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This story<\/a> about stars shopping at the Apple Stores in LA is a hoot. Especially when Levar Burton goes bananas:<\/p>\n

“I finally caved in, only because I could see a vein pulsating in his forehead and I didn’t want to be the one responsible for causing the blind dude from Star Trek to have a stroke.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This story about stars shopping at the Apple Stores in LA is a hoot. Especially when Levar Burton goes bananas: “I finally caved in, only because I could see a vein pulsating in his forehead and I didn’t want to be the one responsible for causing the blind dude from Star Trek to have a … <\/p>\n

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