Chris' Fish Place

Root first came to my attention more years ago than I care to admit when I was in Denmark and saw the televised version of Root into Europe.  It was so funny.  Finally, I remembered that I hadn’t read the letters, so here I went.

                I have to agree with the closing things idea.

                For those who don’t know, the Root letters were actually sent to the people they are addressed to, and many of those people did actually write back.  This was in 1979 so before email.  There were these things called envelopes and you used stamps.

                Root wrote the BBC – I think Monty Python had his number, the Queen, Prince Charles, various publishing houses.  He love Thatcher and believe hanging should be brought back.

                In short, he was the British version of Sarah Palin – but people apparently took him seriously (with the exception of Cambridge).   A well off fish salesperson, Root forced his ideas, scripts, and books on everyone.  He thinks models are for one thing only, and believes that he can coach a football team.

                Reading the letters more than twenty years on is rather sad and funny.  Funny because of the writing, but sad because I can’t see this being done with email.  The letters aren’t really dated, with the exception of certain BBC television stars and the one to the South African Ambassador. 

                Really funny.