Reading Rainbow Abiyoyo (Season 4, Episode 5)
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TV Episode | 27 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Reading Rainbow

Abiyoyo (Season 4, Episode 5)

TV-Y

TV Episode | 27 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

In one of the rare times Reading Rainbow uses a studio set, LeVar tells about storytelling through music. The then-new art of music videos is first up, with clips of "Who's Johnny" and footage of Run-D.M.C. performing "My Adidas." Pete ...See moreIn one of the rare times Reading Rainbow uses a studio set, LeVar tells about storytelling through music. The then-new art of music videos is first up, with clips of "Who's Johnny" and footage of Run-D.M.C. performing "My Adidas." Pete Seeger appears on the set to perform his version of the folktale "Abiyoyo." He explains that he adapted an old African folk tale, about a boy who helps get rid of a giant terrorizing his town, when Seeger's children pestered him to come up with a unique bedtime story that included music. Then, in an example of avant-garde music, a clip of the video "Luminare" by Dean Winkler and John Sanborn, with music by Daniel Lentz from "Is it Love" is seen. Also unique: all the book reviewers share the stage with LeVar. See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
LeVar Burton Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Star Trek: Generations (1994)
Jam Master Jay Jam Master Jay (as Jason Mizell) Jam Master Jay (as Jason Mizell) See fewer	Die Hard (1988)
Darryl McDaniels DMC DMC See fewer	Die Hard (1988)
Pete Seeger Self Self See fewer	Just Cause (1995)
Joseph Simmons Run Run See fewer	Die Hard (1988)
Bonnie Wong Dancer Dancer See fewer	Reading Rainbow (1983)