Topic: Coast to Coast before 9/11 and after 9/11

[GuerrillaUnReal]

Maybe I'm in the minority on this but I really feel the show changed after 9/11. The tone of the show became much darker. Every psychic, remote viewer, or person with a book to sell before 9/11 should've never been allowed on the show (and bitchslapped over and over) and Art himself seemed to have a lost a piece of the edge that made the show so amazing in the 90s.

9/11 really kind of killed the show that deals in large part with conspiracies, predictions and subjects outside the norm. Which such a huge world event happened that everyone on C2C absolutely missed on, it killed so much of the charm. It also brought about a slew of crazed religious guests who wouldn't have seen the light of day before hand. It brought about a slew of the slimiest lowest motherfuckers on the planet who used 9/11 to push their crap. Also it seems there was a three or four period on that show where people seem to have literally lost their minds.

I generally try to avoid shows after 9/11 as the mood of the show is just different and much darker. Anyway, this may be an emotionally charged subject but I've been thinking about this for a long time.

By the way I have to say this...

ED DAMES!!! FAIL!
EVERY PSYCHIC OR FUTURIST OR WHATEVER!!!! FUCKING FAIL!!!
God damn listening to Art protect this scum after 9/11 is just painful.

[Michael Vandeven]

ED DAMES!!! FAIL!
EVERY PSYCHIC OR FUTURIST OR WHATEVER!!!! FUCKING FAIL!!!
God damn listening to Art protect this scum after 9/11 is just painful.

for years i've been nauseated by the degree to which art protects dames.  it has caused me to question art's credibility more than any other factor.

[Do you think it was angels?]

Whatever happened to the gold bars Ed was challenged to find? Didn't it turn out to be some insignificant trace amount of gold dust, or something? Bah!

On the other hand, one of my favorite, creepiest episodes was where Dames “viewed” robots on Mars, in the process of waking each other up.  That was classic radio.

[Michael Vandeven]

Whatever happened to the gold bars Ed was challenged to find? Didn't it turn out to be some insignificant trace amount of gold dust, or something? Bah!

On the other hand, one of my favorite, creepiest episodes was where Dames “viewed” robots on Mars, in the process of waking each other up.  That was classic radio.

actually, nothing turned out at all with the gold.  dames never even provided evidence of the gold dust he claimed existed in the absence of bars.  fail.


never heard the dames appearance about robots on mars.  sounds like a hoot.

[Chupacabra]

For me the show Is NO WHERE  good as it used to be, the very best era was from 1995 to 1999

The show has become SO...Boring I only listen to the ''somewhere in time shows'' or ''classic shows''. They really need to shake things up over there at c2c

[Michael Vandeven]

For me the show Is NO WHERE  good as it used to be, the very best era was from 1995 to 1999

The show has become SO...Boring I only listen to the ''somewhere in time shows'' or ''classic shows''. They really need to shake things up over there at c2c

Agreed. Comppletely.

[b_dubb]

i only started listening to Art Bell / C2C in the last three years or so and regularly so only in the last three months.  from the AB Stream (brought to you by Flomax - jk) it's obvious that the show suffered greatly after 9/11.  and more so after GN took over. 

i think 9/11 changed the tone of everything  in this country.  and how everything is sold.  and based on what i hear being advertised during broadcasts .. they're pandering.  playing on people's fears.  and making it worse.  and i hate it

[Chupacabra]

Your right about everything changing after 9/11 the first few years after 9/11 were not too bad, but since about 2007 things have sped up, in a bad way. And as far as c2c am after 9/11, yes it did chnage...but the topics are so boring. Here is another thing, in the past Artbell would do headlines then go strait to the guest, Now c2c am has about 5 different topics per show and opens lines about nothing. It has become a cram course show, rushed...and all bussines.

When is the last Time you heard a Proper WHOLE show about Chupacabra, if they have the guest is just on there to sell a book.

[Michael Vandeven]

i think 9/11 changed the tone of everything  in this country. 

i feel that way, too.  i now see history in this country through two prisms:  pre 911 and post.  in post, we forgot how to laugh at things, we began giving up our freedoms and trusting the government to excess, we started spending record amounts of money for... umm... i'm not sure what, and we generally made travel more difficult.  well, then.  thanks for that.  and it was all in the name of "not letting the terrorists win." 


the above listed concessions help fight terrorism how?

[999]

IMO it changed after the Hale Bopp / Heaven's Gate fiasco a bit too.

[Michael Vandeven]

IMO it changed after the Hale Bopp / Heaven's Gate fiasco a bit too.

yeah, that's right.

[Chupacabra]

when I think of Heaven's Gate I think of C2C am in the hay days..

[Renaldo]

I don't know if 9/11 is what changed the show, but that's as good of a point in time to pick as any.  I don't see it as becoming darker though, just not as good. I blame it more on Art vs. Noory as host though, which also occurred around that same time. 

Noory's an asshat who's taken on the role of a tin pot messiah of the light to the troubled masses, and the listeners (at least a good portion of the callers) are now religious hayseeds who believe just about anything that comes along.  Art was always too smart for that, and as he'd say, would give the guest or caller enough rope to hang themselves with if they weren't careful. 

[Agent : Orange]

Wait until 2012 goes by and nothing happens. The show will take another shift then.

[M. Knight]

Wait until 2012 goes by and nothing happens. The show will take another shift then.

2012 seems to be some kind of psychological projection from the Nooron.  His contract ends or gets renewed (?) in 2012.  This seems to be some kind of latent doomsday obsession of his, masked by all the other Mayan crap.

[Agent : Orange]

Wait until 2012 goes by and nothing happens. The show will take another shift then.

His contract ends or gets renewed (?) in 2012. 

Really, is this true?

There might still be hope!

[M. Knight]

Wait until 2012 goes by and nothing happens. The show will take another shift then.

His contract ends or gets renewed (?) in 2012. 

Really, is this true?

There might still be hope!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Noory


"Noory has repeatedly announced on-air that he is committed to remaining the principal host of "Coast" until at least 2012. His commitment is substantiated by a long-term contract..."

[Agent : Orange]

Wait until 2012 goes by and nothing happens. The show will take another shift then.

His contract ends or gets renewed (?) in 2012. 

Really, is this true?

There might still be hope!

"Noory has repeatedly announced on-air that he is committed to remaining the principal host of "Coast" until at least 2012. His commitment is substantiated by a long-term contract..."

You just made my day

[Michael Vandeven]

marc might have just made your day... but think about this: if snoory leaves the show in 2012 (which he surely won't), that means he will have presided over this abomination for a FULL DECADE!!  that's just nearly impossible to believe.  A DECAAAADE!!!!!!!

[M. Knight]

marc might have just made your day... but think about this: if snoory leaves the show in 2012 (which he surely won't), that means he will have presided over this abomination for a FULL DECADE!!  that's just nearly impossible to believe.  A DECAAAADE!!!!!!!

Unbelievable.

[b_dubb]

george is Powdered Toast Man?!!!

[Gabor Sweden751110]

Not found any low befor is datum

after same day  I found my lower girl

 1999 11 09

god datum if you not think about u.s

any get a child born on is day ? 11 09

[Do you think it was angels?]

after same day  I found my lower girl

Is that like a Higher Power except different?

[b_dubb]

Powdered Toast Man is a Ren And Stimpy reference.  if you can find PTM's first appearance, you'll see PTM save the Pope (voiced by Frank Zappa).  classic stuff

[Joseph]

As a new member of this message board, I feel this is a good place to start. I wasn't privy to Coast in its hay-day and I was only suckered into listening to George through night shift boredom. But what struck me was it's potential to be a really great show. It lacked realism most of the time and the religious freaks do little to add to any conversation, but somewhere down in the deep dark pit there was a glimmer of something bigger. After three years, I'm close to giving up hope. But my curiosity is peaked by the level of conversation happening on this page. Albeit juvenile, from what I've glanced at times, it still seems a more constructive source for discussing curious things that most medias find taboo or ridiculous.

George is a fine host from a network perspective. He panders to his often mentally ill guests and sells the product effectively. He is your friend. Buy Gold. But I do long for an experienced journalist with real questions for real researchers. 

[Agent : Orange]

As a new member of this message board, I feel this is a good place to start. I wasn't privy to Coast in its hay-day ...

Listen to some old shows with Art Bell or Ian Punnet as hosts. It's worth it.

[anagrammy]

Contract renewal for Noory in 2012?  Wait a minute--I heard from GN himself recently that he signed a 2-1/2 year contract and had some kind of "option" for another one for five years after that.  Which made me believe he has 2-1/2 years to resolve some kind of performance issue and he's confident he will.

Did I miss something?

Anagrammy

[Falkie2013]

 
Is it too late to channel the spirits of either Long John Nebel or Ira Blue ?

If Snoory leaves, who would we get then ?

Punnett, who is even worse.

If they'd offer to have George Knapp take over that would be great.

And what happened to Art supposedly being a guest host from time to time and suddenly that stopped as well as the annual predictions shows.

We Coast listeners had something unique and something that will probably never happen again.

Viva Art !

[Morgus]

If Snoory leaves, who would we get then ?

Punnett, who is even worse.

If they'd offer to have George Knapp take over that would be great.

And what happened to Art supposedly being a guest host from time to time and suddenly that stopped as well as the annual predictions shows.

Knapp has said many times he never could be the regular weekday host since he has his weekday fulltime job as a Las Vegas TV reporter, he can only handle a couple Sunday nights a month.
Punnett also has his weekday local radio show and doesn't want the fulltime weeknight c2c job.
Noory already explained Art's latest quitting last year since he is "winding down" and spending all his time with his young family now, retired.

[Flaxen Hegemony]

Knapp has said many times he never could be the regular weekday host since he has his weekday fulltime job as a Las Vegas TV reporter, he can only handle a couple Sunday nights a month.
Punnett also has his weekday local radio show and doesn't want the fulltime weeknight c2c job.
Noory already explained Art's latest quitting last year since he is "winding down" and spending all his time with his young family now, retired.

Whenever Knapp says this, it makes me wonder what kind of dough the Vegas gig brings in.  No offense to Las Vegas, TV reporters, or the Las Vegas TV reporter community, but I would hope that being the flagship weeknight host on a national radio franchise, even one in the wee hours, would bring in more.