 | |||||
| Numerosity | |||||
| First Appearance | Episode 0006 | ||||
| Broadcast | November 17, 1969 | ||||
| |||||
Five early Muppet monsters (Beautiful Day Monster, Thudge, an early version of Grover, Flute-Snatcher, and Snerk) appear to a man who discovers them and exclaims, "Five... whatever they are!" (the scene was omitted from the official YouTube release).
fingers
ice cream sodas
"whatever they are" (monsters)
frogs
dimes
fancy fruit cakes
Supporting cast[]
- Brian Henson as boy with dimes
- Saralou Cooper as woman
Releases[]
Notes[]
- Registered with ASCAP as "Song of Five" and "Five Song." Listed by CTW as "Henson #5."
- An audio performance of the song, recorded for The Sesame Street Book & Record and included on later albums, features five horns, five dogs, and five coconuts.
- The song was re-released on Songs from the Street, and the music and lyrics were published in the 1971 edition of The Sesame Street Songbook. The "five fancy fruit cakes" sequence also appears in the On My Way to Sesame Street movie viewer cartridge.