Larry King 12/28: quick impressions so far

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The Rabbi: ranting and raving a needs a valium, for starters.

The Skeptic: obnoxious prick (shock) who needs several valiums or MUCH less coffee.

The Psychics: have proven (or really even said) nothing in their defense, but are at least being civil.
 
Show degenerated into a Monty Python sketch, thank whatever gods may be, otherwise I'd have been bored to death. Same old, same old. Syl looked stoned, Jimmy perky and Char--what's a nice Jewish girl doing in a place like that? Cheers to the skeptic for calling Sylvia's hand on the challenge and some of her "medical" advice.
 
No calls from a skeptic. What a surprise.

I like that he called her on the Challenge and her medical advice.

And were the psychics a little on the warpath tonight. I thought Van Praag was going to bust a gut and Sylvia kept shaking her head.

And Sylvia's "why do you have a hard-on for me" was funny.
 
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And Sylvia's "why do you have a hard-on for me" was funny.

Dang, I wish I had a TV. If this looked like it sounds in my head: Priceless.

Can someone please give me the context?

Or, better: Does someone know where to get a transcript of "LKL"? I got nuthin'. Thanks in advance for any help.



Of course this thread will get hooked to "Entertainment" within the next few minutes.

Did anyone get that? Please tell me so. Pretty please.
 
My response would have been: "What makes you think that I would ever get an erection over a lying, dried-up, fat-a**ed, c**t such as yourself?" :D

Mine would have been: "Oh, oh yech. The thought of... I think I just threw up a little. Yep, I can still taste it. Can someone get me a Coke? Yech."
 
Here is the "beef"

(from the transcript)

"KING: But why didn't you take the test?

BROWNE: OK, let me tell you something about what Randy did. He ran away from the whole experiment in Bali when they actually knocked all these people down and he backtracked. It's all over the web. The other thing he did was when they really tried to do the German guy that came over, you know who it is, Zerbrowski (ph), no he said it was -- no, they changed everything.

KING: OK. What if...

BROWNE: So, why would I put myself in that situation?

KING: What if we did it on this show?

VAN PRAAGH: Larry, can I just jump in here for a second?

KING: What if we did it on this show with $1 million check sitting, you pass it, it's over?"

LK offered to do it on his show with the money on the table (and the lying frauds blew it off), time for an e-mail blitz to try and make um put up or shutup.
 
King offered to facilitate Sylvia taking the challenge the last time it was brought up on his show -- see the big counter on the JREF start page for why I am not exited about the chances of getting his "help."
 
Good morning.

All in all the show was better then I expected. SB,JVP, and CM looked pretty silly to me but I'm sure that to those that believe they looked like they were getting picked on by those nasty skeptics.
I doubt Larry King actually believes in these psychics, but he knows they are good for ratings. I thought he asked some tough questions of them last night. That is something I never heard him do before, even if he didn't really push any issues.
I hope this show got really good ratings. Perhaps it could lead to more like this with the skeptics actually being in the studio. I doubt the pschics would agree to that but if this show got good ratings it could perhaps motivate Larry King to push for that.

E.T.A. Perhaps this would be a good time to write to Larry King and let him know that at least he's getting better with these psychics. That might encourage him.

JPK
 
I tried calling to mention this...

Dr. Farha missed one opportunity to make the psychics seem foolish - educating them on the scientific method. Chuckles Van Pragh said that it was 1) Skeptic's responsibility to prove him wrong and 2) that there is no "scientific method" that has been invented that can measure spirits/psi.

Larry called out Chuckles and told him it was his responsibility to prove his claim (I would've gone further and said there are invisible gremlins in this room that only I can see and they say Chuckles is full of it. Prove me wrong!)

No one mentioned the fact that if spirits or psi can not be measured, how do they know it exists? Spirits and psi produce no observable effects? There's only one thing I know of that produces no observable effects - nothing.

So Chuckles, psi and sprits are nothing? I'll agree with that...
 
Angry and in need of some sleep!

I would never call myself a skeptic in any rearguards; my problem was more a lack intellectual curiosity. These readers/psychics/medium/spiritual intuitive where just people on my TV, people my mother talked about. It was just status quo stuff to me and others, which seams rather strange considering their lofty clams of speaking to the dead and reading the future. Well, my ignorance to this issue and inability to sleep brought me to rest on CNN’s Larry King live. What I saw in one hour was consciousness expanding!

Spent my life searching for GOD and I found three of them on Larry King Live. My spiritual quest is over, I start construction on the churches next week the plan is in motion and you skeptics can’t convince me otherwise, I’m just trying to spread the word. And the proof is in the reading that Char Margolis gave over the phone to that man:

MARGOLIS: It is kind of a waste to do this. KING: Do a waste.

MARGOLIS: OK, but I work in a certain way. And this nice gentleman has to work with me, OK? Just say yes or no. Don't tell me anybody's name. But you need to tell me whether there's someone living or deceased, OK?

CALLER: OK.

MARGOLIS: First I need to know if there's someone with an "M" or a "J" initial around you.
CALLER: No.
(Ok, she missed one)
MARGOLIS: Anyone deceased?

CALLER: Yes.
(That’s my God there, got it the first try)
MARGOLIS: Is that a female?

CALLER: Yes.
(Two for three)
MARGOLIS: Is it spelled M-A...

CALLER: ... yes.
(Please drop to your knees and pray)
MARGOLIS: R, like Mary or Margaret.

CALLER: Margaret.
(I say Christ be Margolis)
MARGOLIS: Is this your mom or your grandma?

CALLER: It was my mom's sister.
(I would like to see you get someone’s mom’s sisters name when all you get is twenty questions to do it)
MARGOLIS: Your mom's sister, OK. I have a feeling her spirits with you. And what are you -- are you changing your home or thinking about changing your home?

CALLER: We were. We just did a bunch of remodeling.

MARGOLIS: You just redid your home? Because she's -- the feeling I get from this is that she liked what you did to your house, or what you changed with your house.

Within that one hour I heard three people clam that God talks to them and he tells them that they have a gift and that they will go forth and use this spiritual gift. You will use them to write best selling books, have syndicated tv shows, and spread the word of Margaret that “...she liked what you did to your house, or what you changed with your house”.


Anyway that’s what I got from the show. The interview was inconsistent and muddled at best. Issues I wanted answered where drop or lost in cross talk. And, I’m just sleep deprived so forgive any spelling mistakes or what have you. Great site, read some of those articles and I feel that I’m a little bit more informed about the world around me.
 
Good afternoon.

KING: But why didn't you take the test?

BROWNE: OK, let me tell you something about what Randy did. He ran away from the whole experiment in Bali when they actually knocked all these people down and he backtracked. It's all over the web. The other thing he did was when they really tried to do the German guy that came over, you know who it is, Zerbrowski (ph), no he said it was -- no, they changed everything.

Does anyone know what "German" she is talking about?

JPK
 
all in all it was 3 pseudopsychics tripping over each others words. they had absolutely nothing to say and took a long time to say it. as far as the the caller who got the "free" reading from char, {lucky guy} he said up front he was a total believer, so the rabbi was kinda set up when he attemped to give his reading. the caller would have saaid no to everything.
 
The Rabbi: ranting and raving a needs a valium, for starters.

The Skeptic: obnoxious prick (shock) who needs several valiums or MUCH less coffee.

The Psychics: have proven (or really even said) nothing in their defense, but are at least being civil.

I can imagine what this is about, but since I stopped watching Larry King several years ago, I might ask why anyone still does?
 
i was a bit surprised also they didnt allow a sceptics call in. there had to have at least been one sceptic caller. But it was really all that i expected. i almost had to turn it off. Will they ever have a show where the sceptics get center stage and get to talk over the psychics [i hate that word].
 

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