Fantastic Day

"**Fantastic Day**" was a song performed by Moose and Zee once Noggin signed on every day at 6am. It debuted with the two new mascots/hosts on April 7, 2003, and when Noggin became Nick Jr. in 2009, it continued to air (albeit with Nick Jr.'s name instead of Noggin's, and a few lyrics changed) as late as February 29, 2012. In the song, Moose sings about what we'll do today and how great it will be.

## Lyrics

Note 1: Lyrics in *italics* are spoken
Note 2: Lyrics in **bold** are said by the birds/humans when they tell Moose to wake up

*Moose (spoken): Are you ready?*

*Kids: Ready!*
 Moose: *Are you ready, Zee?* (Zee winks "Yes")
*Great! Follow me!*

(singing) We're gonna climb some trees!
Buzz with the bees!
Squeeze through a hole!
With ants and a mole!

We're gonna paint and scribble!
And splash and dribble!
What you got there, Zee?
Uh, it's a picture of me!

It's gonna be a fantastic day! (Let's play!)
Everybody shout "Hooray!" (Hooray!)
**(Noggin version):** I'm using my Noggin today! (Oh yeah!)
**(Nick Jr. version):** There's only one thing to say! (Oh yeah!)
**(Noggin version)**: I'm using my Noggin today!
**(Nick Jr. version)**: My favorite day is, well, today!

We're gonna count to ten!
And back to one again!
Watch the number zoom!
All around the room!

The alphabet is here!
From A to Z!
Want to meet them all?
Just follow me!

It's gonna be a fantastic day! (Let's play!)
Everybody shout "Hooray!" (Hooray!)
**(Noggin version):** I'm using my Noggin today! (Oh yeah!)
**(Nick Jr. version):** There's only one thing to say! (Oh yeah!)
**(Noggin version)**: I'm using my Noggin today!
**(Nick Jr. version)**: My favorite day is today!

*(spoken) Well, we're all here together!*
*There's you, and there's me,*
*And over there is Zee!*
*Hey, Zee! Isn't this great? Zee?*
(winks "Yes!")
*Moose: I love to see you so excited, Zee!*
*I'm getting a little sleepy. Just a little.*
(Moose falls asleep, and then the birds turn into humans)
***Kids: Wake up, wake up! WAKE UP!*** (Another WAKE UP is said in the Nick Jr. version, but not the Noggin version)
Moose: (wakes up) *What? OH!*

(singing) It's gonna be a fantastic day! (Let's play!)
Everybody shout "Hooray!" (Hooray!)
**(Noggin version):** I'm using my Noggin today! (Oh yeah!)
**(Nick Jr. version):** There's only one thing to say! (Oh yeah!)
**(Noggin version)**: I'm using my Noggin today!
**(Nick Jr. version)**: My favorite day is today!

**(Noggin version)**: I'm using my Noggin today!
**(Nick Jr. version)**: My favorite day is today!

## Differences in the Nick Jr. version

* The orange background in the beginning is slightly darker.
* Moose walks right to the hole instead of running, and he jumps right in it instead of stopping before jumping in.
* The Mole in the hole jumps between facing Moose and facing the right edge of the screen instead of facing the right edge the entire time.
* Moose jumps to the art room instead of walking there.
* Moose's art hat shrinks.
* Moose's feeling when he saw the picture of himself changes.
* The background changes from the art room to the vehicles by itself, rather than Moose walking over.
* Each "I'm using my noggin today!" becomes "My favorite day is today!" since Noggin is gone.
* The sound of the apples zooming around the room changes.
* Moose says "Z!" immediately after "From A to" instead of slight gap.
* Moose's paper boat hat disappears before he throws the telescope offscreen
* All the birds come in individually instead of all at the time.
* Zee's eyes are still fully open when Moose goes to sleep
* "Wake up!" was heard 4 times instead of 3.
* All the humans walk away at different times rather than the same time.
* The Blue Giraffe is running instead of jumping onto the screen
* The Pink Lion skips onto the screen instead of jumping onto the screen
* The Purple Elephant walks instead of running
* In the Noggin version, The ending had Moose grew branches out of his antlers, but in the Nick Jr. version, he had a flower umbrella and threw it offscreen once the rain stopped.
* Moose appears with the logo instead of Zee.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JED4MVXmq0c