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.
#1 - 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).
#5 - Merry Scares People / Chicago Visits the Library
Season 23 - Episode 48 - Aired 1/16/1992
#6 - Fun with a Stick
Season 33 - Episode 32 - Aired 3/19/2002
#7 - Ernie Delivers a Chicken to Old MacDonald
Season 33 - Episode 39 - Aired 3/28/2002
#8 - Big Bird's Pen Pal
Season 33 - Episode 41 - Aired 4/1/2002
#9 - Gina Takes the Day Off to Spend Time with Elmo
Season 33 - Episode 42 - Aired 4/2/2002
#11 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - Family Day
Season 51 - Episode 32 - Aired 6/17/2021
It’s Family Day on Sesame Street, and relatives are coming from all over to celebrate! Alan’s cousin is flying in from California, Nina’s brother is driving over with his family, and Elmo’s and Abby’s parents will be there too. Meanwhile, Big Bird’s friends have a surprise for him. He thinks his Granny Bird can’t make it, but she just arrived. As everyone gets ready for a group portrait, she surprises Big Bird, and they celebrate Family Day together. Kelsea Ballerini’s music makes Family Day even more festive.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - I Wonder If We Can Use This?
Season 55 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/17/2025
Abby, Big Bird, and Cookie Monster play a game called "I Wonder If We Can Use This!" against Gabrielle, Zoe, and Elmo.
#20 - A Bulldozer's Unlucky Day
Season 55 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/15/2025
When Lucky gets upset about making mistakes on his first day as a bulldozer, Big Bird and Nina teach him that it's okay to make mistakes.