Unpopular opinion: Art was great, but he got a long way doing that fakey heh-heh thing with his voice to make his comments seem ironic or insightful or brilliant. George does the wow-gosh thing, and the same comments can come off uninspired and ingratiating.
Art Bell is to George Noory as Robert Reed is to Jim Nabors. Not that either was closeted, but they both have their own brand of swish.