Van Praagh gets desperate?

[Marc]

JVP was a call in guest on Howard Stern this morning. Must be getting desperate if he is plugging his books on a show that has repeatedly stated how psychics are a bunch of phonies.

From Marks Friggin

Howard said that they have psychic James Van Praagh on the show today. Gary told him that they made sure to tell the guy that they're not believers but the guy still wants to do the show for some reason. Howard goofed on that for a few seconds and let some callers through to goof on other psychics like John Edwards. Howard goofed on Edwards a little bit as well.
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Howard asked James to do him a favor and contact KC's father. James said he was seeing a horse around Robin and there was some concern surrounding that. Howard got back to KC and asked him to find something out about him. James was only seeing stuff about Robin's horse. He said he can't control what he gets coming in. He told Robin that she may be changing where she lives or something in the place where she lives now.

the rest of the highlights are near the bottom of this page. Gee, seeing a horse in connection to Robin, who is commonly known to own a horse. A show full of people who's private lives are pretty much available to frequent listeners and the best he can come up with is vague references to commonly known facts?

 

[Romeo]

First time I've listened to Stern in ages and it was just as this interview began. Desperation it seems to be; I can't see how being laughed at and ridiculed as "sounding gay" would help much with book sales. The funniest moment was when van Praagh started to harp on how everyone has psychic ability, and mentioned the ever been thinking of someone and then they call you phenomenon Time-Life used to use in TV commercials -- everyone groaned.

I also saw Sylvia Browne for the first time last week. It was on Montel...there was a video of a Ghost!...or a mannequin being swung on a cable. Who knows? Montel and Sylvia never questioned its ghostly autheniticity.

 

[William H.]

I was channel surfing the radio this morning and happened to catch Howard interviewing JVP and I have to say it was one of the best interviews I've heard recently.

Stern came right out and called him a con man, and laughed at his ridiculous revelations (he actually said to Robin, the female sidekick, (paraphrasing) "I feel you are thinking about doing some redecorating around your house").

Usually Howard is a bit much for my taste, but I thought this interview was great.

 

[Foofer]

The best was Howard asking him why dead people can never remember their names.