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 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 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  is reading  Trash   Gordon  : Space Glory .

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.