According to Nick and Joe, while they did get multiple invitations for the morning shows as Chop and Steele, one television producer did turn them away upon looking at the "strongmen."
One thing not mentioned about the Kenny Strasser Yo-Yo Master bit, one of the news stations did an expose on him, exposing the bit and devoting two segments to the story. The first segment was the researched story while the second segment was a real yo-yo master that performed tricks.