Mr. Rogers

People have asked me if I ever felt bad about any of the letters I write. Considering they're really meant in good fun, the answer is no. Well mostly. I think this letter to Mr. Rogers, tame as it is made me feel slightly bad. It's Mr. Rogers, I didn't want to offend him. I grew up with him.

Well It looks like Fred took things in stride. I should have known he would.

Roger Ebert

If every celebrity had complied with my requests, eventually Uncle Irwin would have a full wardrobe. It occurred to me later that Roger might have thought I was poking fun at his weight by requesting pants, I wasn't. I just thought it was hilarious to ask for someones pants based on this premise.

Two months is exactly how long I was going to wait before sending Roger a followup. I had actually started writing it. He beat my deadline by 1 week.

Really Carol? It could have been the most used up tattered pants in the world. Oh well. At least she mentions Uncle Irwin

Geraldo Rivera

Usually after someone has read a handful of the letters I have written, they ask what my favorite is. It changes from time to time, but this one is ALWAYS in the running. It's not just my letter though. The response makes it. My first real memory of Geraldo was the special on Al Capone's vaults which aired on April 21, 1986. My whole family watched it that night instead of the Yankee Game. At least the Yankees won.

What seemed like a short time later this FedEx envelope arrived.

Not 1 but 2 responses from people who seemed to work for Geraldo. But there was something else in the envelope.

You can't look at this picture,read the inscription and think Geraldo doesn't have a great sense of humor.

George M. Steinbrenner III

I have no idea where this idea came from. But I do recall expecting a reply.




After waiting for that reply I wrote George again. Still nothing. I lied in the letter below, they didn't cash my check. They didn't return it either though.