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As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
And a very special thank you to our Guides (moderators), past and present, who kept our forums a happy place to be. You are the glue that held everything together, and we are forever grateful to you. Thank you aliceinwdw, Caldercup, MrsM, WillCAD, Fortissimo, GingerJ, HiddenMickey, CRCrazy, Eeyoresmom, disneyknut, disneydani, Cam22, chezp, WDWfan, Luvsun, KMB733, rescuesk, OhToodles!, Colexis Mom, lfredsbo, HiddenMickey, DrDolphin, DopeyGirl, duck addict, Disneybine, PixieMichele, Sandra Bostwick, Eeyore Tattoo, DyanKJ130, Suzy Q'Disney, LilMarcieMouse, AllisonG, Belle*, Chrissi, Brant, DawnDenise, Crystalloubear, Disneymom9092, FanOfMickey, Goofy4Goofy, GoofyMom, Home4us123, iamgrumpy, ilovedisney247, Jennifer2003, Jenny Pooh, KrisLuvsDisney, Ladyt, Laughaholic88, LauraBelle Hime, Lilianna, LizardCop, Loobyoxlip, lukeandbrooksmom, marisag, michnash, MickeyMAC, OffKilter_Lynn, PamelaK, Poor_Eeyore, ripkensnana, RobDVC, SHEANA1226, Shell of the South, snoozin, Statelady01, Tara O'Hara, tigger22, Tink and Co., Tinkerbelz, WDWJAMBA, wdwlovers, Wendyismyname, whoSEZ, WildforWD, and WvuGrrrl. You made the magic.
We want to personally thank Sara Varney, who coordinated our community for many years (among so many other things she did for us), and Cheryl Pendry, our Message Board Manager who helped train our Guides, and Ginger Jabour, who helped us with the PassPorter-specific forums and Live! Guides. Thank you for your time, energy, and enthusiasm. You made it all happen.
There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
And we are no longer charging for the Live Guides. If you have a subscription, it's yours to keep for the lifetime of the Live Guides at no additional cost. The Live Guides will stay online, barring server issues and technical problems, for all of 2019.
That said, PassPorter is not going away. Most of the resources will remain online for as long as we can support them, and after that we will find ways to make whatever we can available. PassPorter means a great deal to us, and to many of you, and we will do our best to keep it alive in whatever way we can. Our server costs are high, and they'll need to come out of our pockets, so in the future you can expect some changes so we can bring those costs down.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!
If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.
So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!
Best wishes for a wonderful and magical new year!
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04-07-2003, 04:04 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: The Jersey Shore
Posts: 7,249
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Re: Favorite Childhood Programming
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Originally posted by greystone98:
TRIVIA: Can anyone recall which well known and celebrated actor got his start on The Electric Company?
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial"> MORGAN FREEMAN |
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04-07-2003, 04:09 PM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Tioga County, PA
Posts: 6,102
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Re: Favorite Childhood Programming
Captain Kangaroo but never the whole show because I had to go to school.
The original Mickey Mouse Club
The Flintstones
The Jetsons
Mighty Mouse
Roy Rodgers and Dale Evans
Art Linkletter's House Party
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04-07-2003, 04:11 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Pittsburgh, PA , USA
Posts: 5,943
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Re: Favorite Childhood Programming
Mr. Rogers
Romper Room
Flinstones
Paul Shannon's Adventure Show (local - had Kimba the White Lion, Speed Racer and 3 Stooges) - LOVED this show!
Batman (had cape and slippers, but would hide under table and chairs in dining room during opening song, which for some reason, scared me!! [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] )
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04-07-2003, 04:20 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Tuscaloosa, AL
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Re: Favorite Childhood Programming
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TRIVIA: Can anyone recall which well known and celebrated actor got his start on The Electric Company?
MORGAN FREEMAN
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Ding, ding, ding. We have a tie!
And Chuck, tell us what we have for our winners, today.
Well Margo and Denise (deep baritone voice), you can have what's behind Door #1, Door #2, or a lifetime supply of poetry by our very own Passporter, Kruggie!
(Batteries not included).
And while our 2 contestants consider their options, we go to a word from our sponsor, Don's Tools and Wheelbarrows. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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04-07-2003, 04:23 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,599
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Re: Favorite Childhood Programming
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Originally posted by GoofyMom:
I think only Canadians will recognize my 2 all-time childhood favourites: Mr. Dressup and The Friendly Giant.
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Au contraire - We North Country people in NH can't get a lot of American TV - we've only had Fox for about 2 years now, but we've had CBC on our cable forever!! We even used to get the French channel - but no more. My girls grew up loving Mr. Dressup!! Can't say as we've seen the Friendly Giant, however.
As for me - I grew up in the greater Boston area - I was even on Major Mudd, and Bozo when I was 5! Major Mudd was awesome - but Bozo was a jerk!! He told me to sit down and shut up!! It was May Day, and there was a May pole. He called for anyone whose birthday was that week to come and hold one of the ribbons. My little sister turned 4 that very day! He wouldn't call on her - so I spoke up! He said she was too little, she should go sit with my Mom with the audience, she shouldn't even be there. Needless to say, we never watchd Bozo again!!
I was also scheduled to go on Romper Room, but when the call came through - it ended up being my first week of first grade - so I went to real school instead.
Gotta love all those late 60's, early 70's shows! We never really watched Sesame Street - started too late for us, but Zoom was a favorite. Also, Simba the White Lion, and Speed Racer! |
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04-07-2003, 04:26 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Durham,NC
Posts: 2,615
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Re: Favorite Childhood Programming
Favorite program as a kid? It has to be Captain Kangaroo!
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04-07-2003, 04:42 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Favorite Childhood Programming
Fun topic...
</font><ul type="square">[*]<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Seasame Street </font>[*]<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Captain Kangaroo - THE ORIGINAL! </font>[*]<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">New Zoo Revue </font>[*]<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Romper Room </font>[/list]<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">[img]graemlins/love.gif[/img] |
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04-07-2003, 05:02 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: Favorite Childhood Programming
I LOVED Captain Kangaroo!!! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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04-07-2003, 05:17 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: Favorite Childhood Programming
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Originally posted by CRCrazy:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Originally posted by GoofyMom:
I think only Canadians will recognize my 2 all-time childhood favourites: Mr. Dressup and The Friendly Giant.
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Au contraire - We North Country people in NH can't get a lot of American TV - we've only had Fox for about 2 years now, but we've had CBC on our cable forever!! We even used to get the French channel - but no more. My girls grew up loving Mr. Dressup!! Can't say as we've seen the Friendly Giant, however. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Marie, here's a link to the Friendly Giant. Check out the video - it must be from one of his first shows ever! Rusty and Gerome don't sound the same as they did when I watched. Here's a link to Mr. Dressup. Also a very early episode! Your girls won't know who Casey and Finnegan were but the show was at it's best when they were on! I always wanted to live in the treehouse! |
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04-07-2003, 05:28 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Slate Belt, PA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 15,346
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Re: Favorite Childhood Programming
I just remembered another one! I used to beg my mother to let me stay up late when I was 3 or 4 to watch The Muppet Show.
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04-07-2003, 05:35 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Evansville, IN
Posts: 590
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Re: Favorite Childhood Programming
Electric Company, ZOOM, Mr. Rogers, Sesame Street all in a row....and it all came to a screeching halt when Yoga came on.
Sigh....those were the days
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There was another star of the Electric Company who was a success BEFORE her stint on public television. A hint:
A rumble in the west
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04-07-2003, 05:41 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Wisconsin
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 2,743
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Re: Favorite Childhood Programming
It would have to be the original Captain Kangaroo and Sesame Street (which I admit to still loving thank you very much). [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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04-07-2003, 05:55 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
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Posts: 136,854
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Re: Favorite Childhood Programming
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Originally posted by Victorydiv:
Electric Company, ZOOM, Mr. Rogers, Sesame Street all in a row....and it all came to a screeching halt when Yoga came on.
Sigh....those were the days
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">I agree!! These were my favorites. For all you Bostonites, I always loved watching Community Auditions on Sunday mornings too!! |
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04-07-2003, 06:20 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Connecticut Shoreline
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Posts: 8,250
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Re: Favorite Childhood Programming
I really don't remember watching too much TV as a child. However, I do remember watching Captain Kangaroo, The Ranger Andy Show (I think it was a somewhat local thing in CT) and ZOOM. I loved Zoom. I remember writing into Zoom to get my Zoom cards with some sort of an activity on it and a picture of one of the cast members on the show.
KathyL
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04-07-2003, 08:51 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Kissimmee, Fl
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 25,061
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Re: Favorite Childhood Programming
Little house on the prarie, the Waltons, Zoom, Captain Kangaroo and Romper room. My sister and I were on Romper room, I remember small bits of it.
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