The Letter People (TV Series)

The Letter People is a children's literacy program and the television series based on said program since 1977. The term also refers to the various characters depicted in the program and television show. This show is based on Elayne Reiss-Weimann and Rita Friedman.
The consonants are males (as "the Letter Boys"), and the vowels are females (as "the Letter Girls", whom there will be no word without).
While thousands of children are learning about the Letter People in school, thousands of othrrs were being exposed to them through the television series based on the program. The show was produced by PBS member station WNET in New York City, New City and KETC in St. Louis, Missouri, and the show first went into production in 1976. The show was extremely popular with children, and it quickly spread to other television stations across the country, via syndication, mainly to PBS and educational stations. The television series premiered on October 29, 1977. Nickelodeon re-ran from October 4, 1986 to December 31, 1999. the show returned to PBS on 1976. Noggin was re-ran from Feburary 2, 1999 to March 31, 2002, The N was also re-ran from April 1, 2002 to December 31, 2007 and MeTV is re-ran since 2003.
The Letter People consists of alot episodes. In each 15-minute installment, the Letter People (relatively primitive puppets) undertake various adventures in Letter People Land, a dark, featureless place populated by strange people and creatures. Episodes usually focus on introducing new Letter People or new sounds formed by combining two Letter People together (such as /CH/ or /AW/). Other episodes take the Letter People to more exotic (though still featureless) locales such as outer space (eventually, the show would include more standard scenery, like cityscapes, meadows, Miss O's opera house, etc.), while a few highlight the characters' conflicts over various sounds (such as Mr. C fighting Mr. K and Mr. S for his sound). Another common feature of the show is "the Catching Game", a game show hosted by Monty Swell (a character based on Monty Hall) where the Letter People must form words by positioning themselves correctly side-by-side.
== Place where the Letter People live ==
In the original 1968 program, the place where the Letter People live was originally called "Letter People Land".
== Cast ==
*King Hall - Head Puppeteer
* Bob Kramer David Herzog - Assistants
* Joe René and Jacquelyn Reinach - Music Lyrics
* Ruth Lerner and Alan Pratt Ph.D. - Consultants
* Allan Trautman - Puppeteer
*Joneal Joplin Jr. – Puppeter
*Joneal Joplin - Puppeter
*Tom Tichenor - Puppeteer/puppet designe
*Jacob Joplin as Mister G
*Patrick Clear as Mister H
*Melvin Carson as Mister S
* 
*Patsy Windsor-Clive as Molly Linton
*Tyrone Rogers as James Linton
*Conjunction
*Adjective
*Poems
*Interjections
*
== Opening and closing sequence ==
A little dog and two kids named Robert and Jennifer minding their own business when various figures (including a female figure carrying a bunch of helium balloons) enter the gates of Letter People Land as the song plays:
: Come and meet the Letter People
: Come and join the family
: Words are made of Letter People
: The Letter People
A, B, C, D — follow me
== Specials ==
=== Alice's Words in Parts (1973) ===
#Words in Parts, part I (December 8, 1973)
#Words in Parts, part II (December 8, 1973)
=== Musical Grammar (1978) ===
# Musical Grammar I (February 22, 1978)
# Musical Grammar II (February 25, 1978)
# Musical Grammar III (March 2, 1978)
# Musical Grammar IV (March 2, 1978
# Musical Grammar V (March 2, 1978)
=== Star Trip (1978) ===
# Star Trip, part I (AR) (November 4, 1978)
# Star Trip, part II (OR) (November 4, 1978)
# Star Trip, part III (ER, IR, UR) (November 4, 1978)
=== Greaser of Lemma (1978) ===
# Greaser of Lemma part I (November 7, 1978)
# Greaser of Lemma part II (November 7, 1978)
# Greaser of Lemma part III (November 7, 1978)
=== Wonder Girl (1978) ===
# Wonder Girl, part I (December 19, 1978)
# Wonder Girl, part II (December 19, 1978)
=== The ING Sound (1978) ===
#The ING Sound, part I (December 31, 1978)
#The ING Sound, part II (December 31, 1978)
=== Films (1978–1989) ===
# Molly Linton's Birthday (1978)
== Birthday episode guide ==
=== Molly Linton's Birthday (1979) ===
# Veronica Verb's Birthday, part I (January 7, 1978)
# Veronica Verb's Birthday, part II (January 7, 1978)
# Veronica Verb's Birthday, part III (January 7, 1978)
# Veronica Verb's Birthday, part IV (January 7, 1978)
=== Alice Adverb's Birthday (1979) ===
# Alice Adverb's Birthday, part I (January 10, 1979)
# Alice Adverb's Birthday, part II (January 10, 1979)
# Alice Adverb's Birthday, part III (January 10, 1979)
# Alice Adverb's Birthday, part IV (January 10, 1979)
=== Sally Sentence's Birthday (1979) ===
# Sally Sentence's Birthday, part I (December 5, 1979)
# Sally Sentence's Birthday, part II (December 5, 1979)
=== Princess Charlotte Conjunction's Birthday (1981) ===
# Princess Charlotte Conjunction's Birthday part I (Feburary 8, 1981)
# Princess Charlotte Conjunction's Birthday part II (Feburary 8, 1981)
# Princess Charlotte Conjunction's Birthday part III (Feburary 8, 1981)
# Princess Charlotte Conjunction's Birthday part IV (Feburary 8, 1981)
== Episode guide ==
===Season 1 (October 29, 1977–February 14, 1978) ===
#Meet Molly Linton (October 29, 1977)
#Meet Quincy Question (October 29, 1977)
#Meet Lily Lemma and Ivan Interjections (November 2, 1977)
#Meet Andy Adjective (November 5, 1977)
#Meet Sally Sentence (November 8, 1977)
#Meet Natalie Noun (November 11, 1977)
#Meet Phil Predicate (November 14, 1977)
#Meet Priscilla Poems (November 17, 1977)
#Meet Edward Expletive (November 20, 1977)
#Meet Samantha Simile (November 23, 1977)
#Meet Molly Metaphor (November 26, 1977)
#Meet Alexander Adnoun (November 29, 1977)
#Meet Veronica Verb (December 1, 1977)
#Meet Alice Adverb (December 4, 1977)
#Meet Penny Quotative (December 10, 1977)
#Meet Mister M (December 13, 1977)
#Meet Mister T (December 13, 1977)
#Meet Mister F (December 16, 1977)
#Meet Mister H (December 21, 1977)
#Meet Mister N (December 21, 1977)
#Meet Mister B (December 23, 1977)
#Meet Miss A (December 23, 1977)
#What's the Catch? (December 27, 1977) (23)
#The Tryout (December 30, 1977) (24)
#The Catching Game (December 30, 1977) (25)
#Meet Mister Z (January 3, 1978) (26)
#Meet Mister P (January 6, 1978) (27)
#Meet Mister S (January 10, 1978) (28)
#Meet Miss E (January 10, 1978) (29)
#Meet Miss I (January 13, 1978) (30)
#Meet Miss O (January 17, 1978) (31)
#Meet Miss U (January 17, 1978) (32)
#Meet Mister V (January 20, 1978) (33)
#Meet Mister L (January 24, 1978) (34)
#The Story of Mister V; The Story of Mister S (January 24, 1978) (35)
#The Squoosh (January 27, 1978) (36)
#Meet Mister D (February 1, 1978) (37)
#Meet Mister G (February 1, 1978) (38)
#Meet Mister C (February 4, 1978) (39)
#Meet Mister K (February 8, 1978) (40)
#The Story of Mister C and Mister K; Soft C (February 8, 1978) (41)
#Meet Mister W (February 11, 1978) (42)
#Long Vowel Sounds (February 14, 1978) (43)
#Cooperation (Silent E) (February 14, 1978) (44)
===Season 2 (Feburary 18, 1978–June 15, 1978) ===
#Adjacent Vowels (Two Vowels Standing Side-by-Side) (February 18, 1978) (45)
#Miss Pink's Birthday (February 22, 1978) (46)
#Meet Mister Y (March 2, 1978) (47)
#Y as a Consonant and a Vowel (March 7, 1978) (48)
#Meet Mister J (March 7, 1978) (49)
#Soft G (March 7, 1978) (50)
#Meet Mister R (March 7, 1978) (51)
#Meet Mister X (March 10, 1978) (52)
#Meet Mister Q (March 10, 1978) (53)
#Donald O'Connor visits (March 11, 1978) (54)
#Eleanor Powell visits (March 12, 1978) (55)
#The Story of Molly Linton (March 18, 1978) (56)
#The Romance of Mr. V and Miss I (March 23, 1978) (57)
#Carol Burnett visits (March 26, 1978) (58)
#Jimmy Slyde visits (March 29, 1978) (59)
#Disco Fever (April 1, 1978) (60)
#Happy Days Cast visits (April 4, 1978) (61)
#Sally's Favorite Toy (April 7, 1978) (62)
#Bunny Briggs visits (April 10, 1978) (63)
#Tommy Sands visits (April 11, 1978) (64)
#Frank Sinatra and his children visits (April 12, 1978) (65)
#The Hines Brothers visits (April 13, 1978) (66)
#Miss Blue's Party (April 14, 1978) (67)
#The Mystery of Mister Z (with Bernadette Peters; April 15, 1978) (68)
#Princess Charlotte's Party (April 16, 1978) (69)
#Linda Ronstadt visits (April 17, 1978) (70)
#Toast of the Dog (OA) (April 18, 1978) (71)
#Chuck Green and Brenda Bufalino visits (April 19, 1978) (72)
#Miss O's Puppy (April 20, 1978) (73)
#The Shadows (April 24, 1978) (74)
#OI and OY (April 27, 1978) (75)
#The Ghost of Jester Jones (April 28, 1978) (76)
#The Word Machine (May 2, 1978) (77)
#The Story of Mister F And Miss I (May 2, 1978) (78)
#Mister F Is a Jester (May 13, 1978) (79)
#How Do You Do, DR (DR) (May 18, 1978) (80)
#How Do You Do, TR (TR) (May 22, 1978) (81)
#How Do You Do, SCR (SCR) (May 26, 1978) (82)
#Howard Sims visits (May 29, 1978) (83)
#How Do You Do, FR (FR) (June 1, 1978) (84)
#Elton John visits (June 4, 1978) (85)
#SC and SK (June 7, 1978) (86)
#Charles Coles, Cholly Atkins and Joe Jackson visits (June 8, 1978) (87)
#Meet James Linton (June 9, 1978) (88)
#How Do You Do, CL (CL) (June 10, 1978) (89)
#How Do You Do, CR (CR) (June 12, 1978) (90)
#How Do You Do, FL (FL) (June 12, 1978) (91)
#How Do You Do, GL (GL) (June 15, 1978) (92)
#How Do You Do, PL (PL) (June 15, 1978) (93)
#How Do You Do, SL (SL) (June 15, 1978) (94)
#How Do You Do, BL (BL) (June 15, 1978) (95)
===Season 3 (June 16, 1978–October 22, 1978) ===
#Mr. F's Shadow (June 16, 1978) (96)
#Snappy Tap Dance (June 16, 1978) (97)
#The Story of Mister F; The Story of Miss I (June 18, 1978) (98)
#Let's Rap, Lily (June 24, 1978) (99)
#Go Ahead, Sally (June 28, 1978) (100)
#Meet Gilda the Talking Mime (June 30, 1978) (101)
#James Coburn visits (July 1, 1978) (102)
#Mel Winkler visits (July 2, 1978) (103)
#Olivia Newton-John visits (July 3, 1978) (104)
#Carol Hawkins visits (July 4, 1978) (105)
#Annette Funicello visits (July 5, 1978) (106)
#Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire visits (July 7, 1978) (107)
#Courtney Love visits (July 8, 1978) (108)
#Maureen Reagan visits (July 9, 1978) (109)
#Paula Abdul visits (July 10, 1978) (110)
#Frankie Avalon visits (July 13, 1978) (111)
#Johnny Crawford visits (July 14, 1978) (112)
#Stockard Channing visits (July 17, 1978) (113)
#Linda Ronstadt returns (July 20, 1978) (114)
#Ella Fitzgerald visits (July 23, 1978) (115)
#Ray Charles visits (July 26, 1978) (116)
#Nicolas Brothers visits (August 3, 1978) (117)
#Ray Brown and Ray Brown Jr. visits (August 6, 1978) (118)
#Didi Conn visits (August 9, 1978) (119)
#Dinah Manoff visits (August 12, 1978) (120)
#Mickey Rooney and Liza Minnelli visits (August 15, 1978) (121)
#Bette Midler visits (August 18, 1978) (122)
#Claude Jarman Jr. visits (August 21, 1978) (123)
#Gilda Radner visits (August 24, 1978) (124)
#Rosanne Cash visits (August 27, 1978) (125)
#Michael Jackson visits (September 1, 1978) (126)
#Jester Andy (September 4, 1978) (127)
#Sally's feet hurt (September 7, 1978) (128)
#Sally loses her shoes (September 10, 1978) (129)
#Sing Along on the Roof (September 13, 1978) (130)
#The Purple Children (September 18, 1978) (131)
#The Blue Children (September 23, 1978) (132)
#The Red Children (October 1, 1978) (133)
#The Yellow Children (October 2, 1978) (134)
#The Green Children (October 4, 1978) (135)
#AU and AW (October 5, 1978) (136)
#The Pink Children (October 6, 1978) (137)
#The Mystery of Mister S (October 7, 1978) (138)
#The Story of Mr. Q and Mr. K (October 8, 1978) (139)
#The Color Children (October 9, 1978) (140)
#Diana Ross visits (October 10, 1978) (141)
#Marvin Gaye visits (October 13, 1978) (142)
#Lionel Richie visits (October 16, 1978) (143)
#Kenny Rogers visits (October 19, 1978) (144)
#Jimmy Buffet visits (October 22, 1978) (145)
=== Season 4 (October 24, 1978–June 24, 1979) ===
#Cherry Girl (CH) (October 24, 1978) (146)
#The Thing (TH) (October 31, 1978) (147)
#Mitzi Gaynor visits (November 1, 1978) (148)
#Zsa Zsa Gabor visits (November 4, 1978) (149)
#Johnnie Ray visits (November 7, 1978) (150)
#Jan Sterling vists (November 10, 1978) (151)
#Madeline Kahn visits (November 13, 1978) (152)
#Alexis Smith visits (November 16, 1978) (153)
#Lucille Bremer visits (November 19, 1978) (154)
#WH and SH (November 24, 1978) (155)
#Cab Calloway visits (December 1, 1978) (156)
#LaVaughn Robinson and Ernest Brown visits (December 2, 1978) (157)
#Double O (OO) (December 3, 1978) (158)
#Tiny Tim visits (December 4, 1978) (159)
#John Travolta visits (December 5, 1978) (161)
#Liberace visits (December 6, 1978) (162)
#Natalie Cole visits (December 7, 1978) (163)
#Natasha Richardson visits (December 8, 1978) (164)
#OU and OW (December 9, 1978) (165)
#Captain Kangaroo visits (December 10, 1978) (166)
#The Story of Miss E and Miss A (December 11, 1978) (167)
#GH and PH (December 12, 1978) (168)
#Miss U and Mister Q's Wedding (December 15, 1978) (169)
#Grease Cast visits (December 21, 1978) (170)
#The Story of Mr. Z and Mr. X (December 24, 1978) (171)
#Valentine's Day (February 14, 1979) (169)
=== Season 5 (March 2, 1979–August 18, 1979 ===
#The Another Story of Mr. F; The Another Story of Miss O (March 2, 1979) (172)
#Dianne Walker visits (March 7, 1979) (173)
#Luciano Pavarotti visits (March 12, 1979) (174)
#The Story of Miss U; The Story of Mister J (March 15, 1979) (175)
#Double E (EE) (March 18, 1979)
== List of Letter People ==
Original Program	Characteristic 	Voice Actor (Classic)	Voice Actor (Revival)
Miss A 	A'choo 	Eleanor Colby 	Alexis Carter
Mister B 	Beautiful Buttons 	?? 	??
Mister C 	Cotton Candy 	?? 	??
Mister D 	Delicious Doughnuts 	?? 	??
Miss E 	Exercise 	June Angela 	Molly Pattison
Mister F 	Funny Feet 	Daniel Dollar 	Paul Lawrence
Mister G 	Gooey Gum 	?? 	??
Mister H 	Horrible Hair 	?? 	??
Miss I 	Incredible Itchy Itch	?? 	??
Mister J 	Jumbled Junk 	?? 	??
Mister K 	Kicking 	?? 	??
Mister L 	Lemon Lollipops 	?? 	??
Mister M 	Munching Mouth 	?? 	??
Mister N 	Noisy Nose 	?? 	??
Miss O 	Optimistic Obstinate 	Adrienne Posta 	??
Mister P 	Pointy Patches 	?? 	??
Mister Q 	Quiet 	?? 	??
Mister R 	Ripping Rubberbands 	?? 	??
Mister S 	Super Socks 	?? 	??
Mister T 	Tall Teeth 	?? 	??
Miss U 	Upsy-Daisy Umbrella 	Sally Stone 	Ivy Austin
Mister V 	Violet Velvet Vest 	?? 	??
Mister W 	Wonderful Wink 	?? 	??
Mister X 	Mixed-Up 	?? 	??
Mister Y 	Yawning 	?? 	??
Mister Z 	Zipping Zippers 	Alessandro Rossi 	Buster Pattison
* Note: The characteristics of Miss I and Miss O changed after The Letter People television series entered production. Therefore, they are known by the names in parentheses on that program.
Category:1977 television series debuts