Reading Rainbow Ty's One Man Band (Season 1, Episode 15)
TV-Y7
TV Episode | 29 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Reading Rainbow

Ty's One Man Band (Season 1, Episode 15)

TV-Y7

TV Episode | 29 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

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.

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Updated Jun 24, 1983

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Jun 24, 1983 (United States)

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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 38 wins & 90 nominations

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
LeVar Burton Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Star Trek: Generations (1994)
Lisa Drew Singer in Fourtune Singer in Fourtune See fewer	Reading Rainbow (1983)
Charisma Largy Singer in Fourtune Singer in Fourtune See fewer	Reading Rainbow (1983)
Larry Mabrey Singer in Fourtune Singer in Fourtune See fewer	Reading Rainbow (1983)
Eric Mabrey Singer in Fourtune Singer in Fourtune See fewer	Reading Rainbow (1983)
Stephen Horelick Self Self See fewer	Reading Rainbow (1983)
Lou Rawls Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Payback (I) (1999)
Ben Vereen Self Self See fewer	All That Jazz (1979)