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So, a couple of months back, to coincide with the Internet launch of Big Brother magazine (then slated for April 2008), Cliver and Carnie were adamant about setting up a postal address so our fans in the community could send some letters (not unlike those “Letters to the Editor” sections of most magazines). Dave Carnie was so psyched that he was even going to do a weekly “correspondence” column addressing that week’s mail.

Apparently, back in the day, they would get all kinds of interesting mail, which makes sense, since back in 1992 the public at large wasn’t yet surfing the information super-highway that we have all since become completely entangled in. A very small percentage of the public even knew what BBS’ were, and most people still knew how to use a pen and a stamp. Yet, in the 16 years since, most people have become so dependent on their email and online bill pay that the only thing that people physically mail anymore are wedding invitations and holiday cards. I wonder if kids in elementary school even have true “pen pals” anymore.

Anyhow, since the opening of the floodgates, I have made some community posts pleading for mail, and a few letters have trickled into our offices. I think the guys were slightly under-whelmed by the volume of stuff coming in, but what has come in has been (generally) fantastic. A lot of original art has rolled in, a very nice letter from a juvenile parole officer who had nice things to say, the obligatory requests for autographs, a Canadian solicitation for love, and even a padded envelope full of quarter-machine goodies.

Well, the other day when I came back from the mailbox with our first international package, Rick decided to document it, and this is what happened. (By the way, if I offended Hey-Seuss in Miami, I apologize.)

And, just in case you lost the address, it is:

Letters
c/o jackassworld.com
7510 Sunset Blvd. Suite 600
Los Angeles, CA 90046-3408