Every night from 10 pm PST till 2 am PST something breaks through the static of the night, and even though I hear faded mariachi music in the back ground of the AM band I sit with baited breathe for the replay from 2 till 5. Most of you only get to hear the first go around of this tasty little tid-bit.

“Coast To Coast with George Noory” was originally hosted by Art Bell and is THE most popular syndicated talk show in the world.

                                             

I used to scoff at the nut-jobs that would call into this show and then I began to realize that it wasn’t the wackos calling in that made the show but the fact that they found sanctity and refuge behind it’s AM wall that really formed my affection. Art Bell had this very distinct voice and he can only be described as a Stephen Hawking left untouched by the meddling hand of God. Beyond his voice and appearance, he was left to the radio waves and his sincere yet doubting reach-out-to-all-who-called-the-programme vibe. When he left the show and started his family the reigns were left to George Noory. Art would still appear from time to time on the show or on the news channels. When Y2K came around he was predicting the end of the world. I remember listening to him that night on the radio. I sometimes wonder if it was a combination of his age, a longing for a family, AND the failure of Y2K that took Art’s hand and lead him off of the stage that we all so wished that he had stayed on. To hear his voice now, in replays or guest spots, sends shivers up and down my spine. Here is Art’s “bad-ass” photo:

                              

When George took the reigns I was concerned about a Bigfoot loving, ex-navy, guy with a hair-lip moustache and a voice as deep as mine trying to replace Art Bell. I have grown accustomed to George much like I did John Henson when Greg Kinnear left ‘Talk Soup’; I still don’t get that Joel McHale guy, much like I disdain Ian Punnit from ‘Coast to Coast AM’. Much to my dismay or gala (whichever you prefer), George Noory was the host of ‘Coast to Coast AM’ when I truly found an affection for the programme whole-heartedly. I miss George on the weekends when Ian is on. I miss his voice while I am sleeping and not taking a third shift lunch. Here is George behind the microphone doing his thing:

                          

So, from Aliens to Bigfoot/Sasquatch/Yeti/Abominable Snowman to Government Conspiracies to Atlantis to Economic Shadow Governments to Paranormal Activity to Tax Evasion to The Bible to Friday’s Group Consciousness Prayer … we find them all a gas to listen to. We love the call in lines: First Time Caller Line, Wild Card Line, East of the Rockies Line, West of the Rockies Line, International Callers may reach George by dialing …, Evil Line, Tell Me A Joke Line, and so on and so on. We love the bumper music, the crammed commercials allowing a compacted 18 and a half minutes of continuous ‘Coast to Coast’, the news, the calls, the guests. Hell, we even love the adds that you read!

Without a doubt, we all LOVE the theme that George has played for us every Friday night. Here is UFO Phil, playing the ‘Coast to Coast AM’ theme called “Listening To Coast To Coast”:

Something makes me smile when I listen to that song.

Weird things make me smile these days, but smile indeed!

Be good and smile.

Godspeed …