D'oh: Why Bill Stern once got fired

Sportscaster Bill Stern, who spins terrific-yet-bizarre yarns on Bill Stern's Sports Newsreels, was once hired to broadcast a college football game.

He was excited about this and got many of his friends and relatives to write the station and send telegrams telling them what a great job he did and that they wanted him to broadcast every game.

Very sneaky and pretty smart idea; it seemed at the time that all the accolades would secure Stern a spot as the regular handler of college games.

Instead, two days before the game, Stern was fired. Several telegrams arrived, saying what a great job he did on the game!