However, later seasons had these characters appearing in other locations of the screen, as though on an invisible 3x3 square grid. Or in some cases (usually when a Sesame Street episode ends at night), there the letters are in lowercase form.įrom 1969-1985, the letters and number that sponsored each episode were shown smack in the center of the screen. However, if there is something in the scene that is white, a dfferent color will be used. The letters and numbers were in captital letters and in white. Hooper (portrayed by Will Lee) had done a voiceover for the first episode sponsors. When the first episodes aired nationwide on NET in 1969, the sponsors for the episode were the letters 'W', 'S' and 'E', and the numbers '2' and '3'. On the American children's television show Sesame Street, the closing sequence is used at the end of every episode of the program.
