Episode
Sesame Street: Measuring Big Bird
Overview
Nina is using a smiley face growth chart to measure how tall Elmo and Rosita are. Big Bird wants to see how tall he is too, but Nina is all out of smiley faces. What else can they use to measure their tall friend? After trying a few ideas, inspiration strikes. What if they make their own smiley faces? It works! Because they didn’t give up, all the friends—including Big Bird—could be measured.
Details
- Series
- Sesame Street
- Season
- Season 51
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2020-11-26
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
Measuring Big Bird is Episode 3 in Season 51 of Sesame Street. It aired on 2020-11-26. The runtime is 26 min.
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Episode 4: Bye Bye Boo Boos
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Episode 5: Cardboard Castle
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Episode 6: Holiday at Hooper's
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Episode 7: It's Sesame Circus
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Episode 10: Huff and Puff Away
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Episode 11: Tough Monster Race
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Episode 12: The Waiting Game
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