Episode 3971

	Sesame Street
	Stinky wants to be big
Air date	March 19, 2001
Season	Season 32 (2001)
Written by	Joey Mazzarino
Production	December 8, 2000
Sponsors	P, 0

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Stinky sits out on the windowsill of Gordon and Susan's apartment, getting his morning drink of water from Gordon. Big Bird passes by wanting to give a demonstration of "big" and "little," and Stinky volunteers to help. After the lesson, Stinky observes just how big Big Bird really is and wishes to be big for a change. Gordon decides to help Stinky find something smaller than him, allowing him to be the big one.
	Cartoon	A man (Marty Robinson) has a small octopus on his head, but a little boy (Joey Mazzarino) has a big octopus. Artist: Mo Willems (First: Episode 3270)
	Muppets	Super Grover: Big and Little — Super Grover and Super Baby show big and little. (First: Episode 3698)
	Cartoon	Suzie Kabloozie introduces an alphabet segment while she chases after Feff. (First: Episode 3888)
	Film	Fireworks Alphabet (First: Episode 1104)
	SCENE 2	Stinky, wearing his cap to protect himself from the drafty air, spots a thin, hairy, strange-looking creature in the yard smaller than him. Gordon tries to clue him in on what it is, but Stinky is too involved in happily demonstrating "big" and "little" with his new "friend." The creature turns out to be the tail of a large elephant (Matt Vogel), who is bending low to the ground looking for his lost contact lens (and steps on it). Stinky wishes to find something that is actually small, and Gordon gets an idea and leaves.
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Little Things". re-filmed version (First: Episode 2485)
	Cartoon	Suzie Kabloozie presents the letter of the day made of fudge, but Feff is too fast for her. (First: Episode 3854)
	Song	“Praise the Letter P, Please, Please, Please” (James Brown style) (First: Episode 3400)
	Cartoon	Peter Panda, the potter, makes a pyramid, a pear and a pot for his plant. (First: Episode 3537)
	Film	Wegman's dogs form a letter P. (First: Episode 3330)
	SCENE 3	Gordon returns with Gabby, Sean, and Felicia, who respectively display a rock, a ball, and a toothbrush that make Stinky seem big by comparison. Stinky is overjoyed by this discovery.
	Film	A group of girls do a playground cheer ("Ooh I'm so happy!"). (First: Episode 3017)
	Cartoon	Suzie Kabloozie is glad you're here. (First: Episode 3854)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Elmo and Whoopi Goldberg play a duet of "Somebody Come and Play."
	Cartoon	Suzie comments, "That was great!" (First: Episode 3854)
	Animation	A man asks kids about zero. (Includes an animated Oscar cameo)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster: Zero — The number of the day does not correspond to the number of cookies that Cookie Monster would like to eat. (First: Episode 3950)
	Song	"Zero Song": A female voiceover sings about the food that keeps being taken away to make 0. Arist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 3003)
	SCENE 4	Stinky's enthusiasm for being bigger than a rock, a ball, and a toothbrush wanes, and he wishes he could actually be big like Gordon or Big Bird. In a flash, his Fairy Godplant (Ruthie) appears! She speaks in rhyme as she introduces herself and learns of Stinky's wish, which she is able to grant. With some squirts from her magic spray bottle and a spell, Stinky doesn't become big but gets even smaller instead! The confused Godplant goes to consult her spell book to figure out what went wrong.
	Film	Kids observe different kinds of bugs and flowers. (First: Episode 3696)
	Cast	Linda shows a boy how to sign the word imagine. (First: Episode 3947)
	Cartoon	Suzie Kabloozie sings about the things she can imagine herself doing "In My Head." (First: Episode 3526)
	Muppets	Zoe and Wolfgang the Seal explain the concept of zero. (First: Episode 3386)
	Cartoon	A girl asks her friend to guess how many elephants she saw at the zoo today; the answer is zero. (First: Episode 3609)
	SCENE 5	Stinky becomes depressed as now he's even smaller than a butterfly when the Fairy Godplant returns. She reads the right spell and with another magic squirt, Stinky becomes humongous! He dwarfs both of them, and is able to see the top of Gordon's head: "Oh my, you're losing your hair. But don't worry, it looks nice." The Godplant splits the scene as Stinky sings a song about being so big.
	Cartoon	P, for peas (First: Episode 3485)
	Film	The letter P dances at the beach. (First: Episode 3537)
	Muppets / Film	Elmo introduces a clip of a young boy singing a song to his baby sister. (First: Episode 3923) - without Elmo bookends
	Cartoon	Ranger Armbuckle talks about how plants travel -- by sowing their seeds. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2727)
	SCENE 6	Stinky continues basking in being big and wishes to join Gordon back home. Gordon shows him that's impossible as he's much too big to be carried, let alone fit on their windowsill. Stinky finds that he was just the right size before and wishes he were little again. The Fairy Godplant poofs in, worn out from all the work (she even gives up on her rhyming speech) and returns him (and his hat) to normal. "And I thought the Tooth Fairy had it hard," she remarks as she poofs away.
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Flowers, Plants & Trees (First: Episode 3895)
	SCENE 7	Back on the windowsill, Stinky helps Gordon announce the sponsors.