The Soapbox is an organization dedicated to saving SRMTHG from being canceled.
Recently, several fans learned that Disney does not intend to renew the show for it's fifth and final season. This means that many plotlines would not be finished, and Ciro Neili, creator of the show, has commented that he has a great idea for the ending. The Soapbox provides resourses that can hopefully be used to change the programmer's minds.
This page also has information on other problems in the fandom, and how to fight back! Check often for new matters in need of your help!
The Review by Common Sence Media
NEW! Fight Art Theft!
You mean I can start saving show faster than checking my e-mail? Yep! Signing a petition is a good place to start. After that, check out the contects section for e-mail and mailing addresses.
http://www.petitiononline.com/SRMTHFG5/petition.html
Here are some tips when writing your e-mails/letter...
1. Be polite. Insults will get you nowhere. In fact, they just might make things worse.
2. Be specific. Yelling "Save the Monkey Team!" or somthing like that probably won't do you any good. You must remember: Some of these people may not even know about the cancelation. You'll be suprised at how often information doesn't get around to everybody, esspecialy this far in advance. Here's an example.
3. It's an e-mail I recently wrote to several people at Disney. Take a look at the points I made.
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing in response to your recent decision to not renew the show "Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!" fot it's fifth and final season.
SRMTHG is a wonderful show, and has been building up to an interesting ending since day one. It is very sad to think about how many plot points will not come together if the series does not continue.
The show is also very unique, and captures a diffrent audience that, without the show, Jetix might not have. Even though there are not millions of veiwers tuning in, I have seen first hand the love fans have for this show. Online, they are constantly talking about the show, writing stories about the show, drawing stuff from the show, and even making websites about the show! I know that many of them would do anything to see the show make it to it's conclusion.
Another reason to continue the series, is that a 63 episode series (the total episode count with season 5) would be much easier to syndicate than a 52 episode (the total episode count without season 5) one.
If there must be no fifth season, what about a 3 part special or DVD movie to serve as the conclusion?
My point is, "Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!" is a wonderful series and deserves to have a proper ending.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
[name here]
Monkey Team Fan
5. If you still have no idea how to write to Disney or are too busy to take the time to write one, feel free to use/edit and use mine. In fact, if anybody would like to offer their letter as an option for others to use, feel free to send it to me. (Netbug009@yahoo.com)
Please take a moment to read out Writing Tips
Spaction3, president of the super cool SRMTHG art club at Deviantart ( http://srmthg.deviantart.com/ ) found everything here. Thanks a bundle Spaction!
Who knew? There is an entire organisation just for saving Disney shows! The site has a contacts page with tips, tricks and enough contacts to keep you busy for a while. http://help.savedisneyshows.org/
We also got a horde of e-mail addresses! My adivse: E-mail them all. It can't hurt, and it won't take half as long as you think it will.
If you want to make it a little easier, some of these addresses (and some other ones too.) are on a cool program that the Save Disney Shows group made. See for yourself!
Alert The Media!: http://www.savedisneyshows.org/help/media/email/
E-mail Disney!: http://www.savedisneyshows.org/email/
memberservices@disneychannel.com Disney Member Services
disneychannel@disneyonline.com Disney Channel
disneyinfo@disneyhelp.com Disney Information
robert.a.iger@disney.com President and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company
rich.ross@disney.com President of Disney Channel Worldwide
sean.cocchia@disney.com Vice President/Business Development of Disney Channel Worldwide
gary.marsh@disney.com Disney Channel Worldwide President of Entertainment
sarah.shelton@disney.com Assistant of Gary Marsh
scott.garner@disney.com SVP/Programming Disney Channel
karen.myer@disney.com Assistant of Scott Garner
meredith.metz@disney.com Senior Vise President
lisa.salamone@disney.com The Head of Animation Production
joanna.spak@disney.com The Head of Finance, Planning, etc. Disnay Channel
mark.kenchelian@disney.com The Head of Business and Legal Affairs, Disney Channel
jewell.engstrom@disney.com CFO and Executive VP for Disney-ABC Cable Group
olivia.stafford@disney.com Assistant to Jewell Endstrom
albert.cheng@disney.com EVP/Digital Media, Disney-ABC Television Group
karen.hobson@disney.com Digital Media Communications Office, Disney-ABC Television Group
george.bodenheimer@disney.com Co-Chairman Media Networks Group
nicole.nichols@disney.com Senior VP of Entertainment Communications, Disney-ABC Television Group
aime.wolfe@disney.com Assisant of Nicole Nichols
patti.mcteague@disney.com VP of Kids Communication
siobhan.kenny@disney.com Acting Head of International Communications
paul.lee@disney.com ABC Family Channel
annie.fort@disney.com ABC Family Media Relations
alex.wallau@disney.com President of Network Operations and Administration
david.westin@disney.com ABC News, President
mike.shaw@disney.com ABC Sales and Marketing President
fred.kuperberg@disney.com Disney/ABC Executive VP of Business and Legal Affairs
kara.rousseau@disney.com VP of Ad Sales Marketing for Disney/ABC Kids Networks
kim.harbin@disney.com Buena Vista Media Relations
anne.gates@disney.com Disney Consumer Products Executive VP & CFO
james.fielding@disney.com Senior VP, Retail Sales and Marketing for DCP
deborah.dugan@disney.com President of Disney Publishing
graham.hopper@disney.com Senior VP and General Manager of Buena Vista Games
angela.emery@disney.com Director of Public Relations, Buena Vista Games
chris.bess@disney.com Buena Vista Home Entertainment
peter.murphy@disney.com Senior Adviser to Mr. Iger
tom.staggs@disney.com CFO/Senior V.P.
David.K.Thompson@disney.com Senior Vice President
jestrin@packetdesign.com Board of Directors
john.bryson@edisonintl.com Board of Directors
monica.lozano@laopinion.com Board of Directors
john.chen@sybase.com Board of Directors
gary.wilson@nwa.com Board of Directors
leo.odonovan@mbna.com Board of Directors
If any of these e-mails don't work or they mail back saying that they can't do anything about it/ arn't in that department, please let me knoe at kirbylover101@yahoo.com. Also, please e-mail me if you have more contacts or know what the best ones are!
One of the things that will help convinse Disney to keep the show is for lots of people to watch it. But what happens if all the possible new veiwers hear the show is mindless violence?
Common Sense Media, a popular online review site centering around youth media, has written a review basically bashing the show. The review claims the show is nothing more than violence, has no plotline, and doesn't teach any values. The review shows extreme ignorance to the true nature of the show.
So, what can I do? Fight back. Common Sense allows people to sign up and leave reviews of their own. If we get enough people saying the show is good, we can outweigh Common Sense's opinion.
Don't flame them or yell. Give a deep, honest review saying how cool the show really is. There is strength in numbers.
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