I suppose somebody who knows UHJeff could ask him. I know Jeff was aware that the book of condolences was on the way, and had promised to make sure it got to Al promptly (Jeff's the guy who opens, de-parodifies & delivers the fan mail to Al).anthontherun @ Oct 7 2006, 11:33 PM wrote: I sent him the booklet of WOWAY's messages of support after his parents passed away. I didn't get a response, but it wasn't really a fan letter in the way that most others are. I do wish I had some confirmation that he received it though.
I sent a gift when Nina was born and got a handwritten thank-you note from Suzanne.
I wrote Al an appallingly long fan letter shortly after I joined this forum, but I said specifically that I did NOT want an autograph or a picture (it was more fun to finally get an autograph in person anyway), so I wasn't expecting a reply.
I do know of people who have had Al verbally mention cards or letters they'd written when they saw him in person.
I think what it comes down to is, with the volume of fan mail Al gets, he can't hope to answer it except to respond to properly SASE'd autograph requests... slowly if it's a generic autograph request, and much more slowly than that if it's a personalized autograph request. On the question of whether Al READS his fan mail, all we have to go on is Al's having said that he does read it all eventually, and our judgment of whether Al is a truthful person or not. Me, I think he is and does.
She got the note to me a month after Nina was born... I was amazed!