The Best Episodes of Reading Rainbow Season 1

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   8.3/10(15 votes)

   #1 - Tight Times

   S1:E16/6/1983

   A young girl's father loses his job.

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   #2 - Miss Nelson Is Back

   S1:E26/7/1983

   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."

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   #3 - Bea and Mr. Jones

   S1:E36/8/1983

   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.

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   #4 - Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

   S1:E46/9/1983

   Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

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   #5 - Louis the Fish

   S1:E56/10/1983

   Louis the Fish

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   #6 - Digging Up Dinosaurs

   S1:E66/13/1983

   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.

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   #7 - Liang and the Magic Paintbrush

   S1:E76/14/1983

   Liang and the Magic Paintbrush

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   #8 - Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport

   S1:E86/15/1983

   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.

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   #9 - Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe

   S1:E96/16/1983

   Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe

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    #10 - The Gift of the Sacred Dog

    S1:E106/17/1983

    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.

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    #11 - Gregory, the Terrible Eater

    S1:E116/20/1983

    Today's subject is goats and what they eat.

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    #12 - Three by the Sea

    S1:E126/21/1983

    Three by the Sea

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    #13 - Arthur's Eyes

    S1:E136/22/1983

    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.

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    #14 - The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

    S1:E146/22/1983

    The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

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    #15 - Ty's One Man Band

    S1:E156/23/1983

    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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