Reading Rainbow

Season 1

15 episodes · Jun 6, 1983

0/15 watched

Swipe a row to mark watched · long-press to mark up to there

  • S1E1

    Tight Times

    Jun 6, 198330m

    A young girl's father loses his job.

    Reviews
  • S1E2

    Miss Nelson Is Back

    Jun 7, 198330m

    As part of his birthday celebration, LeVar gets made-up like a movie monster, and then gets involved in Harry Blackstone's magic act. Ruth Buzzi reads Miss Nelson Is Back, all about a group of rowdy students who try to take advantage of their teacher's absence when she's out sick one day, and how she gets revenge on them by pretending to be "the meanest teacher in the world, Viola Swamp."

    Reviews
  • S1E3

    Bea and Mr. Jones

    Jun 8, 198330m

    LeVar is already worn out after working on several scenes all day long on the production of the series. He feels he needs to take on another identity, segueing into introducing the featured book, Bea and Mr. Jones. Madeline Kahn reads the book about a kindergarten student and her father who get so bored with their jobs that they decide to experiment by switching places for the day.

    Reviews
  • S1E4

    Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

    Jun 9, 198330m

    Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

    Reviews
  • S1E5

    Louis the Fish

    Jun 10, 198330m

    Louis the Fish

    Reviews
  • S1E6

    Digging Up Dinosaurs

    Jun 13, 198330m

    Technically not the first science-related show in its history, LeVar seeks a place where archaeologists retrieve dinosaur bones. At the end of the program, LeVar buries a time capsule, containing (among other things) a can of old Coke and his picture. Linda Gilman reads Digging Up Dinosaurs, a story about how paleontologists unearth dinosaurs skeletons and preserve them in museum exhibits.

    Reviews
  • S1E7

    Liang and the Magic Paintbrush

    Jun 14, 198330m

    Liang and the Magic Paintbrush

    Reviews
  • S1E8

    Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport

    Jun 15, 198330m

    In the featured book, a young boy and his family move from New York City to the Southwest and he has many misconceptions about what his new home is like.

    Reviews
  • S1E9

    Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe

    Jun 16, 198330m

    Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe

    Reviews
  • S1E10

    The Gift of the Sacred Dog

    Jun 17, 198330m

    The first of many programs favoring Native Americans. In this instance, a Midwestern legend suggests how horses arrived to the tribe. Later in this episode is the song "Ancient Places, Sacred Lands" which lists several words originating from various locations of the United States and the tribal meaning of their names.

    Reviews
  • S1E11

    Gregory, the Terrible Eater

    Jun 20, 198330m

    Today's subject is goats and what they eat.

    Reviews
  • S1E12

    Three by the Sea

    Jun 21, 198330m

    Three by the Sea

    Reviews
  • S1E13

    Arthur's Eyes

    Jun 22, 198330m

    LaVar explores seeing and our other senses, as Bill Cosby tells the story of how the young aardvark, Arthur Read acquired his pair of glasses.

    Reviews
  • S1E14

    The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

    Jun 22, 198330m

    The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

    Reviews
  • S1E15

    Ty's One Man Band

    Jun 23, 198330m

    LeVar is ready to find music everywhere, and he does. This show includes the animation Onomatopoeia. Lou Rawls reads the story of Ty's One-Man Band, about a man who teaches a boy how to make music using household items.

    Reviews