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Apparently the 1968 test pilot (seen in Sesame Street Biography on the History Channel) had another person playing Gordon before Matt Robinson. Is this true? Who is it? -- Brad D. (talk) 05:26, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
- Where'd you hear? And which parts in the 68 test pilot show up in Biography? I can check it out. — Scott (talk) 05:36, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
- Are you talking about the clip where Gordon says that Dance is another D word? I always thought that was Hal Miller. --Minor muppetz 15:41, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Gordon's parents?
Are these Gordon's parents? I know in episode 4061 (season 35), Carl Gordon appeared as "Mr. Robinson", but I didn't think that they had appeared before then. -- Zanimum 14:56, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- No, that's the late Ossie Davis and his wife Ruby Dee. Whether they even appeared on the series (though Davis provided narration for a video sketch) or just for the publicity photo, as pioneering black actors/activists, is unclear. Gordon's father did appear in earlier seasons, played by a different actor. -- Andrew Leal (talk) 18:39, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Last Name
Sesame Street Unpaved tells a different story about Gordon's last name. It says this: "Gordon and Susan never had last names until baby Miles came along. When they adopted Miles, they needed a last name for the adoption certificate. That's when they selected "Robinson", in honor of Matt Robinson, the first Gordon on the show."--Alex (talk) 19:20, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- True, but to be frank, I'm more likely to accept Orman's version, inasmuch as he actually plays the role, in contrast to a writer hired to cover the series in a glossy and useful but not wholly infallible coffee table book. If you care to list the alternate explanation, though, feel free to add it. I like to think that at some point, we'll have info on both the episodes mentioned, and can thus fully determine which came first. -- Andrew Leal (talk) 19:18, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- Was this in his auto-biography, or somewhere else that he said this? -- Zanimum 17:36, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- The source is already cited on the page. The Williams book. -- Andrew Leal (talk) 21:28, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- Was this in his auto-biography, or somewhere else that he said this? -- Zanimum 17:36, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- I meant Lance. The one cited on this page. '"Written Out of Television. That's all. -- Andrew Leal (talk) 03:52, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
- I recently read a post at Muppet Central from somebody who remembers Gina's first appearance being one where she was one of Gordon's students. It was said that she came to Sesame Street looking for him for some reason, and asking everybody if they had seen Mr. Robinson, but they only knew him as Gordon, and didn't know who she was talking about. This could be proof, but of course that's a fans memory, and no episode number was cited. But that would definately be before 1991. --Minor muppetz 16:30, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah. Orman's memory might also have failed him, but the quote in Written Out of Television, which uses "around" as a qualifier, is the best source we have, until we actually uncover the specific episode. -- Andrew Leal (talk) 20:21, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Teaching level
I know Gordon is a science teacher, but which grade level? Is it elementary school, is it middle school, or, is it high school? Glickmam 08:37, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
- I'd rule out elementary school based on two things: (1) Gina (who began as a teenager on the show) was one of his students; and (2) the classroom that Telly visits includes some chemistry equipment that no grade-school teacher would let kids use. -- Ingeborg 20:20, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
