Happy bday Scott and MoPo and many more to come ..best Alan On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 3:02 PM Scott Burns <sbu...@columbus.rr.com> wrote:
> February 24, 1995: The first MoPo message was posted via the American > University listserv. > > > > MoPo turns 27 today—a remarkable feat for an old-school e-mail based > discussion forum. As is my tradition, a salute to those 11 first-day MoPo > members: Mahtab Moayeri, Michael Danese, Rob Ellis, Donna Tschetter, Goh > Kai Shen, Evan Zweifel, George Nichol, Jeff Static (using AOL name > Static555), Cindy Nemeth-Johannes, Adam Ehrlich, and myself. Michael, Rob > and Evan are still subscribed. > > > > Poster collecting has changed dramatically over the past 27 years. While > the Internet allowed MoPo to exist, it also decimated the old standbys of > the hobby. Gone are all the paper periodicals like Movie Collector’s World, > The Big Reel, Collecting Hollywood and Autograph Collector. Gone are the > printed price guides like John Kisch’s Poster Price Almanac and Jon > Warren’s Movie Poster Prices. Gone are many of the in-person conventions > like the Syracuse Cinefest and the Fall Cinesation in Massillon, OH. The > Columbus Cinevent hosted it’s 53rd and final show in October, but will > morph into the Columbus Moving Picture Show this May “under new management” > as they say. Buying movie memorabilia changed dramatically, too. No more > waiting for those massive (sometimes handwritten) lists of available items > in MCW ads or the next Hershenson sale flyer with its nail-biting ordering > procedure—will my call get through before what I want is sold? And how many > “other” poster discussion groups have come and gone? Remember Movie Poster > Forum, Movie Poster Chat or Movie Poster Talk? And for you long-time > MoPo’ers who could forget the notorious Style-B? All gone. > > > > The old MoPo FAQ, composed in the early days of our group, is now just an > archive of what was. > > > > No matter, MoPo is a survivor and keeps chugging along. We’ll continue on > until there’s nothing left to talk about, or an auction to promote. 😊 Or > until American University turns off the listserv! > > > > Thanks to you all, > > Scott > > MoPo List Owner > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
