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Peter Sagal

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Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

That is what Coley says, and Coley is the new government mascot encouraging us to mine more what?

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Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

Coal?

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Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

Coal, yes.

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Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

This week, the U.S.

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Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

Department of the Interior debuted Coley, the talking lump of coal, and his sidekick, Canary.

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Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

Well, Canary is dead.

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Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

So this is all real.

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Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

You may think we have made this up.

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Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

Coley is a cartoon lump of coal with eyes and a mouth.

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Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

He's wearing work boots, a safety vest, and a hard hat.

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Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

He's very adorable.

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Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

And so is his catchphrase, we just have three hours of oxygen left down here.

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Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

Yeah, I was about to say, maybe that's where Coley came from, some bad child.

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Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

I mean, Coley, I don't know what it is.

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Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

Okay, your son I'm sure is.

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Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

Meanwhile, Coley is definitely looking at a trademark lawsuit from E. Coley, the mascot of diarrhea.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

You would, yeah.

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Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

If you're diarrhea, you're sitting around with your marketing people and you're going, look, we've got to do something about my reputation.

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Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

Generations of negative PR.

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Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

All right, your final quote is from an article in the New York Times about the hottest new dining trend.