Trash Gordon

Trash Gordon is a science fiction adventure book which Oscar reads to Slimey to help him sleep. Introduced in Sesame Street Season 35, the segments appear at the end of every episode, and replace the older sponsor tags.

"Trash Gordon" features Gordon as a parody of "Flash Gordon," who finds himself stranded on strange planets and comes up with non-combative ways of overcoming his adversaries. Each segment ends with Gordon reminding viewers of the letter of the day and the number of the day.

The Adventures of Trash Gordon is also a newspaper comic strip, as seen in the 2006 direct-to-video special Elmo's Potty Time.

During Season 38, Trash Gordon is only seen occasionally. Other times, Oscar reads Slimey a different story, which also ends with Gordon announcing the episode's sponsors. In two episodes, The Adventures of Gina the Veterinarian replaced Trash. The segment was retired in Season 39.

In the 2007 book Abby Cadabby's Rhyme Time, Oscar is reading Trash Gordon: Space Glory.

Segments

Several of the beginning and ending sequences are reused in several episodes; thus the chapters feature random numbers that are duplicated and progress out of order.

Season 35 (2004)

Adventure	Description	Appearance(s)
Planet Mud	Trash is attacked by the Muddy Mudons, until he gives them some apple pie a la mud.	Chapter 453; B, 8 Episode 4058 Chapter 269; J, 9 Episode 4066, Episode 4084
Planet Wormhole-5	Trash combats of a gang of worms by reading them to sleep from a book of his own adventures.	Chapter 648; N, 3 Episode 4059 Chapter 692; Y, 5 Episode 4098
Planet Gorgonzola	Trash's nasal passages are threatened by the Stinky Cheese Guys, whom he clears with a sneeze.	Chapter 538; D, 17 Episode 4060 Chapter 692; H, 18 Episode 4097
Planet of Rotten Bananas	Trash saves himself by taking out an Intergalactic Space Monkey, which makes the "bananas split."	Chapter 269; E, 5 Episode 4061 Chapter 692; U, 3 Episode 4077 Chapter 648; E, 5 Episode 4087
Planet Pizza	Trash is chased by a smelly pepperoni and anchovy pizza (with extra garlic), until he boxes it and sends it off to New Jersey.	Chapter 692; F, 6 Episode 4062 Chapter 648; R, 18 Episode 4074
Planet Honk	Trash is cornered by a gang of noisy Honkers. He solves the problem by hosting a Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree.	Chapter 453, T, 20 Episode 4063 Chapter 538, X, 2 Episode 4080
Planet Penguin	Trash feeds a big smelly fish to a gang of hungry penguins.	Chapter 648; A, 1 Episode 4064 Chapter 2; A, 1 Episode 4093
Planet Dinger	Trash is almost driven off a cliff by Ding the Merciless, until he whips out his hotel bell, and they both have a ding-a-long.	Chapter 538; I, 7 Episode 4065
Giant Space Chicken	Trash drives his spaceship around a giant space chicken, for no other reason than to get to the other side.	Chapter 692; K, 4 Episode 4067 Chapter 842; G, 6 Episode 4085
Planet Very Hairy	Trash brushes and combs the hair of the planet's residents.	Chapter 453; L, 11 Episode 4068, Episode 4116
Planet Chicken	Trash handles a mob of angry chickens by playing "Clucky Clucky Chicken" on a tape player.	Chapter 648; M, 12 Episode 4069
Planet Oink	Trash is bothered by a gang of oinking pigs, until he puts on his earmuffs.	Chapter 538; O, 14 Episode 4070 Chapter 453; V, 8 Episode 4078
Planet Snore-a-Lot	Trash can't get to sleep because of the snoring Snorecians. He solves the problem by playing his bugle and waking them up.	Chapter 269; H, 13 Episode 4071 Chapter 692; Z, 11 Episode 4082
Planet Dirty Laundry	The smelly dirty laundry runs away when confronted with Trash's box of laundry detergent.	Chapter 692; P, 15 Episode 4072 Chapter 648; U, 8 Episode 4092
Planet Stuck-in-the-Muck	Trash frees a duck from being stuck on a mucky rock - but then becomes stuck himself.	Chapter 453; Q, 16 Episode 4073
Planet Scram	Trash is confronted by a gang of Grouches shouting "SCRAM!" until he pulls the old snake-in-the-can trick on them.	Chapter 538; S, 19 Episode 4075 Chapter 453; S, 19 Episode 4094
Giant, Grumpy Guppy	Trash scares away a giant grumpy guppy by pretending to be a kitty cat.	Chapter 269; G, 20 Episode 4076 Chapter 538; W, 0 Episode 4104, Episode 4113
Planet Huff-and-Puff	Trash handles the wind of a Big Bad Wolf by fighting air with air.	Chapter 648; W, 5 Episode 4079 Chapter 842; K, 12 Episode 4088
Giant Cranky Monster Baby	Trash handles the baby by giving it a giant bottle.	Chapter 269; Y, 7 Episode 4081 Chapter 269; R, 10 Episode 4100

Season 36 (2005)

Adventure	Description	Appearance(s)
Planet Itch-on-Your-Back	Trash and the Itchies have an itch on their backs which they can't reach. They all cooperate by scratching each other's backs.	Chapter 241; D, 4 Episode 4083
Planet Trashpile	Trash is cornered by giant piles of trash, which he scares away with a trash can.	Chapter 269; Q, 8 Episode 4086 Chapter 453; N, 13 Episode 4105
Planet Triangle	Trash finds himself taunted by the planet's residents until playing his triangle.	Chapter 648; O, 4 Episode 4089 Chapter 538; B, 3 Episode 4096, Episode 4118
Planet of the Shoes	Trash plays music to get a pair of wingtips to dance away.	Chapter 842; T, 2 Episode 4090, Episode 4121
Planet Nothing	Trash breaks a cycle of inactivity by reading a book of his own adventures.	Chapter 2; I, 0 Episode 4091
Space Bunnies	Surrounded by Space Bunnies (all played by Benny Rabbit), Trash throws a head of cabbage, thereby dispersing the crowd.	Chapter 2; Z, 14 Episode 4095, Episode 4125
Planet Pots and Pans	Trash bangs the biggest pot tops together, persuading the Pots and Pansians to stop doing the same.	Chapter 241; P, 15 Episode 4099, Episode 4112
Planet Spaghetti	Trash distracts a pasta dish with a pair of meatballs.	Chapter 538; X, 17 Episode 4101, Episode 4126 Chapter 2; F, 11 Episode 4103
Planet of the Cakes	On the Crummy Planet of the Cakes, Trash blows out a birthday cake's candle.	Chapter 453; V, 16 Episode 4102, Episode 4133
Planet Double-Trouble	Trash Gordon comes face to face with his double.	Chapter 692; C, 2 Episode 4106, Episode 4110
Planet Surprise	Trash looks for a surprise, but gives up. Suddenly, a gang of Surprisians pop up and surprise him with a party!	Chapter 842; L, 7 Episode 4108

Season 37 (2006)

Adventure	Description	Appearance(s)
Planet Spaghetti File:TrashGordon 30.jpg	Trash fends off a meatball with a sneeze.	Chapter 453; M, 4 Episode 4109, Episode 4154 Chapter 842; S, 5 Episode 4127
Planet of the Giant Ringing Telephone	Trash conquers the phone by answering it.	Chapter 648; Q, 10 Episode 4111 Chapter 2; G, 1 Episode 4130
Planet of the Stinky Sock	Trash copes with its lone resident by taking off his own sock, forming a pair.	Chapter 269; O, 7 Episode 4114, Episode 4147 Chapter 241; E, 18 Episode 4129
Planet Upside-Down	Trash turns himself upside down to avoid frightening the Upside-Downians.	Chapter 692; H, 3 Episode 4115, Episode 4155
Planet Screechy Violins	Trash conducts the Grouches' playing with a baton.	Chapter 648; J, 9 Episode 4117
Furballs	Trash encounters a flock of furballs, which he finds are actually friendly.	Chapter 241; F, 17 Episode 4119
Planet Fairytale	Trash contacts Little Bo Peep by interstellar cell phone to bring her sheep home.	Chapter 2; I, 20 Episode 4120 Chapter 842; Y, 5 Episode 4132, Episode 4136
Planet Vacation	Trash is heroically tired and relaxes on a lawn chair.	Chapter 453; A, 13 Episode 4122 Chapter 692; R, 8 Episode 4128, Episode 4141
Planet Conga Line	Trash is unable to stop dancing ... until he changes the Conga Liners' radio station.	Chapter 648; U, 12 Episode 4123 Chapter 538; K, 19 Episode 4134, Episode 4151
Planet Booboo	Trash bandages the Booboobians' booboos.	Chapter 538; N, 6 Episode 4124
Planet Pebble In Your Shoe	Trash shakes the pebble out of his shoe, inspiring the Pebble People to do the same.	Chapter 648; D, 11 Episode 4131

External links

• Flash Gordon Wiki