Reading Rainbow 1983
Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from a book, or other children's literature, which is explored through a number of segments or stories.
Episodes
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1S1·E1 Tight TimesA young girl's father loses his job.2S1·E2 Miss Nelson Is BackAs 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…3S1·E3 Bea and Mr. JonesLeVar 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…4S1·E4 Bringing the Rain to Kapiti PlainBringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain5S1·E5 Louis the FishLouis the Fish6S1·E6 Digging Up DinosaursTechnically 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…7S1·E7 Liang and the Magic PaintbrushLiang and the Magic Paintbrush8S1·E8 Gila Monsters Meet You at the AirportIn 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.9S1·E9 Three Days on a River in a Red CanoeThree Days on a River in a Red Canoe10S1·E10 The Gift of the Sacred DogThe 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…11S1·E11 Gregory, the Terrible EaterToday's subject is goats and what they eat.12S1·E12 Three by the SeaThree by the Sea13S1·E13 Arthur's EyesLaVar explores seeing and our other senses, as Bill Cosby tells the story of how the young aardvark, Arthur Read acquired his pair of glasses.14S1·E14 The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the WashThe Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash15S1·E15 Ty's One Man BandLeVar 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…
Cast
L
Linda Gelman
Narrator (voice)
P
Patrick McCaffrey
Self - Narrator (voice)
D
Douglas Parvin
Self - Narrator (voice)
C
Carolyn McHanon
Self - Narrator (voice)
M
Marilyn Michaels
Self - Narrator (voice)
L
Laura Hicks
Self - Narrator (voice)
F
Fernando Escandon
Self - Narrator (voice)
L
Laura Haymann
Self - Narrator (voice)
M
Molly Mandlin
Self - Narrator (voice)
L
Liza Siegler
Self - Narrator (voice)
L
Lori Delgado
Self - Narrator (voice)
E
Edwin Maldonado
Self - Narrator (voice)
J
J. Reuben Silverbird
Self - Narrator (voice)
K
Kenneth Blank
Self - Narrator (voice)
A
Alex Borg
Self - Narrator (voice)
D
David Hyman
Self - Narrator (voice)
T
Tom Matsusaka
Self - Narrator (voice)
M
Marilyn Pasekoff
Self - Narrator (voice)
Crew
- Producers
- Tony Buttino
- Executive Producers
- LeVar Burton, Larry Lancit, Cecily Truett Lancit, Twila Liggett, David C. McCourt
- Composer
- Steve Horelick
Details
- First air date
- Jun 6, 1983
- Last air date
- Nov 10, 2006
- Seasons
- 21
- Episodes
- 155
- Episode runtime
- 30 min
- Network
- PBS
- Status
- Ended
- Studios
- Lancit Media Productions, RCN Entertainment, On-Screen Entertainment, BTPM PBS
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
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