Learning About Letters

Learning About Letters is a 1986 Sesame Street direct-to-video compilation 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.

Segments

Picture	Segment	Description
	FRAME 1	Big Bird and Snuffy welcome the viewer and announce that today, they'll be going over the alphabet today, even reading some words. Snuffy doesn't quite remember how the alphabet goes, but soon realizes the correct order with the help of a song...
	Muppets / Celebrity	Lena Horne and the Anything Muppets sing "The Alphabet Song." (EKA: Episode 0600) On-screen letters added
	FRAME 1 cont'd	Following the song, Snuffy remarks how great the alphabet is and reveals the first letter - A. He then leaves to find things that start with A. As he leaves, a voice beckons Big Bird outside.
	FRAME 1 cont'd	The voice is that of Telly Monster's, who hurries Big Bird along, hoping everything goes smoothly while talking about the alphabet. He shows off some A words, followed by some B words, then a C word - cow.
	Muppets	Cookie Monster sings "C is for Cookie." (EKA: Episode 0377)
	FRAME 2	Now at the letter D, Telly drags in a Dentist, who wishes to speak about flossing before is shoved off. Telly then knocks on Oscar's trash can; not to see Oscar, but his Elephants.
	Cartoon	Frances Fairy displays several F words. (EKA: Episode 0421)
	FRAME 3	Telly and Big Bird now show some F words. Buster the Horse illustrates a G word - gallop. The word itself follows suit.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: G-gorilla (First: Episode 0085)
	FRAME 4	Buster zooms past the letter H, for Horse.
	Cartoon	Consonant Sound Limerick: H - Horse (EKA: Episode 2040)
	FRAME 5	Oscar displays the letter I, for Irvine, who has Ice cream, which Luis finds Icky.
	FRAME 5 cont'd	Telly does some jumping to show the word "Jump." The word does the same.
	Cartoon	K - Key (First: Episode 0040)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert sing "La, La, La." (EKA: Episode 0321)
	FRAME 6	Big Bird shows Henrietta Honker the L in the CLOSED sign. He goes on, saying letters can be found everywhere.
	Film	City alphabet (Joe Raposo instrumental with kid voiceover) (EKA: Episode 0266)
	Muppets	Kermit draws the letter M on-screen with his magic finger. Grover asks what Kermit has drawn, and Kermit says it's the letter M. "Mmmmm!" Grover agrees. (EKA: Episode 0813)
	Muppets	"M-M-M Monster Meal"
	FRAME 7	In Big Bird's Nest, Henrietta takes a Nap.
	Cartoon	O for orange Artist: Bruce Cayard (EKA: Episode 1854)
	FRAME 8	Telly displays his Piggy bank, which has a sole Quarter.
	Cartoon	A wizard turns into R things. (EKA: Episode 1015)
	FRAME 9	Telly shows some words that start with S and T. The letter U prefers to speak for himself.
	Cartoon	The Villain in the Panama Hat (V) (EKA: Episode 1710)
	FRAME 10	The gang wraps up the alphabet - Big Bird has a Waffle, the dentist has an X-ray, Luis has a Yo-Yo, and Buster appears as a Zebra.
	Cartoon	Madrigal alphabet Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 0915)
	FRAME 11	Luis reads the gang the story of "The King Banishes the Letter P." (EKA: Episode 0764) Story edited
	FRAME 11 cont'd	Big Bird returns to his nest to find Snuffy, who's brought an Apple and is ready to move onto B. Big Bird explains they've already finished, making Snuffy sad. Big Bird cheers him up, promising that they'll simply start everything again. He tells the gang his plan and Telly frantically gets everyone organized. Big Bird announces the sponsors from A to Z.