after broadcasting, follmer worked as a stockbroker. in 1993, he was fined $50,000, required to pay $53,000 in restitution to customers, and barred from working for any national association of securities dealers (nasd) member by the nasd after it found that follmer had solicited and accepted $53,000 from customers for the purchase of securities but instead used the money for his own benefit. he later worked as a business consultant and did voice-over work.