Arizona is the 48th state of the United States of America. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix, and it is home to the Grand Canyon.

• In Episode 3830, the Amazing Mumford tries to magically transport Telly to Hooper's Store, but he forgets the magic words, and they end up in Arizona, among other places.

• In a Sesame Street sketch, the Readers of the Open Range help an illiterate town read a sign and discover that they live in Bisbee, Arizona. The stunned locals are thrilled, although they forget the name of the town immediately after the Readers leave.

• Big Bird conducts a child mariachi band in Guadalupe, Arizona, for a segment of Big Bird's Video Postcards on Sesame Street. In another, he sees how kids help put on a rodeo and rides a horse. A third finds Big Bird in Phoenix, learning about cacti.

• The Arizona Museum for Youth in Mesa hosted Jim Henson's Fantastic World from December 15, 2007, to March 9, 2008.

• Sesame Street short films about Arizona include two Navajo children going to school (First: Episode 2680), the life of Colleen (First: Episode 0504), and a boy whose family travels with their sheep to their summer home (First: Episode 2678).

• A Global Grover segment features Grover returning from Arizona, where he learned about a family of sheep herders. (First: Episode 4055)

• Joan Ganz Cooney was born in Phoenix, Arizona, on November 30, 1929.

• Big Bird visits Arizona and his pen pal Joey in the book Big Bird Visits Navajo Country.

• In the special Big Bird in China, Big Bird announces he's going to find the Phoenix in China. Grover remarks, "I thought Phoenix was in Arizona."

• In a Sesame Street Word of the Day segment, Elmo explores with Emily Blunt, who is nicknamed "Arizona Emily."

• In The Muppets episode "Pig Out," Fozzie Bear tries to tell a joke about Phoenix but can't finish it because he feels guilty about hurting Statler.