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  • Long before there was Hooper's store

  • Who did you expect to meet

  • (Elmo laughs)

  • They walked around on this same ground

  • Dinosaurs on Sesame Street

  • There was a agrosaurus

  • An achelousaurus

  • ♪ A stegosaurus just like me

  • ♪ A alamosaurus, tyrannosaurus

  • ♪ A triceratops with horns of three

  • Gigantic tails with paws like nails

  • Pointy horns or covered in thorns

  • They stomped big stomps

  • And roared big roars, roar

  • Those romping stomping

  • Roaring soaring

  • Awesome dinosaurs

  • (group cheering) (Elmo laughing)

  • It's fun to roar

  • It's fun to roar

  • Come on everybody do the dinosaur

  • It's fun to roar

  • It's fun to roar

  • Come on everybody do the dinosaur

  • Say roar, roar

  • Say roar, roar

  • Now let's dance like a dinosaur

  • Some dinosaurs, they stomp around

  • They stomped and stomped

  • And shook the ground

  • Let's stomp

  • Stomp, stomp

  • Stomp again

  • Stomp, stomp

  • Roar ♪ (group laughing)

  • Some dinosaurs have spiky tails

  • That swish and sway and lifted in the air

  • Let's swish

  • Swish, swish

  • Swish again

  • Swish, swish

  • Some dinosaurs had great big teeth

  • That chewed and chomped all the things they eat

  • Let's chomp

  • Chomp, chomp

  • Chomp again

  • Chomp, chomp

  • Now let's try them all together

  • Stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp

  • Swish, swish, swish, swish

  • Chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp ♪ (Elmo laughing)

  • It's fun to roar

  • It's fun to roar

  • Come on everybody do the dinosaur

  • Say roar, roar

  • Say roar, roar

  • Now you're dancing like a dinosaur

  • You're dancing like a dinosaur

  • (Rosita laughing)

  • - You really want to be a paleontologist,

  • you need to sing the paleontologist theme song.

  • - Paleontologist theme song? - What's that?

  • - It goes like this, hit it!

  • (upbeat music)

  • If you love to study the dinosaur

  • And you want to learn about them even more

  • Then meet the dinosaur scientist

  • Who is called a paleontologist

  • We dig, we dig

  • For bones, for bones

  • And we find them under the earth and stone

  • Some small, so small

  • Some big, so big

  • Fossils are what we really dig

  • The list of dinos we can find

  • Goes on and on

  • ♪ A microraptor or tyrannodon

  • ♪ A pathysaurus with their long, long necks

  • ♪ A triceratops or a tyrannosaurus rex

  • We dig, we dig

  • For bones, for bones

  • And we find them under the earth and stone

  • Some small, so small

  • Some big, so big

  • Fossils are what we really dig

  • We look for years to find the fossils

  • Some times they're tiny, sometimes colossal

  • We dig, dig, dig, yes we dig, we must

  • Sifting through the rocks and the pebbles and the dust

  • We dig, we dig

  • For bones, for bones

  • And we find them under the earth and stone

  • Some small, so small

  • Some big, so big

  • Fossils are what we really dig

  • Yes fossils are what paleontologist really dig

  • - Whoa! (Grover laughing)

  • - You sang the paleontologist theme song,

  • you are now paleontologists.

  • (Rosita and Elmo cheering)

  • Okay paleontologists, let us dig!

  • (Elmo and Cookie Monster laughing)

  • - Wow. (Elmo laughing)

  • - Whoa.

  • (light dings)

  • (Abby exclaiming)

  • (Cookie Monster gasps)

  • - Ooh.

  • - Hmm.

  • Aha!

  • Uh-oh.

  • - Aha!

  • (Abby humming)

  • Whoa!

  • (Abby laughs)

  • - Aha!

  • (Elmo whistles)

  • (Elmo cheers)

  • (Elmo laughs)

  • (all laughing)

  • (light playful music)

  • Danielle, the dinosaur was shaking her tail

  • Skipping in a park on her favorite trail

  • Soon, she started thinking what fun it would be

  • To meet up at the diner with her pals for a treat

  • She walked to a diner and the door made a chime

  • Delicious smells filled her dino mind

  • Dragon fruit and dandelion, strawberry pie

  • Sat down at the table, she was ready to dine

  • Dinosaur begins with D ♪

  • Diceratops, Deinocheirus, D to D ♪

  • To grow big and strong dinos have to dine

  • ♪ A yummy meal with all your friends is just divine

  • Dave was eating dates right along with Sue

  • With a side of deviled eggs and dill pickles too

  • Donna tried the Danish and she shared with them all

  • Everybody smiled, yes, they were having a ball

  • Dinosaur begins with D ♪

  • Diceratops, deinocheirus, D to D ♪

  • To grow big and strong, dinos have to dine

  • ♪ A yummy dinner with all your friends is just divine

  • Dinosaur begins with the letter D ♪

  • Come on, dinosaurs, on your feet

  • Let's take a walk on Sesame street

  • Fluff your feathers and move your wings

  • Let's go do some dinosaur things

  • Follow me across the floor

  • And go tweet, tweet, roar, roar, roar

  • Tweet, tweet, roar, roar roar

  • Flap, flap, and stomp some more

  • Flap flap and stomp some more

  • Now you're walking with a dinosaur

  • Now you're walking with a dinosaur

  • Paleontologist Elmo loves walking with a dinosaur

  • Then let's walk some more

  • Walk with me right down the street

  • With a roar and a tweet tweet tweet

  • Now flap and stomp some more

  • You're walking with a dinosaur

  • Come on

  • Tweet, tweet roar roar roar

  • Tweet tweet, roar roar roar

  • Flap flap, and stomp some more

  • Flap flap, and stomp some more

  • Now you're walking with a dino

  • Walking with a dino

  • Walking with a dinosaur

  • (dinosaur sniffs)

  • - [Kids] Higher!

  • Go higher!

  • (kids laugh)

  • (rock thudding)

  • Go higher!

  • That's it! Higher!

  • Yay!

  • (kids laugh)

  • - Goodnight, Ernie.

  • - Goodnight, Bert.

  • Hmm, what's that?

  • Do you need an extra blanket?

  • - No, I'm fine, Ernie.

  • - Okay. All right.

  • Here you go.

  • There you go.

  • Have a good night.

  • Hmm?

  • You want a Teddy bear?

  • Oh, that's so sweet.

  • Sure, here's one for you.

  • There you go.

  • Have a good night now.

  • - Ernie, Ernie. Ernie?

  • - Yeah?

  • - Are you okay? - I'm fine, Bert.

  • - Who are you talking to?

  • - Oh, I'm talking to a dinosaur, Bert.

  • - A dinosaur.

  • - Yep, a dinosaur.

  • - Ernie, you know there are no dinosaurs in our bedroom.

  • - Oh, don't be silly Bert.

  • Of course I know that.

  • That's why I'm imagining a dinosaur here in the bedroom.

  • - Oh, you're imagining a dinosaur.

  • - That's right. - Okay. Fine tonight.

  • - You know, it's a lot of fun, Bert.

  • - Fine. - Yeah.

  • I mean, first you have to think really hard

  • about the dinosaur, you know, and ooh!

  • A tall dinosaur.

  • Yes.

  • A tall dinosaur with blue skin.

  • A tall blue dinosaur with pink polka dots. (chuckles)

  • And then Bert,

  • then you have yourself one great imaginary dinosaur.

  • - Fine, Ernie, fine.

  • Now go to sleep, okay?

  • - Oh, no, Bert.

  • You know, I think you should give it a try.

  • - No, not me. - Come on Bert.

  • Give it a try, please.

  • Please Bert.

  • Please imagine a dinosaur Bert, please.

  • - Fine, fine. Fine, fine.

  • Ernie, Ernie, if I imagine a dinosaur

  • will you please let me go to sleep?

  • - Sure, Bert. - Fine, okay.

  • Imagination, okay.

  • I imagine a dinosaur imagining a dinosaur

  • imagining a dinosaur.

  • Here I go.

  • Imagine a dinosaur, imagining a dinosaur.

  • - [Ernie] So what does it look like, Bert?

  • - It's kind of fuzzy, Ernie.

  • - Fuzzy? - Yeah.

  • - Hmm.

  • Well, I think you probably need to imagine harder, Bert.

  • - Oh, Ernie.

  • - You know, put more effort into it.

  • - Fine. Fine.

  • Okay. Fine, fine, fine.

  • Okay. Imagining a, a dinosaur.

  • He's big. - That's good.

  • - He is big. - Harder, Bert.

  • - And he has a long neck.

  • - [Ernie] You're not doing it hard enough, Bert.

  • - I'm trying! - Push push push!

  • - He has a long neck.

  • - [Ernie] Bert.

  • Well Bert?

  • - Nothing.

  • - Nothing? - Nothing.

  • - I guess you just need more practice at imagination, Bert.

  • - Maybe you're right.

  • - Okay. Well, good night Bert.

  • - Goodnight, goodnight Ernie.

  • I was never really good at imagining.

  • You know that, you're good at it.

  • I mean, I'd love to imagine maybe a, a big dinosaur

  • an orange dinosaur with maybe a long neck.

  • No, I'm just, I don't do that very good.

  • What, Ernie?

  • - Excuse me!

  • - What Ernie?

  • - Hey hey!

  • (Bert yells)

  • Did you imagine a big orange dinosaur with a long neck?

  • - I did, I did!

  • - Well here I am!

  • - Oh boy!

  • I also imagined that you liked bottle caps.

  • - Ooh, I do.

  • - Oh boy!

  • And pigeons.

  • - Oh, yeah.

  • - Well imagine that!

  • - You just did.

  • - Oh yeah.

  • (both laugh)

  • - Elmo can just imagine.

  • If Elmo had a dinosaur

  • Elmo'd walk him every day

  • So he'd get dino exercie

  • And lots and lots of dino play

  • And Elmo's give him dino food

  • Lots of tasty leaves to chew

  • Water, water he could drink

  • He could drink a lake or two

  • (Elmo laughs)

  • And Elmo'd give him bubble baths

  • To keep him dino-clean

  • With lots and lots of bubbles

  • In the biggest tub you've ever seen

  • And Elmo'd love him very much

  • And Elmo wouldn't forget

  • To hug and pet and pet and hug

  • Elmo's giant dino pet

  • (Elmo laughs)

Long before there was Hooper's store

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