Art Bell

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

So let me get this straight.  Prem Rad has already invested 150 million dollars in this program, along with ongoing production costs and wages over the past ten or so years.  And to secure this investment, the best they can do is offer a host who asks riveting questions like "how fast did you go?" when told a guest rode on an alien spacecraft?

[PB the Deplorable]

So let me get this straight.  Prem Rad has already invested 150 million dollars in this program, along with ongoing production costs and wages over the past ten or so years.  And to secure this investment, the best they can do is offer a host who asks riveting questions like "how fast did you go?" when told a guest rode on an alien spacecraft?

The kicker is American management is considered the best in the world.   When I read this sort of thing, I wonder what goes on elsewhere.

[Abby Normal]

The kicker is American management is considered the best in the world.   When I read this sort of thing, I wonder what goes on elsewhere.

"Hello?  Yes, this is J. Fred Muggs, CEO of Premrat.  You have a complaint about what?  Coast to Coast AM?  You say you're sick of its non-stop idiocy?  You're sick of shameless hucksters like Alex Jones?  You say it caters to people with IQs in the low 60s?  What are you, a hater?  You should be ashamed of yourself.  I'm going to hang up now.  Hater."

[Tinfoil Hat]

So let me get this straight.  Prem Rad has already invested 150 million dollars in this program, along with ongoing production costs and wages over the past ten or so years.  And to secure this investment, the best they can do is offer a host who asks riveting questions like "how fast did you go?" when told a guest rode on an alien spacecraft?

You know how you can never find it when you need to...there was a thread a while back that I thought said Art got somewhere around $6-$10 million. Enough for a nice retirement and probably chump change to the company.

[Juan]

I seem to remember $10-million, too.

[West of the Rockies]

I guess I live in a different financial dimension... ten million sounds like a fairly massive sum to me.  You go out and get a nice, solid house in an area you like, maybe pay cash, furnish it according to one's taste, and spend a million bucks.  In my mind, a million dollars is a very nice house.  Yeah, if you're talking about San Francisco or Santa Barbara or Westport, CT, it's probably a "starter home" or a "fixer-upper", but, for instance, in parts of the Willamette Valley of Oregon, that's a nice home not too far from the ocean!  I don't buy every article of clothing from The Territory Ahead (more likely I go second-hand or shop from a military surplus joint); I don't drop hundreds of dollars on Kobe beef at Town & Country Market; I don't need the latest luxury SUV from BMV or Mercedes.

I guess though, that if "normal living" includes yearly vacations in Kuai, trips to Europe every few years, a new car every few years, a McMansion, or if you have a -- sorry for the sexist comment -- a very expensive wife who demands mani-pedi's every week, you might burn through the ten mill pretty quickly.

[VtaGeezer]

You know how you can never find it when you need to...there was a thread a while back that I thought said Art got somewhere around $6-$10 million. Enough for a nice retirement and probably chump change to the company.

$10 million seems very low value for the C2C package at its content zenith (2003?) airing 28+ hrs/week on 400+ affiliates and still growing.  I don't think you could buy a McDonalds on a good corner for $10M in 2003!

[coaster]

Out of sheer boredom I googled "Art Bell net worth". One site claimed he was worth 2.5 billion.  :

[jazmunda]

I guess I live in a different financial dimension... ten million sounds like a fairly massive sum to me.  You go out and get a nice, solid house in an area you like, maybe pay cash, furnish it according to one's taste, and spend a million bucks.  In my mind, a million dollars is a very nice house.  Yeah, if you're talking about San Francisco or Santa Barbara or Westport, CT, it's probably a "starter home" or a "fixer-upper", but, for instance, in parts of the Willamette Valley of Oregon, that's a nice home not too far from the ocean!  I don't buy every article of clothing from The Territory Ahead (more likely I go second-hand or shop from a military surplus joint); I don't drop hundreds of dollars on Kobe beef at Town & Country Market; I don't need the latest luxury SUV from BMV or Mercedes.

I guess though, that if "normal living" includes yearly vacations in Kuai, trips to Europe every few years, a new car every few years, a McMansion, or if you have a -- sorry for the sexist comment -- a very expensive wife who demands mani-pedi's every week, you might burn through the ten mill pretty quickly.

Any financially savvy person would also make a few wise investments with that money to accommodate the lifestyle that you mentioned.

[RealCool Daddio]

You would have to move a shit load of CCrane radios, fidgets, and Cusco CDs to justify 150 million bucks. 

[MV/Liberace!]

Out of sheer boredom I googled "Art Bell net worth". One site claimed he was worth 2.5 billion.  :

i think we should just go ahead and round that up to 3 trillion.

[nooryisawesome]

You would have to move a shit load of CCrane radios, fidgets, and Cusco CDs to justify 150 million bucks.

Noory's California Psychics cost a pretty penney to call im sure!

[wenck]

Artbell.con has changed again!

[ponyboysunset]

Happy 4th of July prank:)

[jazmunda]

Artbell.con has changed again!

And now they are sitting higher on the page than the single !

[HorrorReporter]

Truly hate interpreting anything this means anymore.. But could his red white and
Blue mean independence from Premiere and a July 4th unveiling?

[PB the Deplorable]

If not July 4th, then surely Bastille Day

[HorrorReporter]

Actually it could also be a sign that he supports the the supreme courts overturning of DOMA today..

[Usagi]

I think we can safely interpret it to mean... that nothing will change for at least 8 days.

[nooryisawesome]

Hmm July 4th launch??

[wenck]

Actually it could also be a sign that he supports the the supreme courts overturning of DOMA today..

Maybe, but shouldn't it be rainbow colors then?

[someguy]

Actually it could also be a sign that he supports the the supreme courts overturning of DOMA today..

I should hope he does!

[fromwomewhere outthere]

Whatever Art is up to, Snorty and Premier must be shitting in their pants.

[jazmunda]

Whatever Art is up to, Snorty and Premier must be shitting in their pants.

Somehow I don't think they give two shits about a blog.

Barring going head to head with them, which is not going to happen anytime soon, I really don't think they are losing any sleep over a couple of !!!.

[Sardondi]

Out of sheer boredom I googled "Art Bell net worth". One site claimed he was worth 2.5 billion.  :

Holy crap! Who were those bozos? Do they think Art pisses gold?! "$2.5 billion"!?!?! Hey, guys! The question was about Art Bell's net worth; not the total number of cigarettes he's smoked, or how many Gila monsters he's run over in his driveway!

[Jnthn932]

Soooo did Art come back yet?

[coaster]

Holy crap! Who were those bozos? Do they think Art pisses gold?! "$2.5 billion"!?!?! Hey, guys! The question was about Art Bell's net worth; not the total number of cigarettes he's smoked, or how many Gila monsters he's run over in his driveway!

I don't know how they came to 2.5 billion. Art must be sitting on some oil out there in Pahrump.

[popple]

! ! !

[Scully]

Never believe what you read on the internet!  You can read further complexities of the sale on page 175 of Art's "The Art of Talk".

"... The final deal was for approximately $9 million in cash ... although the money is not going to change anything that I do or the way that I live."


This was in 1998, and I hope I haven't copied enough to hang myself in copyright court. 

[VtaGeezer]

Never believe what you read on the internet!  You can read further complexities of the sale on page 175 of Art's "The Art of Talk".

"... The final deal was for approximately $9 million in cash ... although the money is not going to change anything that I do or the way that I live."


This was in 1998, and I hope I haven't copied enough to hang myself in copyright court. 

Thanks Scully.  If the deal was in 1998, that figure is more believable but still seems pretty cheap.
I was under the impression that the earlier deal was only for distribution, not the whole C2C property, and that the actual sale came in early 00s. I tried but couldn't find any industry 3rd party report to validate the C2C sale timeline or value. Of course "... The final deal was for approximately $9 million in cash..." doesn't say "total deal" either.