Which "Gordon" is the best one?

[wwfpooh]

Indeed. Kids need to taught about death & other gruesome aspects of life nowadays, because--IMO--they're babied too much.

Take for example the transformation scene in Pinnochio, because the lesson it brought still rings true: You act like a jackarse (i.e. you are a jerk & you do immoral things) and you'll become a jackarse (i.e. your life goes downhill, considering you lose what matters: family, friends, a future, etc.).

Or better yet, the scene in Fun & Fancy Free's Mickey and the Beanstalk segment in which Donald--in his hunger-filled & depraved state of mind--becomes scary beyond normal Donald standards (he's eating plates, threatening to kill Bossy the Cow, and treating Mickey poorly just because the Mouse was tricked...but for good reason, that being to save Happy Valley).

 

[Drtooth]

Might I just pop in and say I miss Trash Gordon terribly? now that we have a new Flash Gordon series, I guess people would get the joke now... people under the age of 50 who haven't actually heard of Flash Grodon until now, that is...

 

[FrogInTheGlen]

I didn't even know until a few years ago that anyone other than Roscoe Orman had played Gordon, so he'd be my pick!

 

[wwfpooh]

Might I just pop in and say I miss Trash Gordon terribly? now that we have a new Flash Gordon series, I guess people would get the joke now... people under the age of 50 who haven't actually heard of Flash Grodon until now, that is...

So Gordon parodies his "Flash" counterpart? Funny.

 

[ISNorden]

I didn't even know until a few years ago that anyone other than Roscoe Orman had played Gordon, so he'd be my pick!

Agreed; I may have seen the episodes with Matt Robinson when I was one or two years old, but that's pretty young to remember a stranger's face (let alone his acting). When I finally saw "Hair Gordon" in recordings from the earliest seasons, I thought he looked just as strange as some of the Muppets did back then.

 

[ISNorden]

Might I just pop in and say I miss Trash Gordon terribly? now that we have a new Flash Gordon series, I guess people would get the joke now... people under the age of 50 who haven't actually heard of Flash Gordon until now, that is...

Some of the Trash Gordon segments were funny in a way; but when he took over ALL sponsor announcements for a season or two, Sesame Street became that much more predictable. I miss Gordon announcing the end of the show as himself, the way he and other characters did in the beginning. Now that Season 39 has the cast doing just that, I hope Gordon gets picked to do the honors for one episode!

 

[Ilikemuppets]

Some of the Trash Gordon segments were funny in a way; but when he took over ALL sponsor announcements for a season or two, Sesame Street became that much more predictable. I miss Gordon announcing the end of the show as himself, the way he and other characters did in the beginning. Now that Season 39 has the cast doing just that, I hope Gordon gets picked to do the honors for one episode!

He did in the first episode of the season.

 

[wwfpooh]

I just hope that more than just a select handful get to do sponsor bits.

 

[Son of Enik]

I was always partial to Roscoe Orman myself, not to mention that I've met him personally. (I posted that elsewhere in here some time ago.) As far as the humans go on SS, I wish they would showcase Bob and Susan more...they're the originals. I like some of the newer people on The Street, but I guess I'm "old school" too, (pardon the pun)

 

[ISNorden]

He did in the first episode of the season.

Oooops...it's been so long since the premiere that I forgot. Boy, do I feel dumb!