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When The Disney Channel launched in 1983, the channel premiered several original programs, like "Welcome to Pooh Corner" and "You and Me, Kid". Those shows were showed for years, but there was one original show that was only shown for the first few weeks of the channel's launch, which was "Dreamfinders". The show is based on the former EPCOT Center (now called Epcot) attraction, "Journey Into Imagination", which turned to "Journey Into Your Imagination" in 1999, and is now currently "Journey Into Imagination with Figment". The ride is about Figment, a purple dragon, and his friend, Dreamfinder, as they go on a musical journey into the Imagination. Think of that ride, but probably without Figment, as a TV Show.
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When The Disney Channel launched in 1983, the channel premiered several original programs, like ''Welcome to Pooh Corner'' and ''You and Me, Kid''. Those shows were aired on the channel for years, but there was one original show that was announced for the channel's launch but never produced called '''''Dreamfinders'''''. The show is based on the former EPCOT Center (now called Epcot) attraction, "Journey Into Imagination", which turned to "Journey Into Your Imagination" in 1999, and is now currently "Journey Into Imagination with Figment".


The show, as The Disney Channel Magazine described it, was about a group of children in a "real world" setting, as they are in some kind of problem. Dreamfinder (or as the show called him, Old Eli) would take the kids to "The Realm of Imagination", where they use their ideas to find a creative solution. However, Fear, the show's villain, along with his minions, would attempt to take the children and Eli to the abyss of "Bewilderedness". The show was an hour long, and shown on the weekends.
==Plot==
The show, as The Disney Channel Magazine described it, was about a group of children in a "real world" setting, as they are in some kind of problem. Dreamfinder (or as the show called him, Old Eli) would take the kids to "The Realm of Imagination", where they use their ideas to find a creative solution. However, Fear, the show's villain, along with his minions, would attempt to take the children and Eli into the abyss of "Bewilderedness".


The show however, only had 3 episodes, and some sources say that they've only shown once (or the three times a week the channel showed it). To this day, this show hasn't been shown on the channel since 1983, and no episodes have surfaced online. The only clip of this show was a short second of Dreamfinder / Old Eli during the Disney Channel's countdown on April 18, 1983.
==Availability==
The show was to be an hour long and was scheduled to air on the weekend. Even though the show was never produced, it was represented by a short appearance of Old Eli during the Disney Channel's launch countdown on April 18, 1983.


The series started to have a ramp-up in people joining the search for it on December 12, 2016, when Lost Media Wiki user "ccateni" made [http://forums.lostmediawiki.com/thread/686/time-search-dreamfinders-disney-channel a thread] trying to get people to "help" him find the series.
On December 16, 2016, LMW user "theraincrafter" managed to contact a scriptwriter of the TV show and obtain a script of an episode called "Just in Time". He then posted a [https://mega.nz/#!qpBg3J5a!KDyKSawfQkIxLfdFdsBZpvaLJGMN3umYkCzEi5NoBO0 download to the script] along with emails sent to the scriptwriter of the show on the original forum for the search of ''Dreamfinders''. It confirms many of the rumors of the show while also giving an accurate depiction of how the show would appear on TV.
Disney's archives on their official fan club website, D23, contains information about Dreamfinders, coming straight from their Chief Archivist Emeritus, Dave Smith. The description of the show given was the same as the description in the advertisements. However, Smith goes on to state that "no shows were ever completed".<ref>[https://d23.com/ask-dave/matt-austin-texas-2/ The Ask Dave question archived on D23 '''(Note: membership is required to view this page, which can be obtained for free.)'''] Retrieved 04 Oct '17</ref>
==Gallery==
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DreamfindersShow.jpg|Advertisement of the show.
Dreamfinders Disney Channel Magazine.jpg|Another advertisement for the show.
Dreamfinders Disney Channel Magazine.jpg|Another advertisement of the show.
Ask Dave Dreamfinders.jpg|Screenshot of "Ask Dave" question concerning the status of Dreamfinders.
</gallery>
</gallery>
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==Reference==
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Revision as of 15:09, 28 May 2019

DreamfindersShow.jpg

Advertisement of the show.

Status: Non-existent

When The Disney Channel launched in 1983, the channel premiered several original programs, like Welcome to Pooh Corner and You and Me, Kid. Those shows were aired on the channel for years, but there was one original show that was announced for the channel's launch but never produced called Dreamfinders. The show is based on the former EPCOT Center (now called Epcot) attraction, "Journey Into Imagination", which turned to "Journey Into Your Imagination" in 1999, and is now currently "Journey Into Imagination with Figment".

Plot

The show, as The Disney Channel Magazine described it, was about a group of children in a "real world" setting, as they are in some kind of problem. Dreamfinder (or as the show called him, Old Eli) would take the kids to "The Realm of Imagination", where they use their ideas to find a creative solution. However, Fear, the show's villain, along with his minions, would attempt to take the children and Eli into the abyss of "Bewilderedness".

Availability

The show was to be an hour long and was scheduled to air on the weekend. Even though the show was never produced, it was represented by a short appearance of Old Eli during the Disney Channel's launch countdown on April 18, 1983.

The series started to have a ramp-up in people joining the search for it on December 12, 2016, when Lost Media Wiki user "ccateni" made a thread trying to get people to "help" him find the series.

On December 16, 2016, LMW user "theraincrafter" managed to contact a scriptwriter of the TV show and obtain a script of an episode called "Just in Time". He then posted a download to the script along with emails sent to the scriptwriter of the show on the original forum for the search of Dreamfinders. It confirms many of the rumors of the show while also giving an accurate depiction of how the show would appear on TV.

Disney's archives on their official fan club website, D23, contains information about Dreamfinders, coming straight from their Chief Archivist Emeritus, Dave Smith. The description of the show given was the same as the description in the advertisements. However, Smith goes on to state that "no shows were ever completed".[1]

Gallery

Dreamfinder/Old Eli appears at 1:23.

Reference