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LAL

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

It's Alphabet Day on Sesame Street. Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus plan to go through every letter of the alphabet, read words, and afterwards, Luis will read them a story. Snuffy goes searching for something that begins with the letter A, while Telly Monster gets the gang organized to talk about the alphabet.


Segments[]

Picture Segment Description
LAL01
FRAME 1 Big Bird and Snuffy welcome the viewer and announce that today, they'll be going over the alphabet, 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...
Lena Horne ABC song
Muppets / Celebrity Lena Horne and the Anything Muppets sing "The Alphabet Song."
(First: Episode 0575)
LAL02
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.
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LAL04
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 (Kevin Clash).
Cisforcookie
Muppets Cookie Monster sings "C is for Cookie."
(First: Episode 0372)
LAL05

LAL06
FRAME 2 Now at the letter D, Telly drags in a dentist (Pam Arciero), who wishes to speak about flossing before she's shoved off. Telly then knocks on Oscar's trash can; not to see Oscar, but his elephants.
3958j
Cartoon Frances Fairy displays several F words.
(First: Episode 0335)
LAL07
FRAME 3 Telly and Big Bird now show some F words. Buster the Horse illustrates a G word - gallop. The word itself follows suit.
Gorilla toon2
Cartoon Speech Balloon: G-gorilla
(First: Episode 0085)
Busterthehorse
FRAME 4 Buster zooms past the letter H, for horse.
2040l
Cartoon Consonant Sound Limerick: H - Horse
(First: Episode 1167)
(beginning edited)
LAL08
FRAME 5 Oscar displays the letter I, for Irvine holding a fish-topped ice cream cone, which Luis finds icky.
LAL09
FRAME 5 cont'd Telly does some jumping to show the word "jump." The word does the same.
2125i
Cartoon Speech Balloon: K - Key
(First: Episode 0040)
Linoleum
Muppets Ernie and Bert sing "La, La, La."
(First: Episode 0321)
LAL10
FRAME 6 Big Bird shows a baby Honker the L in the CLOSED sign of the Fix-It Shop. He goes on, saying letters can be found everywhere.
1800-11
Film City alphabet (Joe Raposo instrumental with kid voiceover)
(First: Episode 0132)
M34
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.
(First: Episode 0451)
Monstermeal
Muppets "M-M-M Monster Meal"
(First: Episode 0380)
LAL11
FRAME 7 In Big Bird's nest, the young Honker takes a nap.
Toon.Orange
Cartoon O for orange
Artist: Bruce Cayard
(First: Episode 0673)
LAL12
FRAME 8 Telly displays his piggy bank, which has a sole quarter.
1736s
Cartoon A wizard turns into R things.
(First: Episode 0369)
LAL13
FRAME 9 Telly shows some words that start with S and T (including his name). The letter U (Clash) prefers to speak for himself.
1710r
Cartoon The Villain in the Panama Hat (V)
(First: Episode 0507)
LAL14
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 an embarrassed Buster appears dressed as a zebra.
2485x
Cartoon Madrigal Alphabet
Animation by Jeff Hale
(First: Episode 0615)
LAL15

TheKingBanishesP
FRAME 11 Luis is about to read a story to the group when an Anything Muppet boy (Clash) notes that the book doesn't have any pictures. Luis explains how the letters work together to make words which make the stories, and proceeds to read the story of "The King Banishes the Letter P." (First: Episode 0712)
This segment is edited, replacing Luis' original narration scenes with linking footage. The next and final appearance of this segment would include this edit of the segment.
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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.

Releases[]

International releases[]

Booklet[]

Scans of the activity book from the original VHS release.

DVD Chapters[]

  1. The ABC's
  2. C is for Cookie
  3. Frances Fairy
  4. The Letter "L"
  5. Letters Everywhere
  6. The Letter "M"
  7. ABC Song
  8. Storytime: "The King Banishes the Letter P"

Muppet Cast[]

  • Linking Footage:
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
  • Inserts:
Cookie Monster, Herry Monster, Ernie, Bert, Kermit the Frog, Grover, King Peter the Persnickety, Princess Penelope, King Peter's pet porcupine, Oscar the Grouch, Farley, Monsters, Fenwick, Billy, Anything Muppets

Cast[]

Credits[]

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