Bob Keeshan

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Captain Kangaroo has passed.

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Dang... you know he always looked old even when he wasn't. Isn't that funny?

Jill

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Captain Kangaroo has passed.

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Just saw that on TV about ten seconds ago. I used to watch his show every day in my pre-kindergarten
era. But it was never as memorable as "Sesame Street." I have vivid memories of the various
characters and skits on "Sesame Street," but only vague bits of impressions of Captain Kangeroo.

Paula

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I think his show started in 1955, I was a year old. So many memories watching him growing up. I
always wonder about his age too, it seem like as far as I can remember he had white hair. Sad with
him and Fred Rogers gone now doesn't seem like there really isn't any worth while children shows
being aired.

I do believe I read "somewhere" he was in the Marines with Lee Marvin and won several medals during
WW II for bravery in action...

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PENMART01 said:

Captain Kangaroo has passed.

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Dang... you know he always looked old even when he wasn't. Isn't that funny?

Jill

Very true. In fact, I thought he died some years back...in the early 1990s.

Paula

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Captain Kangaroo has passed.

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Just saw that on TV about ten seconds ago. I used to watch his show every day in my pre-
kindergarten era. But it was never as memorable as "Sesame Street." I have vivid memories of the
various characters and skits on "Sesame Street," but only vague bits of impressions of Captain
Kangeroo.

Paula

Obviously you are younger than some of us. I remember Captain Kangaroo and Romper Room with the
magic mirror. I was a bit too old to watch such shows when Sesame Street premiered.

Jill

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I do believe I read "somewhere" he was in the Marines with Lee Marvin and won several medals during
WW II for bravery in action...

Not that it isn't true, but a quick check of the IMDB database and a quick search of Bob Keeshan
biographies shows only that he served in the U.S. Marine Reserve from 1945-1946.

Even without the medals, he's more than deserving of my respect.

Bob

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PENMART01 said:

Captain Kangaroo has passed.

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Dang... you know he always looked old even when he wasn't. Isn't that funny?

Jill

This really made me sad. This was the first kid's show I remember watching. I always liked Bun and
Mr. Greenjeans, and of course, the ping pong balls. :*(

-L.

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"PENMART01" wrote

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Captain Kangaroo has passed.

Just saw that on TV about ten seconds ago. I used to watch his show every day in my pre-
kindergarten era. But it was never as memorable as "Sesame Street." I have vivid memories of the
various characters and skits on "Sesame Street," but only vague bits of impressions of Captain
Kangeroo.

Obviously you are younger than some of us. I remember Captain Kangaroo

and

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Romper Room with the magic mirror. I was a bit too old to watch such

shows

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when Sesame Street premiered.

I was a too old for Sesame Street myself. It tough getting older. I remember Captain Kangaroo,
Romper Room (not my favorite), Major Mudd, Rex Trailer and Bozo of course. Rex Trailer was a Boston
thing, Major Mudd may have been as well.

I'm sad to hear that Captain Kangaroo is gone.

-Mike

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PaulaGarlic said:

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Captain Kangaroo has passed.

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Just saw that on TV about ten seconds ago. I used to watch his show every day in my pre-
kindergarten era. But it was never as memorable as "Sesame Street." I have vivid memories of the
various characters and skits on "Sesame Street," but only vague bits of impressions of Captain
Kangeroo.

Paula

Obviously you are younger than some of us. I remember Captain Kangaroo

and

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Romper Room with the magic mirror. I was a bit too old to watch such

shows

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when Sesame Street premiered.

Jill

Just turned 30 a few weeks ago. But I do remember a bit of Romper Room. I had a record of songs from
it. And I remember them pretty well. And the little Micky Mouse record player I had back then.

Paula

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Obviously you are younger than some of us. I remember Captain Kangaroo and Romper Room with the
magic mirror. I was a bit too old to watch such shows when Sesame Street premiered.

Ah, yes, the magic mirror. Amazing how close you'd pay attention to see if she saw "you" that
episode...and how thrilled you were when she said, "and I see Jill" (or "bob" in my case).

Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Green Jeans...

Sesame street was ok...it beat the soaps when I was home sick from school...Electric Company (out
about the same time for older kids) was pretty cool...and had some neat stuff (Tom Lehrer, former
Harvard Math Professor, turned musical comic/satirist, did some of the songs, including "Silent E"😉.

Bob

RIP Captain.

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"PENMART01" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Captain Kangaroo has passed.

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Just saw that on TV about ten seconds ago. I used to watch his show every day in my pre-
kindergarten era. But it was never as memorable as "Sesame Street." I have vivid memories of the
various characters and skits on "Sesame Street," but only vague bits of impressions of Captain
Kangeroo.

Paula

Obviously you are younger than some of us. I remember Captain Kangaroo and Romper Room with the
magic mirror. I was a bit too old to watch such shows when Sesame Street premiered.

Jill

Yeah, i distinctly remember being in first grade, and our class subscribed to "Weekly Reader", by
Scholastic. There was an article about Sesame Street in there, that's how I knew about it. Even the
teacher said we were too old for it. At 6 yrs old, mind you. I do remember watching it with my
younger neighbors, though. But always with the knowlege that "I know all that stuff already".

LOL I guess that's where it all began for me!!! :-)

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PaulaGarlic said:

"PENMART01" wrote

> Captain Kangaroo has passed.

Just saw that on TV about ten seconds ago. I used to watch his show every day in my pre-
kindergarten era. But it was never as memorable as "Sesame Street." I have vivid memories of the
various characters and skits on "Sesame Street," but only vague bits of impressions of Captain
Kangeroo.

Obviously you are younger than some of us. I remember Captain Kangaroo and Romper Room with the
magic mirror. I was a bit too old to watch such shows when Sesame Street premiered.

I was a too old for Sesame Street myself. It tough getting older. I remember Captain Kangaroo,
Romper Room (not my favorite), Major Mudd, Rex Trailer and Bozo of course. Rex Trailer was a
Boston thing, Major Mudd may have been as well.

I'm sad to hear that Captain Kangaroo is gone.

-Mike

Cheer up, Mike! We aren't getting older, we're getting better.

Jill

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PaulaGarlic said:

"PENMART01" wrote

> Captain Kangaroo has passed.

Just saw that on TV about ten seconds ago. I used to watch his show every day in my pre-
kindergarten era. But it was never as memorable as "Sesame Street." I have vivid memories of
the various characters and skits on "Sesame Street," but only vague bits of impressions of
Captain Kangeroo.

Obviously you are younger than some of us. I remember Captain Kangaroo

and

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Romper Room with the magic mirror. I was a bit too old to watch such

shows

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when Sesame Street premiered.

I was a too old for Sesame Street myself. It tough getting older. I remember Captain Kangaroo,
Romper Room (not my favorite),

Tell me magic mirror, tell me today, will all the kids have fun at play?...

Wasn't there some Fundie component to Romper Room? Or am I just confused after watching Davey and
Golliath...?

-L. (Do be a Do Bee)

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Obviously you are younger than some of us. I remember Captain Kangaroo and Romper Room with the
magic mirror. I was a bit too old to watch such shows when Sesame Street premiered.

Jill

Yeah, i distinctly remember being in first grade, and our class subscribed to "Weekly Reader", by
Scholastic. There was an article about Sesame Street in there, that's how I knew about it. Even
the teacher said we were too old for it.

What goes around comes around, I suppose. My father loved the Muppet Show (particularly the two
grumpy old men puppets at the opera). Little did he think it started out as kids TV with a frog, a
lovesick pig and a blue dude with a trash can 🙂

Jill

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Cheer up, Mike! We aren't getting older, we're getting better.

Convince my knees of that, will you?

-Mike

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I'm sad to hear that Captain Kangaroo is gone.

-Mike

Cheer up, Mike! We aren't getting older, we're getting better.

Jill

Yeah? Well, as if Captain kangaroo passing wasn't bad enough today, guess what was in my mailbox
when I got home????

AN INVITATION TO JOIN AARP!!!

Augh! First they tell you all the great benefits of membership. Then they tell you "But only if
you're 50 or older...."

And I'm wondering (Not that I want to join or anything, i don't), but isn't that age
descrimination????

What a strange day!

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Cheer up, Mike! We aren't getting older, we're getting better.

Convince my knees of that, will you?

-Mike

Yeah, she'll be on her knees.....

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Dang... you know he always looked old even when he wasn't.

That point was made during some of the retrospectives in the '80s. When he started out with the
show, he used aging make-up. As time went on, he needed less and less.

I was always entirely bored with the show, as young as age 4. Same with Mr. Rogers. Mighty Mouse was
what I needed.

Neil