The GabCast (A podcast about BellGab)

[littlechris]

My God! He has discovered quitting via proxy. Hide the women and children, no one is safe!

Upper right corner.

[nooryisawesome]

Everyone should get 1 Gabcast where they get to blow up. No one know whats going on in peoples personal lives. I am not taking to much away from the last Gabcast.

[Value Of Pi]

My God! He has discovered quitting via proxy. Hide the women and children, no one is safe!

That is IT.  This place is a cesspool and Jazmunda quits.  He has finally realized that you are all rotten people and will no longer grace the board with his presence.

I guess I should have checked your online status before quitting for you.  Very inconvenient when you show up within 5 minutes of my posting your resignation.

Providing you caught Arts latest FB post where he resigned Red from Bellgab, I would say you have missed nothing.

Very good work, guys. You're a credit to BellGab.

[Dr Who]

I enjoyed the Gabcast on the 18th.Thats it just my boring comment.

[ponyboysunset]

Show notes found in the thread.  Plus we could just prank call random
Skype users and have them discuss topics with us with no warning.

This is an idea with legs. You ever wanna pursue PM me. 

[Inglorious Bitch]

when i feel this down, i find it helps to think instead about breasts.

You're welcome.

[BellBoy]

You're welcome.

Well, at least that saves the need for my posting this:

[SredniVashtar]

just curious  what else should we have asked?     

1. Is Heather Wade your real name?
2. If you are so reluctant to be on the air, why did you pull a hissy fit and get a man fired who was trying to find a replacement to take the heat off you?
3. Isn't it more likely that, instead of saying 'we don't want a woman on the air', they actually said 'we don't want that woman on the air'?
4. Did Art ever explain why your co-hosting gig a few months ago ended after one badly-received appearance? If he thought you were an embryonic talent, why didn't he find you a low-profile spot on DMDN to cut your teeth and learn from your mistakes?
5. Did Art explain why you got the producer's job based on zero experience or demonstrable aptitude for the position?
6. If you failed as a co-host, why have you been considered suitable (by the man who canned you previously) to be the sole host of the show?
7. Why are you so reluctant to reveal anything about yourself? The first thing people tend to think when people do that is that they have been in jail.
8. Why are you so confident that there is a stalker? Do you have first-hand knowledge, or is it all based on Art's testimony? If it was, then why did you think you had the authority to file a police report without his knowledge?
9. Are you living in Pahrump?
10. Did you come on the show of your own volition, or did Art tell you to?

That's for fucking starters! I listened to the whole bloody show waiting for someone to ask an interesting question, but everyone seemed more interested in trying to play kissyface. You could have started by asking both of them whether they stood by their statements on the forum: Does Bateman think Heather is a shambling, hysterical no-hoper, who has no place being on the air? Does Heather think Bateman is a gutless pussy who soils himself at the thought of live radio?

Another problem was they had had time to cool down a bit, but you could have easily stirred things up a bit with those questions. It's pretty obvious that Heather really wants to be on the air, and flipped out when she heard she was being replaced, and that call to Bateman was an hysterical attempt to fuck with his head. Getting someone fired for doing their job is a shitty thing to do, but you let that slide as if it was nothing of importance.

From the comments yesterday it sounded like Heather was really rattled, but when I listened you let her have an easy time of it. She said she wanted to be asked the difficult questions, and you avoided every single one of them. Rather than this being a sexist thing, the only reason I can see that she is being given a pass is because she's a woman and people think she's cute. If it were a man in that gig giving a similar performance the cat-calls and insults would have been deafening. Other women, in particular, are very reluctant to criticise Heather for fear of seeming jealous.

I am sure we call second-guess things, but there were so many missed opportunities on that show that I was close to tearing my bloody hair out. Other than that, you all did an excellent job. Well done! 

[GravitySucks]

1. Is Heather Wade your real name?
2. If you are so reluctant to be on the air, why did you pull a hissy fit and get a man fired who was trying to find a replacement to take the heat off you?
3. Isn't it more likely that, instead of saying 'we don't want a woman on the air', they actually said 'we don't want that woman on the air'?
4. Did Art ever explain why your co-hosting gig a few months ago ended after one badly-received appearance? If he thought you were an embryonic talent, why didn't he find you a low-profile spot on DMDN to cut your teeth and learn from your mistakes?
5. Did Art explain why you got the producer's job based on zero experience or demonstrable aptitude for the position?
6. If you failed as a co-host, why have you been considered suitable (by the man who canned you previously) to be the sole host of the show?
7. Why are you so reluctant to reveal anything about yourself? The first thing people tend to think when people do that is that they have been in jail.
8. Why are you so confident that there is a stalker? Do you have first-hand knowledge, or is it all based on Art's testimony? If it was, then why did you think you had the authority to file a police report without his knowledge?
9. Are you living in Pahrump?
10. Did you come on the show of your own volition, or did Art tell you to?

That's for fucking starters! I listened to the whole bloody show waiting for someone to ask an interesting question, but everyone seemed more interested in trying to play kissyface. You could have started by asking both of them whether they stood by their statements on the forum: Does Bateman think Heather is a shambling, hysterical no-hoper, who has no place being on the air? Does Heather think Bateman is a gutless pussy who soils himself at the thought of live radio?

Another problem was they had had time to cool down a bit, but you could have easily stirred things up a bit with those questions. It's pretty obvious that Heather really wants to be on the air, and flipped out when she heard she was being replaced, and that call to Bateman was an hysterical attempt to fuck with his head. Getting someone fired for doing their job is a shitty thing to do, but you let that slide as if it was nothing of importance.

From the comments yesterday it sounded like Heather was really rattled, but when I listened you let her have an easy time of it. She said she wanted to be asked the difficult questions, and you avoided every single one of them. Rather than this being a sexist thing, the only reason I can see that she is being given a pass is because she's a woman and people think she's cute. If it were a man in that gig giving a similar performance the cat-calls and insults would have been deafening. Other women, in particular, are very reluctant to criticise Heather for fear of seeming jealous.

I am sure we call second-guess things, but there were so many missed opportunities on that show that I was close to tearing my bloody hair out. Other than that, you all did an excellent job. Well done! 

Two words
You
Heartless
Limey
Bastard

Pick two
/wrist

[BobGrau]

It's unfortunate to hear two people I vaguely like falling out like that, but it's good Gabcast fodder. The podcast should be a reflection of the board rather than a commentary on it, and I feel it's living up to that image more consistently in recent times.

...Would the stalker mind if Art and George hosted an episode where they finally bonded over tearing the rest of us to shreds? It's the only way things can go at this point.

[whoozit]

I am sure we call second-guess things, but there were so many missed opportunities on that show that I was close to tearing my bloody hair out.

I've always assumed you shave all of your body hair so that is a strange image to imagine.

[littlechris]

1. Is Heather Wade your real name?
2. If you are so reluctant to be on the air, why did you pull a hissy fit and get a man fired who was trying to find a replacement to take the heat off you?
3. Isn't it more likely that, instead of saying 'we don't want a woman on the air', they actually said 'we don't want that woman on the air'?
4. Did Art ever explain why your co-hosting gig a few months ago ended after one badly-received appearance? If he thought you were an embryonic talent, why didn't he find you a low-profile spot on DMDN to cut your teeth and learn from your mistakes?
5. Did Art explain why you got the producer's job based on zero experience or demonstrable aptitude for the position?
6. If you failed as a co-host, why have you been considered suitable (by the man who canned you previously) to be the sole host of the show?
7. Why are you so reluctant to reveal anything about yourself? The first thing people tend to think when people do that is that they have been in jail.
8. Why are you so confident that there is a stalker? Do you have first-hand knowledge, or is it all based on Art's testimony? If it was, then why did you think you had the authority to file a police report without his knowledge?
9. Are you living in Pahrump?
10. Did you come on the show of your own volition, or did Art tell you to?

That's for fucking starters! I listened to the whole bloody show waiting for someone to ask an interesting question, but everyone seemed more interested in trying to play kissyface. You could have started by asking both of them whether they stood by their statements on the forum: Does Bateman think Heather is a shambling, hysterical no-hoper, who has no place being on the air? Does Heather think Bateman is a gutless pussy who soils himself at the thought of live radio?

Another problem was they had had time to cool down a bit, but you could have easily stirred things up a bit with those questions. It's pretty obvious that Heather really wants to be on the air, and flipped out when she heard she was being replaced, and that call to Bateman was an hysterical attempt to fuck with his head. Getting someone fired for doing their job is a shitty thing to do, but you let that slide as if it was nothing of importance.

From the comments yesterday it sounded like Heather was really rattled, but when I listened you let her have an easy time of it. She said she wanted to be asked the difficult questions, and you avoided every single one of them. Rather than this being a sexist thing, the only reason I can see that she is being given a pass is because she's a woman and people think she's cute. If it were a man in that gig giving a similar performance the cat-calls and insults would have been deafening. Other women, in particular, are very reluctant to criticise Heather for fear of seeming jealous.

I am sure we call second-guess things, but there were so many missed opportunities on that show that I was close to tearing my bloody hair out. Other than that, you all did an excellent job. Well done! 

Are you really Bart Ell?

[BobGrau]

1. Is Heather Wade your real name?
2. If you are so reluctant to be on the air, why did you pull a hissy fit and get a man fired who was trying to find a replacement to take the heat off you?
3. Isn't it more likely that, instead of saying 'we don't want a woman on the air', they actually said 'we don't want that woman on the air'?
4. Did Art ever explain why your co-hosting gig a few months ago ended after one badly-received appearance? If he thought you were an embryonic talent, why didn't he find you a low-profile spot on DMDN to cut your teeth and learn from your mistakes?
5. Did Art explain why you got the producer's job based on zero experience or demonstrable aptitude for the position?
6. If you failed as a co-host, why have you been considered suitable (by the man who canned you previously) to be the sole host of the show?
7. Why are you so reluctant to reveal anything about yourself? The first thing people tend to think when people do that is that they have been in jail.
8. Why are you so confident that there is a stalker? Do you have first-hand knowledge, or is it all based on Art's testimony? If it was, then why did you think you had the authority to file a police report without his knowledge?
9. Are you living in Pahrump?
10. Did you come on the show of your own volition, or did Art tell you to?

That's for fucking starters! I listened to the whole bloody show waiting for someone to ask an interesting question, but everyone seemed more interested in trying to play kissyface. You could have started by asking both of them whether they stood by their statements on the forum: Does Bateman think Heather is a shambling, hysterical no-hoper, who has no place being on the air? Does Heather think Bateman is a gutless pussy who soils himself at the thought of live radio?

Another problem was they had had time to cool down a bit, but you could have easily stirred things up a bit with those questions. It's pretty obvious that Heather really wants to be on the air, and flipped out when she heard she was being replaced, and that call to Bateman was an hysterical attempt to fuck with his head. Getting someone fired for doing their job is a shitty thing to do, but you let that slide as if it was nothing of importance.

From the comments yesterday it sounded like Heather was really rattled, but when I listened you let her have an easy time of it. She said she wanted to be asked the difficult questions, and you avoided every single one of them. Rather than this being a sexist thing, the only reason I can see that she is being given a pass is because she's a woman and people think she's cute. If it were a man in that gig giving a similar performance the cat-calls and insults would have been deafening. Other women, in particular, are very reluctant to criticise Heather for fear of seeming jealous.

I am sure we call second-guess things, but there were so many missed opportunities on that show that I was close to tearing my bloody hair out. Other than that, you all did an excellent job. Well done! 

The underlying message I'm getting from you is: "Can't we all just make less of an effort to get along?"

[SredniVashtar]

Are you really Bart Ell?

No. Oddly enough, I remember getting into an argument with him at the time Heather went on the air for the first time with Art. He was overly critical, I thought, and I thought she should have been given a shot. I still do. If she had stuck around, and Art hadn't been so frightened by the reaction, then she might have been more able to fill his shoes, or 'keep the seat warm' or however they like to call it. Instead, Art's instinctive reaction is always to throw his cards in the air and run away at the first sign of trouble - in this case also leaving Heather in the lurch.

[BellBoy]

1. Is Heather Wade your real name?
2. If you are so reluctant to be on the air, why did you pull a hissy fit and get a man fired who was trying to find a replacement to take the heat off you?
3. Isn't it more likely that, instead of saying 'we don't want a woman on the air', they actually said 'we don't want that woman on the air'?
4. Did Art ever explain why your co-hosting gig a few months ago ended after one badly-received appearance? If he thought you were an embryonic talent, why didn't he find you a low-profile spot on DMDN to cut your teeth and learn from your mistakes?
5. Did Art explain why you got the producer's job based on zero experience or demonstrable aptitude for the position?
6. If you failed as a co-host, why have you been considered suitable (by the man who canned you previously) to be the sole host of the show?
7. Why are you so reluctant to reveal anything about yourself? The first thing people tend to think when people do that is that they have been in jail.
8. Why are you so confident that there is a stalker? Do you have first-hand knowledge, or is it all based on Art's testimony? If it was, then why did you think you had the authority to file a police report without his knowledge?
9. Are you living in Pahrump?
10. Did you come on the show of your own volition, or did Art tell you to?
11. GravitySucks, would you please sit up straight? It's quite obvious that you're slouching.

That's for fucking starters! I listened to the whole bloody show waiting for someone to ask an interesting question, but everyone seemed more interested in trying to play kissyface. You could have started by asking both of them whether they stood by their statements on the forum: Does Bateman think Heather is a shambling, hysterical no-hoper, who has no place being on the air? Does Heather think Bateman is a gutless pussy who soils himself at the thought of live radio?

Another problem was they had had time to cool down a bit, but you could have easily stirred things up a bit with those questions. It's pretty obvious that Heather really wants to be on the air, and flipped out when she heard she was being replaced, and that call to Bateman was an hysterical attempt to fuck with his head. Getting someone fired for doing their job is a shitty thing to do, but you let that slide as if it was nothing of importance.

From the comments yesterday it sounded like Heather was really rattled, but when I listened you let her have an easy time of it. She said she wanted to be asked the difficult questions, and you avoided every single one of them. Rather than this being a sexist thing, the only reason I can see that she is being given a pass is because she's a woman and people think she's cute. If it were a man in that gig giving a similar performance the cat-calls and insults would have been deafening. Other women, in particular, are very reluctant to criticise Heather for fear of seeming jealous.

I am sure we all second-guess things, but there were so many missed opportunities on that show that I was close to tearing my bloody hair out. Other than that, you all did an excellent job. Well done! 

FIFY

(Otherwise, it's perfect.)

[SredniVashtar]

The underlying message I'm getting from you is: "Can't we all just make less of an effort to get along?"

'Consensus is overrated' is my watchword. I'd like that in latin on my coat of arms. Right now it just says 'fuck the Scots'. 

[BobGrau]

'Consensus is overrated' is my watchword. I'd like that in latin on my coat of arms. Right now it just says 'fuck the Scots'. 

Not even buy em a drink first?

[BellBoy]

Not even buy em a drink first?

Like a Scotsman would settle for "a" drink.  :

[BobGrau]

Like a Scotsman would settle for "a" drink.  :

It's actually a collective noun for shots of heroin.

[GravitySucks]

It's actually a collective noun for shots of heroin.

Is that what the bag is for you hang on your skirt?

[SredniVashtar]

Like a Scotsman would settle for "a" drink.  :

I have always had it in for the Scots for two reasons. First, Braveheart (I need hardly say more about that monstrosity, but at least it had a happy ending!); secondly, I had an unfortunate haggis-related mishap a few years ago. I had been given this misbegotten heap of bladder and guts a few years before but never had the gumption to try the thing. Well, there wasn't much else in the house one night so I thought I'd bung the little chap in the microwave. Apparently there was some nonsense about having to pierce the skin before cooking (which I didn't read) so I put a fork in when it came out and found myself covered head to foot in haggis juice. Flaming fucking hot haggis juice, to be precise! It's scurvy tricks like that that make the Scots so hated by right-thinking people. Well, that and Gordon Brown.

[GravitySucks]

I have always had it in for the Scots for two reasons.First, Braveheart (I need hardly say more about that monstrosity, but at least it had a happy ending!); secondly, I had an unfortunate haggis-related mishap a few years ago. I had been given this misbegotten heap of bladder and guts a few years before but never had the gumption to try the thing. Well, there wasn't much else in the house one night so I thought I'd bung the little chap in the microwave. Apparently there was some nonsense about having to pierce the skin before cooking (which I didn't read) so I put a fork in when it came out and found myself covered head to foot in haggis juice. Flaming fucking hot haggis juice, to be precise! It's scurvy tricks like that that make the Scots so hated by right-thinking people. Well, that and Gordon Brown.

You twat - You are supposed or say spoiler alert

[BobGrau]

I have always had it in for the Scots for two reasons. First, Braveheart (I need hardly say more about that monstrosity, but at least it had a happy ending!); secondly, I had an unfortunate haggis-related mishap a few years ago. I had been given this misbegotten heap of bladder and guts a few years before but never had the gumption to try the thing. Well, there wasn't much else in the house one night so I thought I'd bung the little chap in the microwave. Apparently there was some nonsense about having to pierce the skin before cooking (which I didn't read) so I put a fork in when it came out and found myself covered head to foot in haggis juice. Flaming fucking hot haggis juice, to be precise! It's scurvy tricks like that that make the Scots so hated by right-thinking people. Well, that and Gordon Brown.

I lost all sympathy at the word "Microwave".

PS still never seen Braveheart.

[GravitySucks]

I lost all sympathy at the word "Microwave".

PS still never seen Braveheart.

So I guess he screwed up the ending for you too then.

[Gruntled]

'Consensus is overrated' is my watchword. I'd like that in latin on my coat of arms. Right now it just says 'fuck the Scots'. 

Scredni, [sorry for the spelling. Been doing it that way for long time] you remain one of my favorite posters even though I'm part Scottish.
You have a knack for ferreting out the obvious. Eg: your above list of questions for the GabCast.
The answers to those queries would have been too revealing and costly to the subjects and observers.
Please continue to occupy the higher moral ground while entertaining us with you witty prose.
Thank you, Gruntled, low life drunken Scot

[SredniVashtar]

Scredni, [sorry for the spelling. Been doing it that way for long time] you remain one of my favorite posters even though I'm part Scottish.

That reminds me. I was once reprimanded at school for kicking another boy when I found out the filthy beast was Scottish. When they told me that the little blighter was only half-Scottish, I patiently explained that it was only the Scottish half I was kicking.

[BobGrau]

That reminds me. I was once reprimanded at school for kicking another boy when I found out the filthy beast was Scottish. When they told me that the little blighter was only half-Scottish, I patiently explained that it was only the Scottish half I was kicking.

Y'know, you could've just paid him to kick himself.

[heater]

I am sure we call second-guess things, but there were so many missed opportunities on that show that I was close to tearing my bloody hair out. Other than that, you all did an excellent job. Well done! 

Your post makes me really glad to have been behind the mic during that show

My question: why the fuck do I care what her real name is? Better question, why do you?

[chefist]

Your post makes me really glad to have been behind the mic during that show

My question: why the fuck do I care what her real name is? Better question, why do you?

Hindsight here, but I don't care what her real name is and don't care to know. However, the most important question is does she even want to host the show permanently, or is she doing it out of an obligation to the show anticipating Art's return?

[SredniVashtar]

Your post makes me really glad to have been behind the mic during that show

My question: why the fuck do I care what her real name is? Better question, why do you?

Yeah, it's that kind of acuity that made the show such a thrill-fest. I don't want to know what her name is - I asked whether it was her real name. There is a bloody difference!! If you are reluctant to reveal stuff about yourself, then don't put yourself in that job. I don't give a damn what her name is, but I'm curious why someone continues to play that game. It leads to all sorts of questions, and she would be better off coming clean. I doubt it's her real name, and if you had any balls you'd agree with me.

If you weren't so busy tossing her salad, you might have asked why she thought it was right to get a guy fired for trying to help the network get advertisers. She is not a reluctant star, she is ambitious and wants that job, clearly. But, no, all you do is hear a cute voice and go all gooey. You can ask these things without being a dick. She even said that she wanted tough questions. It sounded like something was hard among those hosts, but it's a pity that it didn't extend to the questions she was asked.

Why the fuck do you care? You are hosting the fucking show!! You are there to ask interesting, possibly revealing, questions. Don't faint at the smell of cordite in the air. Be a pain in the arse, make some noise if they don't answer how you want them to. I thought there was a problem with my plumbing, but it turned out that I was groaning every time you missed another opportunity to say something interesting.

OK, I apologise, it should have gone something like:

1. Heather, what's your favourite colour?
2. Heather, how do you handle the job of being so talented?
3. Heather, say my name so I can spank it one more time.

The whole thing was a colossal abortion and clusterfuck of epoch-making proportions. And I say that with respect.

Other than that, I loved it.