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Anyone else pay for a Cameo "shout out" video?

41,039 2,061 May 30, 2019 at 09:34 AM
TL; DR emelvee paid to have low level "celebrity" convince his daughter to go to college

Cameo hooks up with various (mostly) minor stars/has-beens/online personalities to produce short amateur videos about whatever you ask them to say. Often people do it to have some "famous" reality TV "star" say happy birthday to a friend/whoever. The cost is set by the "talent"; most seem to be $10 to $100; the more in demand/famous/infamous, generally the higher the cost.

Our daughter is very anxious about going away to college. She's been debating living at home and going to a community college for a couple of years, or going straight to a four year university. She applied to just one college, a state university here in NC, which happens to be one of the more selective state universities. When she got accepted, she said she was still thinking about going to community college first. I think going away to school will be live-changing and that she would enjoy it, so I've been encouraging her to remain open to starting as a freshman at a four year school.

So...she loves Impractical Jokers on TruTV. Her favorite character is "Joe"...but Joe isn't on Cameo so I had to settle for "Murr." He made an EXCELLENT video for her, much longer than I expected (over two minutes), a mix of humor and sincerity. He really did a great job. Our daughter loved the video. She has been "onboard" with going away for school ever since (though she is still anxious about it).
https://youtu.be/SD8c5bvR3gk
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05-30-2019 at 09:38 AM.
05-30-2019 at 09:38 AM.
Word up, this is not the Cameo I came in here expecting.
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05-30-2019 at 09:40 AM.
05-30-2019 at 09:40 AM.
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Word up, this is not the Cameo I came in here expecting.
Fine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZjAantupsA
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05-30-2019 at 09:43 AM.
05-30-2019 at 09:43 AM.
I did actually think it was a shout-out video from them laugh out loud
Had no idea this service existed.
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Daveismyhero
05-30-2019 at 10:44 AM.
05-30-2019 at 10:44 AM.
That was really cool. Now I'm enrolling at Western Carolina too!
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05-30-2019 at 10:57 AM.
05-30-2019 at 10:57 AM.
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That was really cool. Now I'm enrolling at Western Carolina too!
Anyone know the process for obtaining a restraining order in Cullowhee, NC?

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05-30-2019 at 11:42 AM.
05-30-2019 at 11:42 AM.
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Anyone know the process for obtaining a restraining order in Cullowhee, NC?

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I assure you that I am too lazy to be a stalker. Bonk
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05-30-2019 at 12:24 PM.
05-30-2019 at 12:24 PM.
Quote from emelvee :
TL; DR emelvee paid to have low level "celebrity" convince his daughter to go to college

Cameo hooks up with various (mostly) minor stars/has-beens/online personalities to produce short amateur videos about whatever you ask them to say. Often people do it to have some "famous" reality TV "star" say happy birthday to a friend/whoever. The cost is set by the "talent"; most seem to be $10 to $100; the more in demand/famous/infamous, generally the higher the cost.

Our daughter is very anxious about going away to college. She's been debating living at home and going to a community college for a couple of years, or going straight to a four year university. She applied to just one college, a state university here in NC, which happens to be one of the more selective state universities. When she got accepted, she said she was still thinking about going to community college first. I think going away to school will be live-changing and that she would enjoy it, so I've been encouraging her to remain open to starting as a freshman at a four year school.

So...she loves Impractical Jokers on TruTV. Her favorite character is "Joe"...but Joe isn't on Cameo so I had to settle for "Murr." He made an EXCELLENT video for her, much longer than I expected (over two minutes), a mix of humor and sincerity. He really did a great job. Our daughter loved the video. She has been "onboard" with going away for school ever since (though she is still anxious about it).
https://youtu.be/SD8c5bvR3gk

You should have got Andy Dick to do it.What were you thinking?
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05-30-2019 at 05:43 PM.
05-30-2019 at 05:43 PM.
i had no idea this sort of thing existed, either. way to go for manipulating convincing her Whee



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Jex
05-30-2019 at 05:55 PM.
05-30-2019 at 05:55 PM.
That is pretty cool. Love their show! Snoop Dog just got added to the service recently. If you all are footing the bill, that should be more than enough to convince her to go to a state college! lol
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05-30-2019 at 05:57 PM.
05-30-2019 at 05:57 PM.
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i had no idea this sort of thing existed, either. way to go for manipulating convincing her Whee



One of their competitors had Tim Curry awhile back. But their services offered one on one.
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05-30-2019 at 05:59 PM.
05-30-2019 at 05:59 PM.
Quote from Jex :
One of their competitors had Tim Curry awhile back. But their services offered one on one.
cool....someone i know laugh out loud

Quote from Jex :
That is pretty cool. Love their show! Snoop Dog just got added to the service recently. If you all are footing the bill, that should be more than enough to convince her to go to a state college! lol
laugh out loud
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05-30-2019 at 06:02 PM.
05-30-2019 at 06:02 PM.
I have met a few celebrities .Some are real a-holes ,some were pretty nice.
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05-30-2019 at 06:08 PM.
05-30-2019 at 06:08 PM.
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cool....someone i know laugh out loud



laugh out loud

If you do not know who Snoop Dog is...I..I just can't know you anymore. Stick Out Tongue
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05-30-2019 at 06:09 PM.
05-30-2019 at 06:09 PM.
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If you do not know who Snoop Dog is...I..I just can't know you anymore. Stick Out Tongue
i meant the impractical jokers Harhar
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