An Open Thank You to Karl Stern
I wasn't planning for my 500th post on the OCC to be the same post where this letter was posted, but it is cool that it turned out this way.
The following is a letter of thanks to someone without whom it could be argued, there would be no OCC. So please:
An Open Thank you to Karl Stern.
On Wednesday, Karl Stern announced that on January 1, 2007 he is transferring all of the DragonKing archives over to Bryan Alvarez of Figure 4 Weekly and walking away from the professional wrestling industry.
While I speak only for myself, but as someone who owes a great deal to Karl I am quite certain that we have not heard the last of him even after January 1. However, that not withstanding with Karl’s announcement I wanted to take this opportunity to publicly thank Karl for some of the things that he has done, and I’m not the only one.
First, let me say this. I first became aware of Karl from his appearances on the Old Wrestling Observer Live show on Eyada.com back in the day. After that show ended, I lost track of him for awhile but then with my subscription to F4Wonline.com last November I was happy to hear that Karl was still around as I remembered him quite well. The first of his podcasts I listened to was the one where he went off on PW Torch writer James Caldwell for something he had written about wrestling deaths. The first episode of the Ric and Steve...er...Karl Show I heard was the one where "Sheiky" made his first appearance on March 20, 2006. So I've been a fan of Karl's for quite some time.
I owe a great deal to Karl. The fact is that if it weren’t for the Ric & Steve…er…Karl show there would be no Old Country Corner and definitely no blog. It is through Karl that I have made contact with someone in the person of Ric Gillespie of Canvas Chronicle who is one of my biggest supporters. It is also through Karl that I have been connected to my tag team partner in wackiness Wandering Euan and also if not for that show I wouldn’t have come to know Art Shimko of the Meanfilipine.blogspot.com blog.
I’m sure that if you were to ask Karl he’d probably tell you that it is he who should thank me for all of the comedy I’ve provided his show since March of this year. However, the fact is that there are any number of shows that I could’ve emailed and displayed my minimal talents but it just wouldn’t have been the same. A lot of what made anything I sent Karl funny was his own delivery. Karl himself has also been nothing less than supportive of anything I’ve done and while I know that Karl will have a presence on F4W, I am also offering him an open forum on the OCC to talk about anything he likes from College football to Reese’s Peanut Butter cups.
I don’t want this to sound like a good bye letter as this is not good bye. If the Ric & Steve…er…Karl show is going to continue on f4wonline.com then rest assured the Old Country Corner will wander with the Extravaganza over there as well.
So again I’d just like to say thank you Karl for all of your support over the past few months.
Sincerely:
Casey Trowbridge
Casey’s Old Country Corner
I was listening to Figure 4 Daily today and was sad to hear that Karl Stern is retiring from DragonKing, however I understand his stance and position and I want him to know that I've learned a lot about pro wrestling history from both his newsletter and website. Karl's also helped inspire me to forth more effort into my blog and I also appreciate him (and Ric as well) helping promote Schlock N' Hyperbole as well as having me appear on his audio show. I just want to say thank you Karl, I know you are not done just yet but you are a great and
knowledgeable person and I'm glad to have crossed paths with you.
-- Art Shimko
http://schlocknhyperbole.blogspot.com
http://oldcountrycorner.blogspot.com/
"I too along with Casey owe a lot of Karl as without him there would be no Wandering Euan's EuTube Extravaganza and i would not have gotten to know Casey and the other inhabitants of the Old Country Corner. I hope i have contributed something to the history of Dragonking Wrestling by introducing the greatness of Razor Ramon Hard Gay which has brought joy and amusement to Ric and Karl since the beginning of this year. I really hope the legacy of Dragonking Wrestling continues over at F4W. I would simply like to say thank you for everything Karl. Fuuuuuu~!"
Wandering Euan
MySpace/JoesGonnaKillYou
The following is a letter of thanks to someone without whom it could be argued, there would be no OCC. So please:
An Open Thank you to Karl Stern.
On Wednesday, Karl Stern announced that on January 1, 2007 he is transferring all of the DragonKing archives over to Bryan Alvarez of Figure 4 Weekly and walking away from the professional wrestling industry.
While I speak only for myself, but as someone who owes a great deal to Karl I am quite certain that we have not heard the last of him even after January 1. However, that not withstanding with Karl’s announcement I wanted to take this opportunity to publicly thank Karl for some of the things that he has done, and I’m not the only one.
First, let me say this. I first became aware of Karl from his appearances on the Old Wrestling Observer Live show on Eyada.com back in the day. After that show ended, I lost track of him for awhile but then with my subscription to F4Wonline.com last November I was happy to hear that Karl was still around as I remembered him quite well. The first of his podcasts I listened to was the one where he went off on PW Torch writer James Caldwell for something he had written about wrestling deaths. The first episode of the Ric and Steve...er...Karl Show I heard was the one where "Sheiky" made his first appearance on March 20, 2006. So I've been a fan of Karl's for quite some time.
I owe a great deal to Karl. The fact is that if it weren’t for the Ric & Steve…er…Karl show there would be no Old Country Corner and definitely no blog. It is through Karl that I have made contact with someone in the person of Ric Gillespie of Canvas Chronicle who is one of my biggest supporters. It is also through Karl that I have been connected to my tag team partner in wackiness Wandering Euan and also if not for that show I wouldn’t have come to know Art Shimko of the Meanfilipine.blogspot.com blog.
I’m sure that if you were to ask Karl he’d probably tell you that it is he who should thank me for all of the comedy I’ve provided his show since March of this year. However, the fact is that there are any number of shows that I could’ve emailed and displayed my minimal talents but it just wouldn’t have been the same. A lot of what made anything I sent Karl funny was his own delivery. Karl himself has also been nothing less than supportive of anything I’ve done and while I know that Karl will have a presence on F4W, I am also offering him an open forum on the OCC to talk about anything he likes from College football to Reese’s Peanut Butter cups.
I don’t want this to sound like a good bye letter as this is not good bye. If the Ric & Steve…er…Karl show is going to continue on f4wonline.com then rest assured the Old Country Corner will wander with the Extravaganza over there as well.
So again I’d just like to say thank you Karl for all of your support over the past few months.
Sincerely:
Casey Trowbridge
Casey’s Old Country Corner
I was listening to Figure 4 Daily today and was sad to hear that Karl Stern is retiring from DragonKing, however I understand his stance and position and I want him to know that I've learned a lot about pro wrestling history from both his newsletter and website. Karl's also helped inspire me to forth more effort into my blog and I also appreciate him (and Ric as well) helping promote Schlock N' Hyperbole as well as having me appear on his audio show. I just want to say thank you Karl, I know you are not done just yet but you are a great and
knowledgeable person and I'm glad to have crossed paths with you.
-- Art Shimko
http://schlocknhyperbole.blogspot.com
http://oldcountrycorner.blogspot.com/
"I too along with Casey owe a lot of Karl as without him there would be no Wandering Euan's EuTube Extravaganza and i would not have gotten to know Casey and the other inhabitants of the Old Country Corner. I hope i have contributed something to the history of Dragonking Wrestling by introducing the greatness of Razor Ramon Hard Gay which has brought joy and amusement to Ric and Karl since the beginning of this year. I really hope the legacy of Dragonking Wrestling continues over at F4W. I would simply like to say thank you for everything Karl. Fuuuuuu~!"
Wandering Euan
MySpace/JoesGonnaKillYou
Labels: Audio Shows, Karl Stern, OCC Opinion, Old Country Corner, Ric and Steve
posted by Casey Trowbridge at 9/21/2006 11:13:00 PM
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