Now I feel old again, and sad, too. Thank you Matt, for helping this little kid learn more about others and life.

Matt Robinson, who played the first "Gordon" on Sesame Street, died this week of Parkinson's at 65. CNN obit notice

As a child, I had noticed the change from Gordon I to Gordon II on the show. Although it wasn't quite a Derwood Stevens kind of a switch, a la Bewitched, it still wasn't handled as well as some of the other cast changes that would later be made on Sesame Street.

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