who played the first gordon on sesame street
Matt Robinson (actor) Matthew Thomas Robinson Jr. (January 1, 1937 – August 5, 2002) was an American actor, writer and television producer. Robinson was the first actor to portray the character of Gordon Robinson on the long–running PBS children's TV program Sesame Street. When Sesame Street began in 1969, not only did Robinson play Gordon, but he also provided the voice of the puppet Roosevelt Franklin and also was one of the show's producers. He left the show in 1971. In later years, when producers needed a last name for the Gordon character, then played by Hal Miller and then Roscoe Orman, they used Matt's last name.
Oscar the Grouch The initial puppet, built by staff builder John Lovelady,[citation needed] was yellow, but since there was already a very large yellow character named Big Bird (also puppeteered by Spinney), they decided to change Oscar to orange. Oscar remained orange only for the first season of Sesame Street and then changed to green which became his permanent color. This was explained within the show by a visit to Swamp Mushy Muddy.[4]:59