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LeVar Burton
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Jun 6, 198330 min
A young girl's father loses his job.
Jun 7, 198330 min
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."
Jun 8, 198330 min
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.
Jun 9, 198330 min
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Jun 10, 198330 min
Louis the Fish
Jun 13, 198330 min
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.
Jun 14, 198330 min
Liang and the Magic Paintbrush
Jun 15, 198330 min
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.
Jun 16, 198330 min
Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe
Jun 17, 198330 min
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.
Jun 20, 198330 min
Today's subject is goats and what they eat.
Jun 21, 198330 min
Three by the Sea
Jun 22, 198330 min
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.
Jun 22, 198330 min
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
Jun 23, 198330 min
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.
