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One Star Message! Let's Discuss the World of Bad Cameo Reviews!
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In this episode, Satsu is joined by Martin MacAlistair to discuss the world of bad Cameo reviews. From actors to musicians, you too can pay money for a message from your favourite celebrity. But while the majority of them go well, what about the ones that go wrong? Do people really record Cameo videos in their bathrobes?! And who the heck is Barf?! All of this and more in this episode of Chatsunami!
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Introduction to Chatsunami Podcast
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Welcome to Chatsunami, a Scottish variety podcast that discusses topics from gaming and films to anime in general interest. Join me, your host, Satsunami, as well as the rest of our Chatsunami team for our takes on these very important pop culture topics. Sir, it's clearly a trap. I accept copyright! That happens three times in the film. Every time that general goes, don't do this one thing, he goes, do you know what I'ma do? That's the exact thing.
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Does it well? She had the pointy teeth? What was that about? She looked like Bilbo when he wants the ring back. but She turned into it. I just want the lightsaber one more time. Parasite says, no, you will get back into your office and work. No, says the man in Zoom. yeah Trousers are for the working man. You're bursting into your hotel room. Honey, we need to go.
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Guest Introduction: Martin McAllister
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Hello everybody and welcome to another episode of Chatsunami. My name's Satsunami and joining me today is none other than the number one and only celebrity I know in my life. It is Martin McAllister. Martin, welcome back. I'm the only celebrity you don't have to pay to come on here. I mean, that is true. I bribed you with trinkets from China. but Which, by the way, is a half joke because I did bring back stuff for you. I wouldn't was a bribe. Not a bribe. it i'm not sure anyway hello it's lovely to be back and i'm looking forward to talking more with you and speaking of celebrity cameos oh what a segue i know what a segue pat myself in the back here you can't see it five stars for me yeah today we are jumping into bit of a silly topic to be honest because let's face it talking about ai for over four hours i think it frazzled my brain on the I couldn't Having to go through all of those, you know, different topics and be like, yeah, the world's doomed, so you know what? Let's kick off 2026 with something little bit lighter talk about the weird and wonderful world of celebrity video messages, which, yeah, I'm going to be honest.
What is Cameo?
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Today we're going to be focusing in particular because there is quite a few websites that do this, isn't there? Yeah, think Cameo is the most famous one. Yeah. But there is a couple others. And yeah, Cameo is, of course, the one we're going to be focusing on primarily today. When I first heard about it, I thought it was quite an odd thing. I know that sounds weird to say because it's like, well, it's just celebrities getting a bit of extra money and things. But I mean, what did you think when you saw somebody pop up and they're like, yeah, I can tell you happy birthday. That'll be £300. You're like, Yeah, what were your thoughts? I never thought it was going to catch on. Yeah. I totally didn't see the market, I guess, for it. But then it does make tons of sense, the whole sort of trend towards things being personalized in general, being a big seller and people wanting to access celebrities across social media. I don't know why caught me so surprised, but yeah, was in the same boat as you, where kind just didn't think it would ever take off. Do you think it's... Kind of the same as, you know, when you go to Comic-Con and, you know, you get a signature or it's like, I don't want to get parasocial here and breaking down another barrier to be like, oh, this actor or this musician or whatever saying hello to me kind of thing. Yeah, I think it is. Like, there is a, I kind of, don't want to use the word parasocial, but yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There is that kind aspect to it. You know, it's very similar to Comic-Con, actually. hadn't put that two and two together. But yeah, that's very similar to that meet and greet. But the personalisation is like the big kind of draw, isn't it? Oh no, absolutely. And I'm really surprised that if you go on to, and again, I'm not insulting anyone who's on Cameo, because it's quite a broad spectrum of people who are on there. You know, it's not just actors and general celebrities that you think, oh, I know that person from this thing and that thing. But there's a lot of influencers as well, isn't there? Yeah, there's a whole bunch of things. And you kind of joked about paying £3,000, whatever you said, for a thing as well. But there's like a whole pay scale of things that a fiver to thousands of pounds on it. You know, there's people who are influencers. There's wrestlers who aren't much bigger than me. In terms of wrestlers, I'm on the same shows as have them. There's like social media influencers. But local level people, like local celebrities, all the way up to actors
Cameo's Popularity and Nostalgia Factor
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and some pretty big people. but I think it's a nice way, I mention about Comic Cons, it's a nice way for people who have kind of, know, maybe passed their peak to make some money as well, so like lot of nostalgia driven acts are on it as well, which is kind of cool. Yeah, there's whole bunch stuff. When are you starting it? When am I starting it? I just half considered it and I thought, hey, nobody's paying like a pound for a red panda. You're paying them. Yeah, for a red panda gift to pop up and be like, hello, person.
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Yeah. The Simpsons and Krusty as the I want you to treat Mr. Black. He has like, hello, it's Little Timmy's birthday to today. i just want to wish Little Timmy all the happiness in the world. Why, thank you, Little Timmy. Again, it's like, I do see people, and again, this isn't a judgment or anything like that to say, oh, how many followers kind of thing, but I do see some people go on it and you think, well, at least if they are earning money for it, all power to them. But yeah, out curiosity, I know I'm flipping it back onto you, but would you ever consider it? Because I know you're more of a public facing, you know, I do semi-joke celebrity, but you are well known in the Scottish wrestling scene. You are number nine, according to Scottish Wrestling Network, if I remember. Well remembered. Yeah, no, think definitely something one day, if the
Cameo and Political Figures
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interest is there. One thing I kind of forgot, I was just having a quick flick through some reviews ah is there, is they met political figures on it as well, which is a really weird thing to see. That's not your job, but I guess they're on TV and stuff enough that they' become celebrities in their own right. Yeah, without naming names, was there not one particularly controversial figure in British politics that got pulled up for offensive language? each other. Of course there was. Yeah, yeah there usually is a few where it's like, oh, I wonder why cameos in the news today. And you're like, yep, yep, particular politician number 50. I mean, an oopsie doodle was underselling it, but you know what I mean? A political faux pas, if you will. But yeah, it's always been quite an interesting thing, though. Again, it's not just someone doing an impression like in the last episodes, me doing an impression of the Muppets. Go listen to that episode. Great. Ten out of ten. But Yeah, it's not like someone doing a one-off impression or something like that.
Celebrity Pressures on Cameo
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It's quite good to see that a lot celebrities seem to, I wouldn't say putting their all into it, because I have heard a few horror stories and do have some examples, but would you say there is a pressure for these celebrities to live up to that expectation that people are paying for? Yeah, I think so. And I think especially because the way cameos typically set out, or certainly the way I've used it and seen other people use it, it's more of a gift as well to other people. Yeah. You know, and it's very, I think it's less likely to be like, hi, can you please write me a message about how great i am? You know i mean? It's typically more, oh, it's my dad's birthday and he really likes you when he saw you in this film 10 years ago. Can you give him a wee hello? You know, and wish a happy birthday. That's typically more what it is. So I do think there's like a pressure... It's an impression I don't want of birthdays and weddings and stuff. There's always a lot of stress around that. And you get a lot of people getting asked for cameo for that. But yeah, if you're asking for the cash and, you know, I think you should hold yourself to a high standard for these things. I think that can be quite stressful.
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I mean, I'm not going to lie. and we will get into it in a minute, but have heard some right horror stories in a lot of them. And some of them you think, right, okay, it's a couple of pounds, and if it's a relatively unknown person, like, don't get me wrong, if you're paying for it, you should still be considerate, I suppose is the right word for it. Because you wouldn't, like, I mean, I would feel terrible if someone asked me for birthday wish you know, an anniversary or whatever. Although I don't know how many people are paying for a Red Panda Vegemite. to pop up and say, happy 50th anniversary.
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Who the hell's this? I don't know if people feel quite complacent when they do it, because the other thing I was thinking about the other day was I was recording a intro and outro for the AI episode, and you know, was just a couple of lines of me just going, oh, next time on Chad Tsunami, and this episode's going to contain blah blah blah, blah blah blah, and see the amount of times I had to re-record that, because... I listened back, I thought, I'm not happy. And I feel as if I would be the same if someone said, oh, say happy birthday to me, or say congratulations for XYZ. I feel as if I would genuinely have to do it 20 times. Oh, 100%. Oh, this is the 20th attempt. Happy birthday. I'll take the £200. Thank you very much.
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Oh, God. But yeah, would you do the same?
Ensuring Quality in Cameo Messages
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oh yeah. I hate mispronouncing someone's name, and especially because I assume Cameo is only ever written, like you and Quessa are written down. So I would be Googling that name. I'd be doing multiple takes where pronounce the multiple different ways. You know what I mean? I'd be so stressed about that. Although the only time i've used Cameo, and this is something we talking about before we came on tonight, but the only time I used it was for a gift for our mutual
Positive Cameo Experiences
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friend Adam. And I had asked the voice of Steve Downs, who does Master Chief, to send him a message. That's good. Honestly, his message was really, really cool. Although, ironically enough, he did mispronounce my real name, but I was like, I don't care, Master Chief, you can call me whatever you want. It's like, you go for it. Greg, that is my name now.
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You know, I've always had the face for a Greg. You're like, Mr. G. Who am I to disagree with the hero there? But the message, have to say, it was the only time I ever used it. And I was half expecting that scam. I have to admit, the website isn't 100% great. You know, it's one of these ones that kept, at least for me at the time, it kept refreshing and everything.
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And it was just really annoying. And I thought, great, I'm to have to fill out a feedback form. for this but eventually i got it through and i thought right i'm not sure how this is going to turn out and fortunately it turned out great and honestly if you're a halo fan out there and you want a cameo from steve downs feel free to go over and get one because i can honestly guarantee it's a five out of five experience sorry my daydreaming aside fighting with master chief yeah have you used it before i have and I think this was a pretty good one so I say I used it this was set up for like a surprise party by someone else I didn't go through and click all the buttons and stuff but it was surprise party for a friend mine and we got the voice of Ed from Ed, Ed and Eddie no way and it was phenomenal he went full-on voice full-on going on about loving chickens and all the things that we'd talk about in the show and just the same voice the same scatterbrain it was phenomenal you could see as well i don't know if it's the same for yours but with the video as well when the voice is coming out of them you can see them becoming the character which is funny down the mannerisms and the soda it was truly truly one of a kind very very funny very special that's amazing did you get any others or was that though also got one my brother once did one for me just after maybe a wrestling debut i got one sent to me and it was just via email and it was mark henry he wants to congratulate you and it was like talking about how i've just made my wrestling debut baby and all that. That was phenomenal. That was really, really cool. He was like such a cool wrestler. He's kind of like a, you know, we mob a lot of huge fans him. So it was, it was cool to kind of get that moment. That's the two I've been involved in. I've seen a few others, but they're kind of the two ones that are the most special to me. I was going to say, that sounds like one of those fishing emails that warn you about work. Oh yeah, just clicked that link. That could have been a scam. John Caesar wants to wish you a happy birthday. He does. And you want your mother's mate when they play. To fulfil his happy birthday wish, he needs to know the hospital you were born in. Wow, he must have seen that.
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but But anyway, my past trauma aside, I swear to God, I didn't realise that Sonic email would be a scam, but that's another. Or something I should say, pick the cat. Pick the cat, what's the wish you had? Oh, click. He wants you to go fishing with him. Why have I got a virus? Anyway, that's why I got fired from my last job. but Jokes are aside. Yeah, I have to say, when i was looking for... and the only reason we were going to do this episode was because you sent me through screenshot of like a really bad review. And the last time we did an episode like this was the bad food reviews, which is such a funny episode. If you haven't listened to that, Pandalurians, please go listen to it after this. Absolutely incredible. I'm still laughing at the... Was it the Apple Pie one? The women... who her husband was unfaithful with the staff, so they offered her a free Apple Grumble to, as I said, duplicate the situation. Anyway, hilarious episode, definitely. But would you like to read out what sparked this episode?
Negative Cameo Reviews
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Yep, I am ready to read. this is about DVD superstar, well, former DVD superstar, Ric Flair. One star, November 26th, 2025, Anonymous. There's a lot to go with here, so we just start and we'll see where from? Yep. bill Yo, I paid 600 bucks for Rick to sit in a restaurant, blasted out his mind and say my dad's name wrong. I paid for him to say Merry Christmas to my father, Buff. He called him Buff and just read the instructions word for word. I am super disappointed. I spent money on this but have've got someone who actually puts an effort for 600 bucks. To a regular person, that's a lot of money. I'm not going to give a Christmas video to my father with his hero calling him Buff. That is incredible. And I don't mean that. There's so much to unpack. The one thing I just want to highlight because obviously Colin and Barf instead of Buff is, that's a Simpsons level joke. But I do love that I just read the instructions word for word. I so hope it was like a, maybe not hope, that's a shame, but very funny if it's like a, and here if you could please say happy birthday. yeah you know i mean like the bodac husband cake what is actually quite bad about it is there's a lot of them that if you want extra instructions or whatnot you have to pay for that assume that's probably what's happened there yeah which i was really surprised that because i think i had to do the set i could be totally wrong because it's been so long if that was two years ago i think no three years ago sorry i keep forgetting this is 2026 but
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ah you have to pay extra to get them to see your name and things. So it's like to have someone, like as that person was saying, to have the hero say, oh yeah, this is your name, you're Greg now. It's like, yeah, sure thing, Mr. Wrestler. Please don't bench press me. But that is absolutely wild. Out curiosity, how would you feel if it was one of your quote unquote heroes that was on Cameo? Oh, absolutely devastated. and one of the things that you kind of mentioned and we kind of joked about earlier, but the whole thing with the effort you would put into the code and something... i like the stress for me for like birthdays and weddings and stuff i would sit down and do it in my little studio here he was apparently doing it in the middle of a restaurant which is like so true you know that we've done various podcasts on the go and stuff and you know even the audio and that's very slightly off you know mean yeah we do a really good job i think you do really good job don't do anything you do really good job of making the audio quality sound good when we do the episodes in my car or if something goes off in the background like imagine recording something in a restaurant and like send it over and be that's good enough no no
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Not for that much money. See, the thing is, we've recorded in the thick of Comic-Con. Yes. And I think that even sounds all right compared to what I can imagine a noisy restaurant. Right. You know, like that's Amore playing in the background. The sound of plate smashing, that kind of thing. They're not doing that and purpose, obviously. The last time I was in a restaurant, you know, and obviously so, it's full music, it's full of people chatting very loudly. That just seems like the height of ignorance, to be honest. And I think for a lot of the ones that I found, they were very much in the same vein of criticising either where the people were filming these particular things, which, obviously as you said if you were going to pay all that money why would you just want to catch someone you might as well just go up to them in the street point a camera on the face and say can you say happy birthday to buff happy birthday barf and then walks away like a disney bully you know that's just absolutely wild to me i don't know as well bath means the same in american english as it does in our english right it's the same surely yeah surely right so to bath is to throw up this would be one of those things that i would double check i mentioned i've been paranoid about putting people's names wrong hang on a second this person's name really boff.
00:16:27
Speaker
Maybe I need to double check that. We are out of Barf License Plates. I repeat, Barf License Plates. On that similar vein, i have got a handful of one-star ones, which this is going to sound so stupid, but I was genuinely surprised at how hard it was to find a lot of these one-star ones. And it kind of gave me hope because for the most part, a lot of the top-billed celebrities usually are 4.9, 4.7 stars out of and most of the reviews are very positive saying oh they got my dad's name right which is the bare minimum or oh i got this for my sister my brother ex etc and that really warmed my heart because i know at least there's a lot of celebrities out there who aren't half arse on it they're actually putting in the effort putting in the time and again i think a lot not a lot but think a few celebrities must think oh it's an easy money maker oh i'm doing the dishes so i'll just put on the camera and say happy birthday so that's nice the one that actually filled me with a lot of relief was i think it was jim cummings you know the voice of winnie the pooh oh yeah could you imagine if his were terrible i think it was 4.9 or something like that and i looked and it was like five and four star ones i was like thank god My hero is the darkness. My guys. One thing I've mentioned because of all these are quite expensive for people to even and even a four star review when something's that expensive. It's pretty impressive. You know what I mean? It's like yeah you've obviously still made value for money. i think that's a thing to note because if you pay that much for something and it's rubbish, then it's really, really, really rubbish. Yeah, I mean, it is gutting. It would be gutting if you paid. Because, I mean, some of these aren't cheap. Some of them are genuinely a couple hundred pounds. And as we said, it can be as low as one pound. But let's face it, you're not going to get anybody of note for a pound. You're not going to get any of the wrestlers or musicians or whatever, or actors. Yeah, they're not going to be at that price. point but yeah that is it's quite interesting to see here that at least for the most part it's been a positive experience but i am gonna shut it up today with all of these negative ones and i'm not gonna name any names because they will probably make a cameo of me after this the first one is of course a one star all the way from october 23rd 2021 which again this really interests me as well that a lot the ones that i that were kind of 21 22 you know that's peak lockdown time so you think surely that would be their money maker they're trapped in the house they want a positive message for a turbulent time so how bad could they be well i'm about to tell you martin so buckle up because some of these are really rough.
00:19:10
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and So this one, not the motivational message i had hoped for, would have preferred the request was not accepted than have to be made fun of and chastised. All I'll say I think that was one of the Harry Potter actors.
00:19:26
Speaker
By Harry Potter, I don't mean the guy who plays Draco Malfoy, because his face is last. He's like the first person. I was just on his a minute ago, and he's got really positive reviews. Yeah, not him. He's got 321 positive reviews, so damn. It's the one who plays... rhymes with... We weren't naming people. Well, I'll name one, I'll throw you bone. Come on.
00:19:48
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but Straight away. The second one, coming from October 30th, 2024. One word review.
00:20:00
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There's nothing else to this. It's just one word. Brevity is the soul of wit and so on. It truly is. How would you feel genuinely if you did a cameo for someone and they just put that up to it? I mean, I guess you can't do much else. There's no comeback from it.
00:20:15
Speaker
This one's even worse. this is One Year On from Shitegate, I suppose. So this person says, absolutely shite. Didn't even say what I wanted. Just sang to me for two minutes. This is in all caps, by the way. Don't waste your money. And they put a period after every word. So yeah, would you sing to anyone, Martin? I'd love to know what the song was. That's make or break. if If it was kind of good, then maybe.
00:20:40
Speaker
can't remember who this person was but all i remember was they were a tiktoker or something but they had some of the lowest reviews ever it was like three point something out of five and i was like surely that's not right and it was all very similar things so that they did it half arsed and everything and you thought that's not on i mean come on even for the price point you know you think come on the next one is this is the wrong cameo
00:21:07
Speaker
This is not my request at all. I got sent the wrong one. And this particular actor, yeah, he sent several people with the wrong cameo. Which is weird because he's still in like the 4.7 or tier, you know? So he's still in the four So it's like, surely they can't be that bad, but it's like one after the other.
00:21:27
Speaker
I would honestly feel so bad if I did that to someone. If I turned around and I said, you know, if I was doing one for you and I was like... happy birthday adam you know wait a second see out curiosity see if you got a cameo like that would you complain about it and send it you'd have to surely yeah you'd have to especially for the price point oh yeah could you imagine being like that oh by the way he says adam in it but it's actually for you it's actually don't worry about it can you imagine showing that to people and being like oh no that's just a nickname have
00:22:00
Speaker
We all call you Adam all the time. Yeah, exactly. So the next one, i think it's from the same person or very adjacent. One star. I was sent someone else's video in brackets Ben and shout out to Ben. I forgot you to say shout out to Ben. And not the one I paid over $300. Oh, that is a meaty price. I'd be trying to figure out if i could find Ben. You know what mean? Like, can we swap Ben? Like, what's going on here? You've heard of Ben 10 now, Ben Wen. That is an insane price point to be getting the wrong. The thing is, and again, you know, don't get me wrong, I think it's terrible he got sent the wrong one, but at least he probably did record one for him.
00:22:43
Speaker
That's a It's a low bar. But they continue and say Cameo customer service is non-existent and I'm hoping this can get sorted immediately.
Technical Issues with Cameo
00:22:54
Speaker
Poor Ben. I was going to say, if there's only one review there and there wasn't one from Ben, that means that maybe Ben was happy with his.
00:23:02
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From now on I'll be known as Greg. Oh that, yeah no, that is grim. I've found a good one here. Oh, do tell. That's impressive because how few bad reviews there are that it actually was very difficult to find them. Yeah, exactly. Booked for my brother-in-law's birthday message. At the beginning of her video, the microphone was off when she greeted him and said his name. That's amazing. I immediately requested a replacement his hold. It would take another week. That would have been past his birthday.
00:23:30
Speaker
such So what you're saying is the celebrity was a Twitch streamer then. I was going to say, but we've all been there. We've all been there. Our microphone switched off. It's like an interstellar moment. I do feel bad for them though because it's more like the celebrity, sorry, of them expecting their replacement so quickly. That's a little bit on you for maybe leaving it so late? question mark but Yeah. You know, yeah it is difficult to, if their recording schedule doesn't match up, then it's difficult to maybe do that. But at the same time, please turn your microphone on before. Because I have to say, I wonder what the level of tech literacy is for lot of these celebrities. becausez A mixed bag. Yeah, because I think for the most part, a lot of them are relatively kind of age range, so we all know at least how to use a phone and a camera. But, you know, I'm wondering for the older ones. Obviously, there is a fair few that can, but I'm just wondering if there's ever been one where it's like the camera's been facing the wrong way. There must have been. You just get a picture of, I don't know, her wall. It's like a movie version. Do you? So the next one I've got, don't know why I find this so funny. This was a complete letdown. He didn't do a roast. He was in a robe. It didn't seem, it didn't seem like he actually focused on what he was saying. Zero effort. I'm upset because this was supposed to be a present and I will actually be a little embarrassed for my husband to see that.
00:24:58
Speaker
We joke about it like with Krusty the Clown and things, but that is something you would think of when you saw The Simpsons. It'd be Krusty or something going, I hardly endorse this event or product.
00:25:09
Speaker
See out curiosity, see if you got one for your wife or family or whatever, would you still go ahead and show them? Oh, it depends how bad is. I guess it depends on customer service. Yeah, I know that's a weird way to put it, but if you can't get your money back for it, do you just go, like, I tried something and it didn't work? Or do you just hide shame? It depends how bad it truly, truly is.
00:25:29
Speaker
Where do you draw the line? Yeah, exactly. The next one, this is quite possibly one of my favourite reviews of all time. And this comes from November 25th, 2024. This is totally unusable. There's nothing joyous about this video. I cannot give this as a gift.
00:25:45
Speaker
and joyous. I don't know why I find that so funny. It's like, I can't use this. That's it. That's the end of it. You know, there's nothing else. It's literally, this is totally unusable. All these reviews have told us nothing about the product itself. That was funny. I just love the end. I cannot give this as a good one. It's almost a big enough to understand what you've just done. but This does not spur joy. Please drop off. Oh, I feel so sorry for that person. This one. I would like a refund. This was a roast for one of my best friends. And you pooped your pants, man.
00:26:27
Speaker
What? I hope it You are the... I don't even know what this means. You are the baller. The goods. The man. Do better. Come on. Re-cut it. I'm not quite understanding if that's a reference to the person there. If the person did poop their pants off...
00:26:45
Speaker
I don't know what you do with that. I can't give this as a gift. It's not joyous at all. It's not joyous. I'm going to start saying that from now. Instead of swearing, I'll go this isn't joyous at all. And I've got two quick ones here. Received a cameo video, but it's three seconds long and sounds like it was a butt dial. No video.
00:27:06
Speaker
ah But then that had to get sent. That must have been a long butt dial to like, pull up cameo, edit the video, record the video, send the video, you know. That's insane. And the final one, of course, booked three separate times for my friend's birthday with two different celebs, both of whom never completed the cameos. Aww.
00:27:23
Speaker
That just makes me sad. No. It really is, isn't it? And that's the thing, I know we keep saying that over and over and again that, oh, we would never do it And I'd like to think that if we ever get to that stage where we are making cameos, that, yeah, we wouldn't do that. Just wait for the theme to go instantly to my head, and I'm, like, doing everything I said I wouldn't do. Just on this cameo. Robe on.
00:27:43
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I'm racing the wrong way. Pants pooped.
00:27:49
Speaker
Watching Godzilla in the background. Colin and Baff. Yeah, it's Baff. At the gym.
00:27:58
Speaker
You had an evil Martin, right? That's exactly what you've been doing. That's alternate reality, Martin McHale. He's got a moustache. That's mirror universe, Martin. It'd just be you working out in the gym doing your half-assed camo. Just like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Merry Christmas or whatever. Merry Christmas, Baff. Merry Christmas, Borg.
00:28:21
Speaker
Oh, well, in that universe it would be Barf, he's named. Merry Christmas, Barf. How do you? Oh, that's so funny. I don't even know what my equivalent would be. Maybe just, to be honest, it probably would just be me sitting on a couch eating snacks. I was going to say, yours would be chewing sounds. Like the opposite of, yeah, because I know how much you hate that. And so yours would be, you'd start the clip by going, I have an unedited raw podcast.
00:28:47
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while chewing here you want to hear my podcast it's raw unfiltered you're gonna love it no one else does this ironically enough that happened one time and anyway that's why andrew's not on the podcast very much anymore my pants unpooped i've got to know the lore behind that
00:29:10
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How did he know? The thing that really worries me is if somebody said that, and that's, I'm assuming it's permanent on there. i mean, you know, everything online's permanent, even if they take it down. So do you want that associated with your review? Can I report the review after it goes up? And why didn't I? Because he was too busy cleaning up his pants.
00:29:30
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I mean, oh God, that is crazy. But after those reviews, would you use Cameo again?
Overall Satisfaction with Cameo
00:29:37
Speaker
Well, so as much as that was very, very funny, the actual vast majority of reviews and like was taking a wee scroll there as well trying to try find some more and the vast majority of people do have either complete five stars or like fives and fours. It's very actually unusual. So you know what? Cameo, you've done all right in my book. Yeah, I have to say I was really surprised. Even when I was looking for them, I had to really scrape at the bottom of the barrel and even for blank here. mentioned earlier i was surprised to find those one star of reviews i was like oh wow that was genuinely a one-off whereas yeah for you know as you said for the majority of them they are five star four star and whatnot and that is really impressive especially for cameo to keep that up as well because you would expect there to be some cracks or maybe lower quality or something And again, I haven't used Cameo enough to not justify, but haven't used it enough to say, oh, I've had good experiences, I've had bad experiences. But I think for the most part, you do get what you're paying for, usually, except for pooping the pants and being in a robe like that. Again, as much as working the laughing and joking, these seem very rare to come across. And you also have to consider with anything that's kind of reviewed, especially at that price, that high expectation... Yeah, but i was going to say as well, if you get something that's good, you probably aren't going to review it. You know I even if you get something that's really good, you don't always review things. Typically, bad reviews are the most prominent type of reviews on, like, restaurants and products. I mean, you know, like, we kind of laugh at the one-star reviews and stuff a lot, but you only tend to leave them if something absolutely tragic has happened. It's either one-star reviews or five-star reviews. But, Most people will pay for something and never review it. And so probably the vast majority of people up that use Cameo are very, very happy. You know what mean? Because there's so few reviews at the bottom into that scale. Which just makes me think, oh, a lot of people don't even bother reviewing. You know what mean? the scale must be so high terms of quality for so few people to be leaving bad reviews at all. No, that is true, though. Much reminds me I need to leave more reviews. I think that's what I've learned in this episode. You know, Martin, I've learned something to do. Let's leave more reviews. Oh, dear. But yeah, on that five star note, Martin, thank you so much for joining me once again. And well, the world of reviews, because as we said, we've done an episode on on food reviews, and then obviously we've done this. So the real question is when are we doing video game reviews? Oh, yes. Steam reviews, man. That's a treasure trove. I mean, just to give you sneak preview, and this is what inspired me to ask you, it was one for Silent Hill 2. And funny enough, I think it's probably done by the same guy who did that, wearing the role, pooping his pants. Silent Hill 2, thumbs down, not recommended. 0.8 hours in the last two weeks. Yes! So the review is, shit, way too scary, GNG. I shit my trousers.
00:32:20
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You shouldn't be doing a cameo review at the same time. Look at the line, yeah, it's not good combo. Oh, but on that note, Martin, yeah, as we prepare for that next episode, because honestly, think that would be a fantastic one. It's going to qualify into a sub-series. But yeah, all joking aside, before we wrap up, where can the amazing Pandalurians listen at home find your content? If you want to follow me on social media or ask me for a cameo, the best places are Instagram or TikTok under the name Martin McAllister. We'll find everything I'm getting up to there. And i don't have a funny punchline for this one. So yeah, come follow me see what my life is like in wrestling and anything else funny I come across. i thought we were going to say buy my cameo.
00:32:59
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I was thinking about it, but I just don't, you know, I don't have the gall to do it yet. One day. One day. One day you'll put on that rope and you'll get it the camera. day. If you would like to listen to more episodes from ourselves, then of course you can check us out at our website, chatsanami.com, as well as all good podcast apps. also want to thank our amazing Pandalorian patrons, RoboticBattleToaster, Ghosty and Cryptic1991. Thank you so so much for supporting the show. But of course, if you would like to listen to early access episodes, bonus content, Twitch VODs, bloopers, commentary tracks, then of course you can check us out at our Patreon page, patreon.com forward slash chat tsunami this podcast is of course a proud member of the pod pack collective for more information check us out on our twitter slash x page at pod pack collect but until next time thank you all so so much for listening as always stay safe stay awesome and most importantly stay hydrated