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Learn more- The very first topic of this first-season show is the consonant W, heard in a sketch in which Bill Cosby plays Walter, who wants water from the waiter - and ends up getting splashed with it. The ever-popular Silhouette Blends showcases the TH digraph in words like "thief" and "thanks". Then, to demonstrate the other TH sound, Rita Moreno and Judy Graubart encounter... That. What is "That", you may ask? Why, it's the word "that" itself! Next, Skip Hinnant, seeking some much-needed guidance, consults the Great Marasheeshee (Moreno), who informs him of the four ALK's of life - namely, chalk, walk, talk, and stalk. After that, it's a lesson in double letters and their effect on vowel sounds as a cartoon snake eats a P out of the word "supper", and it tastes "super"! Those two words make a comeback as Mike the Word Repairman (Cosby) makes a trip to Vi's Diner to fix a broken word - a "super" with one P too few. Toward the end of the show, the fairy-tale character Cinderella (Graubart) is a contestant on the game show Wild Guess, where she has to answer this question: who wears a glass slipper? She struggles with reading the word "wears", but it does give viewers one last lesson on the consonant W before Love of Chair closes out the episode. Fans of Mel Brooks' Blond-Haired Cartoon Man won't be disappointed as he makes THREE appearances in this show, in the cartoons "That Doesn't Swing", "I am Not Talking", and "I Can't Swim". Scanimate words include "water", "path", and "worm", and the last word is "wave".
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