Changes: Learning About Letters

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

Revision as of 01:30, 6 November 2011

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.

Sketches

"The Alphabet Song" sung by Lena Horne, Fat Blue, Farley and the Anything Muppets (EKA: Episode 0739)
"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 releases

DVD Chapters

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"

Cast

Muppets (New 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

Muppets (Segments)

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

Credits

Starring:

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch

Jim Henson's Muppets:

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

Written by Sara Compton

Directed by Jon Stone

Songs by Joe Raposo and Jeffrey Moss

Notes

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

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 ==Cast==
 ===Muppets (New Footage)===
-:[[Big Bird]], [[Telly Monster]], [[Buster the Horse]], [[Oscar the Grouch]], [[Irvine]], [[Mr. Snuffleupagus]], Letter [[U]], a [[Gladys the Cow|Cow]], a dentist, a little boy, [[Henrietta Honker]], and The Elephants.
+:[[Big Bird]], [[Mr. Snuffleupagus]], [[Telly Monster]], [[Buster the Horse]], [[Oscar the Grouch]], [[Irvine]], Letter [[U]], [[Cows|a cow]], [[Dentists|a dentist]], a little boy, [[Henrietta Honker]], [[Fluffy]], [[Oscar's Pets|Sophie, Blitzen, and Schopenhauer]]
 ===Muppets (Segments)===
-:[[Cookie Monster]], [[Herry Monster]], [[Ernie]], [[Bert]], [[Kermit the Frog]], [[Grover]], [[King Peter the Persnickety]], [[Princess Penelope]], [[King Peter's Porcupine]], [[Mr. Johnson]], [[Oscar the Grouch]], [[Farley]], Monsters, and [[Anything Muppets|The Anything Muppets]].
+:[[Cookie Monster]], [[Herry Monster]], [[Ernie]], [[Bert]], [[Kermit the Frog]], [[Grover]], [[King Peter the Persnickety]], [[Princess Penelope]], [[Porcupines|King Peter's pet porcupine]], [[Mr. Johnson]], [[Oscar the Grouch]], [[Farley]], [[AM Monsters|Monsters]], and [[Anything Muppets|the Anything Muppets]]
 ==Credits==

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