Topic: Ian Punnett

[Morgus]

    Damn, no D.B. Cooper news? No E Howard Hunt confessions from beyond the grave? I need more Lindbergh baby updates!

Those are scheduled for Ian's coming once a month shows, along with the return of the guy who thinks he is a horse like Mr. Ed 

[Eddie Coyle]

Those are scheduled for Ian's coming once a month shows, along with the return of the guy who thinks he is a horse like Mr. Ed 

   If you were only kidding...

[11angeleyes11]

Those are scheduled for Ian's coming once a month shows, along with the return of the guy who thinks he is a horse like Mr. Ed 

Us fillies are storming the stalls on that stud.  Can't wait!!!!

[Scully]

Some of you, like me, were starting to get warm-and-fuzzy memories of Punnett, as we contrasted him to full-blown right-winger Wells and what he now perpetrates on Saturdays.
Not so fast.  There was good reason why "familiarity bred (a little) contempt" for Punnett.
On his first monthly return, what has he prepared to blow our minds and make himself a welcome and eagerly-awaited visitor?
Well, a split show, for one thing.  And up first?
In the first half, Emmy-award winning journalist, Kristi Piehl, joins Ian Punnett for an update on the Smiley Face Killers and why she is now investigating mysterious drowning deaths.
That's the best you can do, huh, Ian?  That's THE THING you want to be known for ain't it?  You're STILL HOPING for that big break as a Serious Investigative Journalist, and we have to suffer for it.  Right?

Folks, rid yourself of the warm-and-fuzzies re Punnett.  Good riddance to that asshole!
And fuck Wells with a big misspelled Gadsden flag.
Knapp's the only thing left.

Thank you.
<bows and exits>

If only you weren't so dead on target here, Ben Shockley!  If only ... 

[Jethro]

I could never understand how Ian could personally and publicly separate his personal beliefs and
effectively do a show such as Coast to Coast. Then, that's not my business I guess.

All I really want to know is if he gets his Tinnitus cured, what was done and who did it?

Signed,
A Guy with the same issue 

[VtaGeezer]

    Damn, no D.B. Cooper news? No E Howard Hunt confessions from beyond the grave? I need more Lindbergh baby updates!

I'll take that sort of stuff all night over the relentless and corrosive extremism and hardcore conspiracy crap from his croaking replacement Wells

[Eddie Coyle]

 
       Ian's on once a month and gives us: Smiley Face folderol and the developing breaking news of how...Richard Nixon was a bad guy. Shocking!
          Jeezus. Nixon's been dead 18 years and still a Boogeyman. And a mobbed up homo according to last night's guest.

       What a wake up call...every time I start to miss Ian's regular spot, well-I should remember shows like this past one and realize that just because others suck, that doesn't make another better.

[Paper*Boy]

I could never understand how Ian could personally and publicly separate his personal beliefs and
effectively do a show such as Coast to Coast...

Listening to him, I got the impression he more into 'religion' as an intellectual pursuit than as a believer.  And another paycheck doesn't hurt.  He sure seemed to spend a lot of time trying to separate himself from people that actually are believers, like he was embarrased or something. 
 
As far as getting to talk a lot and still control the conversation, 'preacher' fits in well with 'radio show host'.
 

[stevesh]

       Ian's on once a month and gives us: Smiley Face folderol and the developing breaking news of how...Richard Nixon was a bad guy. Shocking!
          Jeezus. Nixon's been dead 18 years and still a Boogeyman. And a mobbed up homo according to last night's guest.

       What a wake up call...every time I start to miss Ian's regular spot, well-I should remember shows like this past one and realize that just because others suck, that doesn't make another better.

Yes. A complete pile of dogshit last night. I've been looking forward to Punnett's monthly appearances, but he's going to have to do a lot better than this. The first two hours were mostly Ian trying to promote his own theory of what was happening to all these young men, and the second two hours consisted of some turd advancing sheer speculation about Richard Nixon, much of it plagiarized from other books about RMH, without any sort of proof, as admitted by the guest.

Ian Punnett should be ashamed of this show - Simple George could have done as well.
 

[Eddie Coyle]

Yes. A complete pile of dogshit last night. I've been looking forward to Punnett's monthly appearances, but he's going to have to do a lot better than this. The first two hours were mostly Ian trying to promote his own theory of what was happening to all these young men, and the second two hours consisted of some turd advancing sheer speculation about Richard Nixon, much of it plagiarized from other books about RMH, without any sort of proof, as admitted by the guest.

        The Smiley Face Killer nonsense reminds of the circa 1980 hysteria of "Killer Clowns in a Van", which of course was nothing more than urban mythology based on an amalgamation of John Wayne Gacy and Bill Bonin modus operandi. Blatantly bogus and maddening to listen to, as young men's tragic accidental deaths are turned into an absurd serial killer fetishism.
 
         Kristi Piehl is clearly another talented Minneapolis newsperson in the tradition of that city's most famed media member...Ted Baxter

        The Nixon/Bebe Rebozo stuff is about as secret as Nixon's middle name. Like you say, it's hearsay,rumor,innuendo about long dead people. Great. I've been a political junkie since I was a kid, and I'd barely heard of this author who allegedly covered the White House beat for decades. And now he has a book that nobody will read or care about.

         March 11 better be better than this.

         

[CoastCanuck]

Heard a few minutes of Ian's most recent show... my opinion here, but he needs to quit continuously mentioning Twitter, tweets, messages from his followers, and @deaconpunnett.   

[Ben Shockley]

Heard a few minutes of Ian's most recent show... my opinion here, but he needs to quit continuously mentioning Twitter, tweets, messages from his followers, and @deaconpunnett.

AMEN!!
I guess he thinks it makes him so modern and relevant.  It's just annoying and obtrusive.
And imagine who takes the time and is so desperate for "cyber" friends that they even add him on Twitter or whatever he shills.  Imagine who wants to "follow" him .... to know his daily thoughts ~~  YIKES !!

[b_dubb]

I follow Ian on Twitter. His posts are usually interesting and/or funny.

Do you guys use Twitter?

[Ben Shockley]

...imagine who takes the time and is so desperate for "cyber" friends that they even add him on Twitter or whatever he shills.  Imagine who wants to "follow" him .... to know his daily thoughts ~~  YIKES !!

I follow Ian on Twitter. His posts are usually interesting and/or funny.
Do you guys use Twitter?

Okay, b_dubb, Shockley steps in it again.   No offense meant to you.   What do you expect from an alcoholic loser cop ?

[Paper*Boy]

Okay, b_dubb, Shockley steps in it again...

Don't give up yet.  Have you seen any of that drivel?   Go scroll through some of it and try to find something even marginally worth your time.

[Paper*Boy]

Here's one - Ian trying to tell someone nobody else has ever mentioned that he sounds like he's gasping for air when he first comes back from break.  Really Ian, no one?  Ever?:
 
@maxtcatmaxtcat     
deaconpunnett Ian, consider a new microphone--your sharp inhales before speaking are loud and distracting.
@deaconpunnettIan Punnett     
 @maxtcat No thanks, state of the art mic. You're the only person I've ever heard from with that peeve, though! Sorry it's annoying to you.   
 
 
Or this one - Ian all indignant that someone called him on his habit of cutting people off (don't believe your ears, believe Ian Punnett):
 
 
   @rockabilly33sean davis     
 @deaconpunnett not a big fan of u.stop cutting people off. i hope u dnt loose ur hearng.listn 2 sum canada bands.4 good rock 4 last year.
 @deaconpunnettIan Punnett      @rockabilly33  I'll assume you aren't stupid. I never "cut people off," I direct them away from the weeds and keep the conversation focused.   

[Ben Shockley]

Don't give up yet.  Have you seen any of that drivel?   Go scroll through some of it and try to find something even marginally worth your time.

Exactly what I thought.  Apologies to b_dubb...
I mean, the guy calls his college-age kids "Itchy and Scratchy" in public....
In the words of Don Rickles in "Kelly's Heroes,"  "Sump'ms wrong with him!"

[EvB]

Exactly what I thought.  Apologies to b_dubb...
I mean, the guy calls his college-age kids "Itchy and Scratchy" in public....

He does a morning drive show in the Twin Cities area - he started calling them that when they were very young to protect them.

[Ben Shockley]

Here's one - Ian trying to tell someone nobody else has ever mentioned that he sounds like ......

I won't claim any magic powers, but maybe along with 10,000 others (who never e-mailed, I'm sure, according to Deacon) ...
Do y'all remember back around '06, '07 or whenever "Coast Live" or whatever they called it aired for the 4 hours before Saturday nights' "C2C" show?  Before they put "Art - Somewhere In Time" in that slot ~~

Ian used to come on and and, no doubt trying to sound like some kind of elder statesman of the air... he would say "....and I've packed my pipe..." (speaking of his tobacco habit).  I got so sick of that reference that I e-mailed and told him so, and about the next week, it got permanently dropped.
Not saying I did it; more likely that a lot of folks did it.... but it seems like Punnett will try to say that no one has ever mentioned X, Y, or Z .... like we have documented: he swears that "Coast" today is the same as when he first guested in about '99 ...   Yeah, right!

[Ben Shockley]

He does a morning drive show in the Twin Cities area - he started calling them that when they were very young to protect them.

I had no idea about that or any idea of his life -- despite the fact that he had spewed about it for 13 years on "Coast."  I had missed all of it, despite knowing that he does it.  You have changed my perception of Punnett 180 degrees.

[stevesh]

He does a morning drive show in the Twin Cities area - he started calling them that when they were very young to protect them.

You can listen to Punnett and his wife exchange 'witty banter' on the station's website, but I don't recommend it.

[Jethro]

Listening to him, I got the impression he more into 'religion' as an intellectual pursuit than as a believer.

If that is true he's not telling someone the truth. He has a profess a deep personal belief in what he studies in order to be ordained. Just a thought.

[El Kragen]

I listened to Ian show today. I thought it was pretty good. I have some issues with him as a host but he's light years ahead of Simple George in terms of running a show. I appreciate the fact that Ian actually puts some effort into prepping for the show. He went on & on about his theory regarding the SF Killers/Drowning Mystery but listening I couldn't help and think of Snoory giving his take: "Sumthin's going on. It's possible that somebody probably knows sumthin..Don'tcha think?"

[HorrorReporter]

Ian doing open lines next Friday (not this) means two things: 1) Intelligent chatting with callers and 2) no UFO Phil.

[Lovely Bones]

Ian doing open lines next Friday (not this) means two things: 1) Intelligent chatting with callers and 2) no UFO Phil.

First, yay!  I like Ian a whole lot more than some here do, so this makes me happy.  And it means no Snoory doing Open Lines, so double yay.

Second, we're not done February yet, and already Ian is breaking from his once-a-month plan.  I like that, too.  Maybe it portends an eventual end to Wells, which would be fine with me, since I dislike Wells a lot more than some here.  (His "fair chance" with me is done.) 

I found it interesting last Sunday how bubbling over with excitement for the show Ian seemed to be--pre-Sunday on Twitter and then on air.  Maybe exchanging "witty banter" with his wife on weekday mornings isn't satisfying him.  That's what I'm hoping, anyway. 

[Morgus]

Second, we're not done February yet, and already Ian is breaking from his once-a-month plan.

actually thats not breaking Ian's plan since he said he would have only his one Sunday a month show regularly scheduled PLUS fill-in shows once in a while, when Noory takes a Friday off...

[Harmness]

actually thats not breaking Ian's plan since he said he would have only his one Sunday a month show regularly scheduled PLUS fill-in shows once in a while, when Noory takes a Friday off...

Buzzkill.

[Lovely Bones]

Buzzkill.

Ditto. 

[Blutsauger]

This is a great example of Ian being so wrapped up in himself that he can't sit back, have a smoke, and let the caller rant for a few mins. All he can think of is the caller is trying to take control of the show. Art would have let the caller take controll of the show for a bit, and then wrested it back whenever he wanted.  Ian is such a horrid, self absorbed,  negative example of what cristianity is supposed to be. H reminds me of one of those people who get's their online certifiction to be a minister for tax purposes.

Coast to Coast AM - Ian Punnet vs. Angry Christian Preacher

[Hugo Fitch]

Dr. Peter Beter. Heh. Ian got a chuckle out of that.