Surprise! (Moss)



"Surprise!" is a Sesame Street song sung by a group of Anything Muppet hippies. It talks about the good and bad parts of surprises, and how people respond to them.

Throughout the song, various characters appearing during the sketch in cutaways demonstrating surprises, including: Oscar surprising Susan with a snake in a can, Herbert Birdsfoot in a room surprised by Roosevelt Franklin, Roosevelt Franklin's Mother, Herry, Cookie Monster, Prairie Dawn, and Grover, and Herry sneaking up on Bert. After the many clips of various surprises, the back-up singers eventually give the lead singer their own surprise for him at the end of the song.

Releases

 * Audio
 * Surprise! (1983, audio to the song is shortened down)
 * Publications
 * The Sesame Street Songbook (1971 edition only)