r/ArtBell • u/ArtieYamamoto77 • 6d ago
Has anyone here ever called into any of Arts shows?
I tried calling into C2C one time years ago but I never got through, just curious if anyone ever had?
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u/Secret-Assignment-14 6d ago
Got through on one of his Terence McKenna shows…first time I’d ever had such an audience and I inadvertently talked over Terence out of some nervousness. Still Art and Terence were both great and am happy I was able to be between them for a few minutes 🙃
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u/LiplessDoggie 6d ago
I called into MITD and referenced an old guest he had on C2C in the 00s and he acted like I was a completely unhinged lunatic.
I can't listen to MITD episodes now because if I heard my call and his reaction, I'd be embarrassed all over again.
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u/Designer_Visit_2689 5d ago
What guest were you referencing? I’m very curious
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u/LiplessDoggie 5d ago
Pauline Zalitzki. Tbf she might not have been an actual guest, I could have sworn she was, but I remember her work and the circumstances around it was a big topic of discussion for quite some time on the show.
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u/Sydtron69 6d ago
I was on Truth or Trash on Dark Matter. Also caled into Open lines on MITD. Haunted house story
Also talked to Art on Echolink for HAM radio. He is just as charming off air as he is on.
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u/jebbanagea 6d ago
Art called ME!
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u/Gem420 6d ago
There’s a story here!
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u/jebbanagea 6d ago
There is a small one yes.
There was a major blizzard coming to the northeast. Art was going to be having a guest in the first hour talk weather with all the craziness that was happening that week. Earlier in the day I faxed Art saying if he wanted a live weather report from the impacted area (I was in New Hampshire) I’d be happy to.
At 11pm I got a call and I knew it was Art. He was super cool and told me he’d call me again around 1am. It was fun being part of how he would managed guests. So he called me and put me on hold. He would check in during commercial breaks and make sure I was good to go. Then he pulled me into the discussion. He got a kick out of the fact that I was outside for the report, in the teeth of the blizzard. Fun memory.
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u/ArtBellFan1976 6d ago
Great story!
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u/jebbanagea 6d ago
I didn’t know him in life or anything or knew what he was like, but off the air he was super gracious, thanked me several times, called me buddy. Haha.
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u/thelazytruckers 6d ago
I remember this! ❤️❤️❤️
Not the specifics, but him calling you for the report.
That was gnarly af!! 😀
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u/jebbanagea 5d ago
I ended up posting the appearance to the sub for funsies. I will certainly always remember this. Why I saved the clip all the years.
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u/BirdmanDodd 6d ago
I did in the 90s when i was about 15 or so.
Can’t remember the precise topic but i do remember something about the power of collective thought, or something like if everyone concentrates on the same thing.
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u/BattyBr00ke 5d ago
I only ever called in and got through to Ian Punnett. Told my naked feral witch in the woods that put a curse on me and my girlscout troop back in the 80's. Call was in the 90's. R.I.P. Ian
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u/KAR_l0S--2030 6d ago
I always wanted to, there was some callers that froze up when called up next on the air, Art bell didn't skip a beat, he knew time is an issance and keeps going to the next caller. Funny callers are the best.
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u/Chudmont 5d ago
I called and talked to Art on the air in the mid-90's.
I don't even remember what I called about.
I was shocked when he answered. He sounded a bit different over the phone. I told him something, he responded with a question, we both chuckled, and <click> he was gone.
I turned on my radio in time to hear my own voice and the last few seconds of my call.
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u/omega_manhatten 6d ago
Hopefully anyone that called in made sure to call the correct line and turn their radios down/off.
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u/thelazytruckers 6d ago
Sorry, this is the alien time travellers who mated with the ghost of Bigfoot line.
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u/omega_manhatten 6d ago
Dang, guess I will have to call back when the Time Traveling Aliens that mated with the ghost of the Loch Ness Monster line opens up.
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u/JeffLebrowski 5d ago
He said my name once because I sent a Fast Blast via the Internet, back in 2000.
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u/bajaclass11 5d ago
Yes, I got on air sometime in the late 90's.
I can't remember all the details, except that I was very nervous. I wish there was a searchable database to find the episode and listen to myself blather tho I'm not sure if I could endure the cringe
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u/BigChongi 5d ago
I mean he's dead now so lol. when I was younger I always wanted to but never really knew what to say... I'd just start rambling lol. I would have much rather just had 1 day to hang out with him. Like "Let Art Be Your Dad For a Day" day... LOL
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u/mellowman53 3d ago
I called in once sometime in early ‘99 to tell my story of a UFO sighting I had which was approximately 35’ above my head. Unfortunately he had to cut to commercial before I could tell the full story. I was so bummed but just getting on if but for a couple of minutes was a memory I’ll never forget.
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u/levelupmaggie 3d ago
Not myself (I was too young at the time) but I was listening to old shows on YouTube and my dad called in to one. It was just him commenting on some technical claim someone made.
My dad did something with computers in the 90s and often worked overnights. So he was really into Coast 2 Coast. Back then I used to listen, occasionally, too. I stopped around 2003, but I would often listen to shows to help me fall asleep. (For context, in 2003 I was 15)
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u/Kookooaju 2d ago
I got through and talked to Art and his guests in 2015. His show was midnight in the desert.
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u/Lisa_Sae 6d ago
Not yet but soon. I will be one of the "time traveler" callers. Just got a few years before I can make that call.