Art Bell fucking rules

[Phoonzang]

Kicking conservo ass...anyone else listening?

[Frank Cannon]

1. I miss Art

I didn't know he'd come back. I cannot stand that right-wing moron George Nouri.

[SoxFan]

2. Agree

Nouri wants to move the show away from its Fortean roots and turn it into a kinder and gentler version of Hannity. Mainstream RW drivel with a side order of financial advice.

I'd rather listen to some dirt farmer from Australia give his account of the black triangle that abducted him and a tribe of Yowies.

[Frank Cannon]

6. No kidding. The Fortean stuff was what made Coast-to-Coast.

No matter how ridiculous some of that stuff is, the weirder stories still can bring on a chill in the dark at 2:00 a.m.

And Art Bell was never afraid of presenting a skeptical viewpoint to his guests when clearly warranted. Nouri never does that. I can't tell if he's the most gullible person on Earth, or if he just shamelessly panders to the most gullible. Either way, he's an assclown.

I do like Ian Punnett on the weekends. If Art's finding his way back to the show, I might have to listen more often.

[MilesColtrane]

3. It was an amusing show, but infuriating at times because he rarely...

...opted to ask the most basic skeptical questions of his guests.

[Forkboy]

4. Exactly. Fun to listen to, but hard to take anything away from it.

It was still pretty interesting stuff for the middle of the night though.

[Kingofalldems]

5. He hinted at a comeback

Someone called the other night and asked him about it and he said something like "It's in my blood so you never know".

[pokerfan]

7. I remember the infinitely deep hole

Some rancher claimed that he bought a piece of property that had a hole that went really deep. Really strange things happened to things that were thrown into the hole...

[Phoonzang]

8. Mel's hole....from the good old days of the show

back in the 90s.

[pokerfan]

9. Ah yes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel%27s_Hole

I've been to Ellensburg. It's one one of the two routes over the Cascade Mountains, both currently closed, at least as of this morning.

Did my first multi-pitch climb not far from E-Burg.

Never saw any unusually deep hole.

[Phoonzang]

10. The story is probably BS, but that's not really the point.

I always found it entertaining and it made you wonder. The stuff they talked about COULD be real after all... ;-)

[originalpckelly]

11. Alright, I opened this looking to find Art Bell fucking rules...

now where is my rule sexy time? Eh?

[Blue_Tires]

12. haven't listened to him since college...

of course those were the clinton years, so you know he was good for some comedy gold back then...

[harmonicon]

13. I was so glad that he was back on the other night

I would also listen more if he came back permanently... oh well.