LeVar Burton is mad with power after "Reading Rainbow" Kickstarter success

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Published June 5, 2014 2:13PM (EDT)

LeVar Burton is the King of the Fire Throne in a new promo for his "Reading Rainbow" reboot, brought to you by Funny or Die. High off the success of his Kickstarter, which crowdfunded its goal of $1 million in less than 24 hours, Burton has "become a God" who is "mad with power." The man shoots rainbows out of his hands, then blasted all the books, and now sits atop a firey post-apolyptic barren wasteland of hardbacks and paperbacks. This is America's future.


By Prachi Gupta

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