Trash Gordon

 Trash   Gordon  is a science fiction adventure book  which  OSCAR THE GROUCH  reads to  his   pet   WORM   SLIMEY  to help  him  sleep. Introduced in  SESAME STREET  Season 35, the segments appear at the end of  every  episode , & replace t he older sponsor tag s.

"  TRASH  Gordon  " features Gordon as a  parody  of " Flash Gordon ", who find s  himself  strand ed on strange planets & comes up with non - combative ways of overcoming  his  adversaries. Each segment end s with Gordon remind ing 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 sponsor s. In 2 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  i s reading  TRASH   Gordon  :   Space   Glory .

TRASH Gordon  ' s Adventure s
Several of the beginning & ending sequences are reused in several episode s ; thus the chapter s feature random number s that are duplicate d & progress out of order.