Nosfer noted that the linked LiveParanormal interview no longer seems to exist. That is unfortunate but only for the reason that, in order for people to be able to decide for themselves they need to know all that was said. I did hear the interview. I had trouble getting it to DL into a player and the direct feed that started to play was glitchy…..plus a number of times throughout there was a word or phrase that was intelligible, there was no rewind button – could only pause or stop – but I did manage to get it to go back a few times by clicking on the bar, however it'd go back 5 or 10 or even 20mins back & you'd have to relisten to all of it just to get to the one spot again. Long story short I got frustrasted and decided to start over and while pausing umpteen times I transcribed most of it, so I could then read it all.

I can't even tell you what the names of the two hosts are, if it was stated at the start I missed it and during the hour there was no 'this is Bob & Bill [for e.g.] and we're talking to Britt…etc'; the hosts didn't refer to each other by name nor did Britt say their names [save for Greg, heard that one time but IDK who it was referring to, and Drew the moderator fielding questions coming in]. The first 5mins was a mix of quiet mumblings between the hosts or whoever, silence, and the hosts saying 'bear with us 'and/or asking 'Britt to call in'. Honestly it was very amateur and just an odd interview generally. A few times during, it didn't seem like an interview but more like I was listening to 3 guys having a conversation in a bar….I wasn't sure what they were talking about, a host just suddenly started telling a story but in a way as if all who were listening should already have the details and/or know who the people are he was mentioning. Actually at one point even Britt wasn't sure who they were talking about at first, and it didn't seem like they knew her very well either since they didn't get her last name right; the one guy wanted to know if Britt was going to go shooting with her. Weird.

Throughout there were moments that to me ranged from being obtuse & appalling; to weird; immature/childish; arrogant; ignornat; and pretty funny but not in a comedic sense in a laughable one [e.g.; Britt was talking about evidence and how TAPS has never faked anything; challenged all skeptics to prove they faked it; explained why each season TAPS' success rate with experiencing and/or capturing PN activity continued to increase, quoting some stats]. Though to be fair I will also say I did find some of the info Britt provided regarding TAPS and GH to be interesting.  

At any rate, if you like I can provide more than just the quoted snippets listed in Anita's blog/article so you all have the full context in which each of those quoted remarks were made? If so - this question is for Stephen and/or the mods - with there being crude words/remarks in some of it, would you prefer that I insert a couple of ** in select words instead of quoting verbatim? I know it's preferred that when we post our own comments, we try to refrain from using profanity or at least keep it to a minimum and use ** in the middle of the word, and I would have no problem with doing so while quoting Britt's remarks.  

It would be easier to discuss the controversial parts if everyone knew exactly what was said, and I'm betting you guys might find some of the other remarks/claims that Britt made to be discussion worthy as well. However to post all that I transcribed would make for several long posts and honestly some of it is just not worth repeating, plus I'm not sure that it'd even be ok to do so….I don't want to create any issues for Stephen & the SV site so I'll refrain from even quoting portions of it [per above noted] until I get the green light to do so.  I'll share my views on same then.

In the meantime, here's a little overview of what was discussed, the highlights if you will:

- Started with Britt being asked then talking about craw magaw [sp? some new martial arts thing]; he's been taking classes, sort of sounded like it might be one-on-one instruction. 

- After the host said it'd be good to have/know when you go on shady investigations, Britt explains there are 3 TAPS teams: home team; West Coast team; show team. Then tells a story about the West Coast team going to an investigation in a shady area – had a little run-in with 3 gang-bangers but was able to do some quick talking and all turned out ok. Claimed that ever since that case he never goes to an investigation unarmed – gets a reaction from hosts – and next came the remarks that's currently being widely debated and commented on…which he allegedly was fired for.

- More talk about going to shady areas, then just silly ramblings about who can run faster and throwing blows and hope that you have the biggest gun. Hosts tells of a domestic dispute occurring at an investigation they went to. Britt then cuts in saying one thing he/Rob teach in their para-class is to not where a lot of jewelery/bling and don't show your religion…goes on to tell another story [West coast team] relating to the latter, team members being chased by the Grandfather [recently arrived from Turkey] who was weilding a sword.

-  Host wants to shift things as they have some questions coming in….notes also got some comments regarding Britt's remarks, B things it's b/c he used profanity and says he forgot to note the disclaimer that he is R-rated etc and basically told ppl to deal with it he's not changing for no one. Host quietly mentions it was about an earlier remark Britt made but then let that go saying if it comes up again he'll mention it.

- They ask about Britt/KJ being brought in temporarily to cover for Steve/Tango…Britt talks a while about that. Then about other aspects of the show: scheduling, being on the road, how investigating while doing a TV show is not as easy as people think and why, how a million ppl want to do it but only very few people actually have what it takes to do what they do, etc. Talked about Wright-Patterson case, he apparently was there but no one his footage made the cut….he has no clue about the rumored 'secret' that Kris Williams has just that it'll be announced during the Live Halloween show….talked about the popcorn butter bet thing with Dustin…more about being on the road, made an odd remark regarding paying for a pool he doesn't have [later said the wife has Sanchos - pool guy - when he's on the road, IDK if it was all in jest or what but he wasn't really laughing]….went on to talk about the day job he use to have 'ashpalt foreman', worked 12hrs a day 6 days wk: how that was harder than being away from the family for 4 or 5wks then home a week or two, with about 6wks off during hiatus as then you could spend Q-time with the kids etc.

- They share stories about scary plane experiences – B notes the DT one – and then the hosts say we have to ask the tough question, how do you feel about ppl who have said Jay & Grant fake stuff….Britt goes on for a while with this one, puts a challenge out to all skeptics. Host bashes the SciFake site calling the ppl there idiots – B didn't disagree….talks more about evidence, gets into certain cases a bit, says the show has to be done in an entertaining way and gets into that bit for a while, how all this footage is obtained and has to be widdled down to 45mins, tells ppl [us] to use some common sense, rambles on more about how they don't fake things, reputations on the line etc….then starts into the by season stats [% of active cases] but doesn't include S4 or S5, notes currently it's about 75%, then gets into explaining why that's the case. Britt claims there's only about 148 naysayers but they all make 72 fake IDs each so it looks like much more, & more 'faking/not faking it' talk follows.

- Silly question – if Britt goes shopping with Amy & Kris…he rambles on about A's shoe fetish, asks all who listen to send her shoes [used; men; women; whatever] to the TAPS office; then tells all to twitter her [gives the comment to say]…the 3 little boys giggle away about this for a while, and Britt also went on about how Amy is his fashion consultant, he can't dress himself.

-  Next Q was what Britt wanted to be when he was a child, says a cop and this is when the Rodney King remarks were made. After B says same the host just out of the blue starts talking about some Sara woman and asking B if he's going to go shooting with her. Takes a bit before B figures out who Sara is and they get her last name figured out….some other remarks made during this were a tad obtuse IMO. This eventually leads into more gun talk, where Britt goes shooting and then he rambles on about some fantasy he has, then a host starts talking about a camping trip & shooting guns while drinking and idiocy stuff.    

- Britt finally decides he should answer some Q's but doesn't wait for one comes up with his own, claiming he gets a lot of messages regarding doors opening/closing on him/KJ….goes on a for bit about that. Host suddenly rambles on about some place B should go to and how it has a door that slams shut etc. Host says about 4 mins left….tells B 'Scotty says he loves you'…then comes B's 'Scotty says Gay is the new twenty' remarks….Host starts looking for any more good questions…says a weird remark or question 'what's the new black'…demons…..then finds a good Q, B's favorite place and which is the most active locale….B goes on about that for a while. Another Q from Scotty, a quick 'yes' reply from Britt & he tells listeners if they want to go to a cheap event he, Amy, Kris will be at 'blah blah' notes a few others [Chip Coffey, Fact or Faked guys] will be there too. And that was about it.

As for Britt being gone and what ramifications it will have on GH and GHI. Based on what Britt said in the interview when asked questions regarding the shows, such as: Britt & KJ temporarily replacing Steve/Tango, now that S/T are back will we still be seeing B/KJ on GH; If Britt would like to do GHI; and during one of his longer responses Britt then asked himself a question – least it seemed that way, he was likely reading the question board – about what Kris' [Williams] secret is, and he made a comment about GHA.

I don't think there'll be any big ramifications to speak of as far as GH is concerned. Britt said that so far SyFy had not ordered any more GHA EPs, not a good sign for Stango's show, so he didn't know if there'd be any future need for having temporary fill-ins for S/T on GH. There was still 2 more EPs [at time of the interview] that B/KJ had done which had yet to air but then that's it, they were done. Their gig was only a temporary one. As for KW's secret he claimed to have no bleeping clue, said to watch the Live Halloween show as it will be announced then. Rumor has it she is going to GHI, guess we'll soon find out.

IF they are going to have Adam [GHA winner] join GH on permanent basis, it'd make for an odd number for the core team….unless they intend to have one team of 3 or have him spend all his time manning command [doubt it], it may very well be that he'll either be replacing Kris or filling in for her when she's off filming GHI – IF that rumor turns out to be true. IF it turns out that SyFy does order more GHA EPs, odds are it'd only be 6 at best as before, during same they could always bring KJ back and – a while back now – I noticed a whole slew of new faces were added to the 'TAPS members' page at the their site. Surely some of those individuals would be happy to fill in – if their on the home team they should be able to do so easy enough, no training required – if not even one of the GHA cadets that were in the final three.

Frankly, I'm betting season 7 just might be the last one. Based on some of the locales we've seen this season and in the past, not all cases needed 6 people, at some even 4 would've sufficed. So if need be they could do at least some cases with only 5 [Jay-Grant-Amy-KJ-Adam], plus have a guest investigator or two from their home team or a TAPS Family team or Bruce Tango etc, or as they've done in the past have Joe and/or Barry – when GHI is on hiatus – help out at a few.   

 As for GHI, obviously there's going to be some fast shuffling – no doubt it's going on as we speak – and I wouldn't be surprised if Pilgrim [if not also Jay/Grant] didn't already have a couple of candidates waiting in the wings in the event things didn't work out with Britt at GHI. The hosts didn't ask Britt if he was doing/going to GHI only if he would like to….he replied: 'Oh [unintelligible] ghosts, travel the world on someone else's dime, hell yea I'm all over that'.  Make of it what you will – same with this – someone noted [think it was at SyFy] that apparently Britt had already started filming with GHI when he was terminated, and wondered if they would air those EPs [2 or 3 think it was]. IF that's true it'll be interesting to see if they do air them or not.

And for all we know he was only going to do a certain number - half season say or less – and after same it would be determined if he was going to stay on therein. He has children and albeit he was on the road with GH, globe-trotting is a different ball game than hopping around the U.S. – especially when some of the cases are in your home State or next to it – easier to sneak in a few days with the family and/or get home quickly if need be, not so when you're half way around the world. One of the hosts said Jay & Grant have both tweeted about that, said it's hard to find people because of the travel invloved. Wish I could recall if it was in the spring or summer when I went to the Pilgrim site after reading somewhere that they had a casting call out for GHI, was curious if it was true, it was. So who knows what they were looking for.

Britt also said some things I found interesting – actually confirmed a couple speculations I had - he was talking about GH, the accusations some have made about J&G [TAPS] faking evidence; cameramen having to go back to get the B-roll [cut-away shots he called it] shots of things they had done earlier; editing down of all the footage and how they have to tell the story and make it entertaining etc. He claimed the reason that TAPS' positive rating for activity [percentage] has gone up every season is due to the fact that:

- They get hundreds of emails every week about active locations they should investigate, they can then get online & contact TAPS Family group teams and/or other locale teams in that area and ask them if they have been there, if so what did they get [activity/evidence wise]….said, quote: "We have a bit*h'n filter system set up that we know where these places are, they've already been pre-screened". Added they do some cold cases too but there's always stories with them.

- They have [quote] 'A big ass budget'.   

- And [quote] 'Not only that, we have a production company and producers that, that research these locations and they've been doing that for seven years – we're in our 7th season – they've gotten really good at being able to research a location, listen to the stories and figure out what's going to work and what isn't going to work.'  

How any of that equates into the locales being active [extremely often enough] the night that TAPS is there is beyond me, it isn't as if they can flip a switch or say okay ghosts, ready, 'action'. I'm sure the pre-screening, talking to locale teams [when able], Pilgrim doing all the research and deciding which locales to do is done with GHI as well. During this whole decision process you'd think they'd take into account the possibility that at any point and time they could be down one or even two cast/team members….be it an emergency & they had to go home; they quit or got fired; become ill. Same goes for the crew, so there has to be back up systems in place for everything from locales to equipment to crew and cast members. IMHO