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Slothdozer

So much for the open lines last Friday

There were only 13 callers... When only about 40% of 2 hours is dedicated to actual calls I dont think you can call it open lines. That gets even smaller if you dont count the regulars.

I know the station and C2C has to make money but over an hour of the 2 hours is dedicated to ads, self promotion/talking to the producer, Georges canned repeat interview, and the extended outro. George could easily have fit in 4 - 5 more callers.

They need to implement some kind of limit to how many times you can call in, I have no issue with people wanting to call in more often but some of these callers seem to get on almost every night and George needs to stop with the canned interviews which I can only assume is an attempt to get people to go become a coast insider in order to hear the full interview. That or George just really cant be bothered to do the last 30 minutes of the show.

Posted Dec 8, 2019, 11:18 AM UTC

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agentmantis•

https://player.fm/series/art-bell-archive/

Go here and listen to Art's old Open line shows. He fits in probably 30-40 callers and it's always fascinating talk even if the topics are dated.

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imisswholefriedclams•

Art accomplished that by not allowing the caller to drone on and on.

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agentmantis•

Exactly... or pressing the wrong button and dropping the call 😂 or getting pissed when the caller took forever to turn their radio down.

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lancerreddit•

you reminded me of a caller on Art - he called in and went on and art just dropped him and went to the next caller. he called back and told Art he had called earlier and was disconnected - Art was like nope, it was disconnected on purpose.

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CarnivoraPlant•

was that you on the show tonight?
There was a lance

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lancerreddit•

No not me. I heard that guy too.

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PapaQsHoodoo•

Art also had something insightful to say and would cut off some of the more psychotic ramblers that Noory seems to enjoy. If you throw in something biblical they'll let you run with it.

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agentmantis•

That was a great thing about Art. He was masterful at indulging some people's flights of fancy but quick to call some people out on their outright bullcrap. He was just one of the best interviewers and hosts in the history of the medium. I really feel like Coast to Coast in his current state is such a blemish on Art's hard work and legacy.

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SlothdozerOP•

Thanks, i've heard a few of his open lines and they are just much more enhoyable to listen too. The last one i heard a bit of he had a line set up for aliens (or something related to that) and some guy called completely off topic and it was so refreshing to not hear the host just let the caller do what they want. Compared to George who had someone call last week (cant recall if it was open lines or a different segment) and the caller was not ready and telling George to just hang and George just lets her take up time...

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Uhtred_McUhtredson•

13 minus Thomas from La Jolla, Cornelius the Bible, bullets and beans man an various other regulars probably leaves you with only 7-8 actual normal folk calling in.

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imisswholefriedclams•

To be fair, Joseph from Monterey is giving Tom a run for his money on being long winded. Edited for addition. Wayne or "Wayne-o" as George calls him can eat up a bunch of air time as well.

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OverlordNegron•

I thought George announced a while back that Cornelius had died. Maybe I'm confusing him with another. I rarely hear callers anymore as I typically turn the show off after about the first half hour or so.

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Uhtred_McUhtredson•

I remember someone passing away recently, but I think I’ve heard Corny within the last week.

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SlothdozerOP•

Yeah i recall him calling recently.

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bridgebum826•

George said that "Buck in West Virginia" who talked about his "provisions" in his Coast Insider testimonial died but that was a few months ago.

Did a regular caller recently die?

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s1alker•

The show is dying out, live radio is a shadow of what it used to be. Too many options now as far as podcasts out there. I don't think there is anyone under 50 listening to this show.

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SlothdozerOP•

Lol there are plenty of people under 50 listening. Coast is no doubt in decline though and imo it is simply due to Coast not making any attempt to market itself to a new audience. I have never once seen a Coast ad and had never heard of it until a person told me about it 5 years ago. This applies to George's other program Beyond belief in which they only market it to their pre established audience.

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