Reading Rainbow S11E01 · Amazing Grace

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LeVar visits a theater to discuss acting and how pretending to be someone else sometimes helps people express themselves in different ways. He also visits with his friend, Whoopi Goldberg, who was launching her own talk show, and discussed how her unique look has sometimes helped, and hindered her career as an actress/comedienne.

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1. 1 1. Amazing Grace1993-10-11 · 30mLeVar visits a theater to discuss acting and how pretending to be someone else sometimes helps people express themselves in different ways. He also visits with his friend, Whoopi G
2. 2 2. The Furry News1993-10-12 · 30mAs LeVar discusses his favorite parts of a newspaper and interviews other people for different viewpoints, other functions of a newspaper staff are explored. Cartoonist Ray Billing
3. 3 3. Mrs. Katz and Tush1993-10-13 · 30mLeVar pays a visit to a family friend, who is Jewish, to learn how to prepare special foods served during a Seder dinner, like Challah bread and potato latkes. Reizyl Bozyk and Ric
4. 4 4. The Salamander Room1993-10-14 · 30mLeVar explores the rain forest and animals in their habitats by visiting a park that recreates the rain forest environment artificially to make the animals comfortable. This episod
5. 5 5. Silent Lotus1993-10-15 · 30mThis episode takes a look-in at deaf culture. LeVar discusses forms of communication that doesn't involve words, like hand signals, mime, and gestures, like in charades. He also as
6. 6 6. Follow the Drinking Gourd1993-10-18 · 30mLeVar reflects on a time when Africans were brought to America as slaves. He talks about how African-Americans risked their lives for freedom, and discusses how the music from slav
7. 7 7. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie1993-10-19 · 30mOne thing leads to another in this episode, with LeVar in a bowling alley, showing how certain actions lead to consequences. Included is a piece on an expert at domino displays and
8. 8 8. Is This a House for Hermit Crab?1993-10-20 · 30mLeVar sets out to build a bird house, prompting an examination of animal habitats. Eartha Kitt reads the story of a growing hermit crab, who is now too large for his current shell,
9. 9 9. And Still the Turtle Watched1993-10-21 · 30mLeVar discusses how people can help to preserve animals and plants in nature that are in danger of extinction. Stories profiled include scientists working to improve the bald eagle
10. 10 10. June 29, 19991993-10-22 · 30mWhat's fact and what's fiction? What's the truth and what's absurd? LeVar looks into unusual stories and tries to distinguish the actual news from fabrications. Charles Kimbrough r