Truly, a Happy 27th Birthday to Scott and all of MoPo. My thanks for your steady hand keeping our unique and invaluable listserv alive and well. May it outlive all of us, and may we all outlive Methuselah!
Colin Hunter Baltimore, MD > On ThursdayFeb 24, 2022, at 3:02 PM, Scott Burns <sbu...@columbus.rr.com > <mailto: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 > <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.
