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"Captain Kangaroo" (1955)
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3 October 1955 (USA)
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Daily children's program hosted by Captain Kangaroo. full summary
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Captain
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Moose
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Green Jeans
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Bunny Rabbit
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Awards:
Nominated for 6 Primetime Emmys.
Another 8 wins
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18 nominations
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Depp Denies Basing Wonka on Jackson
(From WENN. 19 July 2005)
Bob "Captain Kangaroo" Keeshan Dies at 76
(From WENN. 23 January 2004)
(From WENN. 19 July 2005)
Bob "Captain Kangaroo" Keeshan Dies at 76
(From WENN. 23 January 2004)
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(Series Cast Summary - 1 of 11)| Robert Keeshan | ... | Captain Kangaroo (39 episodes, 1955-1984) |
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30 min (1981-1982 and 1984) | 45 min (1957-1961) | 60 min (1955-1957, 1961-1981, 1982-1984)
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This was US network television's longest running children's series, until surpassed in 1999 by PBS's "Sesame Street" (1969). It is still the longest running children's series on US commercial television.
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Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Reese Witherspoon/Alicia Keys (#27.1)" (2001)
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If you were a child during the 50's,60's,and 70's,and part of the early 80's there was one show in particular that had children waking up before going to school at 8:00am to catch the continuing escapades of the Captain,Mister Moose(my all time favorite),Bunny Rabbit,and of course good ole Mr. GreenJeans.
What can I say about Captain Kangaroo? I was one of those kids that caught one the episodes before heading off to school and in the process humming the theme song along the way. Arguably,it will be one of the best children shows of all-time and it was one of the best shows ever! By the way,who can remember Mr. Moose playing tricks on the Captain with a batch of ping-pong balls,and Grandfather Clock,and everyone participating with The Dancing Bear,and those short cartoons they used to have....
In the world of what's on TV today that destroys kids' minds and their ideas of creativity,wouldn't be really nice if they brought back the Captain to take us into a magical land where we can relive our fantasies and our wildest dreams to come true.
It would be really nice. Kudos to the father of children's TV for making my childhood a magical place and putting a special place in my heart----Here's to you---Mr. Bob Keeshan!!!! For allowing us and millions of children into your homes each morning!
This was a show that ran for an impressive five decades on television. CBS ran "Captain Kangaroo" from 1955 until 1984. Then the show went into public television from 1984 until 1990,ending an impressive run on children's television. However,after the sudden death of actor Bob Keeshan,they(the producers) decided to bring out a new version of "Captain Kangaroo"(with the same lovable characters and a new actor in the Bob Keeshan who didn't have his heart into it like the original) that was on CBS for one season(on Saturday Mornings),and the next season went into syndication.