Reading Rainbow Ludlow Laughs (Season 7, Episode 4)
TV-Y
TV Episode | 29 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Reading Rainbow

Ludlow Laughs (Season 7, Episode 4)

TV-Y

TV Episode | 29 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

LeVar is assigned a comedy makeover to learn more about comedy. Phyllis Diller narrates "Ludlow Laughs," a tale about a man who never smiled at all until one strange night when he started to laugh out loud.

Director

Dean Parisot

Writer

Mitchell Kriegman (written by)

Producer

Jill Gluckson

Composer

Daniel Shklair

Casting Director

Laura Frame Sullivan

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Edit Released

Updated Jul 6, 1989

Release date

Jul 6, 1989 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 37 wins & 91 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
10 cast members

Name	Known for
LeVar Burton Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Star Trek: Generations (1994)
Marcelline Block Actress Actress See fewer	The Last Aristocrats (1989)
Phyllis Diller Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	A Bug's Life (1998)
Oliver Hardy Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Block-Heads (1938)
Anita Kaminiski Self - Book Reviewer Self - Book Reviewer See fewer	Reading Rainbow (1983)
Stan Laurel Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Block-Heads (1938)
Don Lewis Comedy Makeover Specialist Comedy Makeover Specialist See fewer	Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
Jim Longshore Self - Book Reviewer Self - Book Reviewer See fewer	Reading Rainbow (1983)
Peter Pitofsky Self Self See fewer	House (1985)
'Snub' Pollard Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Rollin' Plains (1938)