Impress Your Family and Friends
30 minutes with re-runs
Are You Ready For YOUR 15 Minutes of Fame?

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THIS could be YOU!  

Out of work? Ready for a career in Television, but aren't sure how to break in? Well, here at The Man-On-The-Street Institute, our instructors will train you to enlighten the World with your valuable opinions and hackneyed sentiments - exactly the same soundbytes that Local and Network News cry out for.

Learn what to say about everything, from homicidal maniacs [He kept to himself, mostly] to major sporting events [We're going All The Way this year!]. We teach you generic reactions to suit any natural disaster. Take our seminars on fielding follow-up questions, or how to impersonate the relative of any Victim.
 
 

THE "WAYNE'S WORLD" SYNDROME
An  Entitlement Psychosis  in this Media Age

WELCOME TO THE 500-CHANNEL ARENA.
Our most expensive Radio Research revealed most people don't really care what The Prize is—they just want to hear Their Name broadcast over the air. Their Face mugging behind a Live Remote. Everybody believes they deserve to be Famous. "Color" coverage in News, Sports, and Politics thrive on outspoken zealots parroting misinformation from the Society of Spin, elevated to "serious" National Dialog. The success of Talk Radio and Trash TV depends on the Deadly Sins of Vanity and Voyeurism. We do espouse a ShowBiz Reality, but the Information Industry today is acting more like bread-and-circus Pro Wrestlers.

ARMED WITH ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
The best defense is a strong offense. The only way to protect your valued Public Image is to feed the hungry Media Monster before it growls your Name.
 



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