• Ravage
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    As an actor he played many roles ranging from Kunta Kinte in Roots, to Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation. The reason I put him in this forum is for his work with Readin Rainbow. Not many people know he created and prduced the program, along with being the host. He dedicated thousands of dollars and personal time trying to make reading fun for kids. I used to love the show when I was a kid, because they not only talked about books, he also went out in the real world and showed different things from the Great Wall of China,
    to how butter is made. It was like a National Geographic for kids. Anyway, for his tireless efforts in making child education fun, I consider him a hero.

    But you don't have to take MY word for it............
    I'll see ya next time! *cue Reading Rainbow theme*
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  • jujubeeme
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    		 Butterfly in the skyyyyyyyy.....

    I fucking LOVE LeVar Burton. I secretly wanted to marry him when I was little.
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  • RetroJessica1985
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    		 I wonder what good ol Lavar is up to now adays...
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  • InfiniteZer0
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    		 My friends saw him at San Diego ComiCon this year. One snuck a picture of him.

    Take that, Toby!
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  • Ravage
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    RetroJessica1985 wrote:
    I wonder what good ol Lavar is up to now adays...


    He's BIG into poker and competes in many of the world poker tours.
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  • InfiniteZer0
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    		 But he wears that banana clip over his eyes that allows him to things that normal eyes can't. Thats cheating!
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  • Ravage
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    		 It's a "magic" banana clip. It can only see through cloths, not poker cards.
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  • InfiniteZer0
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    Ravage wrote:
    It's a "magic" banana clip. It can only see through cloths, not poker cards.


    Oh in that case, cool.
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  • TurboDuo
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    		 LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow got me into reading.
    I want to be a dentist.

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  • DMoney89
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    		 Levar Burton is an American Icon.

    Him as Kunta Kente in Roots was enough to cement his greatness in TV history, but nah. He went and made READING MOTHERFUCKIN RAINBOW and just took it to a whole nother level. He went from mere mortal actor to a TELEVISION GAWD.
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  • InfiniteZer0
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    DMoney89 wrote:
    Levar Burton is an American Icon.

    Him as Kunta Kente in Roots was enough to cement his greatness in TV history, but nah. He went and made READING MOTHERFUCKIN RAINBOW and just took it to a whole nother level. He went from mere mortal actor to a TELEVISION GAWD.


    His name is TOBY! (That Roots outtakes sketch still kills me from Chappelle's Show.)
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  • Saltychuck
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    		 Kunta Kente's gonna teach da kids to read!
    Oh yeah?
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  • badfish
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    		 he is awsome , but don't take my word for it
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    A spoonful of bullshit helps the medicine go down.
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  • MAL REYNOLDS
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    jujubeeme wrote:
    Butterfly in the skyyyyyyyy.....


    I could fly twice as highhhhh....
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  • princess of power
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    jujubeeme wrote:
    I fucking LOVE LeVar Burton. I secretly wanted to marry him when I was little.


    Aww...LeVar Burton rules. Reading Rainbow was one of my favorite shows on PBS as a kid, along with Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, Ghostwriter, Kiddsongs (I think that was on PBS), Lamb Chops, Barney, and Sesame Street.
    Garfield: "My car is so old, that it's insured against theft, flood, fire and dinosaur stampedes!"

    Garfield: "The local bus transit is doing their part to help with the weight loss program: each year, they stop further and further away from the curb!
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  • Funky Guy
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    		 As if Roots, Star Trek TNG and Reading Rainbow weren't already enough to forever cement his coolness status, he was also in Cameo's video for Word Up;

    http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=u_7Kp_TapA4

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  • gustogummi
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    		 He's fucking awesome. What more can I say?
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  • DCPuppyGirl
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    		 My 4th grade class and the 5th grade class went to the taping of the Reading Rainbow 10th Anniversary Special for a Field Trip, back in 1994. So I got to meet LaVar Burton.
    Never underestimate your own abilities.
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  • DMoney89
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    Funky_Guy wrote:
    As if Roots, Star Trek TNG and Reading Rainbow weren't already enough to forever cement his coolness status, he was also in Cameo's video for Word Up;

    http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=u_7Kp_TapA4



    ANDDDDDDDDDD he was in Star Trek?! ANDDDDDDDD he was in Word Up?! I so didn't even know that! Even the Trekkies know all about the Legend of Levar! :lol:

    DCPuppyGirl wrote:
    My 4th grade class and the 5th grade class went to the taping of the Reading Rainbow 10th Anniversary Special for a Field Trip, back in 1994. So I got to meet LaVar Burton.


    Luckyyyyyyy....
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  • fistoflegend
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    		 I used to love reading rainbow. The man is a great actor.
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