Originally published at: RIP Sesame Street's Bob McGrath (1932-2022) | Boing Boing
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Bob was one of my favorite humans from Sesame Street.
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Bob’s life is what one can safely say is “a life well lived”.
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A teacher beloved by millions of small children, whose co-workers were friendly monsters. That is the way to be remembered!
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A bunch of his Japanese pop songs are on YouTube. I don’t speak Japanese, but his voice is wonderful.
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Man, Bob was a staple for me during childhood. All of them were, Maria, Gordon, Linda, Mr Hooper, I am sure I am forgetting someone…
At least he had a good long life and was a positive force for millions of kids. RIP.
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Luis, who along with Bob and Gordon were largely cut from the show in 2016. I guess there won’t be anyone explaining death to Elmo the way they explained it to Big Bird.
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LUIS! That’s right! We lost him too 
Yes, Mr Hooper, my neighbor Mable, and this kid at school who died of leukemia named Peter all happened to me at a young age and I guess sort of numbed me to death some… like “Oh, it’s just a thing that happens.”
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2 of the saddest words uttered in television
Big Bird: Just because?
Gordon: Just… because.
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i had no idea he was a star member of Sing Along With Mitch. now i’m going to pay closer attention to the thousands of those albums i see in the thrifts and at garage sales, just to look for him.
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With all the OG Sesame Street cast finally succumbing to age it feels a little like hearing Count von Count doing his thing backwards.
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lol I didn’t even know it was a tv show, just the oceans of worthless vinyl at every thrift store USA.
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And the production value was excellent.
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same, same, haha. all that aside, he was a fundamental part of my childhood, and hearing him sing “Who are the people in your neighborhood?” on the radio this morning made me deeply sad. what a guy. he was like the Mr. Rogers of Sesame Street.
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David? And I don’t remember when Susan left.
It’s before I was old enough to remember, but Raul Julia was once part of the cast. Same with Charlotte Rae. Also, when I started watching as a kid, a different actor played Gordon, and he was the second Gordon. (I didn’t see the first Gordon until I bought the DVDs for my kids.)
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This page has the recurring human characters and the seasons which used them. I overlooked that Susan got cut at the same time.
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Thx! I was sure Linda was on later than that but they might’ve reused a clip (ca. seasons 35-40).
Maybe you’re forgetting about the other Gordons. He was played by three different men. (All of whom have passed on, sadly.
I liked the one from the pilot episode who was encouraging the neighborhood kids to write their initials in wet sidewalk cement at the opening, then encourages kids to feed a wild raccoon on the sidewalk at the end of the episode. Good times!
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