Tuesday, September 1

"Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high
Take a look, it's in a book"

If you recogize these lyrics then you, like me, were a watcher of the PBS program Reading Rainbow hosted by Levar Burton (AKA Geordi La Forge on Star Trek: The Next Generation). Remember this?:

Sadly that show will be going off the air after a 26 year long run on Friday.

Ok so I didn't know that show was even still on but it was my favorite show as a kid and helped me develop a love of reading and I am sure it did the same for a lot of kids.

If you are feeling nostolgic, here is a clip from that show from 1983 featuring an awesomely bad song about checking out library books. That Levar Burton has some moves!:
at

6 comments:

  1. CarrieSeptember 1, 2009 at 9:12 AM

    Wow, major blast from my childhood past. I was a Reading Rainbow fan too. And oddly enough, I was just wondering if this show was still on. Like, yesterday.

    ReplyDelete
  2. LuluSeptember 1, 2009 at 9:46 AM

    Really? Now you know and knowing is half the battle! I wonder what the other half is?

    ReplyDelete
  3. edluvSeptember 1, 2009 at 11:40 AM

    the other half is lying. or maybe running away.

    ReplyDelete
  4. LuluSeptember 1, 2009 at 12:43 PM

    ha!

    ReplyDelete
  5. AdamSeptember 1, 2009 at 2:50 PM

    The other half is turning double agent and ratting out your friends.

    I loved this show growing up. I remember an episode in Hawaii where he visited a ceramic artist that fired their pots in wood coals.

    One more bit of nostalgia.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Kris10September 2, 2009 at 5:19 AM

    I still remember the theme song like it was yesterday..."take a look, it's in a book..." :)

    ReplyDelete