Re: [MOPO] Who Cares About Your First Poster??

[Joseph Bonelli]

<'...such deep topics as  "What is your favorite Madonna video?" etc..'>

 

Now, guys, you KNOW that the hootiest Madonna video is "The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima" from about 1951---  Gilbert Roland, Sherry Jackson, no other names come to mind.  "Our Lady" was NOT played, however, by "Madonna!"

 

Joe Bonelli

David Kusumoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Kirby, you're kidding. No way. The all-time best Madonna video is
"Material Girl." You're smoking crack again, Mr. arts and culture pundit
from Austin (grin)...

-koose.

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From: Kirby McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Kirby McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: Re: Who Cares About Your First Poster??
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 12:50:35 -0600

My favorite Madonna video is PAPA DON'T PREACH.
K.

On Feb 2, 2006, at 12:09 PM, JR wrote:

>Scott,
>
>Why are you surprised at me? I said that if what one really wanted
>was to ask
>people about was how they got into poster collecting, why not ask
>*that*
>question, is all. How people got into the hobby is an interesting
>subject --
>and that's what a lot of people have gone on to talk about in the
>process of
>revealing what their first poster was. But just asking for a people
>to list
>what their first poster was -- which was what the question asked --
>didn't
>strike me as being particularly interesting. If the question had
>been framed
>as "how did you start collecting movie posters?" my response would
>have been
>completely different... in fact, I would have told my "how I got
>into this"
>story (again). Perhaps I didn't read between the lines of the original
>question. I dunno.
>
>I do think there is a danger to these kind of "polling" questions
>if they
>start coming fast and furious. You can end up with lots of people
>jumping on
>the bandwagon, each one trying to come up with their own "What
>is ..." or
>"What was..." polling question and end up with bunches of replies
>on such deep
>topics as "What is your favorite Madonna video?" etc.
>
>But a question like, "how did you start collecting movie posters?"
>would be
>just fine with me. I too have enjoyed the responses from people who
>have used
>the "first poster" question as a spring board to actually tell us
>their
>how-I-got-into-this stories.
>
>-- JR
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Scott Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To:
>Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 12:17
>Subject: [MOPO] Who Cares About Your First Poster??
>
>
>>Actually I've enjoyed reading the replies to this question. Sure
>>beats an
>>endless parade of eBay announcements (no offense meant to you
>>eBay'ers!).
>>
>>Since many of us in this community are "aging baby-boomers" (don't
>>you just
>>hate that description?) learning about everyone's "first poster"
>>takes me
>>back to a different place and time--One with a lot less stress and
>>much
>>lower poster prices. :) This "first poster" question does also
>>open up the
>>discussion about how you got into collecting, even if its not overtly
>>stated--so what's wrong with that?
>>
>>I'm surprised at you, JR. :)
>>
>>Now let's return to those wonderful eBay ads....
>>
>>Scott
>>MoPo "Aging Baby-Boomer" List Owner
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of JR
>>>Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 12:12 AM
>>>Subject: Re: [MOPO] What was your very first poster?
>>>
>>>
>>>A lot of leading theme questions lately. Is it a virus or what?
>>>While some
>>>theme questions can bear interesting fruit, I'm not quite sure
>>>why anyone's
>>>first poster would be of much interest to anyone else... unless
>>>one is looking
>>>to elicit stories about how people got into collecting movie
>>>posters in the
>>>first place. In which case, why not ask that question?
>>>
>>>-- JR

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