Favorite episodes?????
How about OX CART MAN,BARN DANCE, or FOLLOW THE DRINKING GOURD. I thought they all were great but these may have been my favorites. HOT AIR HENRY was pretty cool too!
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Louis the Fish
Aurthur's Eyes
Three by the Sea
Ms. Nelson is Back
Gregory the Terrible Eater
Ty's One Man Band
Gila Monsters meet you at the Airport
Abbyoyo
Classics! I love them.
I can learn a lot form them.
"Ms. Nelson is Back" was cool because when I was 2, 3 or 4 I was wowed when make-up artist Tom Burman turned Levar into a Mongul/Hun sort of character. It still wows me today. It also inspired me to get creative.
I almost forgot my all time favorite......"My Little Island!" And to think, that whole island of Montserrat is almost covered up by a volcano now. I always wanted to go there but I guess not now huh!
shareHad to respond to your post because of your choice "Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport"! I work in a high school and one of my kids today asked me what lizards in the desert have a little dangly thing under their neck and I instantly responded "Gila monsters!" He asked how in the world I knew what he was thinking...and I said "Reading Rainbow"!!!!!!!!! haha So I had to share. The kids were laughing at me, but I told them, most of the basis of my education is from that show...you should watch it! :)
shareI don't remember the book aspects too much, but I remember some of my favorite things they did.
MAKING PITAS -- I alwaysss wanted pitas after they made them for a party one time. They talked about how easy they were, and how it was fun if there were a lot of stuffings/toppings/foods for them, and everyone made their own.
MAKING PASTA -- They showed how to shape the noodles. I thought that was tight. Sometimes I still make fake noodles with Play-Doh. Hehe.
I have NO idea when these aired, but they STILL stand out in my mind!
Some favorites of mine include:
Abiyoyo!
Little Nino's Pizzeria
The Bionic Bunny Show (aka the TNG episode)
A Three Hat Day
The Tortoise and the Hare
I saw a new one recently (at least it was new to me). "Boxes for Katja". Very good story with a great message.
sharemy favorite episodes have to be:
1. Abiyoyo
2. Simon's Book
3. 3 Hat day
all i rember is the wax musem one and star treak one that was my fave
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My favorite episodes were:
The Tortoise and the Hare: Read by Gilda Radner
Perfect the Pig: Read by James Coco
Feelings
Mama Don't Allow: Read by Fred Newman
Simon's Book: Read by Ruby Dee
Mystery on the Docks: Read by Raul Julia
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Yes, that was A 3 Hat Day, also one of my very favorites. Others that stand out in my memory were the one where he made a pizza, the one where he's sorting through his mail and comes across a letter addressed to "Liver Barton" that said he may have won a million dollars (still makes me laugh thinking about it), the one about with the "teamwork" dance routine, and the one with the athletes which included gymnast Liz Crandall. I love this show!!!!
shareSome of my favs (in no particular order):
Pasta making-where I learned what tortellini was
Cheese making-ditto, but for cheese :)
"In the bindary"-showing how they made books
Rain episode-where LeVar said thunder was angels bowling in heaven :)
Kapiti Plain
Teamwork (because the song instantly sticks in my head when I think of it!)
Diving/ocean ep-hello, LeVar shirtless....haha he was my first crush as a child!
Star Trek ep
Abiyoyo
Dog Show ep-"We're two of a kind, bow wow wow" / LeVar with a basket of puppies!!!!!!
Milking a cow ep-because he was so bad at it!
And no one mentioned this yet, but the Renaissance episode!!!!!!!!!!!
"My Hen Has Laid An Egg" song. Classic.
Fly Away Home
The Wall
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
Hill of Fire
The Bicycle Man
Liang and the Magic Paintbrush
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
The Bionic Bunny Show
A Three Hat Day
Opt an Illusionary Tale
Abiyoyo
Rumpelstiltskin
Knots on a Counting Rope
I loved most of these stories too, especially Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, The Bionic Bunny Show and Rumpelstiltskin!
sharePeter Falk reading Robbery at Diamond Dog Diner and the episode where Levar talks about his other job: playing Geordi LaForge on Star Trek: The Next Generation! The Bionic Bunny Show was the book that was read on that one!
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