Alright, well sorry I haven't keeping up with this thread as much I as I planned on, but now that I have a chance, here are my reviews on episodes 4403 and 4406. So, here we go!
Episode 4403: I'm not really crazy about Stinky, but it was a nice street story (kudos for throwing Susan in there, even if she didn't have a line!), the Word of the Day segment was OK, the zero insert with The Count and Oscar was spectacular (I could almost imagine Jerry voicing The Count in the segment!), "Cookie's Crumby Pictures" was great as well. Even though they're from last season, I of course enjoyed the coffee shop with Grover and Mr. Johnson, and the Detective episode of "Elmo: The Musical".
Episode 4406: Considering that the street story was a repeat, there's nothing I have to say about it, however, I did enjoy the Word of the Day segment because it of course featured not only Grover (one of my favorite characters on SS, and it's hard not to love his role in these segments), but also Kunal Nayyar (who plays Raj on another one of my all-time favorite TV shows: The Big Bang Theory). It was notable for several reasons: 9 hours later would be the Season 7 premier for TBBT (which I obviously did watch), there have been several episodes of the show where the characters get involved with building robots, and there was a time last season ("The Higgs Boson Observation") when Raj got something stuck in his eye, and he had to use a Grover puppet to tell the female nurse where it hurt. So, while the appearances by Jim Parsons (Season 41) and Johnny Galecki (Season 42) were entertaining, the recent appearance by Kunal Nayyar really sticks out the most. But, anyways, back to my input of Episode 4406. Since it was my first time seeing it, I will say that I enjoyed "Abby's Flying Fairy School"; it was by far the best segment of the series, considering that this was the side of Blögg that we never get to see. Last but not least, I of course loved Big Bird's "That's Cooperation" song! Just like everyone else has been saying, Sesame Workshop NEEDS to do more segments like these!
So ends my rant on these 2 episodes. I'll (hopefully) be back on Thursday!