Art Bell

[Gruntled]

I got a Christmas bonus and guess who got a chunk. OMFG just amazingly funny stuff. He has that old school broadcaster thing I love. He has sarcasm like Rollye James. I'm hooked.

Never heard of him [Phil Hendrie]before.
Sounds good.
Is the forum any good?
Anybody ever shot at him?
Thanks

[ponyboysunset]

I think so, but near as I can tell, he owes some people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsxJfcFVnpo

[Gruntled]

Here's one alternate version:

In the beginning, Art meant well, and he really believed he would do MITD five nights a week for the next several years.  But as the launch of the show drew nearer, it started coming back to him just how much of a drain doing a three hour show five nights a week would be.  Just as with SiriusXM, when the first couple of weeks were exciting, but then boredom or complaints from the wife set in, or both, and he just up and said the hell with it and made up an excuse to quit the show. He knew he couldn't do it for long, and he knew his wife wouldn't put up with it for long.  But a few nights a week should be workable.  So he decided he'd get a co-host and then later he could transition her her in as his replacement most nights.  But he kept quiet about the second part, and just proposed Redacted as a co-host and nothing more.  However, MITD isn't the kind of show that does well with two hosts.  And fans gave a hearty thumbs down to the pre-launch featuring Redacted as co-host, so that idea was out.

So, for the first few weeks, everything's great.  Seems like old times, and fans are digging it.  But then the drudgery starts setting in.  Plus, for whatever reasons, the show isn't getting top tier guests.  Maybe word has gone out the C2C will ban anyone who shows up on MITD except for superstars like Graham Hancock, or maybe it's never been actually said but the top tier guests suspect this, or maybe the guest wrangler isn't up to the job, or possibly most guests don't want to spend nearly three hours talking on a show with a minuscule audience and that, given the host's track record, probably won't even still be on the air in six months.

Plus, the wife is complaining.  With show prep, and winding down, she's sitting there by herself four to five hours a night.  Then, because of the schedule, Art sleeps a lot during day, so he's not spending all that much time with her or their daughter.  She starts making noises about how much longer do you plan to do this.  So Art starts dropping hints about how old he is, his back hurts, etc.  Getting the fans ready for the inevitable.  He knows he needs to start transitioning Heather Wade in as an eventual replacement, but never quite gets around to it

Meanwhile, Keith is working hard to promote the show.  Before long, MITD is on a few dozen stations.  Which is pretty exciting.  So Art's of two minds.  The guests suck, the topics have been beat to death, he's bored, and his wife is bitching.  On the other hand, the show is becoming a real thing.  Art can see it becoming a real challenge to C2C and Noory, and he really hates those guys.  Part of him, a big part, wants to quit, but another big part wants to take the fight to GN, and he wants to be in that chair when that happens, not Heather.

So he muddles along, without much of a plan.  But his wife won't stop complaining, so he starts laying the groundwork for his eventual exit.  He can't come out and say what's really going on, because it's not very dramatic to admit you're pussy-whipped, and Art needs drama.  And he doesn't want to use health problems, because there's no drama in that, and he's pulled that one before. So we start hearing stories about a shooter.    Then we hear more stories.  They're not well thought out, and if Noory was telling these stories people on here would be ridiculing him for how obviously fake they are.  But it's Art, and so people believe the stories, no matter how ridiculous. 

Then Art announces to his wife that KABC and KLIF have signed up.  His wife may not be Ramona, but she's probably not stupid.  Art going back on the air in LA and Dallas is not good.  He's all excited again about taking down GN, and she's starting to think that either he may not quit this time, or it's going to be a long time before he does.  And every time another big affiliate comes on board he's more likely to delay quitting. 

So she puts her foot down.  Now or never.  You decide, Art - the show, or me and your daughter.  Decide right now.  And, so, just a few days after signing up two huge stations in two of America's biggest cities, Art has no alternative but to quit if he doesn't want to lose his wife and daughter.

The main flaw in this theory is why didn't Art start transitioning Heather in a long time ago?  But it's not a huge flaw.  There are lots of possible explanations for that.

There's another possible explanation for all this nonsense, which I don't even want to contemplate, and that is that Art did all this deliberately from the start, with both MITD and Sirius, because he has nothing but contempt for his fans, and thinks they're the dumbest, most gullible SOBs on the planet, and he just loves going to outrageous lengths to make complete fools of them.   As cynical as I am, not even I can buy this second theory. 

The other main theory - that Art is paranoid and half crazy, but really believes he's being stalked - doesn't hold water.  It doesn't explain the other ten times he's retired, nor does it explain why he doesn't want the cops investigating the alleged death threat phone call.

Reasonable, Night Train.
Had to double check it was you that posted this.

[Ciardelo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsxJfcFVnpo

Bwahaha That's how it's going to be now. Various posters showing up randomly wanting what Mr. Bell owes them

[SredniVashtar]

I got a Christmas bonus and guess who got a chunk. OMFG just amazingly funny stuff. He has that old school broadcaster thing I love. He has sarcasm like Rollye James. I'm hooked.

There is a Phil Hendrie thread on here somewhere that flickers back into life occasionally. He is as good as it gets, but not enough people have ever heard of him. He is also difficult and fond of alienating his fans, and stopped doing his show a few years ago in an effort to get a TV career off the ground, but it never really worked for him. Personally, I think his best days are a long way behind him, but you have the archives to listen to where you can hear him at his best so it doesn't really matter. I think his Art parodies are OK but there is a lot of stuff he did that was funnier than that, although his 'goblin juice' bit was hilarious, where he cracks himself up and can't speak for a while.

[pyewacket]

Noory has been doing cartwheels on his front lawn since Art retired again.

Well, it's all fun and games until someone breaks a hip...  I do hope he was wearing long pants. 

[Philosopher]

Well, it's all fun and games until someone breaks a hip...  I do hope he was wearing long pants. 

Actually he was wearing a kilt.  Suffer the onlookers.

[transistorundermypillow]

There is a Phil Hendrie thread on here somewhere that flickers back into life occasionally. He is as good as it gets, but not enough people have ever heard of him. He is also difficult and fond of alienating his fans, and stopped doing his show a few years ago in an effort to get a TV career off the ground, but it never really worked for him. Personally, I think his best days are a long way behind him, but you have the archives to listen to where you can hear him at his best so it doesn't really matter. I think his Art parodies are OK but there is a lot of stuff he did that was funnier than that, although his 'goblin juice' bit was hilarious, where he cracks himself up and can't speak for a while.

He addressed this on Monday during his 2nd hour - "Phil Only" or something like that. No character voices, just Phil being Phil and telling stories - It made for some great radio (podcast?) and for the longtime fans that felt burned years ago, it was overdue.

[SredniVashtar]

He addressed this on Monday during his 2nd hour - "Phil Only" or something like that. No character voices, just Phil being Phil and telling stories - It made for some great radio (podcast?) and for the longtime fans that felt burned years ago, it was overdue.

If there is anyone in entertainment that deserves to be called a genius it's Phil. I think part of the problem is that his genius is in quite a narrow field: when he tries to branch out into other areas he is just one of the pack. Also, I don't think you can do what he does so well without having a bit of a screw loose, so it's a case of accepting his flaws and appreciating what he offers. The whole business where he alienated his fans was akin to self-destruction and he does that with everyone in his life, it seems. Lawyering up and threatening the people who like you is never going to be a good move for anyone except the lawyers, and he should have been smart enough to have known that.

[bellNwhistle]

He addressed this on Monday during his 2nd hour - "Phil Only" or something like that. No character voices, just Phil being Phil and telling stories - It made for some great radio (podcast?) and for the longtime fans that felt burned years ago, it was overdue.

I'll have to listen. I found a show of his years back that was absolutely hilarious, totally unrelated to Art Bell.  He did a character of a woman who got some bad news about her son.  I forget  much of it, which sucks cuz I'd love to recall enough to do a proper google search for it. OMG he's so funny.

[transistorundermypillow]

If there is anyone in entertainment that deserves to be called a genius it's Phil. I think part of the problem is that his genius is in quite a narrow field: when he tries to branch out into other areas he is just one of the pack. Also, I don't think you can do what he does so well without having a bit of a screw loose, so it's a case of accepting his flaws and appreciating what he offers. The whole business where he alienated his fans was akin to self-destruction and he does that with everyone in his life, it seems. Lawyering up and threatening the people who like you is never going to be a good move for anyone except the lawyers, and he should have been smart enough to have known that.

Exactly. On Monday's show he sounded sincere about his fall from grace and he seems to have come full circle. Definitely a screw loose but most creative geniuses are emotionally flawed in some way, comedians especially for some reason. It's Episode 537, Hour 2 if you get a chance. I found it to be riveting and a good example of what happens to entertainers when they alienate and don't appreciate their fans.

[ponyboysunset]

Exactly. On Monday's show he sounded sincere about his fall from grace and he seems to have come full circle. Definitely a screw loose but most creative geniuses are emotionally flawed in some way, comedians especially for some reason. It's Episode 537, Hour 2 if you get a chance. I found it to be riveting and a good example of what happens to entertainers when they alienate and don't appreciate their fans.

It was amazing. I listened to it on the way in. Anytime anyone can admit their short comings I have a whole lot more respect for them. LMAO. I hijacked this thread. So back to Art Bell talk. I heard Art is on hiatus?

[malachi.martini]

tinfoil

The problem with the wife theory is Art ain't pussy whipped, you couldn't be with the track record he has of abandoning wives, offspring, and shows. I mean Airyn isn't even how you say her name, Art calls her Airyn because he wants to, lol.

I guess that I gathered enough of my senses to write back to this young lady, whose name by the way is, in my way of thinking Airyn,  it's A - I - R - Y - N, but actually correctly pronounced as it would be read by a filipina would be Irene. But A - I - R - Y - N to me sounds like Airyn, so I call her Airyn, but really, really her name is Irene.

How's that for pussy whipped, lol? Art doesn't do things he doesn't want to do, be it a show or calling his wife by her true name.

Also the assumption that a thirty nothing girl like Airyn needs to spend all her time with grandpa is a bit much.

Art clearly has real psychological problems, those patterns of abandonment over a life time don't play out otherwise. I think the truth is probably far stranger than anyone on Bellgab has publicly expressed.

[Philosopher]

I heard Art is on hiatus?

Unless Art was using the second known definition of Hiatus which is:

2b :  the occurrence of two vowel sounds without pause or intervening consonantal sound

He never specified which meaning of hiatus he was referring to

[stephber]

Unless Art was using the second known definition of Hiatus which is:

2b :  the occurrence of two vowel sounds without pause or intervening consonantal sound

He never specified which meaning of hiatus he was referring to

Has he changed his name to Aaaart now?

[ponyboysunset]

Unless Art was using the second known definition of Hiatus which is:

2b :  the occurrence of two vowel sounds without pause or intervening consonantal sound

He never specified which meaning of hiatus he was referring to

Well played

[SredniVashtar]

He never specified which meaning of hiatus he was referring to

I always understood him to be referring to the hiatus hernia he sustained while carrying his load of bullshit around for the past few weeks.

[Yorkshire pud]

I always understood him to be referring to the hiatus hernia he sustained while carrying his load of bullshit around for the past few weeks.

Oh I say! 

[Ciardelo]

I always understood him to be referring to the hiatus hernia he sustained while carrying his load of bullshit around for the past few weeks.

That's funny I don't care who you are. 😁

[bellNwhistle]

The problem with the wife theory is Art ain't pussy whipped, you couldn't be with the track record he has of abandoning wives, offspring, and shows. I mean Airyn isn't even how you say her name, Art calls her Airyn because he wants to, lol.

How's that for pussy whipped, lol? Art doesn't do things he doesn't want to do, be it a show or calling his wife by her true name.

Also the assumption that a thirty nothing girl like Airyn needs to spend all her time with grandpa is a bit much.

Art clearly has real psychological problems, those patterns of abandonment over a life time don't play out otherwise. I think the truth is probably far stranger than anyone on Bellgab has publicly expressed.

How is a guy whipped, when he makes up his own preferred version of his wife's name, despite her never having been called that before? That would make him more of an ass, not whipped.

[malachi.martini]

How is a guy whipped, when he makes up his own preferred version of his wife's name, despite her never having been called that before? That would make him more of an ass, not whipped.

The problem with the wife theory is Art ain't pussy whipped

[munbeam666]

No fingerprints on the lone beer, I guess. No DNA analysis? I mean, it was open, was it not?

This is rural Nevada. Don't expect the cops/sheriffs to be very sophisticated when it comes to criminal investigations

[Night Train]

The problem with the wife theory is Art ain't pussy whipped, you couldn't be with the track record he has of abandoning wives, offspring, and shows. I mean Airyn isn't even how you say her name, Art calls her Airyn because he wants to, lol.

How's that for pussy whipped, lol? Art doesn't do things he doesn't want to do, be it a show or calling his wife by her true name.

Also the assumption that a thirty nothing girl like Airyn needs to spend all her time with grandpa is a bit much.

Art clearly has real psychological problems, those patterns of abandonment over a life time don't play out otherwise. I think the truth is probably far stranger than anyone on Bellgab has publicly expressed.

The problem with the wife theory is Art ain't pussy whipped, you couldn't be with the track record he has of abandoning wives, offspring, and shows. I mean Airyn isn't even how you say her name, Art calls her Airyn because he wants to, lol.

You make some good points, and my theory may be wrong.  But, while he may not be PW in the traditional sense of the word, it's not a traditional situation.  I'm not saying he's all "Yes, dear", "Whatever you say, dear", "l'll get right on it, baby", and "It doesn't make any difference to me, honey - what do you want to do?" Art's not pussy-whipped that way.  But, in the big picture, he knows who has more to lose, and he knows she can lower the boom and drop the big one at any time. 

Art is 70 and ugly; his wife is 30 and attractive.  Sure, Art could theoretically tell her to hit the road, or hit the road himself, but he knows he's not going to be able to land another woman who's nearly as attractive as she is.  And Art doesn't seem to be able to live without a woman.  His only realistic option would be another Filipino mail order bride, and most of them don't look like his wife does, and a whole bunch of them are nasty-looking, golddigging whores.  Generally speaking, whichever spouse has the higher value on the sexual market is in charge.  And Airyn's sexual market value is far higher than Art's.

Also the assumption that a thirty nothing girl like Airyn needs to spend all her time with grandpa is a bit much.

Actually, in a traditional marriage, it's a lot much.  Why would a 30 year old woman that looks like Airyn be with a 70 year old man that looks like Art in the first place? But this isn't a traditional marriage, and I doubt if Airyn gets out much.  In fact, I doubt if she has any girlfriends, and if she does, she certainly doesn't go out on girls' nights out with them.  Art may be crazy, but he isn't stupid, and I'm sure as sure can be that  she rarely, if ever, leaves the house without him.  He doesn't want her being exposed to younger men who can hit on her. And, yeah, I'm sure many nights she doesn't mind being by herself, but not every night; even people in prison hate solitary confinement.  So most of the time having Art to talk to beats having no one.  And she probably does get tired of having to raise their daughter by herself because Art's always sleeping, broadcasting, or on his ham radio.

Art clearly has real psychological problems, those patterns of abandonment over a life time don't play out otherwise. I think the truth is probably far stranger than anyone on Bellgab has publicly expressed

.

I agree that he's not right in the head.  But, you can be skitzo and PW, too.  And if, as you suggest, there are far stranger goings on than we have imagined, it's not outside the realm of possibility to think that in ten years of marriage Airyn has learned one or more things that Art is very keen on keeping private.  If that's the case, that gives her even more leverage.

But, again; I could be way off.  But it's a theory that makes a helluva lot more sense than the load of retarded horseshit that Art's been peddling.

[bellNwhistle]

I seemed to have glossed over the sarcasm in your ending comments. My bad.  In any case, whoever does think he is, doesn't know what they're talking about.. and I've seen it brought up repeatedly.

[Inglorious Bitch]

I hijacked this thread. So back to Art Bell talk. I heard Art is on hiatus?

Well at least you didn't derail it by bringing up Falkie. Those freaks over at the Falkie thread are always coming over here and derailing things when Falkie is not around to kick.

[Autistic Star Children]

First days of no Art were easy because we had so many bellgab spinoff podcasts to listen to

But it's starting to slow down. and this weeks episode of PNI didn't seem kid friendly, so now I search the world for something good to listen to.

Thinking about obtaining that huge torrent and giving it a go.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

Well at least you didn't derail it by bringing up Falkie. Those freaks over at the Falkie thread are always coming over here and derailing things when Falkie is not around to kick.

Bugger those loutish Limey trolls.  Don't they know it's Christmas?  :

[Inglorious Bitch]

Bugger those loutish Limey trolls.  Don't they know it's Christmas?  :

SV knows. He committed himself to writing a very Falkie Christmas Carol and he was trying to weasel out of it.

[Inglorious Bitch]

First days of no Art were easy because we had so many bellgab spinoff podcasts to listen to

But it's starting to slow down. and this weeks episode of PNI didn't seem kid friendly, so now I search the world for something good to listen to.

Thinking about obtaining that huge torrent and giving it a go.

This guy is out of Cardiff Wales and is pretty good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccPLOCx_h1w


There is also Peppa Pig videos on youtube if you want to entertain the children. Or entertain me. I'm hooked. 

[Yorkshire pud]

SV knows. He committed himself to writing a very Falkie Christmas Carol and he was trying to weasel out of it.

That will leave that odious working class hardly literate oik from Yorkshire who is the heathen freak.

Report him.