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QuothQuoth the RavenMiami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
edited August 2009 in Social Entropy++
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6j8EiWIVZs&feature=player_embedded

So after 26 years, Reading Rainbow is going off the air today. I watched this show religiously when I was young, and I had hoped to share it with my future kids, but I guess they'll have to live with reruns.
Grant says the funding crunch is partially to blame, but the decision to end Reading Rainbow can also be traced to a shift in the philosophy of educational television programming. The change started with the Department of Education under the Bush administration, he explains, which wanted to see a much heavier focus on the basic tools of reading — like phonics and spelling.

Grant says that PBS, CPB and the Department of Education put significant funding toward programming that would teach kids how to read — but that's not what Reading Rainbow was trying to do.

"Reading Rainbow taught kids why to read," Grant says. "You know, the love of reading — [the show] encouraged kids to pick up a book and to read."

I AM TRYING NOT TO CRY AND I AM FAILING

Talk about how awesome this show was and how LeVar Burton is now unemployed again.

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    CalliusCallius Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    oh fuck... god damn it...

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    AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I watched the hell out of Reading Rainbow. Kinda sad now.

    THANKS A LOT QUOTH

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    A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Fuck.

    Reading Rainbow was my favorite show as a little kid. It was so cool that it was just a dude saying, hey, reading is fun so go read. Truly a better type of kids television then what's around now.

    But don't take my word for it.

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    PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    levar burton can be unemployed if he wants

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    alternatingAberrationalternatingAberration I am the milk man My milk is deliciousRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    My childhood is dying. My childhood, is withering away.

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    HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I would follow LeVar Burton to hell and back again.

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    Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    this is an american thing, right

    well, reading's awesome, so you can still have my sympathy

    for now

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    DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Man I loved this show. I had no idea it was still on, but I am sad to see it go.

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    Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Wow, I didn't expect to feel this sad.

    IT WAS THELONIUS SAYING:

    "But don't take my word for it."

    I love this show so much :(

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    ButlerButler 89 episodes or bust Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    You still have Sesame Street.

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    sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    They're taking this off the air?


    Son of a BITCH.

    Playing this on my iPod all day tomorrow.

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    redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    "I'll see you next time"

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    MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    fucking goddamit shit fuck cunt fucking ass stupid

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    FFFF Once Upon a Time In OaklandRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Son of a bitch bastard.

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    MonkeyfeetMonkeyfeet Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I didn't really like watching kids talk about how good a book was. Give me Mr. Rodgers any day.

    Levar Burton's voice is dreamy though

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    Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
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    SilmarilSilmaril Mr Ha Ha Hapless. Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Man, I thought this was going to be about the proper show Rainbow. :(

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    SnowbeatSnowbeat i need something to kick this thing's ass over the lineRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    FUCKING AMERICA

    GOD DAMNIT

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    MonkeyfeetMonkeyfeet Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Oh yes please

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    babyeatingjesusbabyeatingjesus Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    that's depressing. The loss of the show of course, but moreso the shift in philosophy regarding educational television.

    If you learn how to read watching tv then society has larger problems.

    Reading Rainbow totally got me wanting to read as a kid.

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    ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    This is the first i've heard about this.

    its really going to end? That makes me a SadCleft.

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    BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I blame this as well
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlKL_EpnSp8

    Because that is reading rainbow of today among other things people should be doing


    And fuck phonics! Prefect received pronunciation English is the way to go

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    MonkeyfeetMonkeyfeet Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I guess I have to credit a healthy dose of Reading Rainbow, Sesame Street, and my grandma for my love of reading that lead me to become an English major.

    So I guess the new philosophy of education will produce more kids that will want to get an actual degree

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    SnowbeatSnowbeat i need something to kick this thing's ass over the lineRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    babyeatingjesus wrote: »
    that's depressing. The loss of the show of course, but moreso the shift in philosophy regarding educational television.

    If you learn how to read watching tv then society has larger problems.

    Reading Rainbow totally got me wanting to read as a kid.
    yeah exactly

    the idea of teaching kids to read via a TV show is so bizarrely retarded I can't even

    argh

    ARRRRRRRRRRGH

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    QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    babyeatingjesus wrote: »
    that's depressing. The loss of the show of course, but moreso the shift in philosophy regarding educational television.

    If you learn how to read watching tv then society has larger problems.

    Reading Rainbow totally got me wanting to read as a kid.

    i agree

    honestly, i think kids are less stupid than people give them credit for, and so focusing on the mechanics of reading instead of the joy of it is like focusing on the chemical composition of acrylic paint instead of showing kids artwork and then giving them brushes and telling them to have fun painting stuff

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    MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    but we need people with useless degrees! that's where the cia comes from!

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    CalliusCallius Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Butler wrote: »
    You still have Sesame Street.
    No, we have a shell where Sesame Street once stood.

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    BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Mysst wrote: »
    but we need people with useless degrees! that's where the cia comes from!

    Someone has to mop the floor and be bitter remember them

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    TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    This is awful :(

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    DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Oh my god.

    I mean, hell, by the time I was watching Reading Rainbow I already knew how to read. Fuck that, I didn't need a show teaching me how to read.

    It was the love of reading and the fact that Levar seemed to love it so much. Just his rolling tones telling the story.

    I'm getting kinda choked up here.

    The last episode is tomorrow? I plan on watching.

    edit: Crap, it's today! Fucking bullshit.

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    MonkeyfeetMonkeyfeet Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    The world can always use more dishwashers

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    BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Monkeyfeet wrote: »
    The world can always use more dishwashers

    Que?

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    SnowbeatSnowbeat i need something to kick this thing's ass over the lineRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    just

    fuck

    I'm actually really broken up about this

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    TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    DrZiplock wrote: »
    Oh my god.

    I mean, hell, by the time I was watching Reading Rainbow I already knew how to read. Fuck that, I didn't need a show teaching me how to read.

    It was the love of reading and the fact that Levar seemed to love it so much. Just his rolling tones telling the story.

    I'm getting kinda choked up here.

    The last episode is tomorrow? I plan on watching.

    edit: Crap, it's today! Fucking bullshit.
    Yeah man. We would often watch an episode every week or so in elementary school when we went to our library and stuff. I still have fond memories of the episode where they showed how violin's are made and the one about cranberries.

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    TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    DrZiplock wrote: »
    Oh my god.

    I mean, hell, by the time I was watching Reading Rainbow I already knew how to read. Fuck that, I didn't need a show teaching me how to read.

    It was the love of reading and the fact that Levar seemed to love it so much. Just his rolling tones telling the story.

    I'm getting kinda choked up here.

    The last episode is tomorrow? I plan on watching.

    edit: Crap, it's today! Fucking bullshit.
    Yeah man. We would often watch an episode every week or so in elementary school when we went to our library and stuff. I still have fond memories of the episode where they showed how violin's are made and the one about cranberries.

    Wasn't there even an episode where they talked about Star Trek? I feel that there was for some reason, and I thought it was awesome because it was two of my favorite things at once, and fuck all those stupid other kids who beat me up for liking reading and science fiction, they had to sit through it.

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    Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I remember the episode about dominoes, that was cool.


    :(

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    Dinosaur DetectiveDinosaur Detective Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I hate to break the even worse news, but LeVar Burton has been unemployed since they stopped producing new episodes three years ago. What's happening today, I think, is that the reruns they have been showing are going away as well.

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    Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Isn't LeVar rich anyway from you know the decades of making this show?

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    Dinosaur DetectiveDinosaur Detective Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I don't think there is a lot of money in educational public broadcasting.

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    AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I doubt he's rich but he's probably pretty comfortable, between this and Star Trek convention gigs.

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