ABOUT SNP :About 15 minutes into the first hour of the 7.24.2005 Coast to Coast AM, I took to theusofe.com message board to post my thoughts. Strangely, before I could submit the post, I found myself responding to the show as it was playing out. And thus ... Saturday Night Punnett was born. SNP will serve as a running time commentary on the first hour of each Saturday's Coast to Coast AM, as long as Ian Punnett is holding court as host. No time for hindsight, reflection, or looking back, just a fly by the seat of your pants view of C2C for 40 plus minutes with Ian Punnett.

Before you bombard me with queries, the reason SNP only covers the first hour of the Saturday night show is twofold. Firstly, doing a running time commentary on a four hour show is too much strain on the vessel that is BoA. We're overstretched on manhours alone. Secondly, the final 3 hours of Saturday night are with a guest and they don't have that spontaneous madness that can only occur in the first hour. In order to scratch beneath the surface of who is Ian Punnett, we must rely on that all important Open Line first hour, which is a no holds barred arena where many nuggets to the mysteries of Punnett can be found.

In the weeks and months to come as Ian settles into his Saturday night spot, we hope to have SNP along for the ride (in the 1st hour at least) for the times we laugh and the times we cry.