You take for granted some things in life will always be around: monuments, your parents, museums, even a good book.  I grew up a PBS Kid.  A day without Sesame Street was my personal 9/11.  I did not suffer fools that caused me to miss a moment of Snuffleupagus.  I had a long memory when slighted back then.

Once there was no more Sesame Street to be had, I settled for a post coital cuddle with Mr. Rogers, The Electric Company, and Reading Rainbow.  I even watched that one show you can barely remember with the creepy-ass male mannequin that would come to life after the mall closed.  If you don’t remember the title, I don’t blame you it was kind of a let down when I researched it.  It’s just called Today’s Special.

Naively I thought these shows would be around for my kids someday.  Unbeknowest to me and probably many of you, Reading Rainbow actually stopped making new episodes as of 2006.  LeVar Burton hung up his Butterflies three years ago, and I was not consulted.  The recent news of Reading Rainbow being canceled is actually PBS deciding it doesn’t want to spend the money to renew the reruns.  My mother growing up actually picked up quite a few books based on the shows recommendations around the time I was three or four.  I suppose I’ll just pick it up on dvd at some point when I come across them in a bargain bin.