Monsters Inc to let audiences text message jokes?

brkgnews

brkgnews

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As usual, if it's been posted before, sorry.

Interesting tidbit I saw on the WDW media site in regards to Monsters Inc...

Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Club. Magic Kingdom guests will laugh, joke, sing songs and match wits with the beloved animated characters from Disney-Pixar's "Monsters, Inc." in an engaging and interactive attraction being created by the Disney Imagineers. Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Club features one-eyed hero Mike Wazowski, who has opened a comedy club to collect laughs that will generate electricity for the monster world of Monstropolis. As Monster-of-Ceremonies, Mike recruits two comedian wannabes whose slapstick humor delights and engages audiences. Guests will even get to text-message jokes on their cell phones for possible use in the show. The fun reigns at a 400-seat theater in Tomorrowland. (Early 2007)

Now isn't that interesting -- don't suppose it'd have anything to do with the recent launch of Disney Mobile, now would it? :D
 
MickeyTigg

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We'll be lucky to see 1% of the submitted jokes used if any at all. I like the concept of the attraction but this is a stupid idea.
 
wannab@dis

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Thanks for the news! Sounds like an innovative way to invite audience participation. I don't see how this is "stupid" since many comedy / improv routines use the audience to drive the show. This is just another means of getting the guests involved and will probably be well received by the "txt" generation.

Lewis Carrol said:
Im gonna spam them with a bunch of Eisner jokes
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Really showing your maturity level again. :wave:
 
Slowjack

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wannab@dis said:
Thanks for the news! Sounds like an innovative way to invite audience participation. I don't see how this is "stupid" since many comedy / improv routines use the audience to drive the show. This is just another means of getting the guests involved and will probably be well received by the "txt" generation.
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Until I read your post it didn't occur to me they were talking about during the show--I thought they meant as something you could do at any time, a promotional kind of thing. But you're probably right. If it's during the show, though, I can't say that excites me. You've got a kid at Disney World, in the middle of an attraction, and he or she is typing out a message on a cell phone? The whole point of the attraction, as I understand it, is to simulate a "live" show, but you have to send a text message?

It's like that commerical where the mom is answering her e-mail on her cell phone just before her boy's recital, and announcer is telling us how great that is, because as soon as she answers that last e-mail she can enjoy the show. My thought--if you need to be able to clear your e-mails before you can relax and enjoy watching your son, your problem is priorities and not technology. The announcer could just as easily say, "Hey, now there's a way that e-mails from the office can follow you to your son's recital!"

In the same way, I have to hope that when my daughter is old enough to go to Disney World, that whatever she finds there holds her attention more than a cell phone.

But that may be just me--I've never really gotten into cell phones the way the rest of the world has.:zipit:
 
wannab@dis

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:lol:

Yeah, I don't get the whole fascination with Cellphone text messaging, but a lot of people like it. I bet it's only ONE of several ways to participate.
 
Meeko

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Slowjack said:
In the same way, I have to hope that when my daughter is old enough to go to Disney World, that whatever she finds there holds her attention more than a cell phone.

But that may be just me--I've never really gotten into cell phones the way the rest of the world has.:zipit:
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While this is an interesting concept and clearly with this and the Kim Possible game trial, Disney is moving toward more interactive elements in all parks, I agree that hopefully children can be engaged by more than the typical electronic devices we use every day.
 
kcnole

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Seeing as ESPN Mobile was just shut down, and Disney Mobile probably going next, I doubt it.
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I doubt that. Disney Mobile is a completely different beast from ESPN Mobile. If I had kids who wanted cell phones I'd be all over the Disney Mobile. The ability to restrict the times they can use the phone, and to what numbers, and to see where they are by where their cell phone is? That's ingenious and a wonderful idea for parents.
 
wannab@dis

wannab@dis

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kcnole said:
I doubt that. Disney Mobile is a completely different beast from ESPN Mobile. If I had kids who wanted cell phones I'd be all over the Disney Mobile. The ability to restrict the times they can use the phone, and to what numbers, and to see where they are by where their cell phone is? That's ingenious and a wonderful idea for parents.
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Exactly... ESPN mobile was all about content distribution. Disney Mobile is a brand new complete cell service with some ingenious tools for parents. It will be some time before we'll see whether it's going to be a hit or a flop.
 
Captain Chaos

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kcnole said:
I doubt that. Disney Mobile is a completely different beast from ESPN Mobile. If I had kids who wanted cell phones I'd be all over the Disney Mobile. The ability to restrict the times they can use the phone, and to what numbers, and to see where they are by where their cell phone is? That's ingenious and a wonderful idea for parents.
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By the end of the year, we shall see, we shall see.... I know plenty of people who looked into this service, seriously considered switching to it, and then stayed with their current provider because Disney Mobile was a joke...
 
DisneyBuff

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I think this is a great idea. In my area we now have text messaging interaction, along with web at home interaction. It has been alot of fun and can be found in clubs, bars, resturants and radio stations. It is a new way for a generation of techies to interact with the shows. How is this different then the Kim Possible Game, Pal Mickey, VKM or even Disneylands Buzzlighter where you can play along at home. Last time I was at Disneyland I was able to send a timed email with a few promted memories of the trip. I recieved via email a year later. It was a great touch and brought back memories I had forgotten about. Each of these brings a personal interaction to the attraction and personalizes it. I peronally love the way disney is trying to create new and interactive ways to particapate. As long as they continue to do it in a way that doesn't impead the magic but enhances it, then I say bring it on.
 
Captain Chaos

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BadTigger said:
I thought ESPN mobile isn't shutting down, but they are no longer making the ESPN hardware, so you can still get ESPN content but not the ESPN branded phones
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ESPN is closing down its cell phone company for sports fans after less than a year, planning instead to forge deals in which it provides content to other wireless operators.The planned shutdown of Mobile ESPN marks the first major bust in a rush of specialized wireless ventures targeting niche audiences they contend are underserved by the Cingulars and Verizons of the world.
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Taken from an AP article. The service is going away. They are going to release the content to other cell phone services. I think that is a better idea. Maybe you others are right about Disney Mobile... Hopefully it does succeed, but I don't think it will.
 
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majortom1981

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The american idol concert had this

The american idol had this sort of. The big problem was a big delay .Would they be able to receive the text messages and do what they have to with them in time for the show?
 
Slowjack

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Meeko said:
While this is an interesting concept and clearly with this and the Kim Possible game trial, Disney is moving toward more interactive elements in all parks, I agree that hopefully children can be engaged by more than the typical electronic devices we use every day.
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Right. I know in my line of work (on-line education) we talk about interactivity a lot, but in the end what that means is engaging the mind and the imagination. The Kim Possible idea (although I'm not crazy about more characters in Epcot) seems to get kids looking more carefully at the Epcot around them than they might otherwise, and has them solving puzzles and so on (at least as far as understand it). I like the sound of that. Typing out a joke on a cell phone, whether or not it gets used in the show, is not what I consider interactive. As wannab said, I assume they will have other ways of getting "inta the act." I think being able to shout out something and have Mike respond to you during the show (assuming that can happen) is better interaction.
 

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