I don't love kids' TV, nor do I hate it. I do seem to have a remarkably high tolerance for it, compared to most other people I know who are not actually children. This being a sick day, we have spent a lot of hours in front of the boob tube today, even sitting through Barney, which makes most reasonable people want to claw their eyes out. Maybe the reason I don't mind most kids' TV is because I'm pretty good at just tuning it out.
But right now? We are watching Reading Rainbow, and I am seriously digging it.
Why? Levar Burton is teaching kids about telling stories though music, and started the episode off with some examples of "the newest style of telling stories" -- music videos.
That's right, they're showing a 20-year-old episode of Reading Rainbow on our PBS station, and I am loving it. They showed video clips from Lionel Richie and Tears for Fears! Run DMC wrote a rap just for Reading Rainbow! And now Pete Seeger is reading (and singing) his book Abiyoyo, a story (and song) we all love.
And I have to say that Levar Burton in a pink shirt with bright blue jacket and tie and tallish '80s hair is truly a sight to behold.
I seriously would not enjoy this half as much were I actually a kid watching it. But I'm a total sucker for '80s nostalgia.
21 February 2007
tv time warp
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No blogging, no blogging, wham! Lots o' blogging. I missed your posts. Hey, they inspire me=)
Holy crap....I had no idea Reading Rainbow was still around. I loved that show. And I guarantee I'd still love that show.
LOVE me some Reading Rainbow.... Reaaddding Raaaaainboooow!
Could you hear me singing it?! HAHA.
I am going to have THAT stuck in my head all evening. I'll just go ahead and thank you for my husband.
Hehehe. (Evil chuckle.)
amen - to 80s nostalgia AND reading rainbow - I would watch that w/ Tessa & Brandon when I was still nannying for them...just take a look, it's in a book! ;0)
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