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The Best Episodes of Sesame Street Season 49

Every episode of Sesame Street Season 49 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Sesame Street Season 49!

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

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#1 - When You're a Vet
S49:E111/17/2018
Abby and Elmo play veterinarians. By using their eyes, ears and hands, Abby and Elmo figure out what's wrong with their pretend patients and help them feel better.
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#2 - Picture This
S49:E211/24/2018
Alan gives Elmo, Rosita and Abby his old cameras to play with and suggests they can be photographers for the day; Abby, Rosita and Elmo go around Sesame Street learning how to use their cameras and taking pictures of things like sports and fashion.
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#3 - Hey! Sesame Street News
S49:E312/1/2018
Chris's belt buckle is missing! Newspaper journalist Cookie Monster solves the mystery by asking the five W questions: who, what, where, when, why.
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#4 - So You Think You Can Choreograph
S49:E412/8/2018
Elmo and his friends are making a music video; when they ask Zoe to be the choreographer, she comes up with the perfect dance and teaches everyone the moves.
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#5 - Elmo's Factory
S49:E512/15/2018
Elmo invents something new – “Anything Holders” – but he needs help with the assembly. Chris helps Elmo and his friends put together their own factory, and they work as a team and each take on a different job to make the “Anything Holders” more quickly.
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#6 - Math Magic (repeat)
S49:E612/22/2018
Max the Magician appears on Sesame Street, doing magic tricks that make scarves appear and cards disappear.
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#7 - New Year's Eve on Sesame Street
S49:E712/29/2018
It’s New Year’s Eve on Sesame Street! Rosita and Telly try to help Elmo stay awake until midnight so he can celebrate with his friends.
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#8 - Play Time
S49:E81/5/2019
The gang is putting on a play about Little Miss Muffet, the classic nursery rhyme. Nina helps Big Bird take on the role of playwright when he has an idea for a new ending.
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#9 - Bath Time for Blanky
S49:E91/12/2019
Abby brings Rudy to the laundromat to wash his stinky blanket, but new attendant Grover doesn't know how to use the machines; luckily, Chris brings in his dirty clothes too, and shows everyone how to use a washing machine and dryer.
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#10 - Astronaut Elmo
S49:E101/19/2019
Rosita, Elmo and Abby pretend to be astronauts and use their imaginations to go into space; with help from Chris, they figure out which "space tool" to use to fix their ripped spaceship.
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#11 - Honk If You Love Libraries
S49:E111/26/2019
With the help of librarian Grover and comic book superhero Galactic Gail (Zoe Kravitz), Nina and Elmo tour the different sections of the local library to find the books they need.
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#12 - Elmo's Happy Little Train
S49:E122/2/2019
Elmo, Rosita, and Zoe play train and pretend to be the driver, conductor and passenger. They make up an adventure so that Oscar can play, too.
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#13 - The Big Pretend Band
S49:E132/9/2019
Bert learns how to use his imagination and pretend-play a saxophone so that he can join his friends in their pretend band and play in a concert.
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#14 - Sesame Friendship
S49:E142/16/2019
Big Bird is building a tall block castle, but it accidentally gets knocked down. Big Bird thinks Snuffy did it and doesn't let him explain. Alan and Nina help them learn to stand up for themselves, listen to each other and apologize.
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#15 - Rudy Rides the Bus
S49:E152/23/2019
Elmo and Rudy play bus driver and bus monitor, driving a homemade bus and helping their friends get around Sesame Street.
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#16 - Mechanics in Space
S49:E163/2/2019
Rudy pretends to be a space alien; when his spaceship won't start, Abby and Elmo play mechanics and fix it.
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#17 - Fixing X
S49:E173/9/2019
Big Bird and Snuffy are the hosts of "The Letter of the Day Show" on Sesame Street, and learn all about how the letter X can come at the end of a word.
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#18 - Elmo Goes to Chicken School
S49:E183/16/2019
Elmo helps Professor Buck Awe teach a class of chickens using strategies he learned in preschool.
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#19 - Walking the Dog
S49:E193/23/2019
Elmo wants to be a dog walker just like dog walker Grover; his friends help him practice by pretending to be different kinds of dogs.
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#20 - Elmo the Engineer
S49:E203/30/2019
Elmo and his dad become engineers as they design a device to help Elmo put away his toys.
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#21 - Julia's Haircut
S49:E214/6/2019
Elmo, Abby and Alan play hair salon and pretend to be hair stylists to help Julia feel less scared about getting a haircut.
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#22 - Dinosaur in the Laundromat
S49:E224/13/2019
There’s a strange noise on Sesame Street, and Rudy, Zoe, and Rosita suspect it’s a dinosaur! With the help of Bill Nye, they become scientists to observe, ask questions, and investigate the mystery.
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#23 - Earth Day
S49:E234/20/2019
Rudy learns to be kind to the Earth after he sees what it would be like if everyone acted like him and threw their trash on the street.
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#24 - Four Furry Superheroes
S49:E244/27/2019
Telly, Abby and Elmo pretend to be their favorite superheroes, The Furry Four.
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#25 - Welcome to Sesame Hospital
S49:E255/4/2019
Rosita, Abby, and Telly play hospital and pretend to be a doctor, nurse and x-ray technician. Chris pretends to be their patient and they help heal his funny bone.
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Season 49 Ratings Summary

"When You're a Vet" is the best rated episode of "Sesame Street" season 49. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/17/2018. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Picture This".