Dr. Randy Pausch Medallion at Magic Kingdom

elizabethswann · Post by **elizabethswann** » Feb Tue 10, 2009 7:24 pm

Those words honoring Dr. Randy Pausch adorn the plaque place outside the Mad Tea Cups attraction at Walt Disney Worldâ€™s Magic Kingdom. Pausch was a Carnegie Mellon professor, Disney Imagineer, and family man known for his â€œlast lectureâ€

packwingfn · Post by **packwingfn** » Feb Tue 10, 2009 8:39 pm

I am currently reading the Last Lecture for the first time right now and I'm liking it. I'm glad Disney is honoring his legacy

Croaker · Post by **Croaker** » Feb Thu 12, 2009 2:09 pm

outside the mad teacups? what are they truly saying about his lecture?

drinkupmehardy · Post by **drinkupmehardy** » Feb Wed 18, 2009 12:52 pm

great book he wrote... if anyone has a chance to read, i strongly encourage it! great individual. true definition of a dreamer!

jenjolt · Post by **jenjolt** » Feb Thu 19, 2009 7:30 am

Wow that is very cool! I think I'm going to do some research and find his last lecture and read it during lunch today!! I love the quote to honor him, how very very true!

wdwannabe · Post by **wdwannabe** » Feb Thu 19, 2009 10:06 am

Yea I heard that was a favorite attraction of the family. I think it's great Disney did this for his memory.

Nicc513 · Post by **Nicc513** » Feb Thu 19, 2009 11:27 am

You can also watch the Last Lecture on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo

I actually work at the institution where Dr. Pausch taught. He's been an inspiration to so many; we're glad we could share him and his message with with the rest of the world!

wdwannabe · Post by **wdwannabe** » Feb Thu 19, 2009 1:30 pm

Nicc513 wrote:You can also watch the Last Lecture on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo

I actually work at the institution where Dr. Pausch taught. He's been an inspiration to so many; we're glad we could share him and his message with with the rest of the world!

Wow! Did you know him? Yes, I am so glad his message got passed on too!

Post by **js3901** » Feb Fri 20, 2009 1:38 pm

you can view the whole thing, including introductions at this link:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... ture&hl=en

I remember seeing this program on PBS over the summer. they were even offering a DVD of this lecture, which I can't (for the life of me) find.

sandi · Post by **sandi** » Feb Fri 20, 2009 3:27 pm

Many if my friends have felt his message was so powerful we've given the book to our college children to read.

emnbensdad · Post by **emnbensdad** » Feb Fri 20, 2009 8:38 pm

I don't know if you can download it or not but you can watch it at www.hulu.com.

It actually takes you to links on the abcnews.com website.

Nicc513 · Post by **Nicc513** » Feb Sat 21, 2009 9:28 am

js3901 wrote: I remember seeing this program on PBS over the summer. they were even offering a DVD of this lecture, which I can't (for the life of me) find.

You can order a copy of the DVD here: https://www.randypauschdvd.com/ Carnegie Mellon isn't making any money off of the sale of the DVD's, the price charged is only enough to cover the cost of production and S&H.

Here's a site with a whole bunch of other Randy Pausch-related links: http://www.cmu.edu/randyslecture/

wdwannabe wrote:
Nicc513 wrote:You can also watch the Last Lecture on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo

I actually work at the institution where Dr. Pausch taught. He's been an inspiration to so many; we're glad we could share him and his message with with the rest of the world!
Wow! Did you know him? Yes, I am so glad his message got passed on too!

No, sadly I never had the chance to meet Dr. Pausch. Ironically, I actually had it on my calendar to go and see him deliver the Last Lecture in person, but I ended up being too busy with work that day and had to cancel. It's a very sad irony when you think about the message he delivered that day.

I was, however, about 20 feet away from him when he made his last appearance on campus: he delivered the "charge to the graduates" during the 2008 commencement ceremony. His appearance, words, and presence totally upstaged the actual commencement speaker...who was Al Gore!! Not too many people can steal the show from Mr. Gore, but Randy sure did!

Post by **js3901** » Feb Sat 21, 2009 10:00 am

dbalentine wrote:I don't know if you can download it or not but you can watch it at www.hulu.com.

It actually takes you to links on the abcnews.com website.

according to the link that that Nicc513 posted, you can download it on iTunes. The Last Lecture as well as a couple of other clips...

DisBeamer · Post by **DisBeamer** » Feb Fri 27, 2009 6:01 am

That's really neat. I'm glad they've done something to honor his memory and promote that kind of a message.

Soarin08 · Post by **Soarin08** » Mar Tue 03, 2009 8:24 pm

I have a picture of the memorial. Wonderful way for Disney to pay tribute to such a great man.

Though I'd think the memorial would've been at the Aladdin ride since he helped Imagineer it..... but I suppose there wasn't enough room, perhaps?