at interviewing, as he is watching that clock, perhaps he'd be bearable.  Art, on the other hand, missed the hard break on occasion.  He was so engrossed in the conversation, that he'd flat out miss it.  That tells you a lot about each man, right there.

What a corporate stooge Noory is as well. The commercials take precedence over everything else. Much he sucks, even Wells isn't as enthralled to the "$tructure" like Noory is.

        And that's why I fear he's going nowhere. He serves his ma$ter$ well. And we ain't his master.

[zeebo]

Jorch said Art's version of the show had a more limited scope, which is why he's taken it in the direction he has, adding "You can't just talk about the paranormal every night." Huh??

"I don't always cover paranormal topics, but when I do, I prefer to suck at them too."

-- The Least Interesting Host in the World

[PB the Deplorable]

"I don't always cover paranormal topics, but when I do, I prefer to suck at them too."

-- The Least Interesting Host in the World

Stay bored, my friends

[Immy]

The 'breaking news' issue is more evidence of his bizarre Walter Mitty character. Somewhere in the echoing chasms of his brain, you feel he sees himself as a latter day Walter Cronkite, informing a breathless, and largely unaware nation of the latest national and international events.  Firstly, by the time he 'breaks' his news, it is, in the age of rolling news services, at least hours old. He's doing no more than repeating stuff we already know. If he was using his much-vaunted 8 hours show-prep properly, he'd be searching around in the dusty, cobwebbed corners for C2C-related issues that otherwise might not be broadcast at all, though even that is difficult in the age of the internet. Secondly, when he tries to deal with 'heavyweight' issues, he simply reveals his incompetence. Again last night, he derailed conversation, asked questions that had already been answered, failed to develop a clear narrative in the story - the real art (Art) of the interviewer (Knapp and Punnett are both excellent in this regard) - and twice resorted to the nonsensical and lazy ploy of asking his guests to 'predict' what would happen in a) the coming year and b) the next three years. What is the point in that? It's not a prediction at all, it's at best a projection based on what we know but is for the most part - and especially when suddenly pressured into it by your interlocutor - guesswork and pretty much pointless.
Whether it's new-age, self-help cat-ladydom or international terrorism, he just is not up to the job. In short, and in conclusion, I would put it to you that
GEORGE NOORY SUCKS

Those are two excellent observations NMN. Never has one of his news bits ever informed me of anything I hadn't already heard elsewhere. I know the minute I hear the opening words of bio summary that he's on his morbid obituary kick. Plus he's clearly reading prepared material from some other news source (about 30 seconds of prep). In the future I'll try to predict which one it is so I can "Read Along with Jorch." 

Those 8 hours must be all suckage prep. That I believe.

[Immy]

Holy crap. The pre-show caught Jorch lying!

He told Conway he had lunch with Robert Davi today, and I was expecting him to regale us with the story of meeting Davi while on vacation earlier this month. But Jorch described it like they met for the first time today. The apparent chance meeting had Jorch saying "Hey, you're Robert Davi!" with Davi exclaiming "You're George Noory!" followed by lunch.

So when did you meet him Jorch, weeks ago on vacation or today? He even sucks at name-dropping. What a phoney!

[George Drooly]

30 seconds in to the show and his first botched pronunciation: "in the gripsth of..."

[George Drooly]

And now one his favorites, no show goes by without it: saying "bazaar" when he no doubt means "bizarre." Horse's ass.

[somatichypermutation]

Those are two excellent observations NMN. Never has one of his news bits ever informed me of anything I hadn't already heard elsewhere. I know the minute I hear the opening words of bio summary that he's on his morbid obituary kick. Plus he's clearly reading prepared material from some other news source (about 30 seconds of prep). In the future I'll try to predict which one it is so I can "Read Along with Jorch." 

Those 8 hours must be all suckage prep. That I believe.

Art's news bits and first hour open lines were GREAT radio.  He could handle any topic, had excellent insights of his own to add and handled the callers excellently.

[HAL 9000]

I have heard rumors of the One-neuron Nooron Hawaii studio, but they never materialized and seemed to have faded away. I found the following quote quite by accident:

Noory also revealed he has a full radio-studio hook-up at a residence… in Hawaii.

Yet I have not heard of him ever broadcasting from there. Quote is from article on January 12, 2012.

reference: http://tinyurl.com/bkwbwdk

Liar, liar, pants on fire.

[George Drooly]

"couples of two or four" good one, Nooron

[George Drooly]

Now the guest says "bazaar" -- maybe it's me?

[Morgus]

the first hour guest tonight is already buttering up Noory, referring to his 'massive' success...

[George Drooly]

...and his "wisdom" haha, Noory probably thinks "What's that about my teeth?"

[Meanandnasty]

Pr requires the suck up.

Noory broadcast on the Holidays because no one wants to be with Noory.  It is for Noory and not the audience.  He is alone and Yes, he does have family.   It just makes him feel better to say it is for the lonely Coast audience.  It really is for the lonely Coast host.

[George Drooly]

Good lord this first-hour guest is a brown-nosing moron, fellating Noory's ego after every obvious question

[Maxwell]

"couples of two or four" good one, Nooron

Also referring to his taking over as host, "I was handed a pretty good jump start."

[Mind Flayer Monk]

Good lord this first-hour guest is a brown-nosing moron, fellating Noory's ego after every obvious question

Absolutely.
He is calling a caller "Brother" so and so. Occasionally one of these guys rolls into work and I hate them.


One caller he said "Let me confirm what you are feeling" which is what this guy is doing, right or wrong.


Fucking hell this guy and Noory are a pair.

[George Drooly]

If the Snoorster says "That's right" one more time I think I'll soil my pants

[Meanandnasty]

Lonely, depressed miserable.   Noory has been spending time reading Mr. Bell's Facebook page.