SOME OF YA'LL MIGHT WANNA ACT ALL HARD LIKE YOU DIDN'T GROW UP OFF THIS

[SLOWPOKE]

Bob Keeshan's show ran for 30 yearsMSNBC
Updated: 12:32 p.m. ET Jan. 23, 2004Bob Keeshan, known to generations of children as TV personality Captain Kangaroo, has died at 76, ABC News has reported.



The "Captain Kangaroo" show began its 30-year run in 1955. Characters included the Captain himself and pals Mister Green Jeans, Mister Moose and Bunny Rabbit. A favorite sketch involved Mister Moose dropping ping-pong balls on the Captain's head.

According to the Internet Movie Database, "Captain Kangaroo" won six Emmys and three Peabody Awards.

Keeshan was the author of numerous books, including "Growing Up Happy: Captain Kangaroo Tells Yesterday's Children How To Nurture Their Own" and "Good Morning Captain: 50 Wonderful Years With Bob Keeshan: Tv's Captain Kangaroo."

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R.I.P

 

[Gold Deez]

R.I.P.



I never really watched him...

 

[Nightbreed]

damn i thought he was already dead.

r.i.p

 

[Dana Dane]

RIP Captain Kangaroo!!!

 

[DVS ONE]

naw it was Mr Rogers that died last year R.I.P. to the child icons....

 

[RAVAGE]

that was before my time + if I was born back then I wouldent watch that shit cuz im too cool, shit when I was young Mr Rogers was tearing apart the neghbor hoods. If Mr Rogers and that Captain Kangaroo guy ever cossed pathes Rogers woulda torn him a new ass hole. :dead:

 

[stressfacta]

never heard of it

 

[sav-man]

never heard of it

That's cool. For those who don't know, here's some background:

CAPTAIN KANGAROO was a weekday morning kid's show (7 to 8) on CBS. Capt. Kangaroo was played by BOB KEESHAN, who was like a more "worldly" Mr. Rogers. The show had characters like Mr. Green Jeans (a farmer who talked about animals), Dennis (a goofy painter who always fucked his jobs up), Debbie Weems (the token female), and puppets like Mr. Moose (who always dropped ping-pong balls on Capt. Kangaroo's head. LOL!), Bunny Rabbit, and Dancing Bear. On each episode, the Capt. would go on some kind of adventure (i.e.,toy store, supermarket, western ranch, Marine Land, etc.) or try to solve some "problem" at his house. Also, BILL COSBY had a segment that debuted on CK: "PICTURE PAGES." The emphasis on CK was mainly on "feelings"-type lessons (i.e., how to treat people, etc.) like Mr. Rogers used to do, but not as laid-back and slightly more commercialized.

CAPTAIN KANGAROO ran on CBS from 1955 up until about 1982--CBS (and the other networks) wanted to devote more time to the hourly news shows (i.e. TODAY, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, CBS MORNING NEWS, etc) that we see everyday, and so CK got the axe from CBS. Bill Cosby's PICTURE PAGES segments were later re-run on Nickelodeon.

Keeshan did film some more CK episodes which were shown on PBS from 1983 up to about 1990/91, but they weren't the same as the CBS version--most of the characters from the original were dead or retired, and most of the songs/skits were pointless.

Up until his death, Keeshan often did speaking/lecture tours, where he talked about the need for children's TV to be as balanced as possible in presenting different issues relevant to kids, etc.

PEACE!