Sesame Street Letter Segments

Letter hoist
A series of films where construction workers hoist the letter of the day to the top of a building in fast motion. The letters in question are what become the neon sign for the Empire Hotel in New York City. Joe Raposo composed the score.

Letter Planets
A series of films where the letter of the day is shown on a CGI planet and a rocket ship flies by. Maria does voiceover with saying the letter of the day.

Typefaces
A hand writes the letter of the day which appears in various typefaces. These segments appeared as early as Season 22.

Pencil Box/School Supplies
A pencil box full of either art or school supplies flies onto the screen and opens itself. The supplies fly out of the pencil box and make the letter of the day. For the art supplies segments, the art supplies dance around the screen after making the letter of the day.

Jane Aaron segments
An assortment of live-action segments created by Jane Aaron, featuring ornate letters on outdoor locations, becoming animated usually through the use of "pixellation" effects. Some segments featured the letter (attached to a metal rod) either rotating or swinging across the screen.

Planting Letters
A series of stop motion films where a girl is watering her garden and the letter of the day comes out of the ground. The music for the segments was composed by Dave Conner, and feature vocals by Lillias White.

Fishy Letters
A series of animation films where the letter of the day is formed by a school of fish in both uppercase and lowercase. A crab says the letter of the day.

Paper fold
A series of films where a piece of paper shows the letter of the day in uppercase, lowercase, and both upper and lower as it crumples.

Chanting
A church choir chants the letter of the day as the letter is shown in uppercase and lowercase. After the chanting, one of the choir members says the letter of the day.

Letters on the Street
Children (in voiceover) find places in their neighborhood that starts with the letter of the day.

Human Letters at the Beach
A man dressed as the letter of the day dances on the beach. Meanwhile, two girls watch and laugh at the man dressed as the letter of the day and make the letter in the sand.

Ron Marshall songs
All of the songs were composed by Gail Sky King with lyrics by Josh Selig.

Her, His
A series of films where a boy thinks up something that starts with the letter of the day, and then a girl thinks up something that starts with that letter. Then, they both say something together that begins with the letter of the day.