MADtv MADtv was a comedy / sketch show loosely based on " MAD Magazine " , even though in later seasons , the program generally dropped its association with the magazine . " MADtv " generally features an off - the - wall , at times , risque style of parody humor . The show ended in 2009 in its 14th season on the FOX television network . " Sesame Street " had been parodied in a series of recurring sketches starting in the 11th season . The sketches feature Keegan - Michael Key as Gordon , Bobby Lee and Crista Flanagan as kids Billy and Sally ( even though they didn ' t receive their names initially ) , and Jordan Peele as Big Bird , in a " fake " costume character and called " Bird . " The sketches take place in Big Bird ' s nest , and opened with footage of children crossing a bridge and playing in a playground accompanied by the opening theme tune . With the exception of the latest ones , all of them had parody lyrics lampooning the " Sesame Street Theme " . While entirely revolved around " Sesame Street " , the sketches would quite often throw in references to " The Electric Company " and " The Muppet Show " . Big Bird Gets the Flu . Billy and Sally notice a sick Big Bird in his nest . Sally tells " Bird " that he should feel relaxed since he had just gotten back from a long vacation . Then Gordon enters to see what ' s going on , and when he asks Big Bird where he went , which Big Bird answers Southeast Asia ( visiting his relatives ) , he realizes that Big Bird might have the bird flu . " The bird flu ? What ' s that ? " , Big Bird asks . Gordon and the kids then start singing and dancing to a song entitled " Avian Influenza Virus Genesi , " to the tune of " ABC - DEF - GHI . " This cuts to a " Silhouetted Faces " segment ( from " The Electric Company " ) with a man and a woman in a blue background . The words they form are " flu , " " fever , " and " fatal . " Back at the nest area , Sally decides to cheer up the Bird with a big hug . But Gordon tries to resist her from doing so , but it ' s too late as Big Bird sneezes on the kids , thus infecting them with the bird flu . Gordon panics and runs off screaming , " This is bad ! This is bad ! " . This cuts to another sketch , with Cookie Monster ( with a big , flat head and yellow nose ) walking behind a brick wall which holds a plate of chicken . Cookie notices the chicken , which at first he doesn ' t want to eat ( simply because he ' s not " Chicken Monster " ) , but gives in ( " Who me kidding ? Me eat anything . Me compulsive eater ! " ) . Cookie gobbles up the entire plate until he starts to feel cold and faints , as the chicken has been infected with the bird flu . Sally notices Bob ( played by Frank Caeti ) ( as a portly man ) coming in pushing a wheelbarrow full of dead Muppets ( actually just random non - working puppets , including humanoids and some monsters ) . Billy and Sally walk up to him , and Bob tells them that they have to leave right now . Billy asks him what ' s going on , but Bob tells them that he doesn ' t want the kids to see what ' s in the wheelbarrow . Sally looks at the cart with sorrow as Bert , Ernie , and Grover ( not shown ) have died . Elmo , lying in the cart ( with bloodshot eyes and without his nose ) , giggles and blurts out , " Tickle me ! Tickle me ! " until he coughs and falls backwards , dead . Big Bird asks Bob if he ' s responsible for what has happened , to which he says yes , and opens a nearby trashcan to dump the dead Muppets into while singing " Everyone ' s Infected in the Neighborhood " ( to the tune of " The People in Your Neighborhood " ) . Gordon comes back and tells everyone to back away as he pours a can of gasoline onto Big Bird . " Hey , that smells funny ! " , says Big Bird . Gordon then asks if anyone has a lighter , to which Billy says he does and hands it to him ( Gordon gives him a rather strange look , as he would again in some of the following sketches ) . Gordon is about to set Big Bird on fire , but before he does , he reminds him that he is sorry about what is about to happen . Big Bird says his last words : " Well , I guess that ' s it for me . Goodbyeee , kids ! " . The screen turns blue with the burning flames heard in the background as the letter P zooms towards the screen . Grover says , " " Sesame Street " is brought to you by the letter P . . . for " Pandemic ! " , and the word " Pandemic " appears on the screen . Statler and Waldorf also give their concluding thoughts in front of the red curtain . Waldorf says , " We ' re gonna get letters on that one ! " , to which Statler replies , " As if anyone who watches this show can write ! " , and then they both laugh . Donald Trump Tears Down Sesame Street . Some construction workers are taking apart Big Bird ' s nest . Billy and Sally show up and Big Bird tells them about the situation , to which Billy asks if it ' s because his nest is dirty . Of course it is , as Big Bird does everything there , but there ' s no reason why they should tear down his nest . Gordon comes in and apparently , because Big Bird ' s nest is being taken apart , everyone else has to move out as well ( not only did the sketch ' s incarnation of Gordon actually own the street as Big Bird realized , but his grandfather did as well back when it was " all colors " ) . Gordon and the kids then start singing " E is for Evicted " ( to the tune of " C is for Cookie " ) . A wrecking ball then swoops out of nowhere and hits Big Bird in the head , to which the scene cuts out with a clanging sound effect ( used in cartoons ) and Big Bird moaning in pain . This leads to an Ernie and Bert sketch . Ernie ( with red skin , a yellow nose , and a different striped shirt ) packs up his suitcase and as Bert ( with two eyebrows and a different shirt ) approaches , Ernie tells him that it looks like they will have to find a new place to live , but it turns out that Bert will be staying at Grover ' s place in Chelsea . " Room for one more ? " , Ernie asks . " No , it ' s a studio . " , replies Bert , and adds that they will " be on top of each other as it is " . Ernie had thought that he and Bert have always been together . Bert says that they were , but now that the apartment will be gone , so will he , and walks off without his paperclip collection . Ernie , now alone , then starts singing a heartbreaking song to his Rubber Duckie : " " Oh my Duckie , we ' re alone . Now this is a broken home " . . . " But then he gasps , " . . . Literally ! " as the same wrecking ball that hit Big Bird earlier swoops in and hits Ernie . Sally wraps a bandage around Big Bird ' s head . Gordon says that he will find some aspirin , to which Billy says he has in his pocket ( Gordon again gives him a strange look ) . An incoming car is heard , prompting Sally to cry out , " Elmo ! Look out for that limo ! " as Elmo gets hit and lands right onto the ground screaming , coughing and falling back dead . Donald Trump ( Frank Caliendo ) approaches and apologizes as he ( Elmo ) didn ' t cross at the traffic light . Gordon tells Billy and Sally that Donald is the one who will be tearing down Sesame Street , and replace it with a Starbucks coffee shop . Sally tells Donald that now they ' d have no place to live . Big Bird also reminds him that he ' s already a millionaire . " Billionaire , Bird . " , Donald corrects him as he sings " I Love Cash " ( to the tune of " I Love Trash " ) . His hairpiece joins in the song as well . After the song has ended , Gordon remembers that he has to send an eviction notice to Luis at the Mail It Shop , but as soon as he walks in , a gunshot goes off . Gordon comes back out , having been shot in the arm by Luis . Gordon warns Big Bird and the kids that they must run for their lives as Luis has gone mad , and they do while Luis continues firing gunshots . Big Bird , however , is still in his nest , trying to find a way out . The sketch ends with a light blue background with the " Sesame Street " logo being censored by the " Registered Letter " accompanied by the theme instrumental . Grover says , " " Sesame Street " is brought to you by the Registered Letter , informing you that your property has been sold to a thatch - haired real estate mogul . " Big Bird notices Billy text messaging a friend he has made on the internet on " MyPlace " on his phone . Sally explains that MyPlace is a site where one can meet new friends . Billy then gets a message from his friend , whose screenname is " Dr . Fuzzyballs1964 " . Gordon comes in and the kids tell him what ' s going on . Billy says that his new friend wants to meet him today , but Gordon is concerned , and asks Billy how much he knows about this " friend " of his . Gordon gives a reasonable shrug when Billy says that his friend is into fashion , as he always asks Billy what he ' s wearing . But then starts to think otherwise when Billy continues that this friend , who also knows a lot about computers , can only use one hand to type . Gordon , Big Bird and the kids sing " Watch Out for the People on the Internet " ( to the tune of " The People in Your Neighborhood " ) , warning about the dangers of meeting strangers online . MyPlace . com . This cuts to another spoof of the " silhouette faces " sketches from " The Electric Company " . The words the man and woman form are " MyPlace , " " message , " and " molester . " Back at the nest area , Billy meets his online buddy , who , unbeknownst to him , is actually Bert disguised in a trenchcoat , hat and shades . Bert notices that Billy looks much older than 13 . Which is because Billy is a smoker . As soon as Billy leaves to change his clothes , Bert is approached by Chris Hansen ( Michael McDonald ) from " Dateline NBC " . Chris then asks Bert about a photo he had sent to Billy , which is one of his fuzzy testicles as his online identity suggests . Bert tries to act innocent , but then a man shouts , " Everybody get down ! " as two members of the force then run in and tackle Bert . Big Bird and the others rush in to see who the predator is . Bert then claims that he ' s an alcoholic and that Mr . Hooper molested him , which is why he did it . Gordon tells him that they ' re not buying it , and so he , Big Bird , and the kids sing " Going to Prison " ( to the tune of " Doin ' the Pigeon " ) . The sketch then ends with a blue background accompanied by the theme tune instrumental , and Grover says , " " Sesame Street " is brought to you by the letters " ( letters flash on screen as he mentions them ) " A , O , and L " . It then cuts to the " Sesame Street " logo censored by a computer with the MyPlace website , and Grover concludes " . . . providing chatrooms to all ages for over a decade . " Dirty Bomb . Billy and Sally notice Big Bird glowing green and in pain . Billy also notices that he ' s slowly getting some bald spots . Big Bird also points out that he has also laid an egg , which is odd because he ' s a male bird . Gordon comes in and Sally tells him what ' s happening . Gordon tells Big Bird that he is suffering from ( what " that Russian secret agent died of " ) radiation poisoning . Big Bird asks him what it is , and this leads to Gordon and the kids into singing " Radiation Poisoning " ( to the tune of " Rubber Duckie " ) . After the song has ended , it cuts to an emergency room in a hospital , where Kermit ( portrayed as an iguana and is green and yellow ; his trademark eyes and pupils are also missing ) , who has also been infected with the radiation , is lying in bed singing how it is " quite easy glowing green " ( to the tune of his trademark song " Bein ' Green " ) . He falls backwards dead after he says , " The doctors hope I taste like chicken . " Back at the nest area , the hazmat team are searching around a trashcan on top of a few crates , where they detect where the radiation is coming from : The trashcan , in which Oscar pops out of . Oscar tells Gordon that he was making a dirty bomb . Billy says that he too made a dirty bomb once , after " eating scallops and chocolate milk " . Gordon corrects Billy that a " dirty bomb " is a weapon of terrorism . But Oscar isn ' t a terrorist , he ' s just a grouch . He was actually making the bomb for somebody else . Then Elmo enters the area , dressed in a terrorist outfit , asking Oscar if he ' s got the dirty bomb , but also sees that he ' s surrounded . Gordon asks him why he even needs the dirty bomb . Elmo says that he ' s now " Elmo TMX " , is an extremist , and will take over Sesame Street and turn it into Elmo ' s World . However , Elmo ' s plan is foiled when Gordon points out that the " hazmat guys " are also police officers , who then arrest Elmo . Big Bird asks Oscar why he hasn ' t been infected by the radiation . Oscar then says , " I ' ve got a kick - ass immune system ! I ' ve been living in my own crap for 30 years . That ' s why ! " . The sketch concludes with a blue background accompanied by the theme instrumental , and the " Sesame Street " logo blocked by the " Registered Letter " . Then Grover says , " " Sesame Street " has been brought to you by the letters " ( letters flash on screen as he mentions them ) " K , G , and B . " ( All letters come onto the screen , forming " KGB " ) " Killing people in creepy ways for the last 50 years ! " . Tickle Me Emo . A commercial parody featuring an " emo " version of Tickle Me Elmo from " Depress - a - me Street . " Tickle - me - Emo is Elmo ' s " angst - ridden , teenaged cousin , " who is programmed to say a number of different phrases , such as , " If life is so fair , why do roses have thorns ? " " There is no God , you hear me ? No God . " " I hate you ! I hate you ! I hate you ! " And , " I hurt myself to feel alive ! " Tickle - me - Emo also has a head - spinning function , but it is advised that children not leave the doll alone for too long , as it also has the ability to slash its wrists . Economic Depression . Big Bird is seen standing under a tree in a suburban street with his suitcase on the ground , groaning to himself , " Why me ? ! WHY ME ? ! ? " . Billy and Sally find him and ask why he ’ s not in his nest back on Sesame Street . Big Bird explains that the bank took his nest after he defaulted on his rate mortgage . So he decided to move back into the tree he grew up in , where he is standing ( even though his parents don ' t quite accept his presence as he is defecated on by one of them ) . Then Big Bird angrily shouts , " Okay , I get it , Dad ! " . Big Bird continues that his parents also think that he ' s a weirdo . Not because of his size , but rather the fact that he hangs out with children 30 years younger than him . Gordon comes in riding an ice cream cart , having just lost his job as well ( whatever it was he was doing before ) , and now he ’ s been assigned with a task usually performed by illegal aliens . Big Bird adds that it ’ s hard all over . " It sure is , Bird . It sure is . " , Gordon agrees . Gordon and the kids then sing " Economically This Whole Country ’ s Screwed It Seems " ( to the tune of " ABC - DEF - GHI " ) . This cuts to another silhouette word segment from " The Electric Company " , with the words " Bear stearns , " " Bankrupt , " and " Blow your brains out . " Back on the street , Big Bird comments that just when things are getting worse , he ’ s been living on the streets before . Sally inquires that maybe they ’ ll get a new president , and things will change . Gordon scoffs at that remark . The president , as he puts it , doesn ’ t even have real power . Big Bird agrees ; the president is also a bigger puppet than he [ Big Bird ] is . Billy wishes he could vote , but he ' s 13 , and Sally can ’ t vote either because she ' s a girl . Gordon assures the kids , " It wouldn ’ t matter anyway . If I ' ve learned one thing , it ’ s that one vote doesn ’ t make a difference - - get your hands off the merchandise , China Grove ! " , he abruptly yells to Billy and smacks his hand while trying to open the cart ' s lid . Cookie Monster is standing behind a brick wall ( still on the same street ) moaning in pain . Billy enters and ask what ' s wrong . Cookie says that he eats way too much sugar , and can ’ t get a health insurance , so he had to cut off his foot . Cookie ( and Billy ) sings " D ’ s for Diabetes " ( to the tune of " C is for Cookie , " accompanied with words on the screen , with cookies floating above the words ) before collapsing . Sally bemoans that the country is " in the crapper " . Gordon tells Billy and Sally that they can work for him ; the ice cream cart he ' s operating also serves as a mobile meth lab . Gordon opens the cart , and out pops the Swedish Chef holding a jug of smoking pot . Gordon adds that the Chef is the best cook in town , and the kids happily cheer . The skit ends with a shot of the " Sesame Street " sign in a blue background . Guyco Commercial . In part 2 of a GEICO commercial parody skit , Elmo is hired as a celebrity to tell Guyco customer ' s , Melinda Calkins ( played by Arden Myrin ) , story . As Melinda tries to tell her story of being in a car crash ( with a totaled 1999 - 2004 Ford Mustang in the background ) , Elmo replies , " Elmo say that must have given you a poo poo ! " and then laughs . Melinda goes on saying how her father flew through the window shield and hit an iron fence . Then Melinda talks about her sister ' s head was then severed by the airbags and she is trying to find it . Elmo replies , " When Elmo loses things , Elmo retrace his steps ! " , and then laughs again . As Melinda tries to remember that her insurance is Guyco , Elmo says that he ' s going to count the street sign as the police comes by with a body bag on a stretcher . The sign said " 311 " as Elmo reads it . Elmo then says , " Elmo love to read ! " , and laughs again . Melinda replies that this just happened and Elmo laughs after he shouts , " Tickle Elmo ! " . Melinda is mad at Elmo for laughing when her parents are dead and throws Elmo into the street . A car brake is heard and Melinda runs away . Elmo is now a Guyco customer , and celebrity Carlos Mencia ( played by Johnny Sanchez ) is going to help tell the story of what just happened . Elmo is disgusted that Carlos is the best celebrity they can give him . Elmo says that he ' s famous and that he should be able to have George Lopez or Cheech ( " Hell , I ' d even take that Wilmer Valderrama too ! " ) as his celebrity to tell his story . Carlos is getting so mad at Elmo that he tears his head off and throws it into the street . His head then hits a car ' s windshield , which happens to belong to another celebrity , Mo ' Nique ( played by Erica Ash ) , who was in the first part of the GEICO commercial parody skit . As Mo ' Nique steps out of her car and sees Elmo ' s head on her windshield , she says that she is paralyzed , she ' s got whiplash , and her back hurts . She then picks up Elmo ' s head off the windshield and plans to sue Carlos for throwing it at her as Carlos runs away . The skit ends with Guyco ' s logo as the narrator says , " Guyco , insurance for everybody . Regular people , Latin comics , sisters looking to get paid , or even decapitated puppets . " Childhood Obesity . Gordon finishes a conversation with Big Bird at his nest : " Bottom line : You ' re gonna have to start cleaning up after yourself . I ’ m tired of spraying down at my walkway . " " Okay , Gordon . " , Big Bird replies . After Gordon explains that he doesn ' t use Big Bird ' s nest as a toilet , Big Bird snaps , " I said , OKAY ! " , annoyed by the fact that after Obama had been elected , Gordon has been acting " uppity " . Gordon of course doesn ' t care for that word . Gordon then notices a quiet and not so cheery Sally ( whom he calls " White Girl " ) standing by them . She is worried about Billy . When Big Bird asks why , an exhausted and fat Billy enters , much to Gordon ’ s shock . Billy had apparently been eating pizza and donuts from the cafeteria . Sally remarks that he looks like a Cabbage Patch kid . Big Bird abruptly cuts in : " More like a Cabbage FAT Kid ! " and Gordon makes a reprimanding gesture at him . Gordon and the kids then break into the song " Childhood Obesity " ( to the tune of " Rubber Duckie " ) . This cuts to an " Electric Company " - esque silhouette faces segment , where they form the words : " Food , " " Futon , " " Fideo Games , " and " Fatty . " Back on the street , Gordon tells Billy , who is playing on his game boy console , that he is in bad shape . " I know . " , Billy responds . " I didn ’ t get the morphing scepter on level 14 ! " . Gordon snatches the game away from Billy , and tosses it out into the air . A crash is then heard . Gordon tells Billy that he needs to exercise . Billy reluctantly gets on the ground to do some push - ups while The Count , standing behind the brick wall , counts them ( with the number flashing on the screen ) . He counts , " 1 ! 1 push - up ! " , but Billy gives up quickly before he can continue . " What ? ! That wasn ’ t even 1 ! " , the Count exclaims . But then he concludes , " 0 ! 0 push - ups ! " and does his trademark laugh , and then thunder appears . Sally wonders what they ’ re going to do now . Gordon tells her that there is only one thing that they can do : Which is ( as they answer in song to the tune of " One Fine Face " ) get Billy on a gurney and take him to get liposuction surgery ( behind the brick wall again ) . Ernie ( who somehow survived after being hit by the wrecking ball ) and Bert ( who probably decided to move back to their apartment ) appear as surgeons who operate on Billy . The sketch concludes with the " Sesame Street " sign in a blue background , with a letter P , as Grover ( whose voice is slightly different than in the previous sketches , probably because he ' s getting older ) says , " " Sesame Street " is brought to you by the letter P , for " Plastic Surgery . " It ' s never too early , kids ! " .