Wow, by now MoPo is almost as old as I am! ;-) Cheers,
Helmut > Am 24.02.2022 um 21:02 schrieb Scott Burns <sbu...@columbus.rr.com>: > > 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.
