Burton appeared in a skit, “Reading in 2022 with LeVar Burton,” in which he attempted to share books with his audience but found out along the way that all of them were banned.

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The “Banned Book Rainbow” segment begins at around 10 minutes and 50 seconds at the end of Kimmel’s monologue. The “Read Me a Story, Stella” bit is around 13 minutes and 15 seconds in.

Take a toke, and blow some smoke! This parody of the Reading Rainbow song is fantastic. Buy a Levar Burton "Read Banned Books" teeshirt now! I get a lot of compliments on mine, even on the Venice ...