Bob Keeshan TV's Captain Kangaroo

[@vtorialyn]

Captain Kangaroo was a huge part of my childhood. I miss how simple things were then.

[@thedbcooperforum]

Big time....

[@bigroy38]

Him,& Mr.Rogers.

[@chench4117]

@@bigroy38 Bob Keeshan was a narrator in the CBS Storybreak Series wasn't he.

[@Planktontwo]

Bob Keeshan was such a sincere nice man. Loved his show growing up.

[@misterspock3561]

Here is his theme song. Enjoy. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIjcaGaLjseBqNU

[@eiforget]

Bob Keeshan provided an invaluable service to children everywhere. He was a treasure. ❤️

[@fridfreak]

I loved that show and can still hear the theme song in my head. Best show of my childhood. Thank You Captain for the memories.

[@misterspock3561]

Here is his theme song. Enjoy... kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIjcaGaLjseBqNU

[@jobarrett3339]

I saw his first show. I was a year old. I thought of The Captain as a third parent. I continue to love him and what he stood for. He had a lot to do with me becoming an educator.

[@JHMDEUCE]

I was four. I remember it so clearly. It was a show for us kids.

[@tomasinacovell4293]

+Jo Barrett Do you remember anything else that well from that age?

[@zuzuspetals9281]

Only my Granddaddy. I was a little older because we didn't have a tv until JFK died, but the Cpt. was part of our childhood from then on.

[@richardranke7878]

When Captain Kangaroo first came on I was almost 1,but I don't think I discovered his show until I was 3.

[@roytee3127]

I didn't see the first show, but my sister did. I came home from Second Grade and my younger sister said there was a new show on television. Something about a farmer with green jeans.

[@earlsreid4130]

Born in 1957, grew up watching the captain in the early 60's. Then, as a photojournalist in 1986, got an assignment to photograph him during a children's library speech he gave in our area. I'm waiting at the bottom of a side stairway for him to approach the stage when I hear footsteps coming down the stairs behind me. I glance back and it's HIM! All by himself with is notes. My mouth drops open like”do you know who you are?” Type of look, but we started to chat, I tried to recite all the characters from his show and when I got stuck on Tom Terrific, he says “Now come one, you can do it.” I nearly peed myself. He was a genuinely nice person. My only regret from our encounter is I did not get a picture of us together.

[@sherrywilliams6271]

They had such good, wholesome kid/ family shows back then. A lot of great memories!

[@cardlink62]

I grew up in the 60's watching the Captain and Mister Green Jeans. Very fond memories.

[@DA0470]

Bob Keeshan should be in The Television Academy Hall Of Fame. RIP Captain.

[@garryjoseph1804]

God bless the soul of this stellar gentleman.

[@fundamentos3439]

What a great guy ! He brings back such pleasant memories.

[@johnnaeistewart8173]

This was one of my Favorite childhood shows. "Loved it'' R.I.P BOB.

[@WSenator1]

Before there was the wonderful Mr. Rogers, there was his equally wonderful "father," Captain Kangaroo (Bob Keeshan). LOVED his show when I was in elementary school!!

[@CreepysFan]

I grew up with Captain Kangaroo, and I have this book. Great memories, I miss Bob Keeshan.

[@roostero]

Anybody remember how Grandfather Clock was always falling asleep and had to be woken by the Captain?

[@Toadydo]

roostero 1,2,3 Grandfather.

[@roostero]

Toadyoh you obviously remember lol

[@jamming8519]

OMG! I totally forgot about that until you mentioned i!

[@douglasghiz1287]

1,2,3

[@deltabilly1]

His voice is so calming

[@drc97086]

At Christmas time I really remember the Captain. He was so genuine with a childs imagination. Too Cool:)

[@Irelandgal]

He was so kind and funny!! My brothers and I were on his show❤

[@richardjoubert8471]

it was a great show,there were many wonderful shows back in the 60s,a wonderful time to be a kid

[@rjwalker6677]

I remember watching him on TV before I started grade school, before kindergarten even. So that would have been 1962, when I was 4 years old. It is the only show I can remember watching at that age. I think I watched it every day for a year or so. I remember the farmer guy too. So it has fond memories for me.

[@bd18packer]

The Captain was the best. I miss him. Thanks for all the years of quality children's television, Bob. God Bless You.

[@gregmiller9710]

wonderful man....wonderful show wonderful memories...

[@jeffcrompton2767]

Miss you captain. Loved this show.

[@dovespaligrino8312]

I watched this show all the time. I just wish we could go back to that time..♥️

[@davidjohnston1461]

HUGE PART OF ME WITH HIM ON TV THANK YOU FOR THIS CAPTIN I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU

[@Edward-uz4do]

As a kid I loved this guy! Plus Mr. Green jeans, bunny e. Rabbit, mr.moose, dancing bear. I never missed it

[@kertmustapha2367]

May God Bless his sole, what great memories.

[@richardranke7878]

Bob Keeshan was dedicated to his show-and this would please even oldsters like me!:-)

[@jessiemorris5330]

I LOVED THE CAPTAIN KANGAROO SHOW !! GREAT SHOW !! FROM FIRST OF 1960 S I REMEMBER WATCHING HIM !!

[@onewinglow55]

I miss him. American hero.

[@suzannewillis817]

We all do .there will never be anther captain kangaroo.

[@timirish2563]

He was the first (and only) adult to read to me from a book.

[@tomwiseman4737]

Great show!

[@lorrainevallee6145]

I love that show as a child

[@bama1usaf]

We miss you Captain

[@ronaldkrurk3424]

Trebor Seveer we sure do

[@kevinsandlin843]

Thank you for your show. I watched it every morning.

[@huntingthekaiser6490]

"Yesterday's children"--a great thought. I was one of those. Watching the Captain before walking to school aided digestion.

[@ImaFnT-Rex]

Always tried fitting in watching that show every time back then :D

[@MP-ej9pw]

The Captain helped develop my love for reading. The stories I have strongest memories of are Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, Curious George and Harry the Dirty Dog.

[@bobbillings]

Is it just me or does Bob look way better, hip and younger here in 1996 than he did when his show ended in 1984, years earlier. Miss you Captain

[@SuperColonel91]

He lost weight it looks like

[@clarapalmer5118]

He had lots of make up on to look the part he said. He said he was 28 when the show started.

[@csc68]

....I just LOVE Captain Kangaroo, Bob Keeshan is the last of the Mahicans....thank for every single memory Captain!

[@countinmecrow2252]

always love you Captain!

[@MrJacMac1968]

I grew up with him all through the 1970's(born in 1968).He did a 3 day special during the Bicenntenial during July 1976.I also remember the moon song showing a film of the lunar module in lunar orbit

[@clarapalmer5118]

I remember the book readings. Ping was my favorite!

[@jeffsmith2022]

Well done,Captain...

[@davidmeyers6884]

I see the garbage my grandsons watch today and feel blessed to have grown up with the Captain

[@maxxmann1972]

I remember this show. I liked Mr. Green Jeans..... I had a pair too....

[@angelamagruder5911]

This used to be my favourite in the 60s,I am definitely go out and buy the book,my brother and I loved the show along with the bozo show. Thank you for a fun entertaining show. Be blessed.

[@myrac2011]

I remember watching Captain Kangaroo in the late 1960s. Looking back, this show never insulted the intelligence of children. It was fun and gentle.

[@raulbarnett7092]

I remember Bob Keeshan hosting Storybreak, RIP Bob Keeshan.

[@gmc07joe]

Capt. Kangaroo a great American icon.

[@suzannewillis817]

I own that book!it is awesome.we need captain kangaroo back. This interview should had been longer.i wish this tape was in better shape.

[@jeffhale2278]

Did you catch, when he mentioned Mr. Moose, how he flinched and looked up, as if expecting the ping pong balls to come raining down? These were my best friends in my preschool years, 67 - 69.

[@davidgrillo9928]

Loved the captain

[@misterspock3561]

I meet the Captain at that borders bookstore in Levittown NY just like he said. What a sweet and gentle man!! Rest In Peace Captain! You will always be remembered!! If anybody wants to hear the original music to his show, here it is. As long as you tube keeps it up. Enjoy, again.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIjcaGaLjseBqNU

[@brokenrecord3523]

I never watched CK, a bit young, but just watched a show, he hasn't changed a bit.😀

[@GH-oi2jf]

That's because he had the foresight to make the Captain an older character when he started as a young nan.

[@brokenrecord3523]

@@GH-oi2jf Kind of like Emperor Palpatine

[@notthatyouasked6656]

One of my very few celebrity encounters was with Bob Keeshan. My family and I were staying at a hotel while visiting my sister, who was in college. The hotel was 2 stories, and the second story had a staircase that provided direct access to the parking lot. I was about 10 at the time, going down those stairs, and Bob Keeshan came down behind me, going down the stairs as fast as he could, nearly knocking me down. I assume he was in a hurry to get to an engagement of some time. I did grab hold of the stair railing and didn't fall, but my mother was a bit upset that this large man never saw her little boy and kept going. It was only as he was going by that we realized it was Captain Kangaroo himself.

[@reneespells2121]

Good morning Captain!

[@moproducer]

The last time I saw Bob Keeshan was in 1997, when he appeared as the Wizard in the St. Louis Muny Opera production of "The Wizard of Oz". The production itself was as amateur as a high school play, but Keeshan alone made the whole experience worthwhile. You couldn't have cast a better wizard.

[@musicom67]

4:38 - Who also doesn't miss Border's Books in Levittown?

[@kathleenbrown7202]

I miss Captain Kangaroo it really brought bad a lot and memories miss you

[@sharkyfish3492]

OMG... Adjust the VHS Tracking please (lol)

[@thelugoffgamecock792]

Lee Marvin said The Captain had Brass Balls. Hero if there's ever been one.

[@ngc-fo5te]

Not true. That is an urban legend.

[@MrCRYSTAL1017]

I Miss Him Also!

[@joecomer8275]

There was another show that Bob Keeshan created for CBS that seldom gets mentioned anymore, probably because it was short-lived. Does anyone remember "Mr. Mayor". Keeshan was the title character and as I remember it had a variety of regular characters as well.

[@thetreasurehouse1742]

JoCo Comer : I own the suit that Bob Keeshan wore in the role of 'Mister Mayor', along with some original publicity photos. Feel free to join the 'Mr.Mayor' page on Facebook, which I moderate.

[@joecomer8275]

TheTreasureHouse Thanks so much for the offer. Will look it up!!!

[@richardranke7878]

I've got many memories of Mr.Mayor on Saturday morning.That was where Keeshan first did the Town Clown(I think).I remember Miss Melissa,Auntie Maude,Dennis,Rollo the Hippopotamus-and boy do I remember the other skit The Homans,a crazy mixed-up family. I wish sometime I could get an old Mister Mayor show here on You Tube,as I got old Capt.Kangaroo shows.

[@LoloKanosAdventures]

He said he was going to start a new capt. kangaroo in 1996. Where can I find this?

[@davidplummer2473]

They WERE going to bring the show back, had a bunch of affiliates lined up, but ICM had the rights to "Captain Kangaroo" and wouldn't allow it for reasons unknown. Thanks for NOTHING, ICM...

[@suzannewillis817]

Icm was as stupid as CBS was,Bob knew what he was doing to have a great kids show on tv.but the networks prefer to show everyone of us nothing but junk now.

[@duranddavis7710]

❤❤❤❤

[@sharkyfish3492]

Bob Keeshan for President of the USA in 2020. Make the Capt Great again. Men like this shaped our minds, hearts and souls as children

[@suzannewillis817]

That would had been nice.mr. moose could be vp!but I don't think Bob would had been interested in being the presidential many crooks in Washington. And they would not be able to control him.i think he would be doing a lot to help the country and its people including the kids. He would get rid of the junk we have on tv today and put the right programs back on like they should be.its a nice thought though.

[@douglasghiz1287]

R.I.P. Bob Keeshan

[@browesr1]

He played lead guitar for Ozzie Osbourne back in the day.

[@StukInBuf]

At the time he died, it was noted that he taped two different programs each day... one for the Eastern viewers, and the 2nd for Midwesterners.

[@nikradik]

Wow 30 yrs

[@DakariKingMykan]

*Sighs* Who are we gonna drop Ping-Pong balls on now?

[@suzannewillis817]

Is mr.moose near by!?

[@Guitcad1]

"We lost Lumpy [Mr. Green Jeans], but most everybody else is around" No mention of Debbie Weems.

[@LynxSouth]

There were many people who were on for a few years here or there whom he didn't mention by name. I watched Captain Kangaroo in the 1960s, so I didn't even know who you were talking about.

[@terencebrady4990]

This was the day after John Johnson and Michele Marsh were unexpectedly fired from Channel 2

[@browningautomatic2393]

COOL VIDEO ! SATURDAY 8/19/23 AUGUST 19, 2023

[@LonnieRush2112]

Wow, he did this interview after his wife had died in February if the same year.

[@karinrieck843]

There has been a long-believed rumor that Bob Keeshan was with actor Lee Marvin fighting in WWIIat Iwo Jima. Lee Marvin made that up. Bob Keeshan enlisted when he turned 18 in 1945. WWII was ending in 1945, which may have been a blessing in disguise for this actor, since he never had to face combat. We would have lost another great man without ever knowing what he could do for children. He would never have played Clarabelle from Howdy Doody or Captain Kangaroo. Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo) Was a Fraud - KZbin

[@adam1984-p9j]

clean

[@SummerRain368]

“The American Family needs this type of programming” Bob Keeshan Captain Kangaroo. DO WE EVER NEED IT NOW! 2023! Please bring back the sanity of letting children be children.

[@blazette]

It seems very weird that the news staff "massacre" happened the night before this clip.

[@NeluThat70sKid]

FUN BOOK, GREAT MEMORIES. Too bad such shows like CK are so few and far between--never really cared for Sesame Street--too lame and predictable. Oh well, at least the Captain and his crew had WAY more action, MORE comedy, MORE variety but also VERY clean cut, politically incorrect but nothing at all nasty or vulgar. Ah, how I miss the 70's, whether it was educational (CK, CBS Children's Film Festival, Schoolhouse Rock) or network (Banana Splits, Krofft Supershow, Scooby-Doo). Such good times ;-)

[@harrykuheim6107]

A lost Time....

[@NeluThat70sKid]

Also, why did she mention about the New Captain Kangaroo Show at 2:46 without even mentioning that it was being produced by Saban Entertainment, the same people behind Power Rangers? If my memory serves me, I think they had at first invited Bob to offer his input, but then they had later kicked him out. From what I once read on his take on Saban (and I quote) "They could do a fine program, but I don't know. It's just that I've never seen them do a quality program."

[@rentslave]

Schiff is way better.

[@NeluThat70sKid]

WOW, leave it to Saban to trash an American institution (the New CK Show only lasted just ONE season) while the rest of America just goes about Power Rangers that "It's all just a perfect natural part of growing up."

[@deborahhafer5346]

I was 3 yrs old when this show started. Remember the story Stone Soup? Never forgot his great stories. I'm now 71 yrs old.🫤

[@c.c.hiliner1065]

TRAIN DAY AT THE TREASURE HOUSE! MY FAVORITE!