Episode 4142

Sesame Street
Big Bird Helps Zero
Air date	August 27, 2007
Season	Season 38
Written by	Luis Santeiro
Production October 30, 2006 Sponsors I, 0

Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	"What's the Word on the Street?" -- disappear
	SCENE	On a beautiful day, Big Bird encounters a sad number Zero (Joey Mazzarino), who is upset because he is nothing. He sings a song about it.
	SCENE cont'd	Big Bird sets out to show Zero that being nothing is really something. When they go to Hooper's Store, Zero asks for a banana split, but Alan realizes he's out of bananas, which is the perfect cue for a musical number parodying "Yes, We Have No Bananas." In song, Alan explains how the number zero helps him keep track of what he needs to order whenever he runs out of something in the store. This makes Zero feel a little better, but he is still not convinced of his worthiness.
	SCENE cont'd	Meanwhile, there's a baseball game going on in the yard: it's Chris' team versus Telly's team. They ask Zero to stand by the scoreboard to help keep score. Zero feels better for a little while, but when Telly is upset that his team doesn't have any runs, Zero misunderstands and feels that it is all his fault. Telly reassures him that a score of zero merely serves as motivation for his team to do better, but Zero is still upset. He declares that he is not going to be zero anymore and decides to act like a pig instead ("Please, call me Babe!").
	SCENE cont'd	This decision of Zero's causes some serious consequences: The Worm Air and Space Agency was going to send Slimey's friend Glo Worm to the moon, but the spaceship won't lift off because the countdown is stuck at the number nine without the number zero. Zero is reluctant to lend a hand, but Big Bird reminds him of the ways he helped Alan and Chris and now he could help Slimey, too.
	SCENE cont'd	Zero agrees to be himself again and completes the countdown! As the worm ship blasts into space, Zero is a valued hero.
	Song	"You're Important" (First: Episode 3396)
	Celebrity	Chris Brown demonstrates the word "disappear." cut from the Max version
	Film	The Count (in voiceover) subtracts from five to three to zero children on a park bench. (First: Episode 2942) The original voiceover narration by The Count has been replaced with one of Elmo.
	Celebrity	Keb Mo sings "Everybody Be Yo'Self" with the Sesame Street cast. (First: Episode 3969)
	Animation	Tyrone Traction Jackson plays basketball with Margarita, in spite of her reluctance. (First: Episode 4098)
	Muppets	The Number of the Day: 0 The Count's organ vanishes, leaving him with zero organs. He then counts zero elephants, zero yo-yos, and zero gefilte fish. (First: Episode 3996)
	Film	A man break-dances around the number 0, disappearing to demonstrate "zero dancer." (First: Episode 4014)
	Cartoon	A caped 0 helps a child put his toys away, leaving zero toys on the floor.
	Song	Dan Zanes and friends sing "Jump Up." (First: Episode 4064)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Bert's reading is interrupted by Ernie with a room of monsters dancing in various styles. (First: Episode 4031)
	Cartoon	"Big Kid Photo Album" Artist: Lisa Crafts (First: Episode 3441)
	Muppets	Baby Bear shows Abby Cadabby how to draw the letter I.
	Animation	Ornate Is swing through the air to a song. (First: Episode 2921)
	Muppets	Game Show: American I Prairie Dawn hosts American I, where contestants compete to be the best letter I. Rosita, Oscar the Grouch and a dog serve as the judges. The first two contestants are a letter B and a letter W, whom the judges all agree should be the next American I. Prairie can hardly believe this. The final contestant actually is the letter I, whom the judges all reject. Frustrated, Prairie yells "It should be the American I, do you hear me?? I, I, I, I, Iiiiiii!" which causes the judges to crown Prairie as the winner, even though she's not even a letter. Oscar: "That's what makes it so right!" A flattered Prairie accepts the award.
	Cartoon	Suzie Kabloozie sings "Sing." Artist: Mo Willems (First: Episode 3794)
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Bananas (First: Episode 3858)
	Insert	At night, Abby Cadabby reads a bedtime story to Marco, from the book "Real People Tales," and announces the sponsors.

Alterations

Picture	Segment	Description
	Cartoon	Cab Callowmouse demonstrates here and there in song. (First: Episode 3711) This segment replaced the Word of the Day segment in the HBO Max version.

Notes

• This is the first episode since Episode 4056 where The Letter of the Day and The Number of the Day segments were swapped.

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