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[minor muppetz]

wonder what made him think SS wouldn't be big? I mean with any TV show you never know how popualer it will be or how long it will last and I'm sure Cooney & Company planned to continue as long as there was an audience for it.

If I had a show, I wouldn't want it to be on the air for too long. Not as long as Sesame Street (or even The Simpsons) has been on for. If I had my own animated series, I'd want it to be on for 3-5 years, and if I had a live-action show, I'd only want it to be on for 5-7 years.

Many television shows end production while they are still popular because the producers don't want to end it just because people get tired of it. Shows like The Muppet Show, I Love Lucy, The Andy Griffith Show, The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart, Seinfield, and Friends all ended while they were still successful.

 

[Daffyfan4ever]

No, I meant Roscoe Orman. The bald Gordon we all know and love. He won the part over Robert "Benson" Guillaume, starting with the 1974-1975 season.

I read it in an interview with Roscoe Orman.

Oh, I thought someone mentioned before that Guillame starred as Gordon in the unaired pilot before Matt Robinson took over. I guess I was mistaken there.