# Bryant Gumbel Loses All Credibility **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 25, 2002, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryant-gumbel-loses-all-credibility/138681 "2002-11-25T15:40:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryant-gumbel-loses-all-credibility/138681/1 "2002-11-25T15:40:04Z")
I don’t know how much he had to begin with, but now he won’t have any, as he is parking his wagon firmly in the “I’m a great big loony” lot. > **[Scifi.com](https://www.syfy.com/scifi/roswellcrash)** > > Visit Syfy.com He’s hosting a show that… well here is the blurb: \*From the initial news of a “disk” being recovered in the desert to SCI FI’s latest “smoking gun” shocker to a landmark scientific excavation of the 1947 crash site in Roswell, N.M., this two-hour documentary offers the definitive account of what may be the most important event of the 20th century. SCI FI Channel reopens the case with a groundbreaking investigation, chronicled in a two-hour special that includes all-new eyewitness interviews, up-to-the minute revelations and never-before-seen footage. Working under top-secret conditions, archaeologists from the University of New Mexico, in partnership with SCI FI Channel, set out to uncover conclusive physical evidence to help prove whether the claim of an extraterrestrial craft crash is science fiction or science fact. \* Now I suppose that it could be that they are going to say “so you see, it isn’t really aliens after all” but at least the ads for it sure seem like it’s gonna be a big UFO-fest. Hrm. Not much of a rant there, is it. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryant-gumbel-loses-all-credibility/138681/2 "2002-11-25T15:47:46Z")
I’ve never cared for Bryant Gumbel. I’ve always thought of him as Geraldo Rivera on qualudes. ---
**Author:** ![Eidolon909](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce7236/32.png) [@Eidolon909](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eidolon909)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryant-gumbel-loses-all-credibility/138681/3 "2002-11-25T16:00:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > **I don’t know how much he had to begin with, but now he won’t have any, as he is parking his wagon firmly in the “I’m a great big loony” lot.** Because he believes in space aliens? Or will host a show about people who believe in space aliens? Lets play with your snippet a bit: _From the initial news of a “Shroud” being recovered in the desert to Dr. Robert Schuller’s latest “smoking gun” shocker to a landmark scientific excavation of a burial box marked with with words “Jesus” in the middle-east, this two-hour documentary offers the definitive account of what may be the most important event of the 20th century. NBC reopens the case with a groundbreaking investigation, chronicled in a two-hour special that includes all-new eyewitness interviews, up-to-the minute revelations and never-before-seen footage. Working under top-secret conditions, archaeologists from the Vatican, in partnership with Al Sharpton, set out to uncover conclusive physical evidence to help prove whether the claim of Jesus and God is science fiction or science fact._ Oh, How Isane! ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryant-gumbel-loses-all-credibility/138681/4 "2002-11-25T16:03:00Z")
What does the “Fi” in “Sci Fi” stand for? ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryant-gumbel-loses-all-credibility/138681/5 "2002-11-25T16:05:11Z")
Fiction ---
**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryant-gumbel-loses-all-credibility/138681/6 "2002-11-25T16:05:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Paul in Saudi \* > \*\*What does the “Fi” in “Sci Fi” stand for? \*\* Must be “fiction”…being Bryant Gumbel, I’m gonna guess it’s not “fidelity.” ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryant-gumbel-loses-all-credibility/138681/7 "2002-11-25T16:15:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eidolon909 \* > \*\*Lets play with your snippet a bit: > > _From the initial news of a “Shroud” being recovered in the desert to Dr. Robert Schuller’s latest “smoking gun” shocker to a landmark scientific excavation of a burial box marked with with words “Jesus” in the middle-east, this two-hour documentary offers the definitive account of what may be the most important event of the 20th century. NBC reopens the case with a groundbreaking investigation, chronicled in a two-hour special that includes all-new eyewitness interviews, up-to-the minute revelations and never-before-seen footage. Working under top-secret conditions, archaeologists from the Vatican, in partnership with Al Sharpton, set out to uncover conclusive physical evidence to help prove whether the claim of Jesus and God is science fiction or science fact._ \*\* At least we know that people existed in that area at that time, and that they buried their dead. Also, the existance of Jesus (as a man and historical figure) is not that implausable. Discovering that the box is genuinely related to the Jesus mentioned in the Bible doesn’t actually prove or disprove, or even suggest, anything supernatural. Aliens, on the other hand… yeah that loses credibility with me. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryant-gumbel-loses-all-credibility/138681/8 "2002-11-25T16:24:47Z")
Science Fickle. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryant-gumbel-loses-all-credibility/138681/9 "2002-11-25T18:05:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > **I don’t know how much he had to begin with…** None. He might think he does, however. I saw an interview in the airport last week with Katie Couric, where she commented that he refers to himself in the third person, ala Bob Dole, OJ, and WWE wrestlers. As in “Bryant isn’t happy with his new chair. You don’t want to make Bryant unhappy…” > [@](#): > > \*\*Hrm. Not much of a rant there, is it. \*\* That’s OK. It needed to be said, nonetheless ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryant-gumbel-loses-all-credibility/138681/10 "2002-11-25T18:24:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eidolon909 \* > > _From the initial news of a “Shroud” being recovered in the desert to Dr. Robert Schuller’s latest “smoking gun” shocker to a landmark scientific excavation of a burial box marked with with words “Jesus” in the middle-east, this two-hour documentary offers the definitive account of what may be the most important event of the 20th century. NBC reopens the case with a groundbreaking investigation, chronicled in a two-hour special that includes all-new eyewitness interviews, up-to-the minute revelations and never-before-seen footage. Working under top-secret conditions, archaeologists from the Vatican, in partnership with Al Sharpton, set out to uncover conclusive physical evidence to help prove whether the claim of Jesus and God is science fiction or science fact._ > > Oh, How Isane! \*\* A two hour special on a relic that was proved a fake in 10 min. Hehe ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryant-gumbel-loses-all-credibility/138681/11 "2002-11-25T19:09:25Z")
I resent the implication that he might ever have had any credibility to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryant-gumbel-loses-all-credibility/138681/12 "2002-11-25T19:57:11Z")
Now, Katie Couric probably has lotsa credibility, but she’s just plain stupid!😉 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryant-gumbel-loses-all-credibility/138681/13 "2002-11-25T20:07:19Z")
I don’t know enough about the Giant Gumball to know if he has credibility or not… sorry, sailor, if I made you cry or anything ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryant-gumbel-loses-all-credibility/138681/14 "2002-11-25T20:15:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CRorex \* > \*\*A two hour special on a relic that was proved a fake in 10 min. > > Hehe \*\* 'Scuze the hijack, but are you referring to the burial ossuary? Was that proved to be a fake? Or are you just taking the opportunity to slam Christianity, in general? And now, back to your regularly scheduled Gumbel-rant… ---
**Author:** ![Siemsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Siemsi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siemsi)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryant-gumbel-loses-all-credibility/138681/15 "2002-11-25T20:19:53Z")
Can’t stand that pompous (sp?)man.:wally ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryant-gumbel-loses-all-credibility/138681/16 "2002-11-26T02:28:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skammer \* > **’Scuze the hijack, but are you referring to the burial ossuary? Was that proved to be a fake? Or are you just taking the opportunity to slam Christianity, in general?** It hardly sounds like a slam against Christianity. Granted, it took a little more than 10 minutes to prove, but the shroud [is indeed a fake.](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_275.html) ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryant-gumbel-loses-all-credibility/138681/17 "2002-11-26T03:26:43Z")
Greg Gumbel has all the credibility in the family. Bryant got the crankiness. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryant-gumbel-loses-all-credibility/138681/18 "2002-11-26T03:30:42Z")
The ossuary, however, has NOT been proved a fake, although there is serious academic debate on it. ---
**Author:** ![Forbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Forbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forbin)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryant-gumbel-loses-all-credibility/138681/19 "2002-11-26T06:00:21Z")
Bryant Gumbel can eat my shit. That is all. Actually, one more thing. I hate, positively hate Bryant Gumbel. Smug, self important piece of shit. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryant-gumbel-loses-all-credibility/138681/20 "2002-11-26T06:41:38Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by LaurAnge_ > > The ossuary, however, has NOT been proved a fake, although there is serious academic debate on it. Actually, it looks like the box and the “Ja’akov, son of Yusef” part are genuine but the “brother of Yeshua” part was hacked on by a forger, at least according to [this expert](http://web.israelinsider.com/bin/en.jsp?enZone=Views&enDisplay=view&enPage=ViewsPage&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Article%5El1569) who, as far as I know, has not been disputed yet. (Link originally provide by **Quixotic78** in a GD thread.)