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The Charles Murch Roast: Farewell, Mr. President

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Short answer: This page is a good-natured send-off for Charles Murch as he steps down as president of The Executives’ Association of San Diego on 31 October 2026 (per the event’s organizers): a three-minute farewell song montage, a mock newscast, a pirate farewell, a surf clip, a vintage bodybuilding-photo clip and a childhood-to-Thor photo morph. It is comedy, not a statement of fact, and the sourced record is on the rest of this wiki.

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What is The Charles Murch Roast?

A short collection of affectionate, tongue-in-cheek video clips marking the end of Charles Murch’s time leading The Executives’ Association of San Diego. The clips call him the outgoing president; the association’s own article of 14 May 2025 described him as Chair, so this wiki does not try to settle his title.[1] His term is scheduled to end on , according to the event’s organizers. The jokes are jokes: nothing in them should be read as a biographical claim.

The Heavyweight of Real Estate: what is the farewell song montage?

A three-minute mock farewell song (version 1) set to a photo montage of tongue-in-cheek images of Charles, with a surfing shot, a podium with a presidential sash, and a “Good Bye Charles” banner. The song bids “a fond and slightly relieved farewell” to the outgoing president, Charles Murch, teases him about his bodybuilding past, protein shakes and escrow fees, and ends affectionately with “We love you, Charles”. The images are comic artwork and edited pictures made for the send-off, not documentary photographs.

This video is a song with lyrics; this page summarizes it in the caption and does not reproduce a full lyric transcript.

Farewell, Mr. President: what does the mock newscast say?

A mock “EXECS News Nightly” broadcast (59 seconds). The anchor announces that Charles Murch is stepping down as president of the Executives’ Association of San Diego after “one long, loud, and frankly exhausting term”, says the term ends on October 31, jokes that he ran meetings “like leg day” and that the only thunder came from the lunch buffet, and finishes with a sincere “thank you for your service”.
Read the transcript
  • 0:00 Breaking news out of San Diego tonight!
  • 0:04 After one long, loud, and frankly exhausting term, Charles Murch is finally stepping down as president of the Executives’ Association of San Diego.
  • 0:13 His term officially ends October 31st.
  • 0:16 Members describe the mood as cautiously ecstatic.
  • 0:19 Murch, a former bodybuilder, ran every meeting like leg day.
  • 0:23 Nobody could walk afterward, and nobody was sure why they came.
  • 0:27 He also still identifies as the god of thunder.
  • 0:31 Experts confirm the only thunder at any meeting came from the lunch buffet.
  • 0:35 Founded in 1923, the association has now survived the Great Depression, a world war, and Charles.
  • 0:42 Murch now returns to real estate full-time.
  • 0:46 San Diego homeowners, consider yourselves warned.
  • 0:50 But seriously, Charles, thank you for your service from all of us at the Executives’ Association of San Diego.

Names are spelled as they appear on screen. Transcribed from the clip’s audio.

What happens in the pirate farewell?

Charles, wearing an eye patch in front of a crew of pirates on a ship’s deck, delivers a 10-second farewell in pirate speak: he says it has been an honor to captain the ship, jokes that he plundered more leads and referrals than a pirate could dream of, says he is stepping down but will cherish sailing with the crew, and ends with the line that the treasure was the friends he networked along the way.
Read the transcript
  • 0:00 Ahoy, me hearties! It’s been an honor to captain this fine ship of San Diego [word unclear].
  • 0:03 I’ve plundered more leads and referrals than a pirate could dream of.
  • 0:06 Stepping down now, but I’ll always cherish sailing with you.
  • 0:08 Ah, the treasure was the friends we networked along the way!

Names are spelled as they appear on screen. Transcribed from the clip’s audio.

Why is there a surf clip?

A 10-second clip with no speech, titled “Charles Surfing”: a surfer in a black wetsuit with red sleeves rides and carves a breaking wave. It is a comic nod to San Diego beach life; his Realtor.com profile lists beach and coastal properties among his specialties, but this wiki has no source on whether he surfs.[2]

This clip has no spoken words, so there is no transcript.

What is the bodybuilding photo clip?

A 15-second clip, titled “Charles and the Bodybuilding Legend Lookalike”, built from vintage black-and-white bodybuilding-contest style photos. A blond man, presented as Charles, flexes in posing trunks beside a dark-haired “famous bodybuilding legend lookalike”; the two stand side by side, trade poses, and finish with a pair of roaring double-biceps shots. It is an affectionate nod to the mock newscast’s joke about a “former bodybuilder”. No spoken words were detected in the audio, so there is no transcript, and this wiki has no source that Charles competed in bodybuilding.

This clip has no spoken words, so there is no transcript.

What is the “Kid to Thor” clip?

A 15-second photo morph, titled “Charles: From Kid to Thor”, with no speech. It starts with old, sepia-toned childhood portraits of Charles, including one in a cowboy hat, then melts into a portrait of him as a young man in a grey sweater. From there the picture turns into a bare-chested figure in white briefs against a golden, pillared hall, and finally into a stern white-bearded warrior with an eye patch, armor and a flowing red cape: the “god of thunder” the mock newscast teases him about. It is pure fantasy; the armored figure is an artwork, not a photograph of anyone.

This clip has no spoken words, so there is no transcript.

Is any of this meant to be taken seriously?

Only the thank-you. The mock broadcast ends sincerely, and the association’s own announcements describe the work behind the humor: board service in many capacities and the inaugural Ellis Smith Award in May 2025.[1] For the dated, cited facts about his license, brokerage and association role, see the association page and the career timeline. Other members and officers of the association are deliberately not named on this wiki.

Frequently asked questions

When does Charles Murch step down?

His term as president of The Executives’ Association of San Diego is scheduled to end on 31 October 2026, according to the organizers of the farewell tribute.

What is the Charles Murch Roast?

A good-natured set of video clips marking Charles Murch stepping down as president of The Executives’ Association of San Diego.

Are the clips factual?

No. They are comedy. Facts about Charles Murch are cited on the other pages of this wiki.

How long are the clips?

The farewell song montage runs 3 minutes, the mock newscast runs 59 seconds, the pirate farewell and surf clip run 10 seconds each, and the bodybuilding-photo and Kid-to-Thor clips run 15 seconds each.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b “Charles Murch from Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices receives ‘The Ellis Smith Award’”, 14 May 2025. The Executives’ Association of San Diego. Retrieved 28 October 2026.
  2. ^ Charles Murch, agent profile, areas served and ratings. Realtor.com. Retrieved 28 October 2026.