Release Date:	1986
Produced by:	Random House Home Video
Catalogue no.	88319
Format:	VHS
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ISBN	0394883195
ASIN	B001QKJE4Q

Learning About Letters is a 1986 Sesame Street direct-to-video special in the "My Sesame Street Home Video" line.

As the video opens, it's Alphabet Day on Sesame Street. Big Bird tells Mr. Snuffleupagus that on Alphabet Day, people go searching for objects that begin with each letter of the alphabet and read words, and after all that, Luis will read them a story. Mr. Snuffleupagus goes searching for something that begins with the letter A, while Telly Monster gets the gang organized for Alphabet Day.

Contents 1 Sketches 2 Other releases 3 DVD Chapters 4 Characters 4.1 Muppets (Linking Footage) 4.2 Muppets (Inserts) 5 Cast 6 Credits 7 Notes

SketchesEdit

• "The Alphabet Song" sung by Lena Horne, Fat Blue, Farley and the Anything Muppets (EKA: Episode 0600)
• "C is for Cookie" with Cookie Monster and the monsters (EKA: Episode 0677)
• Cartoon: Frances Fairy (EKA: Episode 0930)
• Cartoon: Speech Balloon: G-Gorilla (EKA: Episode 0085)
• Cartoon: Consonant Sound Limerick: Horse (EKA: Episode 2040)
• Cartoon: Speech Balloon: K-key (EKA: Episode 0040)
• "La, La, La" with Bert and Ernie (EKA: Episode 0321)
• Film: City Alphabet (EKA: Episode 0266)
• Kermit the Frog draws the letter M on-screen (EKA: Episode 0813)
• "M-M-M Monster Meal" with Cookie Monster and Herry Monster (EKA: Episode 2560)
• Cartoon: O-Orange (EKA: Episode 2483)
• Cartoon: The R Wizard (EKA: Episode 1015)
• Cartoon:The Villain in the Panama Hat (EKA: Episode 1710)
• Cartoon: "Madrigal Alphabet" (EKA: Episode 1093)
• The King Banishes the Letter P (EKA: Episode 0764) (cut together with new footage of Luis narrating)

Other releasesEdit

DVD ChaptersEdit

• The ABC's
• C is for Cookie
• Frances Fairy
• The Letter "L"
• Letters Everywhere
• The Letter "M"
• ABC Song
• Storytime: "The King Banishes the Letter P"

CharactersEdit

Muppets (Linking Footage)Edit

Big Bird, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Telly Monster, Buster the Horse, Oscar the Grouch, Irvine, Letter U, a cow, a dentist, a little boy, Henrietta Honker, Fluffy, Sophie, Blitzen, and Schopenhauer

Muppets (Inserts)Edit

Cookie Monster, Herry Monster, Ernie, Bert, Kermit the Frog, Grover, King Peter the Persnickety, Princess Penelope, King Peter's pet porcupine, Mr. Johnson, Oscar the Grouch, Farley, Monsters, and the Anything Muppets

CastEdit

Muppet Performers

• Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar
• Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Ernie, Mr. Johnson, and King Peter the Persnickety
• Frank Oz as Cookie Monster, Bert, Grover, Princess Penelope, and the Royal Cook
• Jerry Nelson as Herry Monster, Farley, and Pumpkin Townsperson
• Richard Hunt as Green Townsperson and various Anything Muppets
• Martin Robinson as Telly Monster, Mr. Snuffleupagus, and Buster the Horse
• Kevin Clash as U, Cow, and Little Boy
• Pam Arciero as Dentist
• Bryant Young as Mr. Snuffleupagus (back half)

Cast

• Emilio Delgado as Luis

Special Guest

• Lena Horne

CreditsEdit

• Writer: Sara Compton
• Director: Jon Stone
• Songs by: Joe Raposo and Jeffrey Moss

NotesEdit

• In 2008, this video was packaged with 123 Count with Me as a Sesame Street Double Feature.