For a while, Bastardi was showing up on CNBC quite regularly -- this was 3 or 4 years ago. After he became semi-regular he made a big stink about how much snow was going to fall over the ensuing month or two. This was based on "hi-tech" scientific methodogy, according to Bastardi. He talked the announcer, Joe Kernan, into a fairly big bet. Kernan wasn't really interested in betting but Bastardi made quite a stink about it. Anyway, Bastardi ended up being completely wrong -- he was so discredited they stopped inviting him on the show.