Readings, Rated
Adieu, Reading Rainbow
I found out today on my most favoritest blog in the universe, Videogum (love that sweary vitriol!) that Reading Rainbow is kaput. Let’s all have a moment of respectful silence as we listen to the theme song.
Was anyone else completely transfixed by that wicked awesome animation? Watch out, kiddos! The glowing book-orbs will transport you into a cartoon dimension wherein dudes with Colonial hats lasso Columbus’s ship and dragons totally waste your picnic lunch. I don’t even want to know what that king would do to you when the cameras stopped rolling.
In all seriousness, I loved that show so much! I have total recall of my favorite episode, “Miss Nelson is Missing.” Do you?
Those kids deserved what they got. Poor Miss Nelson. So blond and timid! She’s like the proto-Buffy!
Now that Reading Rainbow is gone, how will the grade school set find out what their peers are reading? Might they launch NYRB Kidz?