Geordi
La Forge, 1 Reading Rainbow Fan to Beam up!
This
must have been the expressed sentiments of Team Reading Rainbow, led by Star
Trek Actor LeVar Burton hit the Kickstarter Jackpot when they scored US$1
million in less than 24 hours as stated in “LEVAR
BURTON KICKSTARTS READING RAINBOW WEB APP, RAISES $1 MILLION IN ONE DAY”,
published May 28, 2014 by Mike Flacy, DigitalTrends
and “LeVar
Burton, "Reading Rainbow" Find pot of Gold Online”, published May
29, 2014 9:43 AM PDT by Eric Mack, CNET News.
For
those of you who never watched PBS because you don’t have cable TV (like
myself) or Saturday Television programming on Television Jamaica, Reading
Rainbow was that program that taught many of us the joys of Reading. Back then,
I was to watch the program in the 90’s I was a Glenmuir High School Student.
I
loved the program to bits mainly because it featured the actor from Star Trek,
as I always used to imagine he literally beamed down from the Enterprise unto
the set! I’d set my VCR on Sabbaths just to record the program on Television Jamaica so that when I
came home, I could watch the program that was hosted by this super-cool dude.
LeVar Burton on
Kickstarter for Reading Rainbow – US$5 million Pot of gold possible in 5 days
Now
this kickstarter campaign, dubbed Bring
Reading Rainbow back for Every Child, Everywhere has managed to do in 24
hours what would seem a miracle, a possible explanation for LeVar Burton seeing
his lifelong passion brought back to life.
At
the current time of writing this article on Monday June 9th 2014
at1:30 pm, the Bring
Reading Rainbow back for Every Child, Everywhere total has reached US$3,590,278
thanks to pledges from some 79,184 Backers with some 23 days left to go.
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If
they manage to hit the US$5 million mark, not only can they go global reaching
some 7500 classrooms worldwide, but conceivably they may even come to
Developing world countries too. Reading Rainbow on a weekend on Television Jamaica could be a
strong possibility!
Aside
from providing access to the Reading Rainbow content for 1500 Classrooms across
the continental United States of America, the incentives are what make this
kickstarter amazing. Everything from personally meeting the star himself to
getting to take selfies with LeVar Burton and the gang!
OMG!
LeVar Burton and
Reading Rainbow – Kickstarter Beams it up on the Internet
So
what happened to make Reading Rainbow get cancelled in the first place? One
phrase: PBS funding reallocated by the US Government.
After
awhile the show stopped coming on air back in the early part of the 21st
Century, around 2009 thereabouts. Maybe this Star Trek Enterprise got lost in
space, I reasoned back then?
But
alas, my silly notions were laid to rest when the Reading
Rainbow Apple iPad App was launched in 2012 as stated in “LeVar
Burton to reboot Reading Rainbow for the iPad”, published September 16,
2011 By Jeff Hughes, Digitaltrends.
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That
Reading
Rainbow Apple iPad App brought most of the interactive reading programming
back for the iPad toting clique to enjoy. But what about us, Reading Rainbow
fanatics around the world? Where's out TV show that anyone can watch on any TV,
worldwide?
Thus
the Bring
Reading Rainbow back for Every Child, Everywhere was born on Wednesday May
28th 2014 with the intent to make an Internet-based versions
accessible on any Browser, possibly via YouTube as stated in “Recall
'Reading Rainbow'? Geordi La Forge wants to revive it”, published May 28,
2014 10:19 AM PDT by Anthony Domanico, CNET News.
And
now we bear witness to history. These moments are the ones I love to blog about
on Kickstarter projects. Now here’s hoping that in the next few days he’ll
raise enough money to build the Star Trek Enterprise as the set for Reading
Rainbow!
In
the meantime, check out the Reading
Rainbow Apple iPad App:
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