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1.
Meet Mr. M
Mr. M tells of a story in which his munching mouth (which is how he gets his
sound) got him into trouble at the market. Later Sam Gump puts Mr. M to the
test: Can he recognize words that start with his sound?
Written, Directed, and Produced by Thomas McDonough
2. "Meet Mr. T"
Mr. T retells the time he talked his way out of a confrontation with a bully
called Terrible Tough Tony. It seems tall tales accompany Mr. T's tall teeth
(which is how he gets his sound) wherever he goes.
Written, Directed, and Produced by Thomas McDonough
3. "Meet Mr. F"
Mr. F can't find the right shoes to go with his funny feet (which is how he
gets his sound).
Written, Directed, and Produced by Thomas McDonough
4. "Meet Mr. H"
Harold talks Mr. H into visiting Hairless Herbert's barber shop, but Mr. H
talks himself out of a haircut. Later, Mr. H wins a hippo from a door-to-door
quizer. Hubba Hubba! Song: "Meet Mr. H". STARRING MR. H, HAROLD,
HAIRLESS HERBERT, and the DOOR-TO-DOOR CONTEST QUIZER.
Written, Directed, and Produced by Thomas McDonough
5. "Meet Mr. N"
Mr. N causes a disturbance during story hour at the library, and helps Nardo
the detective tame a Nasty, who turns into a Nice Nasty. Mr. N sings
"Meet Mr. N". STARRING MR. N, NARDO, THE NASTY, NED THE NEWSMAN,
the LIBRARIAN and a NURSE.
Written, Directed, and Produced by Thomas McDonough
6. "Meet Mr. B"
Its Mr. B's birthday, and he meets Boris the Bulletin Board (who sounds just
like Boris Badenov). A really creepy segment follows featuring several
puppets with human heads! A capital B and a lower-case b argue over who got
invited to the birthday party. The Letter People play party games. Mr. B
sings "Meet Mr. B" Watch for a quick cameo of Mickey Mouse's dog
Pluto in the animated segment. STARRING MR. B, MR. H, MR. F, MR. T, MR. M,
MR. N, BORIS THE BULLETIN BOARD, CAPITAL B, LOWER-CASE B, CREEPY BOY PUPPET
WITH BIKE, CREEPY GIRL PUPPET WITH BEACHBALL, and CREEPY MAN PUPPET WITH
BANJO.
Written, Directed, and Produced by Thomas McDonough
7. "Meet Miss A"
Miss A arrives in town with a deceptive sneeze (hers is the same sound that
starts "A-choo"). She plays a carnival game in which her sound
appears in all four parts.
Written, Directed, and Produced by Thomas McDonough
8. "What's the Catch?"
A new television station is starting up in Letter People Land. All sorts of
dreams fill the heads of the Letter People, as they try songs, jokes, and
juggling. But their truest talent is in their sounds, and how their sounds
blend together. There's only one catch: Miss A has to be in all the
"sound catches" for the time being.
Written, Directed, and Produced by Thomas McDonough
9. "The Tryout"
All the Letter People show up at the new TV station to try their sound
catches on Monty Swell. For the first time, all six Letter Boys make their
sounds catch with Miss A. At Monty's suggestion, another Letter Boy stands on
the other side of Miss A, and they make a word. It's the inspiration for a
game show called The Catching Game.
Written, Directed, and Produced by Thomas McDonough
10. "The Catching Game"
Clue A presents Monty Swell with a set of rules for The Catching Game. Each
Letter Person can only make a sound when he or she is in a "clue
box." Of the three clue boxes, the middle box is larger to emphasize
Miss A's role (she's the only Letter Girl at this time). The Catching Game
then airs for the first time.
Written, Directed, and Produced by Thomas McDonough
11. "Meet Mr. Z"
Mr. Z dresses in a coat lined with "zipping zippers," which is
where he gets his sound. He takes the advice of Zero the Owl to go to Letter
People Land, but that means getting through the Zigzag Forest.
Written by William Bailey. Directed by Thomas McDonough.
12. "Meet Mr. P"
A rustic Western setting provides the drama as Mr. P tries to get his food
back from the Purple Peek-a-boo Palookas.
Written by Thomas McDonough. Directed by Gary Twitchell.
13. "Meet Mr. S"
Mr. S is a superhero residing in a secret sock cave. He needs to find the
starter for his car, the Sockmobile, to drive his friend Slaw to the studios
of The Catching Game. Trouble is, the starter must be recovered.
Written by William Bailey and Thomas McDonough. Directed by Thomas McDonough.
14. "Meet Miss E"
Miss E drops in (literally) to Mr. Z's apartment. It's apparent that Miss E
is the strongest of the Letter Girls, since her sound comes from the same
sound that starts "exercise." She cleans up Mr. Z's apartment
before making her debut on The Catching Game.
Written by Thomas McDonough. Directed by William Bailey
15. "Meet Miss I"
Nardo the Detective returns. This time, he needs Miss I to help catch Ingrid,
the pilferer of indigo ink. Miss I is the perfect right-hand Letter Girl for
the job, as her skin is irritated with the mere mention of a word that starts
like "itchy itch."
Written by William Bailey. Directed by Gary Twitchell.
16. "Meet Miss O"
Miss O is the most obstinate Letter Person around, and that's where she gets
her sound. She stubbornly refuses to alter her strange opera about an ostrich
and an omelet. Along the way, all the existing short sounds are reviewed (not
surprisingly, Miss A, Miss E, and Miss I have unsatisfying roles in Miss O's
opera). The abrupt end is not the end, as Miss O introduces a story about an
odd octopus.
Written by William Bailey. Directed by Gary Twitchell.
17. "Meet Miss U"
Just what are the Unforgettable Underground Uglies? Miss U's uncle believes
they took his baseball. But the Uglies want more from Miss U, whose sound is
the same sound that starts "upsey-daisy umbrella."
Written by William Bailey. Directed by Thomas McDonough.
18. "Meet Mr. V"
A vandal has defaced Mr. V's violin and other objects that start with the
same sound that starts "violet velvet vest." Both Mr. V and Mr. B
plot strategy when the vandal makes a bold claim.
Written, Directed, and Produced by Thomas McDonough
19. "Meet Mr. L"
Mr. L is ready to open up a lemonade stand on the beach, but he'll have to
contend with two villains first.
Written by William Bailey. Directed by Gary Twitchell.
20. "The Story of Mr. V; The Story of Mr. S"
Mr. B, Mr. P, and Mr. Z try to add their trademark clothing items to Mr. V,
tearing his favorite vest in the process. In an act of vanity, Mr. V says he
will never end a word so that no one will see the tear on the left side of
his vest. That doesn't stop the other Letter Boys. They clutter their add-ons
to Mr. S's super socks. Not all of them will come off, though. Mr. Z grants
Mr. S the right to use the "zipping zippers" sound sometimes.
Written by William Bailey. Directed by Gary Twitchell.
21. "The Squoosh"
Mr. V goes to the set of The Catching Game to explain his restriction (see
Episode 20) to Monty Swell. He and other Letter People try to make the word
"vest," which is not easy to do in a clue box built for one. Mr. S
and Mr. T are forced to share the ending clue box to make the word. Once
that's done, Miss E declares that the combination of consecutive Letter Boys
fit into a "Squoosh Box."
Written by William Bailey. Directed by Thomas McDonough.
22. "Meet Mr. D"
Dolly the Dragon has escaped from her lair. Her owners get help from Mr. D,
whose sound is the same sound that starts "delicious doughnuts."
Written by Gayle Waxman. Directed by Gary Twitchell.
23. "Meet Mr. G"
A ghost has rid the corner grocer of all his green grapes. This calls for
only one man: the newly-arrived Mr. G. His sound is the same sound that
starts "gooey gum," which is one of the items they offer to the
ghost as a trade.
Written by Gayle Waxman. Directed by Thomas McDonough.
24. "Meet Mr. C"
A carnival passes through town, filled with everything starting with the same
sound that starts "cotton candy." A camel named Claude is part of
the retinue, as is Mr. C, who is in search of his big break in show biz.
Written by Harry John Luecke. Directed by Thomas McDonough
25. "Meet Mr. K"
The Grand Shish of Kebab asks Mr. K to rescue the nation's King, an expert
kazoo player, from the clutches of a kazoo detractor. Mr. K, donned in
leather football gear, heads off amidst a storm brewing in Letter People
Land. Mr. C knows something about Mr. K's sound: it's the same sound that
starts "kicking."
Written by William Bailey. Directed by Thomas McDonough.
26. "The Story of Mr. C and Mr. K"
All the other Letter People discover what Mr. C knew all along: he and Mr. K
have the same sound. Both of them go to Miss I's Itsy Witsy Ice Cream Club
where, grudgingly, they try to settle their quandaries. Which Letter Girls
will each stand next to? And is squooshing with Mr. K safe?
Written by William Bailey. Directed by Thomas McDonough.
27. "Meet Mr. W"
Mr. W needs to get back his wonderful wink (which is how he gets his sound).
An impatient man unknowingly helps Mr. W get his wink back.
Written by Gayle Waxman. Directed by Thomas McDonough.
28. "Long Sounds"
The Letter Girls know well that they have to appear in every word that Letter
People make. Miss A suggests that each of them adopt new sounds to go with
their names. Before they know what hits them, the Green Gorillas band asks
the Letter Girls for help to keep up their popularity. At that moment, Miss E
is coaxed to write a song about the Letter Girls' long sounds. First with the
news is Frantic Freddy, rambling wreck of the record rack.
Written by William Bailey. Directed by Thomas McDonough.
29. "Silent E"
With each Letter Girl now bearing two sounds, how will people know which
sound she is using? This question hovers over the planned Western melodrama
Monty Swell is directing. Mr. T thinks he's a natural to play the sheriff,
but Mr. V plays the part in the show. Captain Zemo is the Nasty Bill
Collector out to repossess Miss A's mat, since she hasn't kept up her mat
payments. In act two, still up to no good, the Nasty Bill Collector ties Miss
O to the railroad tracks. The Letter People devise new rules: (A) a Letter
Girl can use her short sound if the Letter Boy is alone at the end of a word
(holding the badge of Cooperation), and (B) Miss E can stand outside the
Ending Clue Box as a signal that the Letter Girl in the Catching Clue Box is using
her long sound. STARRING MONTY SWELL, MISS I, MR. V, MR. T, MR. K, MISS E,
MISS A, MR. M, MISS O, MR. P, and CAPTAIN ZEMO.
Written By Gayle Waxman. Produced By Thomas McDonough. Directed By Thomas
McDonough
30. "Adjacent Vowels"
Nardo the detective recounts the case of "Poopsie's Surprise":
Bufford Van Murdlesnert (his friends call him "Poopsie") comes to
Nardo for help. Seems he's getting mysterious notes with words he can't
pronounce. The Letter People help Nardo follow clues that lead Poopsie to his
surprise birthday party. STARRING MISS O, MISS A, MR. B, MR. T, MR. P, MISS
I, MR. L, MISS E, MR. S, MR. M, NARDO, and POOPSIE. Also appearing is Monty
Swell and an unidentified "friend" of Poopsie.
Written By Gayle Waxman. Produced By Thomas McDonough. Directed By Thomas
McDonough
31. " Hall Of Fame- Review Of Short Vowels"
Nardo the detective, night watchman at the Letter People Hall Of Fame,
explores some of the museum's most famous exibits. Featuring clips from
episodes 7, 14, 15, 16, 17, 8, 9, & 10.
Written By Jeffrey Jones. Produced By Thomas McDonough. Directed By Jeffrey
Jones
32. "Hall Of Fame-Review Of Consonents/Squoosh
Nardo the detective, night watchman at the Letter People Hall Of Fame,
explores some of the museum's most famous exibits. Featuring clips from
episodes 2, 5, 12, 13, 18, & 21.
Written By Jeffrey Jones. Produced By Thomas McDonough. Directed By Jeffrey
Jones
33. "Hall Of Fame-Review Of C & K"
Nardo the detective, night watchman at the Letter People Hall Of Fame,
explores some of the museum's most famous exibits. Featuring clips from
episodes 24, 25, & 26.
Written By Jeffrey Jones Produced By Thomas McDonough Directed By Jeffrey
Jones
34. "Hall Of Fame-Review Of Long Sounds, Silent E, and Adjacent
Vowels"
Nardo the detective, night watchman at the Letter People Hall Of Fame,
explores some of the museum's most famous exibits. Featuring clips from
episodes 28, 29 & 30.
Written By Jeffrey Jones Produced By Thomas McDonough Directed By Jeffrey
Jones
35. Meet Mr. Y
Newcomer Mr. Y is putting everyone to sleep with his yawning. Sure, it's how
he gets his sound, but he and some other Letter People are needed. There's a
creature up in the mountains called the yodel, just the perfect guest for
Letter People Land's upcoming Outdoor Sound Festival.
Written By William Bailey Directed By Thomas McDonough
36. "Y as a Consonant and a Vowel"
Before their outdoor Sound Festival, the Letter People split into factions
over the tiring Mr. Y. Miss I intends to give Mr. Y her sound so that he can
appear in the middle or end of words. This becomes the focal point of the
Sound Festival.
Written By William Bailey Directed By Thomas McDonough
37. "Meet Mr. J"
Officer Jabberwocky informs Mr. J he must clear out his jumbled junk—which is
how Mr. J gets his sound.
Written By William Bailey and Patrick McCreary Directed By Thomas McDonough
38. "How Mr. G Got Another Sound"
The Genius Gem is missing from the museum. It ends up in Mr. J's junkyard.
Mr. G touches the gem and disappears. Now Mr. J and Officer Jabberwocky must
follow a set of instructions that gives Mr. G the right to use the J sound.
Written By Thomas McDonough Directed By Thomas McDonough
39. "Meet Mr. R"
Mr. R has no rip in his ripping rubber bands. Can he trust the repair service
of Roscoe and Ringo? Those two renegades are more interested in comedy revue.
Written By Gayle Waxman, Pat Clear and Thomas McDonough Directed By Thomas
McDonough
40. "Star Trip Part I: AR and the Divided Catching Clue Box"
For a week, ever since Miss A had disappeared, the Letter People Space Agency
has received signals from a faraway planet. Mr. R has been assigned to rescue
Miss A. This leads to the most extraordinary discovery. Befriending Lucky
Star on the journey to planet Snickers, Mr. R learns of the Divided Catching
Clue Box. With it, Miss A and Mr. R produce the AR sound.
Written By Ron Cohen Directed By Jeffrey Jones
41. "Star Trip Part II: The OR Sound"
Miss A returns to Letter People Land, but not before another spaceship whisks
a willing Miss O to the planet Snickers. Together she and Mr. R enter the
Divided Catching Clue Box to make the OR sound. But are they a match for the
Empress Mung and her guards?
Written By Ron Cohen Directed By Jeffrey Jones
42. "Star Trip Part III: The ER Sound"
Empress Mung is truly merciless. She has coaxed Miss E, Miss I, and Miss U
into one of her spaceships bound for the planet Snickers. Will the Empress
get more wondrous sounds out of the Divided Catching Clue Box, or can the
Letter Girls and Mr. R fool her?
Written By Ron Cohen Directed By Jeffrey Jones
43. "Hall Of Fame: A Review (5)"
Nardo provides flashbacks of the adventures surrounding Mr. Y, Mr. J, and Mr.
R—including the Star Trip trilogy.
Written By Thomas McDonough Directed By Thomas McDonough
44. "Meet Mr. X"
Things seem to be going wrong: Mr. B loses his voice, Mr. H's head looks even
more horrible, and Miss U's goat is cursed into not bleating. All these
things occur when anyone is tagged with a red letter X. It's up to Nardo the
Detective to track down the source of these marks. Once he does, he offers to
help Mr. X get a sound.
Written By Thomas McDonough and James Scott Directed By Thomas McDonough
45. "Meet Mr. Q"
Miss O loses her voice prior to her engagement at the opera house. She and an
assemblage of Letter People must go to the laboratory run by Mr. Q. Before
Mr. Q can help the Letter People, they must help him acquire a sound.
Written By James Scott Directed By Thomas McDonough
46. "Runaway Words"
Miss O visits Professor Foghorn , who has invented a word machine. The Word
Machine digests a group of letters and sounds out words from them. But the
machine pops a cog when Miss O starts feeding it words that do not sound the
way they should. When the machine refuses to take any more such words, the
words sprout legs and run away, becoming "Runaway words". The Word
Machine sings "I'm The Word Machine". STARRING MISS O, PROFESSOR
FOGHORN, THE WORD MACHINE, and a CAST OF A THOUSAND RUNAWAY WORDS.
Written by Produced by Directed by
47. "CH Blend"
Mr. C and Mr. H go fishing without their fishing poles, and Mr. C asks Mr. H
to squoosh with him there in the woods(?!). They're late to catch the train,
which leaves without them AND the conducter, Charlie McChew. The Letter
People perform the "Chewy Cherry Choo-Choo" song with appropriate
"Jefferson Airplane" background effects. STARRING MR. C, MR. H,
CHARLIE McCHEW, and the CHEWY CHERRY CHOO-CHOO. Featuring MR. F, MR. S, MR.
P, MISS U.
Written by Thomas Mc Donough Produced by Thomas Mc Donough and Jeffrey Jones
Directed by Thomas Mc Donough
48. "Meet The Thing"
MR. T and Miss U visit the "haunted" theater, and are spooked by
"The Thing", who has two "th" sounds. Mr. T tells Miss U
about how Grandpa T and Grandpa H met "The Thing" during a
rehearsal and agreed to make it part of their act. But the theater closed in
1930 before The Thing could take to the stage. Officer Jabberwocky is sent to
capture The Thing so that the theater can reopen. The Thing finally gets to
perform for an audience, singing "I'm The Thing, I'm the real
Thing..." (Just like Coke, huh?) STARRING MR. T, MISS U, "GRANDPA"
T, "GRANDPA" H, OFFICER JABBERWOCKY, and THE THING (visual effect).
Written by Ralph St. William Produced by Thomas McDonough Directed by Jeffrey
Jones
49. "WH/SH"
Mr. W does some slight-of-hand for Mr. H on a street corner, and Mr. S, in
his Secret Sock Cave below the street, just wants them to be quiet. "Sh!
Sh! Shhhh!" Later, on Monty Swell's "Catching Game" show,
contestant Captain Zemo keeps nodding off. Monty sings a song in tribute to
Mr. H for discovering the WH and SH sounds. STARRING MR. H, MR. W, MR. S,
MONTY SWELL, and CAPTAIN ZEMO. Featuring MISS E and MR. D.
Written by Thomas McDonough Produced by Thomas McDonough and Jeffrey Jones
Directed by Jeffrey Jones
50. Review #6
Nardo the detective reviews shows 44-49 at The Letter People Hall Of Fame.
Written by Thomas McDonough Produced by Thomas McDonough and Jeffrey Jones
Directed by Thomas McDonough
51. "ING", part one
Cindy is watching Frantic Freddie's "Rocking, Hopping, Dancing
Party" on TV, wishing she could be on the show in person, but her wicked
sister has locked her in her second-story room. Mr. S shows up at her window
and offers to fly her to the studio. The Letter Girls sing their
chart-topper, "The ING Sound", with Miss A playing a mean Guitar.
STARRING FRANTIC FREDDIE, CINDY, MR. S, MISS E, MISS I, MISS O, MISS U, and
MISS A. Also appearing: assorted Letter People dancing at Frantic Freddie's,
and a announcer with a sore ear.
Written by Ralph St. William Produced by Thomas McDonough Directed by Jeffrey
Jones
52. "ING", part two
Frantic Freddie is holding a dance marathon, and trying to stay awake for a
week to beat sleepy DJ "Bedbug" Anderson's record. "The ING
Sound" is still at the top of the charts, so the Letter Girls do a
reprise.
Written by Ralph St. William Produced by Thomas McDonough Directed by Jeffrey
Jones
53. "Words In Parts", part one
A paordy of the original "Kung-Fu" series, which introduces Iggy
and Chopper, who is a "chopper of words". Watch out for the
"silly-bull", a cute, if overused, piece of animation. Chopper
narates a flashback about his time spent with the Master. NO LETTER PEOPLE
APPEAR. STARRING CHOPPER, MASTER and IGGY.
Written by Ralph St. William Produced by Thomas McDonough Directed by Thomas
Mc Donough
54. "Words In Parts", part two
Chopper returns to the Temple of the Silly Bull.. Master explains the rules
for breaking words into three parts. Chopper has a reunion with Iggy, who is
the Master's newest student. Lots of "potato" jokes and more of the
"silly-bull" animation. NO LETTER PEOPLE APPEAR. STARRING CHOPPER,
MASTER and IGGY. Also appearing; the anouncer with a sore ear.
Written by Ralph St. William Produced by Thomas McDonough Directed by Thomas
Mc Donough
55. "OU/OW"
Monty Swell is holding auditions for his variety show. Miss O tries out but
Monty tells her she has to get a new sound. Miss O discovers her new sound at
the point of Miss U's umbrella. At showtime Miss U loses her voice and Mr. W
must stand in for her. Miss O sings "Ow". (And just why is Mr. W
peeping into Miss O's dressing room window?) STARRING MISS O, MISS U, MR. W,
and MONTY SWELL. also appearing:a bad stand-up comic.
Written by Ralph DiGugelmo. Produced by Thomas Mc Donough and Jeffrey Jones.
Directed by Jeffrey Jones.
56. "OY/OI"
Self-absorbed Miss O is on the prowl for more new sounds. She and Miss I use
some casual time by the pool to make the "OI" sound. Mr. Y, who
keeps seeing a submarine in the pool, gets drafted into taking Miss I's place
when she has a itching fit. STARRING MISS O, MISS I, and MR. Y.
Written byRalph DiGuglielmo. Produced by Thomas McDonough and Jeffrey Jones.
Directed by Thomas McDonough
57. "O-Long; OO-Short"
Miss O is beside herself after she visits a strange forest woman and her Owl
companion, Zero. Miss O is selling door-to-door cosmetics, but the forest
woman wants her to try her potion: one that duplicates the person who sips
it. Who needs two Miss O's? Miss O does, to make her new "OO"
sounds. Miss O sings about the "OO" sounds in a song called "I
Can Swoon". STARRING MISS O, THE FOREST WOMAN, and ZERO THE OWL.
Written byRalph DiGuglielmo. Produced by Thomas McDonough and Jeffrey Jones.
Directed by Thomas McDonough.
58. "AU, AW"
Miss U suggests she and Miss A visit the Funhouse to improve Miss A's mood.
The Funhouse is full of video and puppet tricks that manages to unnerve the
Letter Girls, until Mr. W. shows up. Miss U and Miss A agree to make the
"AU" sound, and Mr. W agrees to stand in for "AW" when
Miss U can't. STARRING MISS A, MISS U, FUNHOUSE HUCKSTER, MR. W. Featuring a
"GHOST", SKELETON, MAGIC MIRROR, and YAWNING PORTRAIT. Also
appearing: Mr. P, Mr. C, Miss O, Mr. T, and Mr. N in the background.
Written by Ralph DiGuglielmo. Produced by Thomas McDonough and Jeffrey Jones.
Directed by Thomas McDonough.
59. "Sentences Part I"
What are those strange marks hovering over Letter People Land? Miss U, Mr. S,
and Miss O introduce themselves to the three punctuation marks, who instruct
how to construct and read sentences.
Written Jeffrey Jones. Directed by Jeffrey Jones.
60. "Sentences Part II"
The seventh game of the World Series pits the Letter People Land Clue Boxes
in a jam at Mudville. They are down by three runs in the ninth inning. To
compound matters, the fans back home can't get the game action. All they have
are transmitted sentences about the final two at-bats.
Written by Thomas McDonough. Produced by Thomas McDonough.
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