During the height of his popularity in the mid 1970s there was a young, local news reporter from the station that aired Uncle Ted who asked the station manager if they could increase his $160/week salary. The manager told him he could earn an extra $20/week if he wrote jokes for Uncle Ted. That reporter did so for a year before leaving and going on to become Bill O'Reilly.
Now we know the source of his anger and resent me.
I barely remember O'Reilly when he was in Scranton as I was only ten and didn't follow the local news, but I heard he said some unflattering things about working for Uncle Ted.
