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The Best Episodes of Sesame Street

Every episode of Sesame Street ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Sesame Street!

On a special inner city street, the inhabitants—human and muppet—teach preschoolers basic educational and social concepts using comedy, cartoons, games, and songs.
Genres:KidsComedy

Best Episodes Summary

"Welcoming Alan (3786)" is the best rated episode of "Sesame Street". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/16/1998. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Maria Watches Pets At the Fix-It Shop (3791)".

  • Welcoming Alan (3786)
    10.0/101 votes
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    #1 - Welcoming Alan (3786)

    Season 30 Episode 1 - Aired 11/16/1998

    animal alphabet film

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Maria Watches Pets At the Fix-It Shop (3791)
    10.0/101 votes
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    #2 - Maria Watches Pets At the Fix-It Shop (3791)

    Season 30 Episode 6 - Aired 11/23/1998

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Old MacDonald's Duck Gets the Moos (3792)
    10.0/101 votes
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    #3 - Old MacDonald's Duck Gets the Moos (3792)

    Season 30 Episode 7 - Aired 11/24/1998

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Herry Spends the Night at Gabi's (3793)
    10.0/101 votes
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    #4 - Herry Spends the Night at Gabi's (3793)

    Season 30 Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/1998

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Luis Teaches Rosita to Play the Guitar (3794)
    10.0/101 votes
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    #5 - Luis Teaches Rosita to Play the Guitar (3794)

    Season 30 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1998

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Zoe Uses Telly's Pogo Stick (3795)
    10.0/101 votes
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    #6 - Zoe Uses Telly's Pogo Stick (3795)

    Season 30 Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/1998

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Telly and Baby Bear Take Turns Wearing Papa Bear's Hat (3796)
    10.0/101 votes
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    #7 - Telly and Baby Bear Take Turns Wearing Papa Bear's Hat (3796)

    Season 30 Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/1998

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Countketeers (3797)
    10.0/101 votes
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    #8 - The Countketeers (3797)

    Season 30 Episode 12 - Aired 12/1/1998

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Zoe and Elmo Take Turns (3799)
    10.0/101 votes
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    #9 - Zoe and Elmo Take Turns (3799)

    Season 30 Episode 14 - Aired 12/3/1998

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • V-Day (3800)
    10.0/101 votes
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    #10 - V-Day (3800)

    Season 30 Episode 15 - Aired 12/4/1998

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Big Bird and Zoe Have Colds (3802)
    10.0/101 votes
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    #11 - Big Bird and Zoe Have Colds (3802)

    Season 30 Episode 17 - Aired 12/8/1998

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Gordon Wants to Practice His Flute (3803)
    10.0/101 votes
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    #12 - Gordon Wants to Practice His Flute (3803)

    Season 30 Episode 18 - Aired 12/9/1998

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Big Bird Can't Get "C is for Cookie" Out of His Head (3804)
    10.0/101 votes
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    #13 - Big Bird Can't Get "C is for Cookie" Out of His Head (3804)

    Season 30 Episode 19 - Aired 12/10/1998

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Telly Receives a Z By Mistake (3805)
    10.0/101 votes
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    #14 - Telly Receives a Z By Mistake (3805)

    Season 30 Episode 20 - Aired 1/1/1999

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Telly And Rosita Lose Part Of Their Pinwheel (3970)
    10.0/101 votes
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    #15 - Telly And Rosita Lose Part Of Their Pinwheel (3970)

    Season 32 Episode 55 - Aired 3/16/2001

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • National Try A New Food Day!
    10.0/101 votes
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    #16 - National Try A New Food Day!

    Season 37 Episode 25 - Aired 11/9/2006

    Telly reports on National Try a New Food Day, starting with Baby Bear's attempt to eat some porridge with fresh fruit on top instead of brown sugar and honey.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Can They Be Friends?
    10.0/101 votes
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    #17 - Can They Be Friends?

    Season 54 Episode 1 - Aired 11/9/2023

    Reporter Grover learns that people can be friends even if they are different ages, cheer for different sports teams and like doing different things.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Oct-Dough-Pus
    10.0/101 votes
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    #18 - The Oct-Dough-Pus

    Season 54 Episode 2 - Aired 11/16/2023

    Grover and his friend, the octopus, are helping at Hooper's Store but the octopus can only cook bread. With help from his friends, Grover fulfills his customer's order while learning that families all over the world make bread in different ways, shapes, and sizes!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Proud of My Name
    10.0/101 votes
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    #19 - Proud of My Name

    Season 54 Episode 3 - Aired 11/23/2023

    Elmo, Gabrielle and Rosita join a basketball team; Elmo and Gabrielle encourage Rosita to tell the coach to call her by her actual name; Rosita is proud of her name because names are a big part of one's identity.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Abby's Magical Sleepover
    10.0/101 votes
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    #20 - Abby's Magical Sleepover

    Season 54 Episode 4 - Aired 11/30/2023

    Gabrielle, Charlie and Abby are having a sleepover! As they start their bedtime routines, they learn that their routines are different and alike.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sesame Street Self-Portraits
    10.0/101 votes
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    #21 - Sesame Street Self-Portraits

    Season 54 Episode 5 - Aired 12/7/2023

    Elmo, Tamir, Charlie, Julia and Cookie Monster are making self-portraits, drawing what they look like and what they love to do.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Elmo Goes Down the Big Slide
    10.0/101 votes
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    #22 - Elmo Goes Down the Big Slide

    Season 54 Episode 31 - Aired 6/6/2024

    Elmo is excited and a little scared to go down the big slide for the first time. With help from Chris, Elmo is ready to go down the slide by himself!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Saying Goodbye to Mr. Hooper
    9.5/10128 votes
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    #23 - Saying Goodbye to Mr. Hooper

    Season 15 Episode 4 - Aired 11/24/1983

    Bob and the other adults explain Mr. Hooper's death to Big Bird, who doesn't understand why his friend isn't around anymore.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Golden Triangle of Destiny
    9.2/1072 votes
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    #24 - The Golden Triangle of Destiny

    Season 39 Episode 1 - Aired 8/11/2008

    Chris welcomes the viewer to Sesame Street, as he serves Telly his lunch: a grilled-cheese sandwich, which is cut into Telly's favorite shape: a triangle. Suddenly, heroic music plays as Minnesota Mel, a swashbuckling hero, makes a swinging entrance. He's on one of his "patented high-stakes adventures," this time in search of the Golden Triangle of Destiny.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 666
    9.1/1034 votes
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    #25 - Episode 666

    Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 11/4/1974

    Season premiere; the Count counts streetlights. Sponsors: E, 2

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A