Classic Sesame Street - I Think That It Is Wonderful

[OtherBrother09]

It fits so well with Ernie's famous nightime song.

[finnishminnow]

Ooh, I love this song so much.

[barrelracer1983]

Count should have done a verse on this one.

[hoopersghost]

@barrelracer1983 : I think they went with five characters because the song teaches about the five senses: Ernie appreciates seeing the star, Bert enjoys hearing the bird, and so forth. Numbers aren't such an obvious sensual pleasure; the Count can count silently in his head without using anything but imagination.

[spencernation]

This song shows what Ernie, Bert, Cookie Monster, Herry, and Prairie Dawn think is wonderful to them every night.

[brianklick]

I tell u its the tune that really gets you

[brianklick]

cookie monster is surrounded by cookies on his bed. lol

[jbmadvids4401]

this song is actually quite poetic by seaseme street standards...Although I think that Cookie has a problem with food because he brings it to bed with him. lol!

[Nockyout]

I miss this song!

[lynnfamily4]

I was watching this with my 3 year old and he pointed out something I'd never noticed. we were watching Prarie Dawn and he said, "she doesn't HAVE a nose."

hmm... kid's got a point.

[jbmadvids4401]

can't get anything past him, can we? Your son's attention span is great considering that most little boys probably could't sit still long enough to notice that.

[vampirealdys]

i think that it is wonderful to watch sesame street, the older clips are always best. hello, sesame street...

[saeriellyn]

This song actually makes me cry a little. lol I'm such a sap.

[nikima99]

That's understandable. such a pretty song.

Ernie's"I dont want to live on the moon" does that to me. LOL

[Angie2343]

Me too, because it makes me think of those that have died.

[RealTime88]

It's okay, I was a HUGE fan of Sesame Street as a child and whenever I watch old clips I cry because this was a part of my childhood I will never forget. I would love to work with the Muppets someday.

[Cathleigh]

It's a wonderful way to teach kids about the 5 senses, I've just realised

[54spiritedwill54]

Here's what I think is wonderful: To look outside at night and see a full moon.

[lcl176]

this is great its perfect i love this show i grow up with it i was five when i started watching it its a shame they took two of my favoirte charecters off the show which was lynda and barkley now ,my favorite charecters are big blue and grover as the qwaiter my dad loves it when they show his episodsodes i even love the garth brokes one and the rem episode.

[benamy02]

i think that it is wonderful that bert and ernie are in a vedio with out arguing about something

[benamy02]

its nice ot see bert and ernie fighting over something small

[FREEASTHESTARS]

this was one of my favorites!

[plainkacyjane]

i think i just figured out where i got my habit of sometimes talking to inanimate objects.

[jx346]

yes i do think this song is wonderful

[Angie2343]

I think that it is wonderful that I can see ol' Jim

Yes, even when his body's gone

Hello, ol' buddy Jim

[benamy02]

i can't stop singing this song. I love it so much I miss childhood

[disneysongtape]

Thatnks for posting this. I had this on a Big Bird StoryMagic tape. When I was little I was mad that I could only listen to this in my talking Big Bird doll because of the way the tape was recorded. I wanted to listen to it on a walkman. Now I can record it and put it on my iPod. Thanks!!!!!!

[coondogtheman1234]

actually Disneysongtape if you still have the tape all you do is record the tape to your computer in a stereo player and then just delete the data buzzing side of the audio in your wav editor trim the music side to your liking then save file as mp3, i can way do this if i had these tapes i would digitize them

[Maestrojosh87]

Oh I sure do. :)

[wordlifeecw]

I have been looking for this for months, but I could not remember the name of the song. Thank you so much for posting this!

[aet0901]

You know, I don't remember this clip, but it was nice seeing this. Thank you for posting this clip though- it was beautiful.

[GroverKent]

I always wondered how Ernie and Bert are able to see the sky (and a tree in this one) when their windows are supposed to be behind that divider wall in front of 123.

[Mommy246]

I've always wondered that too!

[agarard]

reliving this from my childhood is more amazing than christmas. for this brief moment i have no worries or work to do. ahhhhhh

[ginaandsavionfan39]

Well i think that is wonderful that i can wacth youtube i don't haaave a fuse hello Wacthing youtube.

[Maryammmm]

Aaww.. I remember this and it just makes me smile :) Sesame street taught us to be thankful for everything.

[kcro25]

OMG, do I see what I think I do? Cookie Monster actually eating something other than cookies? IMPOSSIBLE!

[Angie2343]

Nothing is impossible.

[StoogeAtHeart]

This skit/song always made me feel ready to go to bed, even if I just got up! So did some other things on the show, like when they played the show's theme slowly in chimes and it was a night time scene.

Great stuff!

[weezerrock89]

this has got to be from the late 70s to early 80s. I remember it from sometime in 85-86, but it'd probably been on for a few years before that... thanks for posting!

[benamy02]

ever since i saw this vedio i relise that i have been taking my sensces for ganted. So now i use my eyes and ears and nose and taste and touch

[Treknologist]

What year was this?  I have no recollection of it.

[ezrafreeman]

This is the sweetest video ever! We don't have a TV at our house, but I love watching these old SS videos with my two year old son!

[mburmy]

Sweet...My favorite Sesame Street short ever.

Thanks for posting it! Wish the folks still wrote stuff like this...RIP Jim Henson

[ironroses01234]

i cant beleive i came across this. i havent seen this sinc ei was fuckin 4. ive always love music, all kinds, metal, classical, country, but its kinkda funny that id rather listen to this then some of the shit music nowday. i think that it is wonderful to fall asleep in my wifes arms. thanks for adding it. great memonrys n' hoep to watch this with my future kids.

[dogdoo4brains]

Whoa! I forgot about this one. Makes me appreciate my 4 senses. Why 4 you ask? I am near totally blind, and I've learned to depend on my other senses to compensate for my blindness, especially my hearing and touch. As the old saying goes, you don't know what you've got till it's gone! Thank you Sesame Street.

Also, "seeing" Herry holding his teddy makes me want to hug one myself - Aww! How sweet!

[brightbite]

I did a school paper on how the blind see. I concluded that there may be a type of 6th sense at times. Every person I interviewed for the paper said they usually 'know things' better than people with regular vision. Good luck to you.

[dogdoo4brains]

Thanks. And yes, sometimes, I do "see" by intuition. Over the years, I've learned that I may be blind, but sometimes the blind actually can see more than meets the eye. I hope you did well on your paper

[ISNorden]

Mmm-hmmm...I still sleep with a big fuzzy teddy bear, and sometimes Herry's lines come to mind when I hold it. *HUUUUUGS teddy...*

[samsticka]

Here's what I think is wonderful: To look outside at night and see a full moon.

[AAMLfan]

I've found it! :D Wow, I've been searching for this...

Thankyou so much for sharing it with us...

What great memories..

[cheetahrob]

this brought tears to my eyes. :)

[brightbite]

Wonder who wrote this song for Sesame Street. You'd never hear anything this clever and thought provoking nowadays.

[Maestrojosh87]

The composer was Robby Merkin, and the lyricist was David Korr.

The song brings so much tears to my eyes, and I remember it very vividly, even when it was a series of poems.

[welchm8]

How wonderful to show kids (and adults) this song about both your senses and at the same time appreciating what you are able to experience. The first two decades of SS were arguably a "peak" of civilization that we continue to slip away from.

[lynnfamily4]

Huh. You know, I've watched this video probably a dozen times with my kids - they LOVE it - and it didn't occur to me until I started reading the comments, that it's a song about the five senses.

I just took it as a lovely song, and it certainly is that.

[Thog35]

This is a classic, i loved this when i was a kid and been long to here it again

Thank You for adding this video

[auburn4wins]

This song is forever etched in my mind. Simply beautiful, and touching. We take a lot of the little things we have in life for granted. We should be thankful for them!

As for Cookie Monster with the cookies in his bed, what do you expect? That way, he'll have a bedtime snack nearby if he gets hungry during the night!

[samsticka]

All Cookie Monster ever thinks about is eating.

[rebelwaltz7]

Really really cool clip. Adorable and profound. Thanks for posting.

[MptLvr]

O mi gosh... I haven't seen this one in the longest, this one is bound to make Mom cry...

[glowworm2]

yes! That was chicken? I seriously thought that he was eating a sandwich with a fork!

[1337vashfan]

Anyone else notice that Cookie drops his chicken?

[samsticka]

Cookie Monster eats dinner close to midnight? I had no idea he was such a night owl.

[ISNorden]

This is a real AWW! clip if I ever saw one, especially Herry and the teddy bear...*HUG hug HUG* :-) Five stars!

[bboytramp]

Cool, I remember this!

[dd1985]

I forgot about this song!!! Thank you!!!

[glowworm2]

OMG! Thank you! I loved this one as a kid. It was such a soothing and lovely song. I also liked Prairie Dawn a lot as a kid-another reason why I liked this one.

Herry and the teddy bear-so sweet!

Cookie Monster with all those cookies in his bed makes me laugh hysterically!

[wiley207]

I loved this one, too! I even had the book!

[HeyButtahfly]

Oh, I really like this one as a kid! BTW, I used to think Bert was singing, "I think that it is wonderful that I can hear Bert sing."

[ISNorden]

Hehehehe...that's almost as bad as the street scene with Elmo thinking the alphabet song mentions his name, until an adult corrects him: "It's 'L-M-N-O-P', not 'Elmo-P'." (Yes, I saw that on TV about 15 years ago...)

[Lycanthrope777]

Gosh, I knew Elmo was really conceited, but that's just too much...

[HeyButtahfly]

I remember that episode! Thinking about it later on, I reaized that in real life when kids do that, it's usually fine to just let them sing it that way unless they're in kindergarten and learning how to spell. My mom was a preschool teacher and she usually took that approach with kids.

[jonnytbird]

I haven't seen this clips in ages!

[indyfox]

Wow, look at what Cookie Monster brought to bed with him... Bert would have a fit XD

[hoopersghost]

@indyfox: Now you know why Cookie Monster didn't sleep over at the apartment until Bert was away. (Remember that nightmare with the singing cookies, and the monster-shaped hole that Cookie left behind from breaking through the door in panic?)