Reading Rainbow

thumb|300px|right Reading Rainbow was a multi-award-winning children's show which aired on PBS from 1983 to 2009. Hosted by actor LeVar Burton, the show's goal was to encourage reading among children.

• Kermit the Frog appeared in Episode 3.5, "Perfect the Pig" (July 5, 1985), in which Burton ran into him at a library (in the "pig" section, mysteriously...).

• Kevin Clash appeared in Episode 5.4, "Brush" (August 18, 1988), in which he discusses puppetry with the host, and Burton's puppet likeness. After Burton gets to try out the puppet, neither he nor Clash are manipulating the character, when it seemingly comes to life on its own. Martin P. Robinson is credited on the episode as "Special Thanks," likely meaning he was puppeteering the Burton puppet at the end of the segment.

Kermit introduces Burton to pig classics.

Burton, the puppet and Clash.

Connections

• Marv Albert provided narration for "The Milk Makers" by Gail Gibbons
• Fran Brill provided narration for "Dive to the Coral Reef," a New England Aquarium Book
• Alaina Reed provided narration for "The Milk Makers" by Gail Gibbons
• Ruth Buzzi provided narration for "Miss Nelson is Back" by Harry Allard and James Marshall
• Madeline Kahn provided narration for "Bea and Mr. Jones" by Amy Schwartz
• James Earl Jones provided narration for "Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain" by Verna Aardema
• Bill Cosby provided narration for "Arthur's Eyes" by Marc Brown
• Lou Rawls provided narration for "Ty's One Man Band" by Mildred Pitt Walters

External links

• Official site