Reading Rainbow Music Needed

July 9, 2008 4:18 PM

Searching for a song filter: looking for a song that played on Reading Rainbow in 1988.

I'm looking for a way to listen to 'the pasta song' from Reading Rainbow: The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner. I'm not picky as to how-if it's available streaming somewhere or if I can buy it on cassette. I've been looking for a few hours with no luck, so any help would be appreciated!

posted by dinty_moore to Media & Arts (7 answers total)

Is this it? I mean, it's called "The Pasta Song," but I don't know for sure it's the same one that was on the show.
posted by cerebus19 at 4:25 PM on July 9, 2008

Is it this?
posted by marsha56 at 4:32 PM on July 9, 2008

Oops. cerebus19 beat me to it. Different links, but same song.
posted by marsha56 at 4:33 PM on July 9, 2008

Is this it? It's certainly not the original, but are the lyrics the same?
posted by Science! at 4:35 PM on July 9, 2008

Ten minutes! Nuts.
posted by Science! at 4:35 PM on July 9, 2008

Response by poster: ....close, but not quite. It has a similar tune and instruments, the Reading Rainbow version has a single baritone. These might be the same lyrics.
posted by dinty_moore at 5:48 PM on July 9, 2008

Scroll down to #49

Video Clip for this episode leads to a real media file.

3:47 to 4:22 is what you might be looking for (no singing, just the tune).
posted by curbstop at 2:45 PM on July 12, 2008