What's your favorite letter segment?

[Xerus]

Hey that's terrific Xerus and Sesame Mike! And then after s he might say, "Wow S was fun! So many things new. I wonder what would happen if I planted a Q!" (And like the land of S, Jack would again be greeted by a lady - a queen. ).

Thank's Ziffel. And here's how I'd see the land of S is like. Jack comes across a street and he meets an S guy who's dressed like a surfing dude. He takes Jack to a stop sign to wait for some snakes, squirrels, and surprisingly speedy snails to cross the street. Then S guy takes Jack to a seashore where he sees S peope riding surf boards, sailboats, and sculpting sand statues. And there's a snack bar that serves sausage sandwiches, spaghetti, and strawberry soda. Then suddenly, it starts to snow. S guy explains that every 67 minutes, the seasons switch. And now the S people are having fun skiing, sledding, and making snowmen. Then Jack finds the S-stalk under some snow and realizes it's time for him to go. Then he wonders about planting a Q.

 

[SesameMike]

we see these cars on a NYC expressway and a man says c cars.

Although I don't remember that particular one, i do recall a similar film in which we follow a letter T through a busy highway tunnel (I strongly suspect it was the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel on the southern tip of Manhattan). A male voiceover says only "T, Tunnel" once, maybe twice, against a bed of lively "city-like" music.

The film cut somewhat abruptly between the tunnel's entry portal and the exit, and actually had a few seconds of footage approaching the toll plaza at the end. When I saw it years ago I felt they missed the opportunity to include "T, Traffic" and "T, Tollbooth"

 

[Ziffel]

Thank's Ziffel. And here's how I'd see the land of S is like. Jack comes across a street and he meets an S guy who's dressed like a surfing dude. He takes Jack to a stop sign to wait for some snakes, squirrels, and surprisingly speedy snails to cross the street. Then S guy takes Jack to a seashore where he sees S peope riding surf boards, sailboats, and sculpting sand statues. And there's a snack bar that serves sausage sandwiches, spaghetti, and strawberry soda. Then suddenly, it starts to snow. S guy explains that every 67 minutes, the seasons switch. And now the S people are having fun skiing, sledding, and making snowmen. Then Jack finds the S-stalk under some snow and realizes it's time for him to go. Then he wonders about planting a Q.

Excellent job again with this s one, Xerus. And oh boy I had to choose a hard letter like Q. Well, let's see what we can do with a land of Q.

Jack climbs up and is greeted by a Queen. She said, "Welcome to the land of Q." Jack said, "Thank you." The Queen said, "If you'd like I'll have Quinton show you around." Jack said, "That's quite nice of you."
Quinton: "Let's go over to our big library which we call our quiet rooms. Our quantity of books is now over a quadrillion and we are close to a quintillion. You'll find any subject you're looking for, including quilt making, quarry digging, and trivia question books with lots of challenging quizzes and famous quotations.
Jack: "Wow, this is the quintessential library if there ever was one! But I always love to see the zoos in these lands. Can I see that next?"
Quinton: "It's right down here, we'll be there quickly."
"Here it is. Our quaint little zoo is really expanding. We now have lots of quails, and quacking ducks, and quill sharpened porcupines. And coming soon will be some quarter horses."
Jack: "My quest won't be complete until I see your food."
Quinton: "Right this way to our high quality restaurant. Each day we serve anything you could possibly want to eat. Breakfast foods like Quaker Oats Cereal, tasty appetizers like quesadillas, to fine gourmet meals like quiche. Since we're here now, how about we have some lunch."
Jack's mother: "Oh Jack!"
Jack: "Oh I'm sorry but I have to quit this fantastic tour now. My mother is calling me home to eat. But thank you. It was great to visit your land of Q."
"What fun that was! Wished I could stay! Hmm, I wonder what would happen if I planted an a?"


Okay, I know SS plugging a commercial cereal product is not likely but it's hard to think of Q foods!

 

[mikebennidict]

gee I never heard the term quadrillion before. of course numbers unlike letters go on forever. all pretty interesting.

 

[That Announcer]

gee I never heard the term quadrillion before. of course numbers unlike letters go on forever. all pretty interesting.

I had a sheet on that in my math binder from real early on in the year. However, I took great glee in burning my school notes there about a month ago.

 

[Xerus]

That was quite a nice Jack in Q-land story you wrote, Ziffel. Lots of q things all around. And now Jack has on his mind, the Letter A. I wonder what'll happen with that?

 

[Ziffel]

Thanks Xerus. I figured with a hard letter like Q I better utilize some other types of q words other than nouns, like adverbs and adjectives! And I don't want to even think of what Jack planting an x would do.

 

[jisforjump]

Fav. letter segment

I remember an animated segment about the letter T, where a guy walkedonto a typewriter (remember them?), and looked for the letter T. He found it, and started jumping up and down, saying t for typewriter, t for typewriter, t for typewriter, and he got his foot stuck in the typewriter, the t stamped a letter t on his foot, and he said ow...t toe. HA HA HA.

 

[Ziffel]

Speaking of the letter Q recently, there was an animated one with two guys where one guy asks, "How did you do that?" The other guy says, "Do what?" He says, "How did you stick that funny looking thing in the air like that?" And I think that "funny looking thing" was a letter Q. The other guy says, "It's not a funny looking thing." Near the end of the segment the guy again calls it a funny looking thing and the other guy gets angry and says, "It's not a funny looking thing!" Then the other guy says, "YOU'RE a funny looking thing."
That was a little on the harsh side for SS!
By the way, I don't know who did the voices but one guy sounded kind of like Edgar Buchanan.

 

[SesameMike]

Letter T sketch

Does anyone remember the animated Letter T sketch which included "Turtles with brains"

The two turtles recite, in unison, in high-pitched voices:

"Six times seven is 42, and Mechanicsburg is a city in Pennsylvania"

That line actually came in the middle of the segment where an unseen announcer was describing things beginning with T. Toward the end, a banjo started playing as the voiceover said "...and Texas, and Teeth" at which point we see a set of teeth chomp away at a row of letter Ts. But another row of T's appears, possibly filling the screen, as the announcer concludes with "T never stops!"