Voice of your childhood LeVar Burton telling a room of people, "For real, shut the fuck up and sleep," makes for one delightful Reading Rainbow episode.

Twitter is basically like pooping. We all do it. But watching someone else do it, or hearing them talk about it in detail, makes us feel weird and ashamed. Given that, here is a Reading Rainbow parody called "Tweeting Rainbow," in which LeVar Burton explains the social media equivalent of taking a dump to a group of kids.

LeVar Burton has always been a big believer in the power of literacy. So, with the imminent return of his beloved kids' series Reading Rainbow, he's also debuting a new theme song about how books have allowed him to go anywhere and do anything. Literally. LeVar Burton is a living god.

LeVar Burton is raising $1,000,000 on Kickstarter to bring back Reading Rainbow, the kids' show that got a whole generation into imagination, literacy, and not taking LeVar Burton's word for anything.

Beloved Reading Rainbow/Star Trek star LeVar Burton says he has a ritual to avoid getting shot when being pulled over by police. He removes his hat and sunglasses, rolls down his car window, and puts his hands out to show he's not armed. "I do that because I live in America," he says.

Last week, Pierce overdosed on pills and now he's in the hospital—planning his revenge. He calls for the study group to visit him on his "death bed," even though he's doing just fine.

LeVar's endless enthusiasm circa '83, reminds us that it's the simple things in life that matter. Like, when you're riding aboard a passenger train and you discover a shower in your personal bathroom. "Oh boy!" is right.

LeVar Burton saw another famous face at Ralph's; Alyssa Milano saw her authorship challenged; and Jolie O'Dell saw her job sail away. The Twitterati watched ruefully.

Ever wonder how this PBS classic might have been improved if Levar's kids took on something more challenging than children's books about talking animals facing challenges of pre-adolescence? Well thanks to this recently discovered footage you need not wonder again.

The former host of Reading Rainbow had to explain The Onion to his fans, Sarah Gilbert felt like crying and Starbucks treated Jennifer 8. Lee like a ghost. The Twitterati were exasperated.

LeVar Burton called out Corey Feldman at Michael Jackson's memorial service; the New York Times newsroom filled with Jackson grief and a parody tribute was created on the fly. The Twitterati's fragile emotions were right near the surface today.

· One Tree Hill celebrates its 100th episode with a very special one in which Chad Michael Murray slips into autopilot while secretly fantasizing to himself about how nice it would be to break free of The CW ghetto for the feature movie career he so richly deserves. [Variety]
· Peter Berg signs on to direct Dune for Paramount, presumably righting whatever wrongs were committed against the sacred source material by David Lynch's Sting-in-a-licorice-thong version. [Variety]
· McLovin works! The voice talents of Christopher Mintz-Plasse, along with Superbad buddy and child insult comic Jonah Hill, will be employed to thrilling effect in Dreamworks's computer-animated fantasy, How to Train Your Dragon. [THR]

While we stand by our casting choices for the inevitable movie version of the Eliot Spitzer debacle, Hollywood Reporter columnist Ray Richmond has his own bright ideas. Lots of them, in fact: he's got a feature starring Kevin Spacey as the disgraced New York governor; a network TV movie featuring Meg Ryan as Silda Wall Spitzer; a Comedy Central film with Sarah Silverman as high-priced hooker "Kristen"; and the one we're personally rooting for, a BET biopic of lieutenant governor David Paterson starring LeVar Burton. "Synopsis: A film about The Man Who Would Be Governor," Richmond writes, "one that embodies the slogan, 'When life hands you a New York governorship, make New York governorship-ade.' " Throw in Burton's stylish Geordi La Forge eyewear from Star Trek: The Next Generation for the legally blind governor, and we'll even donate our next month's pay to the production budget. At least that should cover the props. [Past Deadline]