| "The company preaches about family, yet ignores the very aspects of family entertainment upon which they were built" -- Daniel Mart, Campaign Founder | "The inclination of my life - the motto, you might call it - has been to do things which will give pleasure to people in new and amusing ways. By doing that I please and satisfy myself. It is my wish to delight all members of the family, young and old, parent and child, in the kind of entertainment my associates and I turn out of our Studio in Burbank, California" -- Walt Disney |
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About the Movement... |
          
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Why we are hereTo all who have come to this website, welcome. "Preserve the Magic" is your campaign. On this page, you will find a description of this ongoing campaign and why we are fighting so passionately to get a new Disney station on to television. Please read it, and don't forget to promote "Preserve the Magic" via your Yahoo group(s), family members, friends, etc. Flyers are located on the Flyers page; please feel free to print and pass out as many as you can. Be sure to sign the official Disney Channel petition, which is our fourth; the first three have gathered well over 900 names from around the world. And if you are a Disney park Cast Member or cast member from a Disney Broadway show, or simply work at the studios, it would be greatly appreciated if you could spread the word amongst your fellow employees. Official shirts are located in the Preserve the Magic store, which is accessible via links on the PtM Yahoo! Group and this website. Wear them to theme parks, malls, etc, etc and don't be afraid to show your support! The promise of a wonderful future with Disney lies within websites such as this. We will not rest until Disney magic is once again restored and all is finally well within the Magic Kingdom. Disney is not just a company, but also a man. Walt Disney was a pioneer whose philosophy for the Disney Company was always to entice people to enjoy all of his masterpieces by providing nothing but "high quality family entertainment." The company he built currently preaches about family, yet at the same time ignores the very aspects and principles of family entertainment upon which they were built. After all, "this" is where Disney came from; "this" is where Disney was more of a magical legacy than a generic brand name, such as Nickelodeon or MTV. When the original Disney Channel began to ignore these ideals in the mid-1990's, they helped to stop the Disney name from flourishing into what it was destined to be and what Walt always meant it to be. Through the "old" Disney Channel, people of all ages were introduced to wonderful old movies. It was on the original Disney Channel that many first saw a lot of the Disney classics, as well as Hollywood masterpieces like the musicals of Rogers and Hammerstein. It used to be programming that parents and children could watch together. At least The Disney Channel had Vault Disney; that is until 2002, when all real Disney and great family programming was phased off the air. Why wouldn't today's generation like Old Yeller, Davy Crockett, Five Mile Creek, Mickey Mouse Club, Zorro, Spin & Marty, Walt Disney World Inside Out, Dumbo's Circus, Pooh Corner, White Fang, Iron Will, Flight of the Navigator, The Canterville Ghost, Disney's Halloween Treat, A Disney Channel Valentine, Tron, Disney's nature specials, etc? This is where Disney came from; films and programs like these are true family classics; and they deserve to be showcased on a Disney television station! Now the only group the channel plays to is the 15 and under crowd. Disney is about family, and once this channel was for family. Now it's a commercial filled, mostly un-watchable channel. One might as well watch Nickelodeon or MTV. There could have been installed just a few shows that would be popular with the young crowd, but instead the entire channel has been converted in to a preteen/preschool dreamland. By deciding not to air the old films and television specials, the current company is not giving them more of a chance with a younger generation; a generation that deserves to know the history, the legacy, and the beauty of Walt Disney and his vision. Like most people, I grew up on Disney, and it pains me to no end at how the company has fallen. There is a reason why a lot of fans went against much of the company after Frank Wells passed away and Eisner took "complete" control in the mid/late '90s: the magic was dying. And the magic continues to die at a much faster rate. And one could use all the logic and pure-common-sense-and-nothing-else and what-if's in this world, but there is simply no excuse for abandoning the principles and ideals of family entertainment upon which this company was built. Whether or not one wants to admit it, something is definitely wrong. Help start up a Vault Disney or Disney Family Channel and put family programming there. The next generation deserves to know who Walt Disney was. He is certainly one of the most beloved men of all time. Everyone deserves to know what he stood for. And we deserve to tell them. In July of 2004, my family and I went on vacation to Reno. And while going up to Nevada and then traveling back home the following week, and passing by all of the breathtakingly beautiful scenery, through Donner Pass and everything, I am reminded of how Walt thought so adamantly to bring all of this naturalistic beauty to the public. These are the very morals and ideals and "principles" Disney was founded under: entertainment that not only could be enjoyed by the entire family, but entertainment at a consistently high level. Entertainment which reflected -- so beautifully -- a deep and passionate love -- and yearning -- for America; not a cheap and disillusioned America, but a true, naturalistic, "realistic," and country-roads-take-me-home type of America. And most of all, a real sense of the awesome beauty all around us. Please, I beg of you. Lillian begs you. Marc Davis begs you. Frank Wells begs you. Roy begs you. If you truly care about Disney, then please join us in our fight. TV Land is doing wonderfully. So is The Hallmark Channel (I always thought that it would be perfect if Disney bought out the station and re-named it, as The Hallmark Channel is practically everything the original Disney Channel used to be, and, as a result, everything which made it great) and Nick-at-Nite. I truly do believe that we can succeed. I am completely serious here, and am honestly getting more fed up with Disney every day. If nothing is done quickly, future generations will be completely unaware of what the name "Disney" truly means. We already have people ten and under who have absolutely no idea. And that, my friend, is the most frightening thing of all. If you have any suggestions, comments or ideas for this campaign, please do not hesitate to e-mail me. As the saying goes, "Walt would be proud." The entire Disney family is proud of us right now, I can guarantee it. Bless you all for helping to "bring back the pixie dust." |
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