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.
More from Season 1
Episode 1
Tight Times
A young girl's father loses his job.
Episode 2
Miss Nelson Is Back
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."
Episode 3
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
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Episode 5
Louis the Fish
Louis the Fish
Episode 6
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.
