Trash Gordon (character)

 Performers: Gordon • (Character) Roscoe Orman • (Performer)  Earliest Known Appearance: Episode 4058  Trash Gordon is a superhero character, the main character of the  science fiction adventure book  of the name title which  Oscar the Grouch  reads to his  pet   worm   Slimey  just to help him go to sleep. Introduced in Sesame Street Season 35, the segments appear at the end of every episode, & replace the older sponsor tags.

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

Starting with 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 2 episodes, The Adventures of Gina the Veterinarian replaced Trash.

Trash Gordon 's Adventures
Several of the beginning & ending sequences are reused in several episodes; thus the chapters feature random numbers that are duplicated & progress out of order.