Episode 4001

	Sesame Street
	Big Bird gets hurt.
Air date	March 4, 2002
Season	Season 33 (2002)
Sponsors	H, 12

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird, Alan, and some Kids play "What Comes Next?" with some barnyard animals.
	Muppets	Monster Clubhouse The Furry Feeling of the Day is Sad, and the monsters get chased by an Elephant. (First: Episode 3992)
	Muppets	The Number of The Day: 12 After learning that 12 is the number of the day, a talking number twelve appears.
	Film	Ornate 12s sail through the air. (EKA: Episode 3853)
	Cartoon	Clown Honking #12 (EKA: Episode 3314)
	SCENE 2	Big Bird tries to play basketball with the big kids, but falls backwards and hurts his ankle.
	SCENE 2, cont'd	Gina x-rays his foot and finds it's just a slight sprain, no bones broken. She tells him to rest with his foot up in the nest with an ice bag. Miles helps Big Bird get situated and tells him to ring the bell if he needs help.
	SCENE 2, cont'd/ Film	Big Bird "imagines" a segment about dancing feet. (EKA: Episode 3114)
	SCENE 3	Zoe, Rosita, and Elmo stop by the nest and offer to help. Zoe leaves him a horn, Rosita leaves him a maraca, and Elmo leaves a desk bell for him to use to call for help. Big Bird's ankle itches, so he decides to ask for help, but he accidentally pushes away the table away with the all the bells and whistles. He yells for help and Miles appears to help him scratch and to move back the table.
	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. He rings and shakes and honks for all three of them to find out the number of the day, and they bring him a nice big 12. They leave, but Big Bird forgot to thank them, so he sends for them again. All three of them are pretty tired by this point. Gina visits the nest and says Big Bird will be fine tomorrow.
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moments: Grover asks Sabrina about her missing tooth.
	SCENE 4	Big Bird is sad because he can't play Journey To Ernie, so he imagines it.
	Muppets	Journey To Ernie Big Bird sets off on a Journey To Ernie. First, Big Bird asks the dinosaur to help him find Ernie's box.
	Film	Wegman's dogs have a check-up at the doctor's office.
	Muppets	Journey To Ernie Big Bird tries to catch Ernie's box using the penguins' pattern.
	Celebrity/Song	Denyce Graves sings "Sing" with some penguins. (EKA: Episode 3853)
	Muppets	Journey To Ernie Big Bird looks for Ernie's box with the Martian's help. We found him!
	Muppets	Bert and Ernie go fishing. Ernie catches fish by yelling "Heeeeere fishy, fishy, fishy.", and fish come flying to his boat. Bert tries it, but only catches a shark. (EKA: Episode 1707) Come back tomorrow for another game of Journey To Ernie.
	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. (EKA: Episode 3785)
	Cartoon	The letter H appears in words on buildings. (EKA: 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 3	Big Bird uses his signals to call everyone for the closing, and Miles reads the sponsors.