[Radio Clip of George Noory & Ian Punnett of Coast to Coast Am]
1. Case Ian Punnett (aka The Watchman) is a much loved radio host of Coast to Coast AM.
2. His Saturday night show of paranormal-themed activity is widely syndicated.
3. Punnett is a graduate of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaigne.
4. Ian Punnett used pseudonyms when he started in radio–and he did a Quad Cities stint (circuit boy entertainment) under his nick, hosting the Ian Case & The Coach and Ian Case & The Duke radio shows.
5. In Minneapolis St Paul, Punnett hosts the morning show (6-10 am) on WFMP-FM. The show is known as A Balanced Breakfast with Ian and Margery, and is co-hosted by his wife, Margery, a gun TV producer for CNN and Oprah Winfrey, who does her part of the show from a studio in their home while getting their two teenage boys off to school.
6. Punnett has a Masters of Divinity degree from Columbia Theological Seminary in Atlanta. He is an ordained Deacon of the Episcopal Church.
7. A peer of legendary radio host, Art Bell, Punnett was famous for opening his show with the greeting: a “reminder” to “hostile invading aliens” hovering just beyond Earth’s atmosphere to “eat the Canadians first”, saying they are “much tastier” than Americans.
8. Wolfman Jack, Soupy Sales and Howard Stern are peers who contributed to Ian Punnett’s zaniness on radio.
9. Punnet has hosted the Saturday night edition of C2C AM with whack episodes themes relating to cryptozoology or government conspiracies (favorite subjects of Coast to Coast AM) are generally designated to Punnett and slotted for Saturday nights.
10. Prior to becoming a father, pastor and host for Coast to Coast AM, Ian held many jobs. Although no other website says this except Ian’s Wikipedia profile: “Ian dabbled in the big screen and was star of Disco Ferret and Disco Ferret: A Love Story. J.J. Abrams, Carlton Cuse, & Damon Lindelof (Crossing Bridges, Lost, Wasteland, Nash Bridges, Undressed) have expressed an interest in producing, writing, and directing “Disco Ferret: The Beginning.” Lol!
Etymology of paranormal subject matter for radio talk show hosts theme matter: “Paranormal” (origins 1920), consists of two parts: para and normal. In most definitions of the word paranormal, it is described as anything that is beyond or contrary to what is deemed scientifically possible.
The definition implies that the scientific explanation of the world around us is the ‘normal’ part of the word and ‘para’ makes up the above, beyond, beside, contrary, or against part of the meaning.
Para has a Greek and Latin origin. Its most common meaning (the Greek usage) is ‘similar to’ or ‘near to’, as in paragraph. In Latin, para means ‘above,’ ‘against,’ ‘counter,’ ‘outside,’ or ‘beyond’. For example, parapluie in French means ‘counter-rain’ – an umbrellla (or an Ark). It can be construed, then, that the term paranormal is derived from the Latin use of the prefix ‘para’ meaning ‘against, counter, outside or beyond the norm.’
~This entertaining read, with thanks to Bruce Bryan MD. Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 7.29.2010. News source: Wiki~
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