The BEST episodes of Sesame Street

Every episode of Sesame Street ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Sesame Street!

On a special inner city street, the inhabitants, human and muppet, teach preschool subjects with comedy, cartoons, games, and songs.

Last Updated: 5/8/2025Network: MaxStatus: Continuing
The Itsy Bitsy Spider Search
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#1 - The Itsy Bitsy Spider Search

Season 51 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/6/2021

(repeat of 4226)

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#2 - Merry Scares People / Chicago Visits the Library

Season 23 - Episode 48 - Aired 1/16/1992

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Big Bird Worries That Susan and Gordon Will Forget About Him (819)
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#3 - Big Bird Worries That Susan and Gordon Will Forget About Him (819)

Season 7 - Episode 24 - Aired 1/1/1976

Big Bird is going to the post office to buy postage stamps. He passes by Susan and Gordon, who forget to say hello to him. He's afraid that they'll forget all about him in the time it takes to get to the post office.

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#4 - Fun with a Stick

Season 33 - Episode 32 - Aired 3/19/2002

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#5 - Ernie Delivers a Chicken to Old MacDonald

Season 33 - Episode 39 - Aired 3/28/2002

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#6 - Big Bird's Pen Pal

Season 33 - Episode 41 - Aired 4/1/2002

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#7 - Gina Takes the Day Off to Spend Time with Elmo

Season 33 - Episode 42 - Aired 4/2/2002

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Cardboard Castle
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#8 - Cardboard Castle

Season 51 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/10/2020

When the Queen doesn't have enough bricks to build a play castle for her daughter, Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Rosita wonder if they can make it with something else. What if they use cardboard instead? Let's try!

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Potluck Pickle
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#9 - Potluck Pickle

Season 51 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/25/2021

There’s a potluck party for everyone on Sesame Street, including Steph and Ayesha Curry! Elmo, Abby, Cookie Monster, and Gonger want to bring a vegetable lasagna but don’t have all the ingredients and the oven is broken. They wonder where they can find tomatoes, what else they could use for pasta noodles, and how they can cook their dish. What if they get tomatoes from Abby’s garden, use zucchini as noodles, and cook the lasagna with Norbert’s solar oven? It works! They didn’t give up and cooked their veggie lasagna just in time for the potluck.

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Match It!
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#10 - Match It!

Season 51 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/8/2021

Elmo and Abby learn how to compromise and collaborate to make a brand-new song out of both of their favorites! (Guest: Billy Porter).

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#11 - Feelin' Groovy

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/25/1969

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Abby Airlines
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#12 - Abby Airlines

Season 51 - Episode 28 - Aired 5/20/2021

Elmo, Abby, Rudy, and Chris want to make their own pretend plane so Rudy can see what it’s like to fly in one. The airplane is almost finished, but they’re missing the propeller and they ran out of cardboard. This is a problem! The friends try a couple of ideas and then wonder what else they can use. What if they make a propeller from a spinning pinwheel in Abby’s garden? It works! They didn’t give up and now their plane is ready for take-off.

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The Super Shape Heroes
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#13 - The Super Shape Heroes

Season 52 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/24/2022

Telly, Rosita, and Elmo reprise their “Helper Bot” characters and use their shape-shifting abilities to help a Sesame Street visitor find missing shapes.

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Kind Alan
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#14 - Kind Alan

Season 52 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/7/2022

Elmo, Rosita, and Julia are disappointed that plans changed and they can't have story time with Alan at the moment; to pass the time, they paint pictures of all the kind things Alan has done for them.

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Love Makes a Family (repeat)
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#15 - Love Makes a Family (repeat)

Season 53 - Episode 31 - Aired 6/1/2023

Relatives from all over come to celebrate Family Day.

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Gabrielle's Amazing Maze
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#16 - Gabrielle's Amazing Maze

Season 53 - Episode 32 - Aired 6/8/2023

Elmo, Abby and Cookie Monster help Gabrielle build a maze for her class pet hamster.

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Grandparents' Day
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#17 - Grandparents' Day

Season 53 - Episode 33 - Aired 6/15/2023

It’s Grandparents’ Day on Sesame Street! While Elmo, Tamir, and Gabrielle help Grandma Nell prepare Grandpa ZZ’s Triple Cheesy Macareenie, they learn that the best part about making it is being able to cook together as a family.

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#18 - It's Nice to Have Friends You Can Play With

Season 1 - Episode 65 - Aired 2/6/1970

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Beachball Bop
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#19 - Beachball Bop

Season 55 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/16/2025

Rosita and Elmo are playing Beachball Bop around Sesame Street - a game where they hit a ball into the air and don't let it touch the ground. Elmo feels angry and yells at Rosita when he hits the ball and accidentally knocks over his block tower. Louie and a volcano friend teach Elmo how to do volcano breaths to help him feel better. Elmo apologizes to Louie and Rosita for how he acted, and Rosita and Elmo continue their game of Beachball Bop.

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#20 - Sing-Along in Ernie and Bert's Bathroom

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/14/1969

Oscar gets wet in a rainstorm. Sponsors: E, W, S, 2, 3

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Baby Bear's Baby Doll
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#21 - Baby Bear's Baby Doll

Season 42 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/21/2011

Baby Bear learns that it's ok for both boys and girls to play with dolls.

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#22 - Bolo Learns the Alphabet

Season 30 - Episode 54 - Aired 4/1/1999

Episode 3839

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#23 - Episode 1470

Season 12 - Episode 25 - Aired 12/26/1980

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#24 - Episode 1471

Season 12 - Episode 26 - Aired 12/29/1980

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Episode 2233
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#25 - Episode 2233

Season 18 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/1986

Linda's friend Ed visits.

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