anyhoo i stuck around last night and listened to the repeat of the first hour of the show with the first guest. my god the guests aren't even found at the bottom of a barrel, Tommy and George are obviously out at night with lanterns and shovels digging up nobodies. The guest was an old man, I heard him and George talking about Sammy Davis Jr. and how the guest was a pro wrestler named Farm Boy something and Car 54 the 1950's sitcom. I know a lot of show biz trivia and I'm trying to think who the guest is, I should know his name, Noory is calling him 'Hank'. Nobody comes to mind so I go to CoasttoCoast's website to look for his full name. HANK GARRETT ........ wtf ...... i know the comedian Brad Garrett, i know Mrs. Garrett from Facts of Life, i know Steve McGarrett from Hawaii Five O, never heard of a Hank Garrett. So I google the name, holy nobodies batman, i find his filmography, decades of bit parts in movies and TV ...... literally his credits are 'TENANT PAINTING' 'BUS DRIVER' 'PRISON GUARD' 'CAB DRIVER' and voice work on cartoons I've never heard of. He was a support character on Car 54 a thousand years ago. Noory keeps building him up and referring to Hank being in THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR with Robert Redford, his credit in that film is 'MAILMAN'. Noory says 'You're 90 years old', Hank sheepishly says 'not quite', when he was a pro wrestler he had to lie about his age so he's a few years shy of 90.
But anyway the guy probably pushed on by his third wife wrote an autobiography titled 'HOLLYWOOD HOODLUM' about his fascinating life from a young Jewish hoodlum from Harlem to Hollywood bit player nobody's heard of. He no doubt sent out emails to every talk radio and TV station he could and of course he struck gold with Coast, a show so lazily produced with absolutely no standards whatsoever, Tommy surely sent him a reply immediately 'When can you do the show? Tomorrow? You can be our first guest.'
The best is yet to come. Hank seems like a nice old man who has led somewhat of an interesting life and he's very honored to be a guest on the radio with George Noory. As always with Noory things get very awkward at points in the interview.
Noory more and more often is faking raw emotion, very very terribly. Here's the play by play of a classic bit of Noory fake schmaltz.
George Noory: Hank I have to tell you, Car 54, what a show. My dad and I would watch it together and it brought him so much joy.
*awkward silence*
Hank: (very emotional and sincere because he's 87 years old) I don't know what to say, that made me feel so good.
George Noory: (clearing his throat in a VERY hammy way) I .... uh .... I'm ... *gulp* ch... cho .. king up too now.
Hank: It's such an honor to be here. I remember years ago going to WHOLE LIFE EXPO and you were giving a speech about nutrition. I was so impressed by your speech. And now I am on the radio with you.
Noory loves to sell himself as a deeply caring human being even though he's a huge celebrity he treats the little people like they are somebodies.
THIS IS THE BEST PART OF THE EVENING, CLASSIC NOORY SHTICK.
George Noory: Hank you sent me a copy ... of your book ... and autographed it personally. You know what ..... I promise you ...... (audibly sobbing, voice trembling) I'm going to ... keep this book ... FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
hahahaha such garbage, so fake, completely insincere.