"I held sports radio personalities in high esteem until they started accepting money in exchange for reading a birthday message for a 50 year old meatball Bears fan".

For me the disillusionment and decline in respect came when they started pimping generic wine.

It's not generic wine. It's the same wine that rich people drink but without the label on it!

For me the disillusionment and decline in respect came when they started pimping generic wine.

i didnt know radio sales staff were ever in a position to shoo away interested advertisers?

If you're someone like Bernstein or Kaplan and you are selling Cameo messages for 20 bucks, you really come off as desperate and lame. It's one step above asking people to donate to a PayPal account or something. Good God, don't be that stereotypical-Fritlim-flam artists..

First, billy, stepping on my joke, regardless of whether you thought it was funny or not, is bad message board form. Second, I don't really think a radio sales guy can force the on-air talent to give a ringing endorsement and do over-the-top excited reads for a product if they don't want to. I'm gonna call my man Jimmy Kezios and ask him though.

I think cameo is kind of cool. It would be even cooler if the "celeb" actually called and had a conversation for a couple of mintues. I would think a guy like Kevin from The Office could up his asking price and would probably enjoy it. Bernstein would never do it.

The Office is like the 85 Bears of tv. Only really one true star came from it. Another person was already a star and stayed a star. Everyone else just kind of shows up every so often but instead it's as a podcaster, or a guy on Cameo, or the voice on Puppy Dog Pals and a Cheerios commercial and some weird crowdfunded Office spinoff that has nothing to do with The Office besides the one guy was an actor in The Office and is also named Stanley.

Even Mose is making millions.

Who was the star before the show?

I'd say Steve Carrell and John Krasinski are the two main people making money on screen. Surprisingly, Mindy Kaling fell into Oprah's preferred person's club and has made millions in producing content and had her own TV show. Rashida Jones gets steady work but I think she had FU money and industry connections to begin with.

I agree with your point. I also think all the older secondary characters made enough money where they don't have to scramble for work. It's a tough industry for older people

If you're someone like Bernstein or Kaplan and you are selling Cameo messages for 20 bucks, you really come off as desperate and lame. It's one step above asking people to donate to a PayPal account or something. Good God, don't be that stereotypical Jewish guy.

Bernstein is an earner. It's why he is still working when everyone else at the station is gone.

On second thought, bernstein is a whore. I'm sure he'd read copy for poison if the spiff was big enough. "Just use the code DAN and get 10% off your first order of cyanide!"

I read that the guy that makes the most money doing Cameo is the actor that played “Kevin” on The Office. Supposedly puts a lot of effort into making them really funny, and makes over $1M a year doing them.

I read that the guy that makes the most money doing Cameo is the actor that played “Kevin” on The Office. Supposedly puts a lot of effort into making them really funny, and makes over $1M a year doing them.

My daughter loves The Office so I thought maybe I’d check that out for a Christmas present. $195...ouch.

Read that The Soup Nazi guy makes bank on cameo.

My daughter loves The Office so I thought maybe I’d check that out for a Christmas present. $195...ouch.

it's a fun, stupid gift at $25 or a little more. $195? for Kevin?

Are people really clamoring to hear a twenty-five year old catchphrase?