I Think That It Is Wonderful
sung by Big Bird (Carroll Spinney), Prairie Dawn (Fran Brill), Ernie (Jim Henson)
The Count, Herry Monster (both Jerry Nelson)
Cookie Monster, Grover and Bert (all Frank Oz)
NOTE: The opening part where everyone wakes up comes from a Little Golden Book called, "I Think That It Is Wonderful and Other Poems from Sesame Street". The second part where everyone says "Good night" comes from both the book and from Ingeborg Norden.
Big Bird: I think that it is wonderful
To wake up with the sun
When it has just begun
To shine
Hello, bright morning sun
The Count: I think that it is wonderful
To hear the waking street
As all those busy feet
Go by
Hello, Sesame Street
Cookie Monster: Me think that it is wonderful
To wake up wanting food
To be in hungry mood
Is swell
[Don't worry, my tummy stop growling after me have breakfast]
Hello, food food food food!
Prairie Dawn: I think that it is wonderful
To stretch from head to heels
When I get up it feels
Just right
Hello, knees, toes, and heels
Grover: I think that it is wonderful
To scrub each part of me
To make sure I will be
All clean
Hello, clean, spiffy me
Ernie: I think that it is wonderful
That I can see a star
When it's so very far
Away
Good night, faraway star
Bert: I think that it is wonderful
That I can hear birds sing
When outside everything
Is still
Good night, bird on the wing
Cookie Monster: Me think that it is wonderful
To eat my food all up
Especially at sup-
pertime
[Or lunch time or breakfast time.
It not matter]
Night, night, delicious food
Prairie Dawn: I think that it is wonderful
That I can smell a rose
I'm so glad that my nose
Knows how
Good night, sweet-smelling rose
Herry Monster: I think that it is wonderful
To hug my Teddy bear
It doesn't matter where
We are
Sleep tight, Teddy, my bear
(Split screen; all five characters sing their respective verses as a round, with the third line of each verse trailing at the end in order. Cut to each character in bed; this sequence is repeated twice:)
Ernie: Good night, faraway star
Bert: Good night, bird on the wing
Cookie: (in bed with a few cookies--how the heck will he sleep?!): Good night, delicious food
Prairie: Good night, sweet-smelling rose
Herry: Good night, Teddy, my bear
All: Good night, good night, good night
Transcribed by Ingeborg Norden and the archive's webmistress Tiny Dancer