Surprise! (Moss)



"Surprise!" is a Sesame Street song sung by the earliest known version of Little Jerry and the Monotones. It talks about the good and bad parts of surprises, and how people respond to them. Eventually, toward the end of the song, the Monotones give Little Jerry their own surprise for him.

Throughout the song various characters appearing during the sketch in cutaways, 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.

Trivia

 * When this song came out in Shalhom Sesame, the scene with Oscar surprising Suan with a snake in a can, (along with the chorus after it), was cut, since Oscar, at the time, was not introduced on Shalhom Sesame yet.

Releases

 * Audio
 * Surprise! (1983)