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'Mad Money' host records show with OU students

Jim Cramer tapes "Mad Money with Jim Cramer" at the University of Oklahoma on Friday. Jaconna Aguirre/The Oklahoman

By DON MECOY NewsOK.com
Published: 10/31/2009 2:25 AM
Last Modified: 10/31/2009 5:19 AM

NORMAN — Jim Cramer, the bombastic host of CNBC's "Mad Money," taught some classes at the University of Oklahoma on Friday. Then he went on the air, and taught some more.

Cramer, whose outlandish style has made him an easy target, concedes that his show has changed "radically" as markets soared and soured over the past several years. Gone are the high-flying days of picking stocks. Cramer said his job now is to educate entertainingly.

With CNBC playing in his dressing room — "Sheesh, the Dow's down 260" — Cramer talked to a reporter about his current job, which came about after careers as a journalist, money manager, hedge fund manager, Web start-up entrepreneur and television personality.

"I'm an entertainer about business — a business entertainer," he said a couple of hours before taping his show on the OU campus. "I'm a televangelist for money. I do a one-man sports show about business."

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By DON MECOY NewsOK.com

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	Report Comment HardHeartedHanna, (10/31/2009 3:56:39 PM) This guy should be in prison, and we are paying him to speak to the younger generation.
	Report Comment FIRE GUNDY, TULSA (11/1/2009 8:26:10 AM) I like Cramer but I can only watch him closed caption.
	Report Comment 007, Tulsa (11/1/2009 1:38:18 PM) "I'm a televangelist for money." Yep he's in the right state.

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