From the high desert and the great American Southwest, I did you all.

Good evening, good morning, good afternoon, whatever the case may be, wherever you are,

and whatever time zone you reside in, I'm Art Bell, and this is coast to coast a.m.

Hello there.

I wasn't sure if I was ever going to say that again, and it's great to say it.

I'm Arvel, and it is good to be back.

And I first want to thank George Norrie, who has done an incredible job,

an absolutely incredible job of filling in during the time that I've been on vacation.

If that's what you want to call it.

He really has been a trooper, and you've not heard the last of George.

In a moment, I'll sort of tell you how it's going to go.

All right.

Here's the deal on my, in quotes, vacation.

My doc, you know, went out again.

You know, talking about your ills is about as interesting as watching grass grow,

and I hate listening to other people talk about their aches and pains.

I hate it, so I really don't even want to tell you about mine but i'll tell you what's going on um i was having uh really horrible spasms you know just

doubled over a purity doubled over again and again and again and again again it happens to me right

and so this time the network said well all right then just take the time off between now and labor

day and see if it's better.

And so that was a plan.

And for the first, week and a half, I think week and a half, I continue to have spasms.

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