‘Sesame Street”s Plea to Internet: ‘Help Us Find the Original Gordon!’

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Long ago, when "Sesame Street" filmed its first pilot, it used the actor to the right in the role of Gordon. And now they can't find him (or even his name!) From their official Tumblr yesterday (I'm including the entire plea, because it's important!):

"Sesame Street's debuted 42 years ago today. But like most other TV shows, we had a test pilot. We created it in the summer of 1969, just a few months before the first episode aired. The actor who played Gordon on the show...was replaced by an actor named Matt Robinson (who, by the way, is Holly Robinson Peete's father).

Two years ago, we put together a huge anthology of our then-40 year history… and realized that we do not know who played Gordon in the test pilot. We've asked everyone we could think of — actors, actresses, and puppeteers who have been on the show since its inception; Sesame Workshop's founder, Joan Ganz Cooney; and of course, dug through seemingly endless boxes of documents and photos.

Any clue would be great, even if it's seemingly esoteric or mundane. You can email it to us at wheresgordon@sesameworkshop.org with any clues."

Finding Gordon would be an amazing thing for the internet to do! Please be a good internet citizen and study this video of Gordon and some of the original beta versions of the gang and let them know if you know who Gordon is. We can do this, internet!

Also, "Sesame Street" would like to remind you that today is brought to you by the number 11.