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50 Episodes 2002 - 2002
Episode 1
Mon, Feb 4, 2002 60 mins
The series changes its format so that regular features follow in the same order every day. For instance, "Monster's Club House" (the lesson involves triangles) is followed each day by the Count (who counts to three today). Later, Cookie Monster tries desperately not to eat a cookie featuring the letter of the day (it's L). Also: a song by Jill Scott. And Elmo comes to appreciate the work of firefighters after there's a fire in Hooper's store.
Episode 2
Tue, Feb 5, 2002 60 mins
Cookie Monster can't find any cookies, so his friends help him make some. Everyone wants to taste them when they're done and soon the cookies are all gone.
Episode 3
Wed, Feb 6, 2002 60 mins
Hungry from singing, Zoe, Rosita and Lulu head to Alan's store. Alan is out of peanut butter for peanut-butter sandwiches, so the girls decide to try new foods. Later, the girls learn to compromise when they can't decide on what song to sing.
Episode 4
Thu, Feb 7, 2002 60 mins
On opening day of the Mail-It Shop, Big Bird is expecting a package from Granny Bird. While he waits, people come into the store with things to be fixed and learn that the Fix-It Shop has closed. Big Bird's package finally arrives and he decides to write a thank-you note to Granny Bird.
Episode 5
Fri, Feb 8, 2002 60 mins
Baby Bear tries to choose what pet he wants and his friends help him decide. When Papa Bear arrives with a parrot, Baby's problem is solved: His pet is a parrot.
Episode 6
Mon, Feb 11, 2002 60 mins
Big Bird finds a lost baby bird and tries to figure out where she belongs. He has trouble because the little one only knows one word. Alan and Maria help Big Bird locate her parents.
Episode 7
Tue, Feb 12, 2002 60 mins
Baby Bear's cousin sleeps over and is scared by shadows on the wall at night. The next day, he is afraid of the shadows outside, until he figures out that he can make them himself by blocking the light.
Episode 8
Wed, Feb 13, 2002 60 mins
Elmo, Big Bird and Snuffy pretend to be in school. Elmo searches for a teacher to help them learn about the letter Y. He gets so much information from the people he asks that he becomes the teacher.
Episode 9
Thu, Feb 14, 2002 60 mins
Prairie Dawn is planning to put on the play "Little Red Riding Hood and the Oat-Bran Cookies." Telly is nervous about playing the Big Bad Wolf until everyone encourages him and builds up his confidence.
Episode 10
Fri, Feb 15, 2002 60 mins
Elmo reads a book to Maria that he illustrated. He tells her what happens on each page and they talk about the story together.
Episode 11
Mon, Feb 18, 2002 60 mins
There's a new girl in the neighborhood who has leg braces and uses crutches to walk. As Big Bird shows her around, she tells him how her crutches and wheelchair help her get around. She also learns that she has a lot in common with her neighbors.
Episode 12
Tue, Feb 19, 2002 60 mins
Baby Bear needs 10 copies of a Porridge Party invitation---but a store copier is broken. His friends help him make unique cards, and Baby Bear decides that he prefers sending many different invitations to sending 10 identical ones.
Episode 13
Wed, Feb 20, 2002 60 mins
Big Bird is sorting mail when he hears the sound of a "jumping box." Gordon and Alan tell him the sound will help him find the box, even if he can't see it. Big Bird then learns that Granny Bird has signed him up for the Letter of the Day Club, and that he has received a jumping letter J.
Episode 14
Thu, Feb 21, 2002 60 mins
Zoe wants to learn how to play the trombone. Her friends sing her a song about practicing and patience. She meets a duck and an elephant who want to play music with her, so they form a band and perform for an audience of animals.
Episode 15
Fri, Feb 22, 2002 60 mins
The Grand High Triangle Lover is going on vacation and asks Telly to take care of his special triangle while he's gone. Telly takes the job seriously, but he loses the triangle when he tries to help a penguin that is in trouble. Telly worries about telling the GHTL about the lost triangle, but the GHTL is proud of Telly for trying so hard to take care of things.
Episode 16
Mon, Feb 25, 2002 60 mins
Baby Bear is a member of the Letter of the Day Club and gets a B in the mail. He and Telly explore the words that begin with B. Telly accidentally breaks the B, but Gina fixes it by putting a bandage on it.
Episode 17
Tue, Feb 26, 2002 60 mins
Oscar wants to go to an amusement park, but there are no rooms available for him to stay in. He decides to bring the park to him by pretending to be there, but he gets frustrated. Oscar's friends pretend with him and he ends up enjoying himself.
Episode 18
Wed, Feb 27, 2002 60 mins
Alan runs out of porridge and Baby Bear won't try any new foods, so he skips breakfast and goes out to play. He gets very tired and his stomach growls because he didn't eat. Baby Bear decides that he needs to eat breakfast, even if it is something he has never tried before.
Episode 19
Thu, Feb 28, 2002 60 mins
Ernie's Rubber Duckie loses its squeak. Maria takes a look and discovers that there is a piece of lint stuck in his squeaker.
Episode 20
Fri, Mar 1, 2002 60 mins
Destiny's Child helps Big Bird and his Muppet friends celebrate their 4000th show by singing their new hit (on Sesame Street, at least), "A New Way to Walk." Also, Big Bird receives a book from Granny Bird and Maria reads it to him; Mr. Noodle is literally carried away when he flies a kite on a windy day; and the sky's the topic in "Elmo's World."
Episode 21
Mon, Mar 4, 2002 60 mins
Big Bird falls while playing basketball and hurts his foot. Gina examines him and bandages his injury. All of Big Bird's friends lend him a hand during the rest of the day.
Episode 22
Tue, Mar 5, 2002 60 mins
Zoe, Rosita and Lulu are doing everything in threes. Lulu leaves the girls to get something to play with and then they are two. Rosita and Zoe ask Baby Bear to join them. When Lulu returns with her football, they split into two teams and have a great game.
Episode 23
Wed, Mar 6, 2002 60 mins
It's National Bird Day on Sesame Street, but Big Bird can't find any feathered friends to do the Bird Dance with him. Snuffy tells him to use his birdcalls to find them and it works. The birds tell Big Bird that he's a day early but they decide to begin the celebration anyway.
Episode 24
Thu, Mar 7, 2002 60 mins
Zoe and Rosita decide to act out the story "Little Red Riding Hood," but they can't agree on who will play her.
Episode 25
Fri, Mar 8, 2002 60 mins
Big Bird and Snuffy find a baby shoe and try to locate its owner. They search all of Sesame Street before Zoe tells them that her doll is missing a shoe.
Episode 26
Mon, Mar 11, 2002 60 mins
Zoe makes up a "happy" song and gets upset when her friends change the words. She sings their new words to show them what they changed and realizes that their way is fun, too.
Episode 27
Tue, Mar 12, 2002 60 mins
Grover wants to open a popcorn stand on Sesame Street. He has trouble getting started, but he gets some help from his friends and is soon making popcorn for everyone. Ernie helps with advertising the stand and Grover gets lots of business.
Episode 28
Wed, Mar 13, 2002 60 mins
Lulu wants to be a letter carrier, but she's disappointed that she has to wait until she grows up to be one. Maria points out to Lulu that other jobs might be interesting to her in the future.
Episode 29
Thu, Mar 14, 2002 60 mins
Susan, Miles and Alan are organizing a clothing drive. Telly brings a box of things he liked when he was a baby. He comes across a toy horse and recalls the fun he had with it. Telly has to decide whether he should keep it or donate it.
Episode 30
Fri, Mar 15, 2002 60 mins
Elmo, Zoe, Telly and Rosita act out "Mary Had a Little Lamb," with Zoe as Mary and Elmo as the lamb. Telly and Rosita pretend to be kids at school waiting for Zoe and Elmo to arrive.
Episode 31
Mon, Mar 18, 2002 60 mins
Zoe lets Baby Bear play with her Zoemobile while she has lunch. While she is gone, Baby Bear and Telly accidentally break it. Papa Bear tells Baby Bear to be honest with Zoe about what happened, and after he tells the truth, everyone helps fix the car.
Episode 32
Tue, Mar 19, 2002 60 mins
Elmo and Rosita play imagining games with several different objects.
Episode 33
Wed, Mar 20, 2002 60 mins
Snuffy's grandmother is coming to visit, so Big Bird and Snuffy draw a picture to welcome her.
Episode 34
Thu, Mar 21, 2002 60 mins
Ernie pretends that he is a magician and that Rubber Duckie is his assistant. Mumford makes Rubber Duckie enormous, but he can't recall how to return him to his real size. The Great Quackini makes Rubber Duckie the right size, but Mumford accidentally shrinks Quackini.
Episode 35
Fri, Mar 22, 2002 60 mins
Telly and Baby Bear are supposed to play together but Baby Bear is sick and has to stay in bed. Later, Gina asks Telly to be her veterinarian assistant and all of the animals are thankful for his help.
Episode 36
Mon, Mar 25, 2002 60 mins
Zoe and Rosita play hide-and-seek with Rocco, Zoe's pet rock. They hide from Rocco, but he's gone when they come back. They find him under Mrs. Chicken, who thought he was her egg.
Episode 37
Tue, Mar 26, 2002 60 mins
Telly is sad because it's "Sesame Street Dog Day" and he doesn't have a dog. Baby Bear wishes he could cheer Telly up, and the Dog Fairy appears and turns him into a dog. Baby Bear doesn't mind being a dog---until he has to eat dog food.
Episode 38
Wed, Mar 27, 2002 60 mins
Zoe wants to learn Spanish, so Rosita teaches her some words. Zoe then tries to speak to Maria in Spanish and gets frustrated when she can't understand everything Maria is saying. Maria tells Zoe that learning a language takes time, but she can learn it if she sticks with it.
Episode 39
Thu, Mar 28, 2002 60 mins
Maria is very busy at the Mail It Shop, so Ernie and Rubber Duckie volunteer to deliver a chicken to Old MacDonald.
Episode 40
Fri, Mar 29, 2002 60 mins
Zoe and Elmo play follow the leader, but they both want to be the leader. Then they both want to follow. Finally, they decide to take turns.
Episode 41
Mon, Apr 1, 2002 60 mins
Big Bird's pen pal, Gulliver, visits. Big Bird wants to introduce Gulliver to all of his friends, but Gulliver only wants to meet birds like himself. Big Bird explains that friends don't have to look alike to be close.
Episode 42
Tue, Apr 2, 2002 60 mins
Gina takes the day off to spend it with Elmo, but animals that need a veterinarian keep interrupting them. Elmo and Gina end up having a great day despite the disruptions.
Episode 43
Wed, Apr 3, 2002 60 mins
Baby Bear gets frustrated while playing in his first T-ball game, so Papa Bear and Luis encourage him to keep trying. Baby Bear concentrates and discovers that he can hit the ball---hard.
Episode 44
Thu, Apr 4, 2002 60 mins
Maria is crowned "Pretend Monster for a Day," but she has a lot of work to do. She tries to play along, but she finally tells them that she has to finish her work. Everyone understands and Luis takes over for her.
Episode 45
Fri, Apr 5, 2002 60 mins
Aladdin visits Sesame Street and shows Elmo and Zoe all of the things his genie can do. But when his genie takes the day off, Aladdin is unable to do anything for himself. With a little help from the gang and some practice, Aladdin figures out he can do many things without his genie's assistance.
Episode 46
Mon, Apr 8, 2002 60 mins
Big Bird finds a turtle near his nest and takes care of the animal all by himself. When the turtle disappears, Big Bird is very sad. Gina helps him deal with missing his friend by talking with him about the turtle and the things they did together.
Episode 47
Tue, Apr 9, 2002 60 mins
Bo Peep brings all of her sheep to Gina's office for a checkup, but she loses them. She, Telly, Alan and Big Bird sing the "Alphabet Song" while looking for the sheep, and they reappear when they hear their favorite song.
Episode 48
Wed, Apr 10, 2002 60 mins
Ernie wants to have a "Honker, Duckie, Dinger Jamboree," but he can't find any honkers or dingers. Elmo and Baby Bear pretend to be a honker and a dinger so Ernie can have his jamboree.
Episode 49
Thu, Apr 11, 2002 60 mins
Telly's cousin, Izzy, visits and Telly gathers his triangles so they can play with them together. But Izzy starts playing with the triangles without Telly, and Telly gets nervous. Telly tries to tell Izzy that he needs his triangles back, but Izzy refuses to let him have them. Gordon then tells Izzy that it is wrong to take things that belong to someone else.
Episode 50
Fri, Apr 12, 2002 60 mins
Oscar invites Telly on a road trip to visit his friend Roscoe. Telly is excited about the trip, but he gets frustrated when Oscar wastes time running errands and makes him push the car.