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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    :(


    :(:(:(

    He should be rich.

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    levar is rich from star trek. which is fair.

    I wanna be on star trek

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  • vsovevsove ....also yes. Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    This was a huge part of my childhood. This, and Square One. Actually, come to think of it, I almost exclusively watched educational TV when I was a kid, with the exception of Ninja Turtles.

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  • cadmunkycadmunky One hand on the bottle, The other a shaking fist.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    goddammit noooooo!

    one of the many reasons i've loved and supported pbs.

    just heartbreaking. awww, my kids.

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  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
  • SeriouslySeriously Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I only ever saw Reading Rainbow in school. They would show episodes in lieu of teaching us things, which I thought was fine.

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  • UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    this is terrible news, I loved this show so much as a kid

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  • vsovevsove ....also yes. Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Quoth wrote: »
    321 contact!!!

    YES, that was the other show I was trying to remember.

    Oh man. Whenever they had those kids that shrunk? I thought that was the coolest thing ever.

    And then they had that talking skeleton. Scared the crap out of me anytime he showed up.

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  • babyeatingjesusbabyeatingjesus Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I thought the shrinking kids was OwlTV.

    I got those mixed up constantly though.

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  • IoloIolo iolo Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    So very sad. NPR's Morning Edition had a piece on this today.

    Kudos to RR though. On public television only Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers have/had longer runs.

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
  • DMACDMAC Come at me, bro! Moderator mod
    edited August 2009
    Loved this show when I was young. I really miss Square One Television too. I still hum some of the songs from that show when I'm doing math.

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  • MonkeyfeetMonkeyfeet Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    holy shit I just saw an apple commercial that turned into an ad for Halloween 2 when Michael Myers came and brutally murdered John Hodgman.

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  • T. J. Nutty Nub T. J. Nutty Nub Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    But Americans dont read

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  • MolotovCockatooMolotovCockatoo Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Well, this is certainly a shame indeed. This was probably the defining television of my childhood, and instilled in me (with my parents help) a deep love of reading that I retain to this day and that I credit with helping me to do well in school and thus basically any success I've experienced in life (at least indirectly).

    Funny story that my mom likes to tell (I don't really remember this myself, I was very little at the time): One evening, my aunt called my mom and was freaking out; apparently there was this escaped convict or something roaming around, and he had been spotted in her neighborhood, and she couldn't get in touch with my cousins (her children), two young girls at the time. So she wanted her to come over and help look for them and such. So anyway she had to take my sister and I over there with her since I guess my dad was at work or something. Anyway, according to legend, when we got over to my aunt's house, I got out of the car, looked her straight in the eye, and said:

    "You made me miss Reading Rainbow, and it was a new one!"

    So yea, moral of the story is: RR is more important than the lives of your loved ones.

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    No jeez Orik why do you assume the worst about people?

    Because he moderates an internet forum

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  • THEPAIN73THEPAIN73 Shiny. Real shiny.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    What the fuck?!

    Why the shit is this going off air? Worst thing ever...

    I am so sad/pissed right now. Poor Jordi.

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    This show was almost as old as me.
    It's like I'm dying.

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Geordi

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2009
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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2009
    LeVar Burton is goddamned smart too.

    Did you guys ever see the special Trek version of The Weakest Link? LeVar and Robert Picardo were knockin' that shit outta the part.

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  • babyeatingjesusbabyeatingjesus Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    hahahaha that handshake!

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  • RabidDeathMooseRabidDeathMoose Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    This was easily one of my favourite shows as a kid... man that's a helluva run.

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  • THEPAIN73THEPAIN73 Shiny. Real shiny.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Mysst wrote: »
    Geordi

    Haha fell for it.

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  • babyeatingjesusbabyeatingjesus Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    The soup was your favorite show as a kid?

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2009
    The soup was your favorite show as a kid?

    I hate temporal mechanics.

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  • Volucrisus AedriusVolucrisus Aedrius Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Quoth 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

    This is a very eloquent description of my position. :^:

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2009
    Quoth 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

    This is a very eloquent description of my position. :^:

    heh, position

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  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    i should be in charge of education

    all of it

    i am a knower of things

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  • Volucrisus AedriusVolucrisus Aedrius Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Naw what I mean is that that pretty much... I... damnit Geek I need more coffee before we start that. :)

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  • HorseshoeHorseshoe Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    DMAC wrote: »
    Loved this show when I was young. I really miss Square One Television too. I still hum some of the songs from that show when I'm doing math.

    Was that the show that had "Mathman" and "Mathnet"?

    Of the latter, I recall the episode where they cracked the case because the victim had left a secret message by way of the Fibonacci Sequence.

    Also Reading Rainbow made me feel good about being a bookworm as a kid, instead of being looked down upon for being "smart" when I was in school.

    I think this is something that contributes to a lack of education in a significant way... kids and adults who don't value education, and/or actively put it down.

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  • A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Horseshoe wrote: »
    DMAC wrote: »
    Loved this show when I was young. I really miss Square One Television too. I still hum some of the songs from that show when I'm doing math.

    Was that the show that had "Mathman" and "Mathnet"?

    Of the latter, I recall the episode where they cracked the case because the victim had left a secret message by way of the Fibonacci Sequence.

    Also Reading Rainbow made me feel good about being a bookworm as a kid, instead of being looked down upon for being "smart" when I was in school.

    I think this is something that contributes to a lack of education in a significant way... kids and adults who don't value education, and/or actively put it down.

    The show was Square One, and Mathnet was fucking awesome.

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Snowbeat 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

    Using a popular entertainment venue to encourage positive educational habits?

    Utter Madness!

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  • JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Naw what I mean is that that pretty much... I... damnit Geek I need more coffee before we start that. :)

    Before you get into position

    with Geek

    ;-)

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  • RabidDeathMooseRabidDeathMoose Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    That's awesome, Square One was probably the only reason I knew the Fibonacci sequence until I took some intro Math at university.

    Edit - @Horseshoe

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  • HorseshoeHorseshoe Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I think I remember another one where they solved the kidnapping (or something... i doubt they were solving murders or anything) of a pianist by looking at his last composition and turning the tones into the corresponding numbers of a telephone.

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    man knowing what the fibonacci sequence was contributed to getting myself into my girlfriend's bed quicker than expected.

    knowledge is sexual power!

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  • HorseshoeHorseshoe Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Mysst wrote: »
    man knowing what the fibonacci sequence was contributed to getting myself into my girlfriend's bed quicker than expected.

    knowledge is sexual power!

    so... the Fibonacci Sequence is the mathematical equivalent of Colt 45

    works every time

    but lacks Billy Dee Williams

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I think we would like to hear that story, Mysst.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2009
    Jordyn wrote: »
    Naw what I mean is that that pretty much... I... damnit Geek I need more coffee before we start that. :)

    Before you get into position

    with Geek

    ;-)

    Whether he wants to get into position now or later is okay with me.

    I'm flexible.

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  • HorseshoeHorseshoe Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    heh

    flexible

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