• 1983
  • TV-Y
  • 30m
Reading Rainbow

Summary Levar Burton introduces young viewers to illustrated readings of children's literature and explores their related subjects. View more details

  • 1983
  • TV-Y
  • 30m

Reading Rainbow

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : LeVar Burton Fred Newman Stephen Horelick Jennifer Betit Yen

All cast & crew

8.4

Details

Genres : Comedy Fantasy Sci-Fi Drama Animation Family

Release date : Jul 10, 1983

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Facebook Official site

Language : English

Filming locations : Sonoran Desert National Monument, Gila Bend, Arizona, USA

Production companies : WNED-TV Buffalo Lancit Media Entertainment

Summary Levar Burton introduces young viewers to illustrated readings of children's literature and explores their related subjects. View more details

Details

Genres : Comedy Fantasy Sci-Fi Drama Animation Family

Release date : Jul 10, 1983

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Facebook Official site

Language : English

Filming locations : Sonoran Desert National Monument, Gila Bend, Arizona, USA

Production companies : WNED-TV Buffalo Lancit Media Entertainment

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jul 10, 1983
Tight Times
What can you do with very little money? That's what the featured book and LeVar must face. To set the tone for the entire series, LeVar shows a friend a wealth of fun at the local library. Patrick McCaffrey reads Tight Times, a story about how a little boy talks his parents into letting him adopt a stray cat even though they have to make budget cuts after the father is laid off from his job.
Episode 2 • Jul 11, 1983
Miss Nelson Is Back
As part of his birthday celebration, LeVar gets made-up like a movie monster, then gets involved in Harry Blackstone's magic act. Ruth Buzzi reads "Miss Nelson Is Back", about a class of rowdy students who try to take advantage of their teacher's absence when she's out for a tonsillectomy one day, and how she gets revenge on them by pretending to be the meanest teacher in the world, Viola Swamp.
Episode 3 • Jul 12, 1983
Bea and Mr. Jones
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.
Episode 4 • Jul 13, 1983
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
How do you envision the rain or any kind of weather? Some of the things to ask about in this show of weather legends. When LeVar's plans of attending a picnic and softball game are derailed by a downpour, he decides to stay home to read a few books instead. James Earl Jones reads "Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain", an African story written in the style of "The House That Jack Built," about how one action leads to another to help bring water to a drought-torn region.
Episode 5 • Jul 14, 1983
Louis the Fish
Starting at the New England Aquarium, LeVar gets into a lengthy observation of aquatic life. Vincent Gardenia reads the story of Louis the Fish, a fanciful tale of a man, forced to take over his family's butcher business but secretly longing to take care of fish instead, wakes up one morning to find he magically turned into a giant salmon.
Episode 6 • Jul 17, 1983
Digging Up Dinosaurs
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.
Episode 7 • Jul 18, 1983
Liang and the Magic Paintbrush
LeVar goes to New York's Chinatown for a look at Chinese culture. Also, a computer graphics artist from the New York Institute of Technology draws a traditional Chinese dragon boat.
Episode 8 • Jul 19, 1983
Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport
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.
Episode 9 • Jul 20, 1983
Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe
LeVar takes a camping trip with some young friends. They make a photo album of their trip and some other kids share their photo albums they made to show what they did over the summer. Carolyn McMahon narrates Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe, a story about a girl and her cousin who go on a camping trip with their mothers and ride in a canoe on the river.
Episode 10 • Jul 21, 1983
The Gift of the Sacred Dog
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.
Episode 11 • Jul 24, 1983
Gregory, the Terrible Eater
Today's subject is goats and what they eat.
Episode 12 • Jul 25, 1983
Three by the Sea
LeVar spends a day at the beach, where he notices that everyone is reading the book of the day, Three by the Sea. Improvisation Comedy Troupe members of Chicago City Limits read the story of three children who challenge each other to come up with different stories using the same topic material. Later on, the improvising actors work with a group of children to teach them improv acting.
Episode 13 • Jul 26, 1983
Arthur's Eyes
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.
Episode 14 • Jul 27, 1983
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
LeVar visits a pet store to discuss the featured book, and imagines that one of the pets from the store followed him home. It's a field day for the farm animals, and not a place for the faint of heart (or so the featured book would have it). The show also attends a state fair to investigate livestock competitions. Kaleena Kiff and Laura Hicks read the featured story of a little girl telling her mother about a school fieldtrip to a farm, and the chaos that ensued when her classmate brought along his pet snake to introduce it to the farm animals.
Episode 15 • Jul 28, 1983
Ty's One Man Band
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.
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