When Mike, the snarky telemarketer, called during the dinner hour to tell Tom Mabe he’d been chosen to receive a free, deluxe, digital satellite system, Mike got the shock of his life.

Comedian and jingle writer Tom Mabe works the phone at his home in Louisville, Ky. Mabe has made a CD, "A Wake-Up Call for Telemarketers." LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The federal government's do-not-call list ...

The federal government's do-not-call list has saved millions of Americans from pesky telemarketers, but Tom Mabe had to take it one step further. The comedian and jingle-writer goes on the offensive ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The federal government's do-not-call list has saved millions of Americans from pesky telemarketers, but Tom Mabe had to take it one step further. The comedian and jingle-writer goes ...

Tom Mabe of Louisville, Ky., was working out of his home office writing commercial jingles in 1993 when telemarketing calls started to exasperate him. "When you're self-employed, you jump when the ...

Mabe, a commercial jingle writer from Kentucky whose "Revenge of the Telemarketers" routine has been featured on radio's "Bob and Tom Show," was impressed when he heard the Indiana law's tight ...

CEDAR FALLS - There are a few rules to know before calling Tom Mabe's house. First, you'll probably be recorded. And if it's funny, your conversation may end up on a best-selling CD. Second, don't try ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The federal government's do-not-call list has saved millions of Americans from pesky telemarketers, but Tom Mabe had to take it one step further. The comedian and jingle-writer goes ...