The Readers of the Open Range.
Big Bird in Phoenix.
Arizona is the 48th state of the United States of America. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix, and it is home to the Grand Canyon.
- In Episode 3830, the Amazing Mumford tries to magically transport Telly to Hooper's Store, but he forgets the magic words, and they end up in Arizona, among other places.
- In a Sesame Street sketch, the Readers of the Open Range help an illiterate town read a sign and discover that they live in Bisbee, Arizona. The stunned locals are thrilled, although they forget the name of the town immediately after the Readers leave.
- Big Bird conducts a child mariachi band in Guadalupe, Arizona, for a segment of Big Bird's Video Postcards on Sesame Street (First: Episode 3012). In another, he sees how kids help put on a rodeo and rides a horse. (First: Episode 3049) A third finds Big Bird in Phoenix, learning about cacti. (First: Episode 3016)
- The Arizona Museum for Youth in Mesa hosted Jim Henson's Fantastic World from December 15, 2007, to March 9, 2008.
- Sesame Street short films about Arizona include two Navajo children going to school (First: Episode 2680), the life of Colleen (First: Episode 0504), and a boy whose family travels with their sheep to their summer home (First: Episode 2678).
- A Global Grover segment features Grover returning from Arizona, where he learned about a family of sheep herders. (First: Episode 4055)
- Joan Ganz Cooney was born in Phoenix, Arizona, on November 30, 1929.
- Big Bird visits Arizona and his pen pal Joey in the book Big Bird Visits Navajo Country.
- In the special Big Bird in China, Big Bird announces he's going to find the Phoenix in China. Grover remarks, "I thought Phoenix was in Arizona."
- In a Sesame Street Word of the Day segment, Elmo explores with Emily Blunt, who is nicknamed "Arizona Emily."
- In The Muppets episode "Pig Out," Fozzie Bear tries to tell a joke about Phoenix but can't finish it because he feels guilty about hurting Statler.