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Old 9th July 2012, 12:02 PM   #41
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Originally Posted by RSLancastr View Post
So that must have been why her show was so bloody awful when we saw her at the Excalibur. With the combined skeptical hoodoo of me and Claus Larsen in the room, her psychic abilities were reduced to nothing more than poorly-done cold reading shtick.
Funny how it's so hard to tell the difference between how she performs when surrounded by skeptics and how she does anyway.
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Old 9th July 2012, 12:11 PM   #42
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Yes. Funny, that.

Just like it's "funny" that it is impossible to tell the difference between her "psychic ailities" and lousy cold reading.
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Old 9th July 2012, 12:14 PM   #43
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Yes, and the typical deflection away from actually giving an answer, such as when asked who her next co-host would be she just says, "You haven't met him yet," and didn't give a name. On Montel, she used to give names for who murdered so and so. *shrug* Now she can't even give a vague description? Well, I suppose she did say "him" so she has a 50/50 shot at getting THAT right.
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Old 9th July 2012, 12:36 PM   #44
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Originally Posted by Tim Harrod View Post
This article is in the realm of rumor, but if true it seems to put the lie to Sylvia's claim that Kelly has not yet met her future permanent co-host.
I am just thinking of the vast stupidity on that prediction in a cold read. Kelly Rippa has been hosting that show for over 10 years now. A part of that job is all about meeting people who are good in front of a camera. I find it highly unlikely that she would not have already met the eventual co-host as part of the show.
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Old 9th July 2012, 12:46 PM   #45
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Originally Posted by Minarvia View Post
Yes, and the typical deflection away from actually giving an answer, such as when asked who her next co-host would be she just says, "You haven't met him yet," and didn't give a name. On Montel, she used to give names for who murdered so and so. *shrug* Now she can't even give a vague description? Well, I suppose she did say "him" so she has a 50/50 shot at getting THAT right.
Way better than 50%. The co-host will almost certainly be a male, just like Kathy Lee's replacement was certain to be female. This is essentially a can't miss prediction.
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Old 9th July 2012, 05:22 PM   #46
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Way better than 50%. The co-host will almost certainly be a male, just like Kathy Lee's replacement was certain to be female. This is essentially a can't miss prediction.
Ah...good point, that. I don't watch her show and totally forgot that it's a 'one of each sex' thing. You're right! Anyway, this appearance may just become an update for Robert's page. I am curious as to what Sylvia's site says, but I always hesitate because I hate giving her a "click" credit on Google.
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Old 9th July 2012, 07:04 PM   #47
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Originally Posted by cwalner View Post
I am just thinking of the vast stupidity on that prediction in a cold read. Kelly Rippa has been hosting that show for over 10 years now. A part of that job is all about meeting people who are good in front of a camera. I find it highly unlikely that she would not have already met the eventual co-host as part of the show.
Just for the record folks, the name is Ripa not Rippa.
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Old 9th July 2012, 07:29 PM   #48
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Originally Posted by Rrose Selavy View Post
Just for the record folks, the name is Ripa not Rippa.
I thought perhaps that was the case. Thanks for the correction!
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Originally Posted by Minarvia View Post
Ah...good point, that. I don't watch her show and totally forgot that it's a 'one of each sex' thing. You're right! Anyway, this appearance may just become an update for Robert's page. I am curious as to what Sylvia's site says, but I always hesitate because I hate giving her a "click" credit on Google.
You can get around that in one of two ways.
1. Do not use Google. Have a link you keep yourself, on your favourites or elsewhere.
2. A few seconds after clicking on her site click on somewhere else, say this forum. That tells Google that the SB site was not what you were looking for, it was the second site that was useful.
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Old 10th July 2012, 06:56 AM   #50
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Originally Posted by rjh01 View Post
You can get around that in one of two ways.
1. Do not use Google. Have a link you keep yourself, on your favourites or elsewhere.
2. A few seconds after clicking on her site click on somewhere else, say this forum. That tells Google that the SB site was not what you were looking for, it was the second site that was useful.
Thank you! I didn't know about those tricks. Ah...yes, she is featuring the short stint on Kelly. Her page is also just chocked full of 'membership' adverts and really pushing her books, newsletters, member questions, 'salons', and I see she even has podcasts. Urgh...

It seems she is pushing harder than ever for her son to take over more and more. He has a gentler-looking picture now (before, he sort of made me think of a thug) and there are ways to get a much cheaper reading from him.

I still hope she leaves her grand-daughter out of all this. She must be close now to the age her son Chris was when she sat him down one day to take phone calls.
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I believe that Angelia (the granddaughter) is 14 or 15 yers old now, and that Chris (the son) was 17 years old when he joined the family's con.
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Old 10th July 2012, 08:30 AM   #52
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oh c'mon

Originally Posted by RSLancastr View Post
So that must have been why her show was so bloody awful when we saw her at the Excalibur. With the combined skeptical hoodoo of me and Claus Larsen in the room, her psychic abilities were reduced to nothing more than poorly-done cold reading shtick.
It's really all for you...you can go to both shows and then tell us who don't show what really happened!
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Old 10th July 2012, 08:42 AM   #53
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Originally Posted by RSLancastr View Post
I believe that Angelia (the granddaughter) is 14 or 15 yers old now, and that Chris (the son) was 17 years old when he joined the family's con.
Oh, that's right. He went in to her office one day and she plunked him down at the phone and just told him he could do it, iirc.

Well, at least Angelia may have a year or so left of freedom from the family's con. I really, really hope she stays far away from it. I think that her brother, according to Sylvia, is not psychic, so he's out of danger of corruption. At least I hope he is.
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Old 21st August 2012, 08:10 PM   #54
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http://www.recapo.com/live-with-kell...-psychic-week/

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"Before they began with audience questions, Kelly had to ask, “who will my co-host be?” Sylvia immediately replied that Kelly has not met him yet. I guess we’ll see if that’s true come the fall!"


http://www.tmz.com/2012/08/21/abc-st...host-live-abc/

"Michael Strahan was picked to partner with Kelly Ripa on her morning syndicated show ... this according to staffers at ABC in New York City."


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1476939/f...ries#tt0096636

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I find it highly unlikely that she would not have already met the eventual co-host as part of the show.
I was thinking that it was extremely unlikely that there wasn't anybody she hasn't met.

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Well, that puts lie to that prediction!
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Old 22nd August 2012, 11:32 AM   #56
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Maybe she meant "has not met him yet...as a co-host." There...you see? Sylvia was right after all!
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Old 23rd August 2012, 03:40 AM   #57
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Has anyone contacted Kelly about this and asked if she would comment...on air preferably?
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Has anyone contacted Kelly about this and asked if she would comment...on air preferably?
I hope so. The problem has always been shows willing to have psychics make predictions, but never following through with the results.
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Has anyone contacted Kelly about this and asked if she would comment...on air preferably?
I contacted them (va their web ite) the day after I started this thread, expressing my displeasure that she had been on at all, and inviting them to check out my site. I never heard back from them at all.

I will contact them about a follow-up regarding the prediction once the guest host is in place, or at least has been officially hired, but I would not hold my breath on them actually following up.
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Well, it's official - Strahan!
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So much for Browne's prediction telling Kelly "you haven't met him yet".

Quote:
Michael Strahan makes debut as ‘Live! With Kelly’ co-host; After months of searching, Kelly Ripa taps ex-Giants star for seat
By Gina Salamone
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, September 4, 2012


Michael Strahan stepped out of an SUV and jogged onto the set of "Live! with Kelly" Tuesday morning, making his co-hosting gig official and confirming the country's worst kept secret.

He was named Kelly Ripa's permanent partner, taking the spot left vacant when longtime "Live!" host Regis Philbin left the show in November.
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The seat was kept warm by 59 different guest co-hosts over the past 10 months. They've ranged from celebrities to sports stars, including former Giants defensive end Strahan, who has guest co-hosted 20 times.
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Full: NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
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Neither link even mentions Browne.
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Did you expect them to?
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If the prediction was anything credible then yes. For example whenever economic figures are released here they are compared with what economists expected. But since Browne is not a credible source and also wrong the prediction will now be forgotten. However if the prediction had been right, Browne could have used that to say this is evidence of how accurate she is.
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Well, there will be an article about it on SSB some day.
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