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: 9/3/2025Network: NetflixStatus: Continuing
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#1 - Feelin' Groovy

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

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#2 - 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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I Wonder If We Can Use This?
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#3 - 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.

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#4 - Jerry Monster comes to visit (821)

Season 7 - Episode 26 - Aired 1/5/1976

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#5 - Luis yells at Herry Monster (820)

Season 7 - Episode 25 - Aired 1/2/1976

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Big Bird Worries That Susan and Gordon Will Forget About Him (819)
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#6 - 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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#7 - Big Bird, Maria and Buffy visit the Taos Pueblo (814)

Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 12/25/1975

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#8 - Episode 1507

Season 12 - Episode 62 - Aired 2/17/1981

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#9 - Episode 1247

Season 10 - Episode 62 - Aired 2/20/1979

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#10 - Episode 1246

Season 10 - Episode 61 - Aired 2/19/1979

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#11 - Oscar enters The Daily Grouch poetry contest

Season 3 - Episode 123 - Aired 4/26/1972

Episode 398

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#12 - Salsa Party on Sesame Street

Season 32 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/2/2001

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#13 - Baby Bear's Porridge Birthday Cake

Season 32 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2001

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#14 - Big Bird and Snuffy Explore Things That Are Alive

Season 31 - Episode 29 - Aired 2/10/2000

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#15 - Elmo's Zoo

Season 31 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/5/2000

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#16 - Rosita debuts

Season 23 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/27/1991

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Episode 2233
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#17 - Episode 2233

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

Linda's friend Ed visits.

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#18 - Episode 1471

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

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#19 - Episode 1470

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

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Baby Bear's First Day of School
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#20 - Baby Bear's First Day of School

Season 36 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/18/2005

It’s Baby Bear’s first day of school and he’s very excited! Papa Bear drops Baby Bear off at the Storybook Community School and tells him that he loves him and will be back after school to pick him up. At school, Baby Bear meets and becomes friends with Hansel and Gretel, Jack and Jill, Little Red Riding Hood, and other storybook characters. While Baby Bear is having fun making friends and learning new things, he often misses his family throughout the day. Baby Bear wonders what they are doing and wishes that they could be there to share in the excitement of his first day in school. When Papa Bear picks Baby Bear up, Baby Bear tells him that while he had a great time at school, he also really missed his family. Papa Bear reassures Baby Bear by telling him that it’s okay to miss the family. He tells Baby Bear to just think about the time they get to see each other again at the end of the day, and how he will tell his family about all the great things he did in school!

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Abby's Tricycle
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#21 - Abby's Tricycle

Season 40 - Episode 24 - Aired 1/29/2010

Abby is preparing to ride her very first tricycle! She has her basket, helmet, and her friend Elmo, but Abby doesn’t know how to ride a tricycle. Elmo suggests that Gordon teach Abby since Gordon was the one to teach him. Gordon teaches Abby about all the different parts of a tricycle; the seat, handlebars, and pedals. Abby has trouble at first. She sits on the bike the wrong way. She also becomes frustrated riding her tricycle and thinks she needs magic to push the pedals. With hard work and practice, though, Abby learns to ride without help from Gordon. Whee! Abby becomes so excited that her wings start flapping, and her tricycle lifts off! Abby swoops back down to get Elmo and they both ride off together into the sky, singing on their tricycles.

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The Treasure of Yucky Mama
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#22 - The Treasure of Yucky Mama

Season 50 - Episode 29 - Aired 5/30/2020

During Oscar the Grouch’s spring “cleaning,” he finds a fifty-year-old treasure map - but the neighborhood looks much different than it used to! Will Elmo, Abby, Nina, Oscar, and Charlie learn enough about Sesame Street’s history to complete three grouchy challenges and find Yucky Mama's treasure?

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Back to Nature
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#23 - Back to Nature

Season 50 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/9/2020

Abby and Rudy want to bring nature inside Hooper's so Chris can feel like he’s outside. Abby uses her mom’s magic wand but makes a mistake and fills Hooper’s with too many animals and plants. Abby apologizes for using her mom’s wand without permission and together, with her mom, she learns how to fix her mistake without using magic.

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Cowmonster Pair
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#24 - Cowmonster Pair

Season 40 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/11/2009

Elmo and Telly are at Hooper's Store when Little Bo Peep comes looking for her cow. Elmo and Telly offer to help her and decide to call themselves the Cowmonster Pair! Luis comes along and sings about animal tracks and now Elmo and Telly have their first clue! They find animal tracks on the ground, but when Telly tosses his lasso around an animal, it’s a chicken, not a cow! Luis gives them another clue and sings about tracks that are kind of round. Telly and Elmo come across round animal tracks and are certain they found the cow! Telly tosses the lasso around an animal but this time it’s a raccoon. Luis comes along again and gives them another musical cow clue- animal tracks that are in the shape of two half moons. They find tracks that are kind of round and look like two half moons, but the tracks are from a moose, not a cow! Telly becomes discouraged and Elmo reminds Telly they can’t give up. Instead, they should use the clues they already have and put them all together. Elmo realizes that they have to find animal tracks that look like the moose tracks, only smaller! This time, they follow animal tracks that lead to a door. They open the door and there is the cow! Yee-haw! Little Bo Peep thanks the Cowmonster Pair for finding her cow. They are true cow finding experts!

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The Letter M Mystery
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#25 - The Letter M Mystery

Season 52 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/30/2021

The letter “M” goes missing from everywhere around Sesame Street, and it’s up to Nina and the gang to find it.

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