Episode 4001

	Sesame Street
	Big Bird gets hurt
Air date	March 4, 2002
Season	Season 33 (2002)
Written by	Sara Compton
Production	October 9 & 11, 2001
Sponsors	H, 12

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird shows the viewer a trick he can do - balancing on one leg. He hears some barnyard animal noises and joins Alan and some kids in the yard to play the "What Comes Next?" game with a pattern of chickens and lambs. After the game, a purple monster pops up to declare it's Monster Time. Big Bird comments, "Wow, what a day. First chickens then lambs, and now monsters!"
	Muppets	Monster Clubhouse The Furry Feeling of the Day is Sad, and the monsters get chased by an elephant. (First: Episode 3992) Original, uncut version: (First: Episode 3941)
	Muppets	The Number of the Day: 12 After Count von Count learns that 12 is the number of the day, a tap dancing number 12 appears.
	Film	Ornate 12s sail through the air. (First: Episode 3274)
	Cartoon	Clown Honking #12 (First: Episode 3210)
	SCENE 2	Big Bird plays basketball with Miles and the other big kids. Miles tells him that it's important to keep his eye on the ball, but in his enthusiasm Big Bird walks backwards and crashes into a stack of produce crates Alan has for the store. Everyone, including Gina, runs to see if Big Bird is okay. Gina carefully inspects down his body and they find that Big Bird's ankle is in pain. Gina and Miles help him up and take him to the vet clinic for an X-ray.
	SCENE 2 cont'd	The x-ray confirms that nothing is broken and the injury is just a slight sprain. Gina applies a bandage and tells Big Bird to prop his leg up and apply some ice; it should feel fine by tomorrow. Big Bird decides to go to his nest to recuperate, which is a good idea as Miles will be nearby in his apartment doing his homework. Back at the nest, Miles helps Big Bird get situated with some birdseed tea, a birdseed snack, and Radar and tells him to ring the bell he provides should he need any help.
	SCENE 2 cont'd/ Film	After Miles leaves, Big Bird can't help but think of the different things feet can do, which leads to a film segment about dancing feet. (First: Episode 2601)
	SCENE 3	Zoe, Rosita, and Elmo stop by the nest to offer their help, respectfully leaving Big Bird a horn, a maraca, and a desk bell for him to use to call any of them. Big Bird's ankle starts to itch so he decides to ask for help, briefly forgetting which item belongs to which friend. He is able to remember, but he accidentally pushes the table with all the noisemakers away. He can't reach it and yells for help; Miles appears to scratch the itch and move the table back, saying that it's okay for now to remove the ice bag but he's still not ready to walk per Gina's instructions.
	SCENE 3 cont'd	After Miles leaves, Big Bird summons Zoe, Rosita, and Elmo to find out the letter of the day; they bring him a big letter H. Once they go, he rings and shakes and honks for all three of them to find out the number of the day, and they bring him a big number 12. They leave once more, but Big Bird forgets to thank them and summons the monsters yet again. All three of them are pretty tired by this point and leave for a nap. Gina arrives to check on Big Bird and has him wiggle his ankle, confirming that he'll be better by tomorrow. Big Bird thanks Gina for her care with a big hug.
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover asks Sabrina about her missing tooth.
	SCENE 4	Big Bird is sad because he can't play Journey to Ernie. He can remember playing it though, as if it were yesterday...
	Muppets	Journey to Ernie Big Bird sets off on a Journey To Ernie, deciding to look first under the bridge tunnel... (First: Episode 3981) ... and goes into a land occupied by dinosaurs. Big Bird describes the box to a brontosaurus and finds he was sitting on it the whole time. (First: Episode 3984)
	Film	Wegman's dogs portray a check-up at the doctor's. (First: Episode 3759)
	Muppets	Journey to Ernie "Where can that Ernie be?" Big Bird tries going through the gate... (First: Episode 3981) ... and tries to catch Ernie's box in the Arctic by observing a pattern of penguins sliding down the ice. (First: Episode 3981)
	Celebrity	Denyce Graves sings "Sing" with some penguins. (First: Episode 3848)
	Muppets	Journey to Ernie "You're not looking hard enough!" Ernie teases, so Big Bird checks behind a bush... (First: Episode 3982) ... and is transported to Outer Space, where he looks for Ernie's box with a Martian's help by describing how it looks. (First: Episode 3981) We found him!
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Fish Call — To Bert's astonishment, Ernie catches fish by yelling, "Here fishy, fishy, fishy!" (First: Episode 1641)
	Muppets	Journey to Ernie Big Bird and Ernie say goodbye and an announcer teases, "Come back tomorrow for another game of Journey to Ernie!" (First: Episode 3981)
	Muppets	The Letter of the Day: H Cookie Monster decides to hide the letter H cookie. He then finds a place to hide it: In his tummy!
	Film	The floating kids form H. (First: Episode 3118)
	Cartoon	The letter H appears in words on buildings. (First: Episode 3368)
	Muppets	Spanish Word of the Day: leche Rosita drinks the word leche, the Spanish word for milk. (First: Episode 3988)
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Weather (First: Episode 3984)
	SCENE 5	Big Bird uses his noisemakers to call everyone to say goodbye, and Miles announces the sponsors.