1x1 - Tight Times

June 6, 1983

A young girl's father loses his job.

1x2 - Miss Nelson Is Back

June 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."

1x3 - Bea and Mr. Jones

June 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.

1x4 - Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

June 9, 1983

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

1x5 - Louis the Fish

June 10, 1983

Louis the Fish

1x6 - Digging Up Dinosaurs

June 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.

1x7 - Liang and the Magic Paintbrush

June 14, 1983

Liang and the Magic Paintbrush

1x8 - Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport

June 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.

1x9 - Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe

June 16, 1983

Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe

1x10 - The Gift of the Sacred Dog

June 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.

1x11 - Gregory, the Terrible Eater

June 20, 1983

Today's subject is goats and what they eat.

1x12 - Three by the Sea

June 21, 1983

Three by the Sea

1x13 - Arthur's Eyes

June 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.

1x14 - The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

June 22, 1983

The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

1x15 - Ty's One Man Band

June 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.

LeVar Burton

Self - Host