Topic: George Noory Sucks! -- The Definitive Compendium

[b_dubb]

George said he was called in by some network folks and asked what he "believed."

i believe the children are our future.  teach them well and they will lead the way

[11angeleyes11]

Grammy Flash:  On the red carpet, wearing a black sequined hood and cape, a la grim reaper, with a beaded bodice and flowing fabric train, Ga Ga Noory, only identified by the blue/black stache, poses for the flashing cameras.  He twirls and grins as the his gown is turned around 360 degrees so all of the angles can be conveyed.  Yes, Ga Ga Noory has won the grammy coturier award of the evening.  He is asked what do you believe?  Ga Ga Noory, responds "I just know that Brother Iz will be named entertainer of the year post humerous, indeed."  He flips his cape and pulls the hood down over his dark eyes and takes off running after Katie Perry as she is being sitted in the auditorium.  You Go Ga Ga Noory!

Stayed tuned for more Red Carpet Flashes.

[Paper*Boy]

That article is very old from 2004 soon after Noory took over as main host and when he intially planned on retiring at the Mayan calender end date of Dec 21, 2012.
But a few years later he said on the air that he changed that and now has no plans to ever retire and negotiated a contract extension to 2016 at least... 

I took his comments about retiring after '2012' to be a plea from someone that knew he was sub-par bolster his status in the paranormal world, maybe try to generate more likability with 'thuh lissners', and help persuade keep him around as the 'Mayan Calendar Guy'   When he realized they would keep him on no matter how bad he was, he started back-pedaling from retiring at the end of 2012.
 
Too bad it was just another norryesque lie and they aren't holding him to it.

[Sardondi]

For starters, pulling a Larry King is a short-term goal, but the ultimate is a Paul Harvey. . . .

Ye gods, to even think of Noory beclowning himself on C2C for another 30 years is painful. I simply can't conceive that the show could survive with his mutant spoor all over it for that long.

But he's already done, what, 7-8 years pretty much full time, right? The mere fact he's still there says that Premiere is happy with his ratings. I assume there's no similar show that can touch C2C. But I'd be interested in some breakdowns of ratings - like "49% of all paraplegic pet owners between the ages of 49-65 who awaken during the night tune in for at least 7 minutes". Does anyone have access to those kind of Arbitron breakdowns? I'd like to know who he appeals to. I could almost swear there's an inverse relationship between liking Noory and IQ/education. My own bias speaking I guess.

Mentioning Paul Harvey brought to mind one of my earliest childhood memories - of being in the car with my parents on some weekend road trip late at night, and the only two things we could pick up on the radio were Paul Harvey and The Grand Ol' Opry. I lay half-awake, safe, warm and listening to that friendly voice chatting away. It felt like we were the only people in the world, but everything was okay. Ever since, any time I heard Harvey's unique voice I'd get this flood of nostalgic well-being - a warm, secure feeling.

I noticed lately it's gotten that way for me with Art's voice too. If I hear it I'll involuntarily smile at the pleasure it's given me. Which is exactly opposite of the feeling I get when I hear George Noory's voice - then I immediately feel cold, wet, defeated, lost, unloved, hopeless.

Now if we could just get Premeire's execs to experience the same thing....

[oracle]

Goddammit if this bastard doesn't actually downright ENJOY reading the commercial scripts... rarely do I hear the man so animated and excited. Seems to be his favorite part of the show.

[sleeplessinca]

I keep hoping another provocative late night show will emerge.  I mentioned Laura Lee in my last post and found she is still out there!  You have to buy her interviews or download them or something.

It looks like he will be here for a long time.  Maybe he (or Tommy) reads this board to get some tips.  God knows, he's no Paul Harvey!

So I will post other boring stuff Noorey does or says:

"You never know" - his go to phrase when he cannot think of anything else to say or worse, wasn't listening.  I hate it especially when he says it really slow like I'm supposed to be scared or something.

"Something is going to happen" - his go to phrase when he wants to stimulate conversation or seem edgy or extra-sensitive like his famous aunt.

"Turmeric or colloidal" - used when he wants to show how healthy he is.

"Psychic vampire" - I just hate when he goes there.  It is obvious he is digging at the mother of his children and the other half of his failed marriage.  I love the way Art loved Ramona, his cats, came to love his new life and his new daughter.  I wish him well.

"There was a Twilight Zone where...." - a pathetic dated, desperate attempt at deeply relating to the guest.  Usuals are "To Serve Man", "I Sing the Body Electric".  Even worse, he will mention some movie he can't remember the name of.  I wish he would have a deeper well of literature to draw off. 

When he recycles Art's stuff like being moved by the children's voices on the ghost recordings.  Makes me miss Art all the more.

Any of his self promotion, bragging about how many stations or when he endorses things you know he doesn't really like.  I find his proud proclamation of his sleep number of 90 grating. 

When he humbly mutters "thanks" in response to callers' greetings as if they were giving a compliment.

Whenever he brags about his youthful start in the radio business.  He acts like it is because he is so fly.  He should read the book Outliers (if he ever reads) and he will find that he simply benefitted by being born at a very opportune time.  It simply didn't take as much talent or drive to succeed for certain generations as it does for others. 

When he cleans out the bookshelf of books he never read.  He doesn't even use the book to connect the listeners.  It is clear just a piece of garbage to him.

Enough for now.  I like Ian, Ian's replacement and Knapp so much better.

[Tara]

I took his comments about retiring after '2012' to be a plea from someone that knew he was sub-par bolster his status in the paranormal world, maybe try to generate more likability with 'thuh lissners', and help persuade keep him around as the 'Mayan Calendar Guy'   When he realized they would keep him on no matter how bad he was, he started back-pedaling from retiring at the end of 2012.

Noory says he never wants to retire because it's his way of telling the higher-ups that he wants them to keep on renewing his contract.  Noory won the lottery with C2C and he plans on milking this baby for as long as the network is willing. 

Did you ever wonder how Art was able to retire, basically working only part-time since he married Ayrn (and supporting a child and keeping up two homes), while Noory will keep on until forced out?   My guess is that Noory likes to play big shot, throw money away at the tables at Vegas, etc, etc.  Plus support adult kids. 

 Art lived well with Ramona, but I bet within his means;  he must have saved and invested.  While with Mr. Big Shot Noory, it's easy come, easy go.  His needy ego also requires constantly being in the public eye, attending those stupid conferences for a few grand,  while Art kept a low profile in his double wide in the high desert.   

Noory simply needs the cash to continue his lifestyle. 

[oracle]

^ I'm sorry but the allegation that Noory is some kind of high spender gambler-type is just base speculation. To me, he seems far too boring to be into something like that. 

[Lovely Bones]

^ I'm sorry but the allegation that Noory is some kind of high spender gambler-type is just base speculation. To me, he seems far too boring to be into something like that.

Noory speaks frequently about his trips to casinos, however . . .

[VtaGeezer]

Did you ever wonder how Art was able to retire....
Art lived well with Ramona, but I bet within his means;  he must have saved and invested.
Noory simply needs the cash to continue his lifestyle.

Oh Please.  Art B made big money once C2C became a nationally syndicated radio show.  Then he hit the f'ing lotto beyond his wildest dreams when he cashed out to Premiere Radio!  I've read industry articles putting his share at over $100M; even if that's a 10X exaggeration, Bell is now a wealthy man.   To give substance to the reported value, his original syndicator, Chancellor Radio, was bought for $9M way back in '98 when C2C was still in its syndicated infancy and Bell wisely held production rights. 

He ran a great radio program but don't bring his strange personal life into it...he's at least as far off the scale at the oddball end as Noory may be at the exhibitionist end.

[EgoFartSnooryBoy]

I FUCKING HAAAATTTTEEEE HIM!

DOWNLOADED A COUPLE OF WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN AMAZING SHOWS OFF FUNKLBALDY51 AND MY GOSH HE IS SO FUCKING AWFUL HOW HAS THIS MAN STILL GOT A JOB? JOHN B WELL (OOOH MY VOICE IS SOOO ARTIFICIALLY DEEP) IS NOT FAR BEHIND WITH HIS DEAD AIR AND POORLY RESEARCHED QUESTIONS !

FUCK!

[Sardondi]

...Enough for now.  I like Ian, Ian's replacement and Knapp so much better.

I agree. My fave is probably Knapp, but I like Ian too, as do many folks here. But I swear, sometimes I do wish Ian would just shut up and let the guest's statements speak for themselves. He asks great questions, but he really doesn't need to edit, modify and repeat every statement a guest makes.

I dl'd last night's program today to hear the Smiley Face thing because it intrigues me. It was so very pleasant to hear Ian instead of the king of all things mediocre. But damned if Ian didn't repackage, reconfigure and then regurgitate everything Ken Gerhard said, but in a more convoluted and dense form. I really think he spoke 2x more than Gerhard. It didn't really serve a purpose other than to demonstrate that Ian got it...which IMO is really not the point, and not all that helpful. Sheesh! I'm sorry to say I let it irritate me to the point I stopped listening after the first half hour.

I think I understand why Ian does this: he's a smart guy, he's interested in his guests and he's engaging. But, unfortunately like a lot of smart folks, he's got quite a healthy ego about his intellect, and he finds it difficult to not share the wonder of his brilliance with the world. I think he truly believes he's doing everyone a favor when he edits and restates virtually every utterance of a guest, because he thinks he's doing a better job at explaining. And it's such a sin to deprive anyone of the brilliance that is Ian. I realize there's a lot of that going around. *ahem*

Still, if Ian were to replace George, aka "Rain Man Without The IQ", and we were forced to listen to only Ian on C2C 7 nights a week for the next 20 years - I'd do handsprings. I'd gladly do it because he is so much better. My complaint is minor, and I think he is fun to listen to.

I just wish every now and then he wouldn't feel like he was in competition with his guest. 

[Paper*Boy]

Goddammit if this bastard doesn't actually downright ENJOY reading the commercial scripts... rarely do I hear the man so animated and excited. Seems to be his favorite part of the show.

"George gets it"

[Paper*Boy]

... Still, if Ian were to replace George... and we were forced to listen to only Ian on C2C 7 nights a week for the next 20 years - I'd do handsprings...

Good luck to anyone Forcing me to listen to Ian Punnett.  Not gonna happen.  For all the reasons you've pointed out and more.

[Morgus]

Good luck to anyone Forcing me to listen to Ian Punnett.  Not gonna happen.  For all the reasons you've pointed out and more.

yeah - Ian sucks too. 

[Ben Shockley]

Oh Please.  Art B made big money once C2C became a nationally syndicated radio show.  Then he hit the f'ing lotto beyond his wildest dreams when he cashed out to Premiere Radio! ...He ran a great radio program but don't bring his strange personal life into it...he's at least as far off the scale at the oddball end as Noory may be at the exhibitionist end.

Correct as usual, Geezer!  Art ran a great radio show (with occasional clunkers, grating moments, and in-our-face politics), but let's never get into a cult of "Saint Art."   He ain't quite worthy.

But I'll still listen to fineartstream.com  sooner than listen to any Noory show.

[SnapT]

Noory just told the story about how he walked out on a date with a beautiful girl because she hated animals.  AGAIN. 

And he just returned from the break calling himself "George NOORLY."

I think he's nervous around Marla, his dating expert guest.

[Paper*Boy]

Noory just told the story about how he walked out on a date with a beautiful girl because she hated animals.  AGAIN. 

And he just returned from the break calling himself "George NOORLY."

I think he's nervous around Marla, his dating expert guest.

I wonder if John Noorly gets a discount on his dates by giving her a couple segments on his informercial

[valdez]

And he just returned from the break calling himself "George NOORLY."

     I thought he said "Narley."  And being the cutting edge interviewer that he is, he also asked Marla Martenson, "Is the guy really suppose to pick up the tab?"  And even though consciousness guy, Stephan Schwartz had no personality, I'm beginning to think, with some exceptions, that there are no bad guest, just the disaster that is George "when did you first become interested in this?" Noory.
 

Martenson

[BobGrau]

Last night I deleted over 93gb of noory shows.
Today I could almost swear my laptop seems happier, healthier, a spring in it's step and a gleam in it's eye. The future somehow seems brighter.

[Lovely Bones]

Last night I deleted over 93gb of noory shows.
Today I could almost swear my laptop seems happier, healthier, a spring in it's step and a gleam in it's eye. The future somehow seems brighter.

There's a virus removal tool for that. 

[JohnnieB]

I thought he said "Narley."  And being the cutting edge interviewer that he is, he also asked Marla Martenson, "Is the guy really suppose to pick up the tab?"

Jesus Christ almighty. My 16 year old nephew knows to pick up the tab when he's on a date. This is...oh, I dunno...male mating common sense 101?

Noory is SUCH a freakin' ignorant asshole. YES, NOORY, the next time you pick up your trannie paid escort and head over to the Jack In The Box Drive-Thru on Wilshire Blvd, have your wallet out and ready to pay for those onion rings and shakes.

God, what a moron.

[VtaGeezer]

Sshwartz was one of those decisively bland  guests.  His shtick was generic "conciousness raising" fodder but he spoke ever so authoritatively about it!  The remote viewing test was a kick and I loved it when he didn't seem to even recognize Ed Dames' name when GN dropped it.

[Morgus]

Anyone else think that Noory's tale of dumping a gorgeous woman in the middle of a dinner date due to her telling him that she hated animals might be actually due to the woman telling him that because she knew that would cut the date short?
The real reason being she wanted out after seeing and talking to Noory in person... 

Also noted that Noory used the term "hate" again in that the woman hated animals, so he put her in his "hater" category like he puts us in. 

[Paper*Boy]

Anyone else think that Noory's tale of dumping a gorgeous woman in the middle of a dinner date due to her telling him that she hated animals might be actually due to the woman telling him that because she knew that would cut the date short?
The real reason being she wanted out after seeing and talking to Noory in person... 

Also noted that Noory used the term "hate" again in that the woman hated animals, so he put her in his "hater" category like he puts us in. 

Assume for a moment George is actually on a date - as soon as he found out she hated animals, wouldn't he then start telling her some of the sick and tragic animal stories he's culled for the news segment over the years?

[b_dubb]

I doubt many of us really HaTe Noory. We just hate the way he ruines Coast

[Jasmine]

Anyone else think that Noory's tale of dumping a gorgeous woman in the middle of a dinner date due to her telling him that she hated animals might be actually due to the woman telling him that because she knew that would cut the date short? The real reason being she wanted out after seeing and talking to Noory in person...

Well, can't blame a woman for cutting a date with Noory short. I had my own method if a date wasn't panning out. I'd excuse myself and go to the bathroom, call a girlfriend and have her call me back on my cell fifteen minutes later after I returned to the table. The call would be a "family emergency"...hence my profuse apologies and rapid departure from the restaurant. Worked like a charm every time!

Assume for a moment George is actually on a date - as soon as he found out she hated animals, wouldn't he then start telling her some of the sick and tragic animal stories he's culled for the news segment over the years?

We're all going to have to assume pretty damn hard...I just can't for the life of me picture Noory on a date with a woman...unless she's a feral female from the Ozarks...or a fembot from New Jersey.

Upcoming on C2C - from the site: Best selling author, Catherine Lanigan, is famous for writing Romancing the Stone and Jewel of the Nile, but her latest work involves supernatural journeys and extraordinary divine interventions including true stories of angelic forces that have saved lives and set people on incredible paths they never could have imagined.

Interesting topic, I must say. But one must wonder at what demonic forces set George on the Premiere Radio path...one a plethora of discerning and intelligent listeners never could have imagined. 

[NefariousBanana]

/sp/ Talks to Coast to Coast AM 5/21/2011: Kevin in Lawrence, Kansas

4chan trolls Georgie.  I lol'd hard.  If you don't go on to /sp/, you wouldn't get it.

[Jasmine]

/sp/ Talks to Coast to Coast AM 5/21/2011: Kevin in Lawrence, Kansas

4chan trolls Georgie.  I lol'd hard.  If you don't go on to /sp/, you wouldn't get it.

NefariousBanana...bless you for posting that link...bless you and praise you and the man they call Jesus. I wept listening to that, and fell to my knees praising the lord our saviour. The Rapture is coming...I need to prepare...I need to exfoliate, moisturize, and get my hair done...I need to get out my old PTL Club tapes and listen to Jim and Tammy Faye Baker...with her industrial mascara.

LOL at Noory saying to this guy Kevin - after his initial rant "And I want you, because you seem to have some sense, more than a lot of people we've talked to about this..I want you to tell me this from your heart..."

Lawd have mercy.

[Jasmine]

Well, seeing as how Georgie believes in the end times ("Sumpthin's gonna happen! Jesus KNOWS IT! Satan knows it! And Billy Mumy and me knows it, too!"), and how many of the loon callers go on about the rapture thing, here's good old Blondie (not me, her) to sum it all up for us.

C2C bumper tune for the religiously inclined:

Blondie - 'Rapture'

Blondie - Rapture HD