Learn to Read Intro/theme -- PBS

[stephan4star]

television

[TheZeke1974]

Wow, this goes back a few years.....

[DulceVixen21]

oh damn, i remember watching this when i was little....... :-)

[MWJ889]

I payed this show after all the cartoons went off. Lol. I used to switch to jerry springer lol

[jjlucash]

YES! I used to stay up til 4am for this when I was little!

[haleyastronomer]

I can remember those days as a tot.  Sesame Street would end, then this would shortly follow. I'd listen to the kick ass theme song, then I would go and eat lunch. Ah, those were the days.

[FeatherWings78]

@haleyastronomer this was what began the afternoon programs.

[LogoLibraryinc]

coming from kentucky, i remember this quiet well.

[Ryannn93]

After the intro i would change the channel

[ZeitOner]

@Ryannn93 HELL YES. HELL TO THE YES.

[bakudandanLL]

i only know this because it came on right after sesame street

[KodyBoy555]

The keyboards and synthesizer mix very well, not bad for 1987!

[movielord911]

the music from 00:08-00:33 makes me wanna cry that tune brings me back to when i was 8

[Jessyleppert]

A Adult version of Sesame Street.

[dreamify5786]

When i was little and this show came on, i would immediatly change the channel to nickelodeon

[wendywilliamsfans]

@dreamify5786 ME 2LMAO!!!

[JunJP02]

So much memories. Why did they take the show off the air? It's still essential and effective nowadays.

[nickisastudmuffin]

When I was in 5th grade, my teacher taped all the episodes of "Learn to Read" and showed them to the kids who had trouble reading. I was always a good reader, so I didn't have to watch it.

[nickisastudmuffin]

Kmart also funded this show.

[MizzNae126]

So this theme didn't freak ANYONE out. I can't tell you why, this theme used to give me nightmares as a kid.

[fistacuff56]

@MizzNae126 I am SOOO happy I'm not the only one who was freaked out by this creepy ass theme as a kid

[67tr876]

i USE TO LOVE THIS ! THANK you so much

[UnchainTheNight1]

This had an effect on all kids who grew up on PBS (at least during my childhood in the 90s). It always came on directly after the last children's show. That ancient synth melody is something I haven't heard in maybe 10 years. It puts a smile on my face.

Public broadcasting is really a beautiful thing in modern society, it provides a great service to people who actually want to watch something enriching or otherwise educational.

[narnia0100]

Wow.. when I used to watch this as a baby, I would always close my eyes when the theme song came on, I don't know why... probably the scariness of the music? But it's weird because I like it now..

[alexweb8]

@narnia0100 I had a similar experience with this show. After whatever PBS program that I was watching ended, I would usually end up watching this, and The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. I liked this music, but at the same time found it to be a little scary. Same with the Paramount and Sony Home Video Feature Presentation intros.

[jourdy288]

Wow, childhood memories..

[shannonshannonblah]

lmfaooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dandyfireable]

I'm 13 yrs old and my mom had to watch this around '01 I was scared to death when the theme song came out. IDK Y

[harold3w]

I have the episodes. Which one do you want?

[dandyfireable]

@harold3w  the first one

[SinderellaxD]

@harold3w ALL OF THEM.

[redtreen]

@harold3w All of them

[HarvestmanMan]

@redtreen .meht fo llA

[SuperKhill]

@harold3w Put them all up!  I'll watch them with my kids. :^)

[americanidol434]

i don't have any

[SuperSpaceGirlTV]

The last I saw the Learn To Read show was August 20, 2008 during my Point Pleasent trip. Was it NJN or WNET?

[Nize94]

@SuperSpaceGirlTV the last time i saw this show some time in 98 and i think it was NJN

[xVampire11x]

oh, the memories. I remember watching this subsequent to Theodore Tugboat when I was three, and thought of myself as smart because I knew what they were talking about(: wow!

[joebradio]

that symbol looks remarkabley like the logo once used by South Carolina National Bank back in the 80s ...

[Ian16545]

Kmart also underwrote the show.

[italianking29]

This show was made for illegal immigrants lmao

[luascaf]

I know you motherfucker !

[xxxMrBligexxx]

I remember watching this and humming the theme song but I was also mad because this show meant that there were no more cartoons until 3:00 and this came on at 12pm... I watched this anyways even though I know how to read! LOL!

[alexweb8]

This show seemed old even when I watched it when I was a kid. Even though I could read just fine, I watched it anyway!

[americanidol434]

i think it means 7th episode

[harold3w]

@americanidol434 There is NO episode 107. There are only 30 episodes for the series. That's it.

[americanidol434]

i remember the adult math show.

[americanidol434]

i used to watch this!

[harold3w]

@americanidol434 In response, I do have the full episodes.

[americanidol434]

Can u put one episode up?

[harold3w]

@americanidol434 Which one?

[narnia0100]

@americanidol434 Can you please put any episode up?

[harold3w]

@narnia0100 Which episode do you want?

[narnia0100]

@narnia0100 Any. Thanks.

[hilby]

@harold3w please put up any episode that you want!

[AaronBruceLadner]

@americanidol434 Me Too. I hope that This Series comes to DVD.

[RockMan88881]

i have like most eps. of it on tape i feel like back in 01 im in new york again!

[luwakw01]

This taught me to read before kindergarten. Such a good program!

[VideoGameEndings]

Man this theme brings back memories of a simpler time, before everything imaginable was corrupted...

[hilby]

Finally found this! This was actually my favourite program when I was 3, 4 or 5ish, that and Doctor Who. Wally was so cool. Needless to say, I could read before anyone else could.

[drexegar]

Dude is Wally "Famous" Amos the same guy on the cookie bags?

[kennyjohnson92]

Wally "Famous" Amos was also host of a related program called "Another Page," which has a theme that sounds like gospel music.

[HarvestmanMan]

Apparently, he wrote the cookie recipe. I didn't know that before YT :)

[BigT8943]

@drexegar He is. He actually got expelled from the company somehow and ended up doing this show. I think Wikipedia details the whole tragic turn of events

[dickclarkfan1]

@BigT8943 After Wally Amos was ousted from his cookie company, he started over, this time baking muffins. The Uncle Wally's Muffin Company was founded in 1994 with Wally's friend Lou Avignone as a partner. In 1999, Wally bought Lou's share. The muffins are sold in over 3,500 supermarkets nationwide.

[leoconvoy]

@drexegar yep, the one and only

[GMANKOOL23]

@drexegar yes

[UnchainTheNight1]

@drexegar Yes.

[jjlucash]

@drexegar Yes, he is.

[daminmancejin]

the theme is the best its got that good feeling to it

[benjaminvlz]

Did anyone notice the name on the check at 0:20? PAY TO THE ORDER OF I.M. Goodreader. I laughed at that.

[SuperAdventures]

LMAO, yeah. Pretty cheesy stuff. "Look at me Mommy, I.M Goodreader!"

[HarvestmanMan]

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!! I REMEMBER THIS AND HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR IT FOREVER!

They used to rerun this on WCET around 1998 or so, and I watched it occasionally when I was 4 or 5. Ahh...the good ol' days!

[Josefin7]

On Myspace it's has all 30 episodes of Learn to Read.

[Josefin7]

Before this show goes off the air I Recorded all 30 epsiodes of Learn to Read on WNET Channel 13 at 5:00am Weekdays.

[DarkEvilNWicked]

XD oh gosh this came on after sesame street when I was a kid. HILARIOUS MEMORIES!

[forestwhiticer]

lmao why is this so funny i dont no why lol i guess cuz sumone up loaded it

[Afrowasi]

really like the tune, thanks for uploading harold3w

[Applemask]

A Central Production.

[dxtrfn80]

I remember it on WSET in Lynchburg at 6am back in 1987.

[bigrene2]

This is how the music for this show sounded like when it was first aired around 1986-87?

[vzeu019j]

And do you know why they call him Wally "Famous" Amos? Because he was the founder of the Famous Amos cookies!

[GarfieldVsSnoopy]

This show was for Adults, not for kids.

[travelsonic]

Didn't matter to me when I was little - I learned to read from this show.

[Ian16545]

I used to watch this when I was younger too, while my parents and I were visiting my aunt and uncle in New York.

[AEMoreira81]

Channel 13 in New York still airs it in its original form.

[travelsonic]

It seems to no longer occupy the weekday 12:00PM slot on WNET.  Is it true?

[SuperAdventures]

"Learn To Read" apparently no longer airs on 13/WNET. It might've been canceled. Don't know when this happened, but wasn't WNET the last remaining PBS channel to still air "Learn To Read"? All the others stopped airing it years ago.

Perhaps the 20+ year "Learn To Read" is no longer relevant in 2009, and is being replaced with something more modern and sleek. Makes sense. Along with "Sesame Street" and "Mister Rogers Neighborhood", "Learn To Read" was one of WNET's longest-running shows.

[travelsonic]

"Perhaps the 20+ year "Learn To Read" is no longer relevant in 2009, and is being replaced with something more modern and sleek. "

If not, I'll be unhappy in a nonstalgic way.

Hey, at least I can open up a bag of Famous Amos cookies, turn to the guy (or girl) next to me and say (pointing to the bag) "Hey, that guy taught me how to read"

[SuperAdventures]

LMAO!

But yeah, it seems WNET (probably the last PBS station that was still airing LTR) took it off months ago, probably for good.

I remember, as a kid trying to get my aunt, who's a Hispanic immigrant, to watch the show when I stayed my summers over at her place during the early 1990's. At the time I often watched PBS's morning lineup. She pretty much scoffed at the thought of learning English (or to read), popped up another baby and is still on welfare to this day. XD

[pressmin]

Don't matter. I used to watch this show when I was young. Just trying to learn to read.

[GarfieldVsSnoopy]

Well I did too, But it was too difficult.

[benjaminvlz]

When I was in 3rd grade, my teacher taped all the episodes of "Learn to Read" and showed them to the kids that had trouble reading. I was already a good reader, so I didn't have to watch it.

[Armin543]

I used to run around the living room table when this song came on, I was like 4-5 then. Good fucking times.

[boobtuber06]

LOL-I can relate!

[Jnelson09Returns]

Gotta love those cheap synths. I actually watched this show when nothing else was on as a kid.

[benjaminvlz]

Same here. Sometimes I would watch it just to hear the theme music.

[alexweb8]

Me too. My favorite part was the credits where I would get a full 5 minutes of the music. It sounded especially awesome coming out of my old tv.

[markab26]

@Jnelson09Returns so did I. I enjoyed them

[vickyspal]

@Jnelson09Returns Me too!

[40thblack]

i did not see this show since 1988 and i was 1

[benjaminvlz]

Wow, you actually remember that far back?

[djtntblaze]

supreme gangsterness!!!!!

[kennyjohnson92]

Do you think you would have the intro to Another Page, too? I lke the theme song.