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alp227

(32,018 posts) Thu Jun 26, 2014, 07:44 PM Jun 2014

'Reading Rainbow' gets hand from Seth MacFarlane

Source: AP

LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeVar Burton's "Reading Rainbow" fundraising effort is getting a boost from a generous pal, Seth MacFarlane.

MacFarlane has promised to match up to $1 million in pledges made on the Kickstarter website so that an online version of "Reading Rainbow" can be made available without charge to an expanded number of underfunded classrooms, Burton said in a statement Thursday.

MacFarlane's offer is in effect through 3 p.m. EDT on July 2, when the online fundraiser is to conclude.

Burton said he was left nearly speechless by the "extraordinary generosity" of his friend, the TV and movie writer-producer-actor whose credits include "Ted" and "Family Guy." MacFarlane's spokeswoman confirmed the offer.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/reading-rainbow-gets-hand-seth-macfarlane

MacFarlane also produced Fox's remake of Cosmos this year.

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'Reading Rainbow' gets hand from Seth MacFarlane (Original Post) alp227 Jun 2014 OP

At least it would be hard to dumb down Reading Rainbow as much as Cosmos unrepentant progress Jun 2014 #1

Reading Rainbow has a bad history? arcane1 Jun 2014 #2

Not that I'm aware unrepentant progress Jun 2014 #6

"Horrendously bad" is a bit of a stretch. arcane1 Jun 2014 #7

Really? I haven't watched it yet. In fact, I was planning on watching the original for years now cui bono Jun 2014 #9

"bad history"? nt alp227 Jun 2014 #3

the guy from "History vs. the Da Vinci Code" (you can see where this is going) pointed it out MisterP Jun 2014 #8

I wasn't aware Thony Christie did the History vs. Da Vinci Code site unrepentant progress Jun 2014 #10

it's the same post (it was a guest post) MisterP Jun 2014 #11

Derp! unrepentant progress Jun 2014 #12

but it's great that Reading Rainbow's coming back nt MisterP Jun 2014 #13

I just got Cosmos this week, DVD from Amazon daleo Jun 2014 #16

Family Guy-- Geordi's Visor scene Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2014 #4

"Why would he wear these??? Who would invent these for him???" nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #14

And if you contribute a lot to RR, you might get to wear this... FailureToCommunicate Jun 2014 #5

Reading Rainbow presents "the sideboob hour". hughee99 Jun 2014 #15

Hey, anyone with a few shekels to spare... genwah Jun 2014 #17

unrepentant progress

(611 posts)

1. At least it would be hard to dumb down Reading Rainbow as much as Cosmos

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 07:48 PM

Jun 2014

Let's hope they leave out the bad history.

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

2. Reading Rainbow has a bad history?

Reply to unrepentant progress (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 07:49 PM

Jun 2014

unrepentant progress

(611 posts)

6. Not that I'm aware

Reply to arcane1 (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 09:04 PM

Jun 2014

But the recent Cosmos Lite had some horrendously bad history.

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

7. "Horrendously bad" is a bit of a stretch.

Reply to unrepentant progress (Reply #6)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 09:14 PM

Jun 2014

cui bono

(19,926 posts)

9. Really? I haven't watched it yet. In fact, I was planning on watching the original for years now

Reply to unrepentant progress (Reply #6)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 10:56 PM

Jun 2014

but figured I'd watch the new one now.

Is there an article or anything that goes over this?

alp227

(32,018 posts)

3. "bad history"? nt

Reply to unrepentant progress (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 07:59 PM

Jun 2014

MisterP

(23,730 posts)

8. the guy from "History vs. the Da Vinci Code" (you can see where this is going) pointed it out

Reply to alp227 (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 09:56 PM

Jun 2014

http://thonyc.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/cartoons-and-fables-how-cosmos-got-the-story-of-bruno-wrong/

it's a lot like inserting Confucius or Hulda Clark into a history of stratigraphy

unrepentant progress

(611 posts)

10. I wasn't aware Thony Christie did the History vs. Da Vinci Code site

Reply to MisterP (Reply #8)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 11:23 PM

Jun 2014

He does know his stuff though, considering he's a science historian specializing in the Age of Discovery. He also wrote some good critique of a few later episodes. Just plug in Cosmos in search on his site.

Time O'Neill (Armarium Magnum) covered the Bruno brouhaha well too.
http://armariummagnus.blogspot.com/2014/03/cartoons-and-fables-how-cosmos-got.html

MisterP

(23,730 posts)

11. it's the same post (it was a guest post)

Reply to unrepentant progress (Reply #10)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 11:30 PM

Jun 2014

but again, I wanna see a cartoon about Campanella! the next pope he cured of melancholy with hypolydian music (since that's Venus's mode) and planetary gems on a big board of the zodiac

he got a full pardon and imprimatur, IIRC

as for Bruno, he was like 100 Aleister Crowleys stacked together--a metric hectocrowley in fact

unrepentant progress

(611 posts)

12. Derp!

Reply to MisterP (Reply #11)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 11:36 PM

Jun 2014

You're right. It's been a while.

Yeah, Bruno was a mystic's mystic alright.

MisterP

(23,730 posts)

13. but it's great that Reading Rainbow's coming back nt

Reply to unrepentant progress (Reply #12)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 12:50 AM

Jun 2014

daleo

(21,317 posts)

16. I just got Cosmos this week, DVD from Amazon

Reply to unrepentant progress (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 02:44 AM

Jun 2014

I am looking forward to viewing it. I have read a couple of books by Degrasse Tyson and seen some videos by him. He is brilliant. I cannot imagine him dumbing down anything.