The comparison to a comedy is a pretty silly one - comedies are pretty explicit about what they are and are pretty clearly not trying to give you financial advi

The comparison to a comedy is a pretty silly one - comedies are pretty explicit about what they are and are pretty clearly not trying to give you financial advice or medical advice or anything like that[0]. Cramer is on a news network and tries to give the appearance of being a financial advice segment, stopping short (likely including the words “this isn’t financial advice” with a little implied wink of). It’s clear to you and I what Cramer’s deal is, but there are plenty of people out there who take him at face value. [0] - there’s sometimes product placement or even a little feel-good message about friendship or family, but rarely if ever anything that looks like actionable advice.