Talk: Gordon

Gordon #4

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)

A Muppet Central forum post [1] , so take the claim with a grain of salt. -- Brad D. (talk) 06:02, 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)

So wait, what Williams book? — Scott (talk) 03:34, 23 September 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)