Question: What scandal destroyed Tim McIntire's character's career in the film "American Hot Wax"?

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Bert Kreischer: Albert "Bert" Kreischer is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and reality television host.  In 1997, as a member of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity, he was featured in "Rolling Stone" as "the top partier" at Florida State University, the "top party school in the US", while he was in his sixth year of college.  The "Rolling Stone" article was the inspiration for the 2002 movie "Van Wilder".  From 2000 to 2001, he was the co-host of the FX Network variety show "The X Show".  A segment that aired on the show, "Ass Wax", where Kreischer had his hair removed with hot wax, led Kreischer to gain his own show on the FX Network, titled "Hurt Bert", in 2004.  In the same year, he had a role in an episode of the police drama "The Shield".

Sacred Ground (film): Sacred Ground is a 1983 western adventure film directed by Charles B. Pierce and starring Tim McIntire, Jack Elam and L. Q. Jones.  The film was shot in several outdoor locations in Oregon.

The Sterile Cuckoo: The Sterile Cuckoo (released in the UK as Pookie) is a 1969 American comedy-drama film released by Paramount Pictures that tells the story of an eccentric, young couple whose relationship deepens despite their differences and inadequacies.  The movie stars Liza Minnelli, Wendell Burton, and Tim McIntire.

John Kaye (screenwriter): John Kaye (born August 31, 1941) is an American screenwriter, novelist and playwright.  His feature credits as a screenwriter include "American Hot Wax", "Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins" and "Where the Buffalo Roam".  He also directed the feature film "Forever Lulu", starring Melanie Griffith and Patrick Swayze.  A graduate of U.C. Berkeley, Kaye was producer and writer of The Lohman and Barkley Show, a late-nite live, 90 minute, satirical show that ran for a year on KNBC, the NBC affiliate in Los Angeles in 1971.  A precursor to Saturday Night Live, Kaye gave Barry Levinson, Craig T. Nelson, John Amos, and McLean Stevenson their first jobs in the entertainment business.  In 2012, " The Los Angeles Review of Books" began publishing his memoirs.

Alan Freed: Albert James "Alan" Freed (December 15, 1921 – January 20, 1965) was an American disc jockey.  He became internationally known for promoting the mix of blues, country, and rhythm and blues music on the radio in the United States and Europe under the name of rock and roll.  His career was destroyed by the payola scandal that hit the broadcasting industry in the early 1960s.

Sweet Replies: Sweet Replies is the second studio album by American R&B/Soul/Funk Girl group the Honey Cone.  It was released by Hot Wax/Invictus Records in 1971 (see 1971 in music).

100 Proof (Aged in Soul): 100 Proof (Aged in Soul) was an American funk/soul group, who were formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1969.  They were put together by former Motown songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland, signing the group to their new Hot Wax Records label.  The group went on to release several hit singles between 1969 and 1972.  The biggest of these was "Somebody's Been Sleeping", which reached number 8 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, sold more than one million copies, and received a gold disc awarded by the R.I.A.A..

Tim McIntire: Tim McIntire (July 19, 1944 – April 15, 1986) was an American character actor, probably best known for his portrayal of disc jockey Alan Freed in the film "American Hot Wax" (1978).  He portrayed country music singer George Jones in the 1981 television movie "Stand By Your Man", which was based on the best-selling autobiography by country music singer Tammy Wynette.

American Hot Wax: American Hot Wax is a 1978 biopic film directed by Floyd Mutrux and written by John Kaye, telling the story of pioneering disc jockey Alan Freed, who was instrumental in introducing and popularizing rock and roll in the 1950s.  Freed is often credited with coining the term "Rock 'n' Roll."  The film starred Tim McIntire as Freed, and Fran Drescher as Freed's feisty secretary, Laraine Newman as a young aspiring songwriter, Melanie Chartoff as a young singer, Jeff Altman as a sleazy record promoter who is told off by everybody he approaches, Jay Leno as Freed's mischievous limousine driver, Moosie Drier in a warmly reviewed performance as the head of a Buddy Holly fan club with at least 5,000 members, and a walk-on part by a teenaged Cameron Crowe.  It also featured performances by Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Frankie Ford, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, and the Brooklyn Dreams as "Professor La Plano and The Planotones".  The film was not a box-office success.

Love, Peace &amp; Soul: Love, Peace & Soul is the fourth and final studio album by American R&B/Soul/Funk Girl group the Honey Cone.  It was released by Hot Wax/Invictus Records in 1972 (see 1972 in music).

Supporting paragraphs: Tim McIntire Alan Freed
Answer: the payola scandal