George Knapp

Juan Cena · December 20, 2015, 09:57:18 PM

Quote from: WOTR on December 20, 2015, 07:06:37 PM
It seems like only a short time ago that Saturday was the only day without Bell or Knapp... Now it may be Sundays only (to be fair, I have not heard MITD with Red, yet...)

I will be here and it really does sound like mostly a good show tonight (though I may skip out on Nancy.)

I would kind of hope Knapp would too..

nooryisawesome · December 20, 2015, 10:21:42 PM

Knapp is a very good host. I always enjoy his shows. I know some people think he is dry, but he puts a lot of effort into his shows. I am interested in what his book is about, that he has been working on.

AvDaBr · December 20, 2015, 10:31:55 PM

I think Knapp's a really good host as well. As with any show, you need a good guest to have a really good show. Telepathic communication with aliens and exolinguistics are probably not the ingredients of a really good show- thankfully it's just for the first hour.

WanagoBleu · December 20, 2015, 11:10:48 PM

Knapp usually always does a good show, even when the guest isn't so great. his "Skinwalker" book was very interesting. And scary.

zeebo · December 20, 2015, 11:15:59 PM

Totally up for this Lighthouse story. Just poured myself a fine single malt to pair with the wind-blown, dramatic Scottish setting.

trostol · December 20, 2015, 11:18:33 PM

first time listening even to Knapp in months!!!

SciFiAuthor · December 20, 2015, 11:32:56 PM

I'm joining this evening as well. Had to blow the dust off the radio for this one.

trostol · December 20, 2015, 11:35:21 PM

sadly..having to hear Dave during the commercials..and his magnum opus and the grid

SciFiAuthor · December 20, 2015, 11:40:26 PM

Quote from: trostol on December 20, 2015, 11:35:21 PM
sadly..having to hear Dave during the commercials..and his magnum opus and the grid

Had to dig up one of my old avatars for the occasion.

trostol · December 20, 2015, 11:42:59 PM

Quote from: SciFiAuthor on December 20, 2015, 11:40:26 PM
Had to dig up one of my old avatars for the occasion.

lol

trostol · December 20, 2015, 11:48:54 PM

why does this job sound fantastic to me lol

SciFiAuthor · December 20, 2015, 11:53:16 PM

Quote from: trostol on December 20, 2015, 11:48:54 PM
why does this job sound fantastic to me lol

I knew a lighthouse keeper. One of the last in the UK as things went automated. He loved it. Just lived out there on a rock off the coast of Scotland with his wife and did his own thing.

zeebo · December 21, 2015, 12:10:33 AM

Ha, it does sound great. Gimme a library of dusty books, a cabinet of scotch, and a cozy cat for company and I'm set. Also a harem of babes .. they do come with that right?

trostol · December 21, 2015, 12:11:24 AM

Quote from: zeebo on December 21, 2015, 12:10:33 AM
Ha, it does sound great. Gimme a library of dusty books, a cabinet of scotch, and a cozy cat for company and I'm set. Also a harem of babes .. they do come with that right?

not sure about that last one

Knapp has some pretty great bumper music

SciFiAuthor · December 21, 2015, 12:12:57 AM

I wouldn't make a very good lighthouse keeper. I'd get stoned and forget about the light and it would burn out and some ship would crash and then I'd get fired.

zeebo · December 21, 2015, 12:13:26 AM

Quote from: trostol on December 21, 2015, 12:11:24 AM
Knapp has some pretty great bumper music

To borrow a line from Nebraska888 ... Knapp rocks.

pate · December 21, 2015, 12:27:36 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNTf8iublLc

pate · December 21, 2015, 12:30:10 AM

Not listening, but I sure hope that has been/will haven be bumper music...

zeebo · December 21, 2015, 12:42:28 AM

This story sounds like one of those lateral thinking puzzles.

Morgus · December 21, 2015, 01:19:20 AM

Knapp is still the only guest host who doesn't shill for Noory's side ventures like paranormal date sites.
He at least has integrity compared to the other guest hosts who shill for Noory's stuff.

FightTheFuture · December 21, 2015, 01:23:03 AM

Wow. Love this new development re: the Dyatlov Pass incident. Very cool!

zeebo · December 21, 2015, 01:27:03 AM

Quote from: FightTheFuture on December 21, 2015, 01:23:03 AM
Wow. Love this new development re: the Dyatlov Pass incident. Very cool!

Creepy. $:-\$ Can't wait to hear more.

FightTheFuture · December 21, 2015, 02:00:15 AM

Very enjoyable show tonight.

Look forward to next week, as well.

Good night Fellow Knappyheads!

malachi.martini · December 21, 2015, 04:01:16 AM

Knapp's just the best.

#teamjammies

Uncle Duke · December 21, 2015, 03:48:44 PM

Great show, Keith McCloskey is one of my favorite guests. The lighthouse story reminds me of one of the more intriguing mysteries of WWII, the "Ghost Blimp" as it's come to be known. Blimp L-8 was on a standard anti-sub patrol off the coast of San Francisco in Aug 1942, armed with anti-sub bombs and crewed by two US Navy officers. The blimp was noticed to be behaving strangley (by shipboard personnel, aircrew from other aircraft, and various people on land), and it eventually crashed into a golf course near San Francisco, minus crew.
To this day it's unknown what happened to them. The gondola of the L-8 is on display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola, FL.

Robert · December 21, 2015, 04:41:59 PM

Quote from: Uncle Duke on December 21, 2015, 03:48:44 PMThe lighthouse story reminds me of one of the more intriguing mysteries of WWII, the "Ghost Blimp" as it's come to be known. Blimp L-8 was on a standard anti-sub patrol off the coast of San Francisco in Aug 1942, armed with anti-sub bombs and crewed by two US Navy officers. The blimp was noticed to be behaving strangley (by shipboard personnel, aircrew from other aircraft, and various people on land), and it eventually crashed into a golf course near San Francisco, minus crew.
To this day it's unknown what happened to them. The gondola of the L-8 is on display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola, FL.

One of the chief sources for Lost.

albrecht · December 21, 2015, 06:16:32 PM

Quote from: Uncle Duke on December 21, 2015, 03:48:44 PM
Great show, Keith McCloskey is one of my favorite guests. The lighthouse story reminds me of one of the more intriguing mysteries of WWII, the "Ghost Blimp" as it's come to be known. Blimp L-8 was on a standard anti-sub patrol off the coast of San Francisco in Aug 1942, armed with anti-sub bombs and crewed by two US Navy officers. The blimp was noticed to be behaving strangley (by shipboard personnel, aircrew from other aircraft, and various people on land), and it eventually crashed into a golf course near San Francisco, minus crew.
To this day it's unknown what happened to them. The gondola of the L-8 is on display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola, FL.

A weird story. C2C or MITD should have a story on that blimp. I will check out this program as I like stories of mystery ships etc. Happens even today (though "they" will tell you it is usually a result of criminal operations of some sort- smugglers abandon ship, pirates kill crew, ship owner who could not sell, tax/insurance fraud, man-overboards attempted rescue cause other sailor to go over, etc.)

ItsOver · December 21, 2015, 06:29:21 PM

Quote from: Morgus on December 21, 2015, 01:19:20 AM
Knapp is still the only guest host who doesn't shill for Noory's side ventures like paranormal date sites.
He at least has integrity compared to the other guest hosts who shill for Noory's stuff.

The others are pretty much Noory lackies. Knapp is his own man. I'm surprised he's still on C2C.

zeebo · December 21, 2015, 06:39:03 PM

Quote from: ItsOver on December 21, 2015, 06:29:21 PM
The others are pretty much Noory lackies. Knapp is his own man. I'm surprised he's still on C2C.

I think he's kinda like Sean Connery was in some of his less memorable movies - he can somehow show up, do his thing, and remain independent of the suckier production as-a-whole.

albrecht · December 21, 2015, 07:09:30 PM

I haven't listened to the whole show yet but first guest has me thinking that "Bill," or was it "Will" "from Madison" needs to call in with his elaborate Finnish-Urgic theories! The Aliens speak Finnish!