CLASSIC TV - 1960s - Captain Kangaroo Show Open

Vintage classic TV kid's show Captain Kangaroo show intro open. Aired in the 1960s on CBS.

[@paulhughes1553]

I had not heard this theme music since I was a pre-schooler in the 1960s and I could still hum the tune! Very soothing, like chicken soup for the soul.

[@FancyPant1122]

I agree

[@PaulHarris-sl1ct]

I know. Hearing that oh so familiar jingle brought a smile to my face.

[@David-yw2lv]

Puffing Billy

[@hockeytown8995]

Same here.

[@TralfazConstruction]

Hearing the theme is like recalling the soothing tones of my mother's voice in my earliest memories.

[@FancyPant1122]

I agree 110%

[@charitybeau]

Every morning at 8:00. I loved the Captain, Mr. Green jeans and Bunny Rabbit. Now I appreciate the fact that he introduced me to many wonderful children's books, simply read w/o any bells and whistles, just storybook read to the kids watching. I miss him.

[@PaulHarris-sl1ct]

@@charitybeau Ping

[@AtsilKalanu]

I was born in 1956 and grew up on watching Captain Kangaroo every weekday morning. I suppose it would seem old fashioned by today's standards or even by the standards in the 1970's but it was a great show for small children. My favorites were Bunny Rabbit and Mr. Moose and Grandfather Clock.

[@secretsquirrel7300]

I was born in 59. I watched him and Romper Room in the 60s and into the early 70s even, just because I loved it. I think kids would be a lot calmer today with a little more Captain Kangaroo and Romper Room and a little less high tech garbage is on now.

[@coashddjj2]

As soon as I saw this and heard the music, I was 6 years old again, sitting in my grandmother's living room while she babysat me. I always watched this show and "Romper Room." How I wish I could go back!

[@XMLarry]

The best childrens show of all time! That theme song has and always will live in my memory

[@GH-oi2jf]

"Puffin' Billy"

[@jessemossberg8108]

We were lucky to be children when this was on, every weekday AM. So grateful to be born at the right time. 🥰

[@SwingAge22]

Watching this is like......well a slice of emotional therapy. So much childhood warmth and innocence flows through me looking at this wonderful funny looking man and listening to this theme music; and having him sweetly interact with Mr. Green Jeans and the Moose and the Grandfather Clock. I really believe these images in the formative years of childhood molds such a beautiful and durable development of children....I know we can't go back but I really wish we could recreate this level of clarity and simplicity again for our children.

[@toddcharry]

And to think how it is today is rather sickening.

[@dirkgently120]

How could leave out Bunny Rabbit?

[@suzannewillis817]

Society is messed up and broken.i don't know if it can ever be fixed.

[@suzannewillis817]

@@toddcharry I think we have gone beyond the word sickening which is really sad.

[@SuperOlds88]

Not me, I was thinking about how I could terroize my school-mates then after school take some M-80s and blow the roof off the outhouse.

[@lindamclennan8645]

Grew up on Capt.Kangaroo.A national treasure !

[@Mia7189]

I'm 55 years old and I LOVED this show as a kid.

[@lindacreesy3909]

they will never make another childrens show like this. heck, i even watched it as an adult until cbs took it off the air and it went to pbs to die.

[@margaretpatterson5823]

I'm 61 and I loved it too!

[@suzannewillis817]

I miss it.

[@brian1963110]

...and I'm 56 right now and this is the theme I grew up with when I was 5 yrs. old.

[@suzannewillis817]

@@lindacreesy3909 I agree.cbs killed it while adults who were children at one time now grown up with probably kids of their own that watched it too kept it alive because we loved it.i watched it as a kid in the m8d to late 70's at least and loved watching it even skipped school several times to watch it ,never liked school didn't care for it but captain kangaroo I cared deeply for.and CBS dropped the ball didn't care or want it anymore wanted to be like the other networks at having mourning shows of their own to get viewers and fat ratings,oh no they didn't give a crap about the true feelings of captain kangaroo fans.i can imagine how it felt when the last episode was shown all of the heartbreak and pain that happen and still are going through.for me unfortunately I was done with high school in 1991 and could not find captain kangaroo anymore and to be honest with you it really sucked I was grown up but I still cared greatly for that show as I still today.on youtube I had saw a couple of the episodes of captain kangaroo on it and I felt like a little kid taking a trip down memory lane with captain kangaroo and with other kids and even other people who were kids at one time who saw this show and to think CBS dumped this show for mourning shows and other garbage we don't watch!!!!!I mean really ?!these networks don't get it!they don't even play cartoons on Saturday mornings anymore for goodness sakes!I haven't even watched any tv on these networks for years that's how bad they all have gotten.we are better off watching dvds,youtube and even reading a book!even going for a walk to a store would be better than having to suffer through the junk they have on tv today.my point is CBS hurt all of the fans of captain kangaroo when they dumped it along with the cast of captain kangaroo and the captain himself and you can see there will never be a kiss and make up moment ever ,it's done and finish.and we all in return will hurt CBS by not watching anything they have on their networks anymore.i don't know how much of a hurting we may have been putting on them for they still have many viewers watching but we still may have been putting a big dent in their ratings and making them suffer just like they did to all of us.im thinking if captain kangaroo and the others were still here to see how bad all of the networks have gotten today I feel they would all be shaken their heads in total disgust and probably sadly crying and that to me is one of the saddest things that could ever happen to anyone like that.the networks had ruin everything with the junk they have on today and are doing a lot ruining of people in the process, changing them and they don't care .all they want is for us to watch the garbage they keep playing that is no good and ratings if that's the way it's going to be I will be no part of it,I will go to youtube and find episodes of shows of the past that I saw and watched them including captain kangaroo after all we all grow up but the kid in us all never does and I'm grateful and glad for that.

[@1952kid]

We can all connect with this,all of us were little kids watching this. Born in the 1950's. Since we last watched this, i hope all of you who shared these wonderful days have a wonderful happy life and good health. Who would have ever thought we would talk to each other on a computer or watch a precious memory like this. I was there watching this just like you.

[@sunflowernoo]

I'll never forget growing up in the 70s watching this show before went off to school everyday. I sat very close to the tv with a bowl of cereal. Wow,..What memories!

[@markcnews]

Good morning to you Captain. I remember this opening scene very well growing up in the 60"s and 70"s. I always watched the Captain before going to school and no one can replace the real captain Kangaroo. I believe at times the captain would try to hand the keys up in the treasure house during the opening and they would fall and the opening music would not turn off? Little things like this along with trying to wake up Grandfather clock really gave the captains audience a since of being there.

[@DWhytePA]

I remember this show! I statred watching it at age four (1959..I was born in March 1955) and started tinkering this tune on our old piano in 1959. My parents thought "hmm..maybe she should have piano lessons!" Thanks for the fond memories. :)

[@MrCJ-qz9dl]

My siblings and friends used to watch this when we were kids right before it was time to go to school. What good memories!

[@LovingMyJourney]

Loved the Captain and the gang. He would say, "Do remember your prayers, and always say please and thank-you!"

[@suzannewillis817]

And look what is happening today all of that is gone.we need captain kangaroo back badly.

[@IJustWantToUseMyName]

🎶There are two little magic words That can open any door with ease One little word is Thanks And the other little word is Please!🎶

[@torwald41]

Captain Kangaroo was practically the only safe haven in a disturbed cosmos of warped sixties kiddie culture. Very reassuring to see it again, thanks!!!

[@DF13939]

OMG I remember this so well and at the age 54 still remembering playing with my toys in front of the TV watching this when I was little!

[@elc1960]

Captain Kangaroo ran on CBS on weekday mornings until the mid-1970s, I believe, and they moved him to Saturdays. He left the air for a couple of years, but PBS brought him back for a few more years in the early 1980s. I watched the Captain in the early 1960s when I was a pre-schooler and loved his show. When he died, I'm not ashamed to say that I actually shed a tear. He was a part of my childhood that will never be forgotten.

[@suzannewillis817]

I think a little bit of a part of us all had died with him.captain kangaroo and his show will never be replaced.

[@singitoutloud1000]

The first episode aired October 3rd 1955, before my time, I watched it in the middle sixties, love it !!!

[@duranddavis7710]

At times I still jingle my keys like the Captain and hum this tune.

[@CaliforniaGuy888]

CBS was sooooo cool back then! I can't imagine CBS airing a show like this today.

[@terrybardy7294]

I'm 51 and I loved the Captain Kangaroo show! I especially loved the ping-pong balls falling on poor Captain Kangaroo! Sure it didn't make much sense, but that's the age when cartoons and shows like that didn't have to make sense to be good and it was clean too! I miss those days.

[@suzannewillis817]

That's the truth.the captain had a hard head.he was always a good sport.

[@emm28bee]

I loved the whimsical quality of this show as a kid. There were little oddities in that made it special.

[@teearraceewye]

YES! I LOVE IT! I always remembered THIS intro for the cap, and my OLDER brothers and sisters DIDN'T! They thought I was crazy! THANK YOU!

[@hidoll22]

I'm 43 yrs old and I loved captain kangaroo when I was a little girl. I'd get up early in the morning to watch it. I heard the theme music the other day and it took me right back to my childhood. I love memories like that :-) it make me smile and cry at the sametime.

[@maleadmirer]

Viewing this Captain Kangaroo opening on KZbin sure brings back memories when I was a kid watching this show. Thanks.

[@n2pickn]

Thanks for posting this. Haven't heard this for about 45 years. Great childhood memories here. I wish we could go back to these simpler times.

[@denny906]

Such nostalgic memories and that 50's opening theme music has always been one of my favorites.

[@johnbelvin5216]

Yes.. that theme song reminds me of my childhood. I want to go back for a day 😢.

[@ObxVaGirl]

I loved this show as a kid. Thanks for the memories!

[@TheBassgurl]

I loved Captain Kangaroo as a child of the 60s! I used to watch him every day.

[@waterpurificationproductsi7056]

This is the opening I remember as a child with the jingling keys. Always watched it.

[@Cinderella640]

this is my childhood. i watched it with my older brother and sister and our parents back in the 90's. Reruns. since i was a baby and preschooler

[@paktype]

Good ol' Bob Keeshan. People like him and Fred Rogers touched so many lives. God bless them.

[@1976REDRYDER]

Loved it when he jingled the keys and hung them up. awesome show. I remember that steam shovel book he would read a lot.

[@robertwheeler4068]

That was "Mike Mulligan And His Steam Shovel" a classic children's Golden Book a wonderful favorite of mine too!! 1😊

[@jazamies]

I'm 52 and I remember watching Captain Kangaroo with Mr. Greenjeans, Dancing Bear, Grandfather Clock, Mr. Moose and Bunny rabbit. Mr. Moose was always telling jokes and dropping ping pong balls on the Captain. I also liked the Town Clown he had on. Those were good programs you didn't mind your child watching. The Captain would read stories to us all.

[@TheShootist]

don't forget BB the sheepdog

[@cbalducc]

You don't find shows like this anymore. And that's a shame! God bless.

[@suzannewillis817]

All we have is junk.

[@Stentor7]

I used to love this show, watched it all the time in the morning. Mr. Green Jeans, Mr. Moose, it always used to crack me up when he would get Captain Kangaroo or Mr. Green Jeans with the ping pong balls, some of those were hilarious!

[@dorainmcmullin6145]

I'm 70 Brings memories when I watch this my papa frank and mama Mae sure miss them after all these years

[@ddoyle11]

Oh my gawd....does this mean I'm old? I always loved Captain Kangaroo; Mr. Green Jeans, the Moose, the Kellogs cereal commercials. My earliest memories contain the whiskers of this sweet man on the television in the wee early morning hours. It was a different world then.......

[@CAL2177]

I grew up watching Captain Kangaroo. I loved the show!

[@patricianordman6080]

I'm 78 - thanks for the memories - And my five sons thank you, too!

[@suzannewillis817]

Right now in heaven captain kangaroo would be saying thank you and your welcome.

[@suzannewillis817]

My goodness this is way before my time but I love it,captain kangaroo rules!

[@ChuChu353]

I'm 52 and I clearly remember watching the Captain when I was a child in the mid/late 60's. Wonderful memories :-D

[@delchic1]

I'm 56 and loved/love Capt Kangaroo,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,thank you for posting xo

[@mowm88]

This show was great, I can even remember some of this intro from wayyyyyy back! Thanks for putting it up.

[@pls99271]

AND WHEN HE HUNG UP THE KEYS - THE MUSIC STOPPED. I REMEMBER HIM ONCE HANGING THEM UP AND TAKING THEM OFF BACK AND FORTH TO SEE IF THE SOUND MAN COULD KEEP UP. CLASSIC BIT.

[@DennyAlbert]

One of the best television shows for kids ever! Captain Kangaroo was great :-)

[@bubbastill2040]

I was born in 1965 and as a preschooler was ENTRANCED by that multi-doored door!/RIP Captain Kangaroo-Bob Keeshan

[@OVERHERE-OVERHERE]

Brings back memories of going around the corner to the candy store,with a nickel, The candy case had three shelves, so neat and clean, The glass of the case shined,all the candies in separate trays,the owner would stand behind the showcase and wait Patiently,and Politely as you picked out the candy you wanted,somewhere two-for a penny,but mostly one for a penny, And they put your selections in a small brown paper bag, I was a fat little kid,I can’t tell you how happy and joyful I was to have that candy... Simple happiness simple times...

[@Jaydublus]

Brought to you by KELLOGGS! The best to you each morning!

[@manofmanyinterests]

This clip aired on Saturday June 17, 1967, in black and white, as the Saturday visits didn't air in color until later that year.

[@Sheerstress]

Wow! This theme song takes me back to some of my earliest memories watching this show as a young child.

[@SanFernandoJym]

This show was an island of peace, encouragement and nurturing.

[@rgasp11]

I remember the theme song. I got up early before school to watch the show. I love it when Mr. Rabbit tricks tne Captain and swipes the carrots. R.I.P., Captain.

[@alanhumphrey4198]

I liked when Mr. Moose would get the Captain to say something silly and then down come the ping pong balls!!!!!

[@brian1963110]

I remembered this when I was just 5 yrs old.... now I'm 60..just a number....😍😍😍

[@David-yw2lv]

Brings back memories of my early life.Iwatched from the time I began watch TV until I was about 8 years old.Ater I had nieces and nephews, I watched with them through the '70's when changes were made,there was a new set,costumes were different and in the middlle of the decade,even more changes were made.Lariat Sam,Tom Terrific and the black box musical interludes were removed, replaced by hygiene and health bits,and a cartoon about marine biology.Some of those segments would have been considered over a preschooler's head when I was one.

[@i-a-g-r-e-e-----f-----jo--b]

The Captain and morning cereal, those were the days. I was watching his show later but he looks older here! LOL. cool post, amazing it's around like so much other old tv is, thank you

[@chuckmarsh8964]

I'm 59 years old and I can remember all these shows.Sure wish we had something like that now.Lucky to have pbs, and disney

[@jonwilliams6900]

Hearing that theme song brought tears of joy to my eyes...

[@Rollin558]

Wow. What a memory you just gave me. It's been over 40 years since I last saw that intro. KZbin is so great. Thanks for the post, Musicom.

[@crewsgiles9499]

60 years later... That was the song that had me run to the room with the TV in the morning. I had forgotten all about the song.

[@germanboy5392]

Seeing and listening to this pulls up a deep embedded program inside my brain. A program of simplicity, curiosity and innocence. And overall feeling of well being and optimism. Totally lost now in today's society.

[@musicom67]

Yup. Just be glad you live through it all and got a taste of what will become a rarity in life. Frieden!

[@alskalsk11]

Thanks musicom for posting that opening. This brought back very nice and sentemental memories!

[@jojo0319]

I gew up in New York and watched the Captain everyday. I remember in the mid 60's he came to visit my school, he sat up on stage and all the children got to sit in his lap and meet him..

[@lakeside57]

loved the shows. i got up early on saturdays to watch. ate a bowl of cereal sittin at the tv while mom 'n dad slept in late. he had all the ads for lionel trains too. that's where i got interested in trains. live shows and sometimes you could watch things "happen" that were not scripted.

[@garyt5582]

Watched this every morning with my sister Sherri.

[@MeIancholyMan]

ohhhhhhhhh i had forgotten COMPLETELY about the door Opening Sequence... THANK YOU for posting this!!!

[@runnerduck]

Thanks for the memories..I remember watching Captain Kangaroo when I was a kid.. Sad, but they don't make children's TV shows like that anymore..

[@SallieGeee]

Great memories of a simpler time when decency and a modicum of innocence of children still existed.

[@HeatherKnechtel]

i feel like a little kid!! i remember these old ones (clearly, making me NOT a little kid). i moved around canada a lot, and i remember being so shocked to discover that a lot of people from my generation hadn't heard of him. anyone else had this experience?

[@bl3313]

In the early 60s the Detroit Symphony gave a series of children's concerts. My mother took me and my sister to them. Once Bob Keeshan appeared as Captain Kangaroo and the orchestra struck up this theme. Quite thrilling for a 7-year-old to see the man himself and hear the theme played live in Cobo Hall.

[@TVFREAKMAN]

thanks for posting this musicom67, I recently heard this theme on some TV commercial and nearly drove myself nuts trying to remeber where I heard it before, but now I know, its from thold Captain Kangaroo show I grew up with as a kid

[@deanguy66]

Loved Captain Kangaroo as a kid. I remember watching the premiere episode around 1955 or so.

[@edwardhopf2051]

I cried after watching this thinking about mom and the Captain and what a wonderful childhood I had.😢

[@jimallenkc]

Wonderful. I'd love to see the episodes when the stories were told with the artist drawing the pictures - such as Princess and the Pea. Also, remember when he read Stone Soup? I wish I could see that again.

[@emm28bee]

I'm with you. That music was very special.

[@suzannewillis817]

I can still here the music in my head,and it's a good thing.

[@LeoBurns728]

AWESOME of you to present this video, THANKS!

[@diggerdoll1]

Here in the UK , this tune is used in the Crabbie's Ginger Beer commercial. When I first heard it, I recognised it , but couldn't place the the tune. A little digging and Viola' ! I loved Captain Kangaroo when I was a kid,and who could forget Mr. Greenjeans, the dancing bear & watching Tom T. Terrific ! Those were the days.

[@PaulHarris-sl1ct]

@@diggerdoll1 mighty Manfred the wonder dog

[@captinbeyond]

I remember being dropped off at a babysitters house and being put in front of the tv as a child not old enough for school yet. I never got into this show, like I did cartoons for example, but watched it because it was the only thing on early in the morning. This show would put me to sleep or nodding out for a nap.

[@Dad4Life]

Watching the Captain was the best part of being sick and missing school back in those days

[@soseztheleadr]

This was before my time, but you are never too old to forget Captain Kangaroo. ^^

[@marilyn6979]

50's ... where it all began and wonderful:)

[@cruisinokc405]

i never missed a show unless i was sick! i loved capt roo as i called him!!!!

[@mikeeiland1]

OK, now I'M officially old here, too. When you heard this theme song between September and June, you were sick, running late, playing hooky or enjoying the Christmas break! On a school day, this was the scariest song to hear! :P

[@FashonbugWA]

I liked it so much I made sure in the summertime I was up by 8 to watch it everyday!

[@pcsbeat]

simply the best---watched it every morning!

[@skyemcleod1]

Such a sweet,funny show. Aww I want my gradkids to see this. Thankx

[@Kutil99]

I grew up on Captain Kangaroo, what a great show for kids. I'm nearly 47 now.

[@wsd101]

im 16, and the opening looked... Entertaining :)

[@LuvvyDuck]

So true. I'm in my late 40's and I'm all but starving for anything from my younger days--even the commercials. Some might seem lame by young people's standards today, of course. But part of the attraction of these old shows is, they had a certain innocence that no longer seems to exist.

[@kdgarnett]

Same here, I'm 54. Never missed an episode.

[@erniebaud]

It sure brings me back. Thank you.

[@rleary1]

I just a new 'Travelers Insurance Co.' commercial with this song and knew the whole thing by heart. I came here and sure enough it's the CK intro song. Thanks for letting me know the title of 'Puffin Billy'

[@NYVoice]

This is smokin'! And to think that Mr Keeshan lived about 15 minutes east of me on Long Island. These guys were role models and you think they're other-worldly when, in fact, they're just doing a job they love and getting lots of recognition for it.

[@snickpickle]

I was a devotee to Captain Kangaroo! I loved the theme music, and loved that cool electric train layout! In later years, they didn't operate it, and then I lost some interest...

[@calvin777100]

A time when people told you to be good and kind to people you meet and to remember your prayers. A time when television was clean and there were such things as "bad words" and manners and being respectful to adults and people with authority, with "Yes Sir" and "No Mam". When you pledged allegiance to the flag and it was ok to pray in school. When being an American meant something. Yeah its only a memory now. I SAW that world and lived in for as long as it lasted. Then it went away. If you want to see it today you have to watch the old LEAVE IT TO BEAVER shows and CAPTAIN KANGAROO from the late 50's and early 60's.

[@awb2000cdn]

+calvin777100 Even though I did not live through the 1950s and 1960s (I am 22 years old right now), I agree with almost everything you had to say in this comment. I have always felt I would be better suited to live in the 1950s, 1960s, or even the 1920s, for that matter. With a few exceptions, I can't even begin to relate to people in today's world. I would give ANYTHING to go back to one of the aforementioned time periods. I am miserable in today's world. In regard to what you said about respect, it seems like nearly everyone is just mean and nasty to each other nowadays, but that wasn't always the case. And I will add that the VAST MAJORITY of music and art I like is from the 1950s and 60s, and in some cases earlier than that.

[@SteveCarras]

+calvin777100 And Bugs and Tweety and Mickey cartoons from the war years.

[@scheis123]

Yeah, the 1950's - 1960's were great for heterosexual White men. For everyone else, not so much. It's still okay to pray in school. No one ever stopped that. The teachers just cannot lead the prayers. If you can't pray without having someone lead you, then you may not understand Jesus or His commandments.

[@TheAndroia]

My uncles were heterosexual white men and times weren't so great for THEM. Reckon why? So called white privilege did not trickle down to them. And a great many more white men. If not in exactly the 'same boat' as other minorities, they were at least in the twin boat.

[@suzannewillis817]

The junk on tv is ruining everything and everyone including the kids.i believe we could complain to the tv networks all day long about the trash they are showing on tv today and the effects it's having.those people don't care about anything or anyone they only care about money ,power and big fat ratings.i wasn't around when lassie or howdy doodle or even kukla,Fran and olie came on in the 50s or 60s but I grew up watching a lot of good shows even reruns of shows that were not on anymore but being shown in reruns only.cartoons on Saturday mornings are completely gone.kids are not kids anymore they don't go outside to play with their friends orvbrothers or sisters anymore.they sit back and are on their phones 24 hours a day.toys for them to me don't seem like toys that should be played with by kids anymore.children shows are gone ,you can't really find any of those all that much anymore.kids aren't taught any manners and are finding out the differences between right and wrong and even family time together seems dead and gone.we are all in bad shape and to repair something like this may be beyond any repair at all.its like when you slipped this far down I don't know if we have enough of a long rope to pull ourselves out of that deep hole to be brought back to the top of the surface.blame can go in a lot of directions but all I see and can say we all are in very bad shape and it is very sad to see something like this.

[@jondulars]

My father put him on TV in Indianapolis, Indiana. We were his first sponcers. I wish someone would find the cardboard chair they offered on his show. That was my dad's invention.

[@brad04970]

this Great Man Was A Marine Sergeant who earned the Navy Cross for getting his Men off the beach at Iwo jima, while wounded. A man of peace who, we watched every morning before school, and he would put a smile on our faces that would last a life time.. what more could you ask of a Man,, Thank you Capt

[@suzannewillis817]

I agree,let's give him a heartfelt salute.

[@IRISFITZGERALD101]

I could not go to school until I watched this show...LOL

[@suzannewillis817]

I remember there were times i had skipped school to watch this.one:I did not like school and who does!?and two:I like my captain kangaroo and had no interest in school! You can see I was not ashamed to skip school so I can watch my show.we sure could use this show to come back on today,tv needs it .