You won't give me #Jeopardy, then I'll make my own #GameShow, with blackjack and hookers...

- #LevarBurton

https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/levar-burton-game-show-jeopardy.html

#TheCW is closing a deal to bring a game show version of #TrivialPursuit to the network with #LeVarBurton set to host. Burton has been attached to the project for two years, signing on after his guest hosting stint on #Jeopardy! Burton will also executive produce if the deal goes through.

LA Times: How an untested, cash-strapped TV show about books became an American classic

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2023-07-11/reading-rainbow-levar-burton-40th-anniversary

(h/t to @gbhnews from another social)

#LeVarBurton #ReadingRainbow #PBS

3️⃣ The big twist at the midpoint feels almost unnecessary. Luckily, it doesn't overwhelm the key character arc. We're really invested in this guy's journey; we really care about which path he will choose. A credit to the writing/acting. And the directing by #LeVarBurton.

4️⃣ Fantastic use of Quark in this script. And Worf - written/played as a loveable grump - is hilarious.

#90sTV #SciFiTV #StarTrek

Commodore LeVar has an urgent subspace message for you.

#StarTrek #GeordiLaForge #LeVarBurton #ReadingRainbow

If Season 3 of “Star Trek: Picard” was it for Patrick Stewart, LeVar Burton & Co., that was quite a finale, reports IndieWire. But there’s the undeniable fact it’s left fans wanting more.
https://www.indiewire.com/video/patrick-stewart-levar-burton-interview-picard-movie-1234873220/
#StarTrek #Trekkies #PatrickStewart #LeVarBurton #startrekpicard

Though they probably would have added some more action. A fistfight for Kirk, or something!😀

3️⃣ Some great music in this one from #JayChattaway, scoring his first episode (of 42). The first sight of the Romulan ship is particularly good.

4️⃣ As is always the case, #LeVarBurton delivers technobabble with 100% conviction and clarity. The man is a genius, and should be given every acting award going.

Dare you not to dance or move to #Cameo's Word Up.

Quintessential #80sMusic classics, and the first time I saw a young Geordi LaForge, long before ever hearing that was him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZjAantupsA

#LeVarBurton #80s

The #ShuttlepodShow's episode "May La Forge Be With You" was pretty good. Disappointed there was no video feed. #LeVarBurton #StarTrek

32 years ago today:
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
S1E20: The Ultimate Pollution
Looten Plunder provokes tribal warfare so he can sell arms to both sides.
Airdate: 1991-04-20
https://themoviedb.org/tv/478/season/1/episode/20
#CaptainPlanetandthePlaneteers #LeVarBurton #TBS #tvseries

31 years ago today:
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
S2E26: Utopia
After watching too many B-rated cyborg and gang movies , Kwame falls asleep. Shortly after, the Planeteers are called to go on a mission, where they're sucked into a freak tornado. They are then attacked by robots and have to eject from the Geo-Cruiser, separating Kwame from the others. Kwame lands ...
Airdate: 1992-04-11
https://themoviedb.org/tv/478/season/2/episode/26
#CaptainPlanetandthePlaneteers #LeVarBurton #TBS

"Fascinating!" 🖖

#LevarBurton took us all #BehindTheScenes of #StarTrekTheNextGeneration on the #PBS #ChildrensTV show, #ReadingRainbow.

If you've ever wondered how they did those #SpecialEffects before #CGI came along, this shows you how it was done-- using everything from disposable razors to glitter in a cup of water.🤯😲

#StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #GeordiLaForge #ChildrensTelevision #PublicTelevision #BTS #SFX #Nostalgia #TelevisionHistory #1980s #1980sTV #TVhistory

https://youtu.be/NIFYpKucMa8

31 years ago today:
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
S2E25: Fare Thee Whale
The Planeteers are shocked to see a mother whale killed during a whaling expedition engineered by Blight and Plunder. They are even more shocked to learn that it's legal, thanks to a loophole in the international laws that allow whaling for "research." They set out to prove that Blight's research fo...
Airdate: 1992-04-04
https://themoviedb.org/tv/478/season/2/episode/25
#CaptainPlanetandthePlaneteers #LeVarBurton

Hi, every one.

What DID we think of #TheBounty, the #sixth episode of #StarTrekPicard … ?

I loved it: although there’s possibly a flaw.

At any rate, here’s my #review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PCBTT1ZvPA

#PatrickStewart
#LeVarBurton
#startrek
#Picard

I'd love to see Whoopi show up on Star Trek again 😁

--
Father-Daughter Duo LeVar and Mica Burton On Starring Together In 'Star Trek: Picard' | The View

https://youtu.be/85X3tEibQBo

#TheView #StarTrek #LeVarBurton #MicaBurton

Of course LeVar Burton would have a 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙤 in Cameo's "Word Up" video because he loved words as evidenced by his show the Reading Rainbow. Also a fun fact: When he played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation he says he didn't understand the techbabble he had to rattle off.

"glide by the people as they stop to look and stare" is one of my favorite lyrics of all time :blobcatgiggle:

#WordUp #Cameo #LeVarBurton #funk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZjAantupsA

@lunastation #LeVarBurton fully agrees <3 #reading #books

Regarding #Musk and #ScottAdams/#Dilbert and all of their white whiny #racist trash about being canceled, I'm reminded of a #LevarBurton quote.

Burton said "'cancel culture' is wrongly invoked to explain an awakening of accountability. I think it’s misnamed, ... it’s a misnomer. I think we have a consequence culture, and that consequences are finally encompassing everybody in this society, whereas they haven’t been ever in this country. ... good signs that are happening ... now.”
#politics

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-02-13/levar-burton-star-trek-picard-right-to-read
#LeVarBurton #Literacy #BlackMastodon

"I fly my geek flag proudly!"
— #LevarBurton

The actor, director, #ReadingRainbow host and #StarTrek icon is 66 today

#BornOnThisDay #StarTrekTNG #Picard