Captain Kangaroo has died

He's only 76? He seemed so old back when I watched him as a child. Of course, as I remember it the only part of the show I really liked was when he play with the train. Seems like it was squared oval with a separate single track through the center. A trolley car ran back and forth on the single straight track. All three rail O-gauge stuff, which even as a child (1st grade) thought was rather primitive (both the layout and the three rail track). At the time, I think I was rating layouts in "number of turnouts".

The Captain was "old" when I was young, ummmm, some time ago. He was heavily made up.

Peter King in NY

over 40? He was on longer than that. I watched him when I was a kid and I'm only 33.

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Ditto that. My wife and I are 34 and remember him as well.

Paul

I'm 31...fondly remeber the Captain. I'm all bummed now. :(

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The newspaper said he starated as the Captian in 1955 when he was 28!

I'm 41 and he always seemed old to me. Good make up!

Regards,

DAve

Paul-News wrote:

How many people remember BEFORE "Captain Kangaroo"?

His first role on TV was as Clarabelle the clown on "Howdy Doody"

Don

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Don, I guess that's the difference between someone who was young "some time ago", and someone who was young "QUITE some time ago". ;-)

Peter King in NY

I too barely remember him as Clarabelle. Of course I didn't know it was him back then. My earliest childhood TV show was 'Ding Dong School'. The host was Miss Francis.

BTW- I have one of the original Mr. Bunny Rabbit puppets. My mother got it by mail order. I think a cereal company sold them.

How awful! She should have shopped at your LBS! (Local bunny shop.)

;-)

Peter King in NY

"Trainman"

Who they hell was Captain Kangaroo anyway?

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Of interest to the over 40 crowd in the USA. Roger If you aren't from the USA you aren't expected to know. It's an item of local interest. Bob Keeshan was something of an icon in the USA. There are many who shall mourn his passing.

.............F>

Grandfather Clock, GA

Well, Roger, either you are still a kid or your folks never had a TV set.

Bob Keeshan, Captain Kangaroo, had a kids TV show on CBS from 1955-1985 and then for 7 years on PBS.

I thought the train layouts were changed over the years. Does anyone know if Classic Toy Trains or O Gauge Railroading ever covered them? I know I'd wait for months just to catch a glimpse of those trains!

Jim

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Long forgotten until now,

I remember spending several years eagerly awaiting the day I would be old enough to attend 1st grade, until.... that day finally arrived and it dawned on me that attending school would mean missing the second half of Captain Kangaroo.

Who remembers what regular segments of the show I would be missing?

Froggy wrote: : Bob Keeshan was something of an icon in the USA. : There are many who shall mourn his passing.

Including me ); I watched the captain every morning for a few years as a kid in the early-to-mid 1960s. It remains my favorite children's show... I can still vividly remember the clever sketches and intriguing film shorts he showed (anyone remember the goonie birds? or the backwards alphabet? or M.A.double-S-A-C-H-U-S-E-double-T-S?). But mostly it was Keeshan's ability to be kind and relate to kids without seeming to be condescending or syrupy. He was educational and promoted kindness, yet he still managed to remain fun and, well, "cool" in the process.

Scott

Or the Captain just never sailed over the border...

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