Editor:
I had to shout with glee upon seeing Terry Torgerson’s NCJ cartoon (May 1) lampooning Corky Cornwell. If there is a more obnoxious local personality making TV ads, I have yet to come across them. Not only are they terrible the first time they air, but, to add insult to injury, he re-runs them over again: “My granddaughter Piper. … “
I have developed a Pavlovian response to his voice; as soon as I hear “Hi folks, it’s Cor… ” I mute the TV in less than two seconds.
Doug Felden, Eureka
Editor:
I beg to differ with Torgerson’s recent cartoon. I may find Corky Cornwell’s TV ads outrageous at times, but I don’t think they’re ridiculous. When I see Corky willing to go to the extremes he does, I see someone having fun portraying himself as an involved business owner who sincerely wants you to “come on in,” not a buffoon.
Sherman Schapiro, Blue Lake
This article appears in There’s No Place Like Humboldt.
I crack up watching Corky’s ads and have known him for more than 40 years.
Corky is sincerely warm, open, friendly, hilariously expressive, genuine, intelligent with the capacity to get serious, but most of all……..able enjoy life in all its fullness one day at a time. People that are the mirror reverse may find him to be detestable.