LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow raise 2 million in two days to bring it back to school children

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LeVar Burton Is Kickstarting the Return ofReading Rainbow

LeVar Burton is raising $1,000,000 on Kickstarter to bring back Reading Rainbow, the kids' show that got a whole generation into imagination, literacy, and not taking LeVar Burton's word for anything.

The million bucks will bring new episodes of Reading Rainbow to the web, help produce a specialized version of the show for 1,500 classrooms, and distribute it free to schools in need.

During its original run, from 1983 to 2006, Reading Rainbow won an amazing 26 Emmys. In 2012, Burton brought the show back as an app for tablets, but that doesn't come close to meeting his goal of making it available to every kid everywhere.

Launched Wednesday, the Kickstarter has already raised $418,000. The biggest backer rewards include a private dinner with LeVar at $3,500 and a chance to wear Geordi LaForge's actual visor at $10,000.

 

[BiggWebb79]

 

[beanz]

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

Bring Reading Rainbow Back for Every Child, Everywhere. by LeVar Burton & Reading Rainbow — Kickstarter

Pretty fukking awesome. Kickstarter is such a cool resource!

 

[Nymeria]

YAY! I support this, I loved Reading Rainbow as a kid.

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Nice. it's a real good look. Glad they're bringing this back and glad they brought Cosmos back too

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

Here is Levar Burton's reddit AMA, he seems like such a genuine and nice person

I'm LeVar Burton, But You Don't Have to Take My Word For It -- Ask Me Anything! : IAmA

 

[Boogie]

Cacs hating already smh:

Why You Should Be Mad About LeVar Burton's 'Reading Rainbow' Kickstarter Project - NationalJournal.com

Edit: Nvm lol

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

Cacs hating already smh:

Why You Should Be Mad About LeVar Burton's 'Reading Rainbow' Kickstarter Project - NationalJournal.com

oh my fukking god, fukk whoever wrote this fukking article

LETS bytch ABOUT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THEN bytch ABOUT SOMEONE TRYING TO HELP OUR KIDS READ.

This is why kickstarter is the shyt, WE THE PEOPLE funded this shyt, we raised almost 2 million dollars so far.

edit: read the whole article, not actually bad

 

[Thsnnor]

A wonderful show for kids. Glad it is going to return.

 

[Ricky Church]

I always watched "Reading Rainbow" as a young'n

 

[Soundwave]

But what about his sailing adventures with Troy?

 

[The Real]

Napoleon in 250,000 BCE: How much Ugg responsible for him be eat by sabre tooth tiger? Napoleon have advance degree in science of rock and twig. Not tell you where from though.

Cacs hating already smh:

Why You Should Be Mad About LeVar Burton's 'Reading Rainbow' Kickstarter Project - NationalJournal.com

oh my fukking god, fukk whoever wrote this fukking article

LETS bytch ABOUT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THEN bytch ABOUT SOMEONE TRYING TO HELP OUR KIDS READ.

This is why kickstarter is the shyt, WE THE PEOPLE funded this shyt, we raised almost 2 million dollars so far.

That article isn't complaining about LeVar, it's praising him. It's complaining about how poor the state of funding and education is in public schools that a commonsensical, positive idea like LeVar's has to be implemented like this, through Kickstarter and by one man.

 

[MoneyTron]

If you're 25+ you've got that song memorized.

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

But what about his sailing adventures with Troy?

[–]Killer-Jukebox-Hero 430 points 3 hours ago

How is the sailing trip going with Troy? Any great stories?

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[–]_LeVarBurton[S] 621 points 2 hours ago

Hahaha! Well, being captured by pirates has been interesting. As it turns out, this particular band of pirates are big fans of both Community and Star Trek, so as pirates go, they've been fairly accommodating.