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Kim Komando Today

81-year-old TikTok star - Gamer who earns $12K a month

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Stephen Austin isn't your typical TikTok star. To start, he's 81 years old. But that's a big part of what has made "Old Man Steve" such an endearing figure on the video platform. He and Kim chat about how he became the internet's grandpa. Plus, Kim interviews a gamer who makes $12,000 a month streaming through Twitch. All that and more on this episode of Komando On Demand.

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0:00.0

Hey, welcome to Commando on Demand Insider, your fast-paced weekly update straight from Kim's desk to your ears.

0:07.2

Mike James here, and if you think gaming is for losers, well, think again.

0:12.0

Kim is going to talk to a kid that's raking in over $200,000 a year playing the game Fortnite.

0:20.0

Plus, what does a quantum research scientist do and why does he work for Google?

0:25.6

We'll find out.

0:26.7

Kim also checks in with old man Steve, who at 81 years old is the latest viral craze on TikTok.

0:33.8

How did he do that?

0:34.9

Plus, Kim has news on how to spot fake coronavirus cures and what's the

0:39.6

ideal setup if you may need to work from home. Kim also answers a question about factory

0:45.2

settings on an iPad, and every week we find a fun trivia question and ask that you give us your best

0:50.4

guess without using Google. It's just fun. And in 1998, Sony released a brand new camcorder.

0:58.2

Some 700,000 of them were released before realizing that they all had to be recalled immediately.

1:07.7

And today's trivia question is, what was so bad about those Sony camcorders that they had to be recalled?

1:13.7

Was it that the battery could explode?

1:16.1

Bed bug infestation at the factory.

1:19.7

It could see through close or missing the record button.

1:24.5

Again, 1998, Sony camcorder, recall. Why? Was it a battery could explode? Bedbug infestation at

1:32.4

the factory? It could see through clothes or it was missing the record button. We'll have that

1:38.1

answer for you later on in this podcast. And by the way, this is not the nationally syndicated Kim

1:43.6

Commando show on over 400 radio stations nationwide.

1:47.7

The podcast version of the show is available, and you can get many more benefits of being a commando community member at get kim.com.

1:57.3

As a matter of fact, if you use promo code Kim, you're going to get a seven-day free trial so you can try it out without obligation.

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