Draw a Crocodile with Capt. Bob

[@the8thgable]

Thank you for posting this. Loved watching Capt Bob as a kid. Brings back great memories.

[@SundanceWolf]

So sad that I can hardly find anything on him. I used to get up at like 5:30am on Saturday mornings to watch his drawing show!

[@dongeonmaster8547]

A lost treasure. Thanks for sharing this video. I loved watching this as a kid.

[@christopherjudge1138]

Capt. Bob Cottle, the greatest sailor/artist of local Boston children's TV!

[@rosgarthefrog4172]

I am now a serious artist because of this man, please post more of these if you have them.

[@thealfrombostonshow3628]

Nostalgia brought me here

[@rubylove2891]

THANK YOU for posting this! one of my earliest memories was watching Capt. Bob!

[@jehugo66]

This show for me is Martha’s Vineyard Memories of the early 1970s where I and my brothers grew up, and where I first got my drawing lessons as a kid back in the early 70s. It was called “The Nature World of Captain Bob” but everyone always called it “Drawing with Captain Bob.” This show was on early mornings before school @6:00 AM on Channel 56 out of Boston where the show originated. Each episode you’d learn to draw a new animal of some type-mammals, birds fish, reptiles, insects, etc. Captain Bob had such a soothing way about him for kids. He was the Bob Ross of Children’s Television. I’d get up early to sit in front of the TV with my paper and pencil. When I’d get to school I’d compare my drawing with those of the other two Artist/friends of mine in my grade at Tisbury School, Peter Hatt and Jeffrey Sayer who were both excellent drawers and would watch at their houses. Incidentally, this show absolutely influenced the creators of “Spongebob Squarepants” with the theme music and nautical scenery. Anyhow, I was always amazed by Captain Bob and how he methodically created a cool picture that I too could make in less than 20 minutes, and always with some Education on Nature. II was having Crab Bisque tonight and was reminded of this show. Thanks for uploading. 👨‍✈️ ⛵️

[@JetScreamer_YT]

That was wonderful. I did not know about SpongeBob! I used to do the same thing. My drawing were as awful as today. I would remember the facts. He is a good soul. Relaxing, and kind. I had an abusive childhood. But, this was a time I could feel some peace.

[@lightmarker3146]

Wonderful memories of Capt. Bob you have . He was a comfortable person to watch and so relatable for children.

[@CriticalThinker08]

growing up south of boston was truly a blessing and i'm forever grateful for the lessons of my youth. Capt. Bob and other local programming on WGBH helped me learn many life lessons that parents sometimes didn't have time or the patience and skills to teach

[@Longisland95]

I used to love getting up early on Saturdays in the 70s and putting in the Captain Bob show and drawing the pictures he would show you how to draw.

[@misterwalker]

My Captain! This guy changed my LIFE. Please post more if you have them! THANK YOU!

[@jimbriggs8648]

Drawing with Cpt.Bob as a small child is why I draw and paint and 47yrs old!. We need more!

[@wickedcoolname399]

Thanks for posting! I grew up drawing along with the good Captain.

[@willv947]

I used to love this show as a kid- so happy to find it again.

[@jmulk77]

Early Saturday morning flashbacks, thank you for posting this.

[@jmv68]

Thanks for posting this! Such a wonderful show. Wish I still had some of the drawings I did along with Capt Bob as a kid.

[@an3ony]

Used to watch his show and Tennessee Tuxedo before school

[@halnewman6809]

Fantastic! I heard a while back that the original broadcast tapes were destroyed, but hopefully that wasnt the case. Its terrific to see any of these episodes. Wish I had recorded a bunch of these when I had the chance, thanks for posting!

[@PraxisPrepper]

Even if they weren't destroyed, being this old would make them difficult to run through a machine anymore as the plastic tape becomes brittle with the years. I remember this show very fondly as well!

[@petermork902]

Old tapes can still run well, if you took care of them. The bigger problem is tracking them down, when few thought they were worth preserving. And don't think that attitude has changed.

[@npxmnpxm]

Such a special show, I remember it fondly.

[@bambooseragardenista8329]

I loved Capt. Bob, with Casper and Jasper! What a great storyteller he was.

[@akaredcrossbow]

We need more of these! I have been searching for years. All I remembered was part of the intro with the house, dock and water. I couldn’t remember what show it was! I thought it was on PBS Sunday mornings. I also remember the intro to have choppy water and looked very green. Does anyone know if the intro had changed at some point? Thank You! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@pebey]

There were three Capt. Bob shows that I know of. The first was on weekday afternoons, on WHDH in Boston. He did some drawing lessons, and other features. It took place on a dock like the one seen in the opening here. "Mr. Answer"was a box with a face on it. Questions from the kids would be plunked in a slot on top, and he would come alive and answer them. There were also serial adventures featuring his characters Jasper and Gramps, that Bob would draw on a pad and narrate. Later he was host of a nationally-broadcast Saturday show, which alternated Jasper segments with Ruff and Reddy cartoons. Finally there's "The Nature World of Capt. Bob". Back then, WCVB did a lot of original programming for kids - no longer.

[@TheWillzy]

Thanks! I used to wake up as a small boy really early in the morning and watch this show. He taught me how to draw, and I loved it. I still have all the drawings I did from his shows. I've been searching for these to share with me nephew, somebody out there has to have all his episodes!

[@jehugo66]

TheWillzy that’s awesome you still have your drawings!

[@VanirTraditionalist]

The show I remember was on WCVB Channel 5, early Sunday mornings right after station sign on (5:30 or so.) Late 70s - early 80s. The announcer would open with “From the islands of Maine…” He was born and raised in Brockton, around the same age as my grandfather, so there’s a chance they knew each other growing up.

[@jehugo66]

Love that “Bahston” accent!

[@pebey]

Good news, Capt Bob watchers! An archive of his Nature World programs has been saved, and some are watchable online. Look for the titles with a little camera next to them - then get out your pencils and crayons and get drawing! collection.oldfilm.org/Search/Works?search=%22captain+bob%22

[@burtcolk]

WOW! Fantastic! Can't thank you enough for this link. It brings me such happiness to know that these are preserved.

[@DearAnnabelleLecter]

THANK YOU! This guy made me as an artist - I owe it all to Saturday mornings with this lovely guy.

[@bankdude78]

This video should have 5 million views instead of 500.

[@lightmarker3146]

Loved the Captain. Meet you at the drawing board .

[@JetScreamer_YT]

Time warp. Some of the earliest memories I have. Also, Jabberwocky and Davey and Goliath!

[@CriticalThinker08]

Davey and Goliath were the best. Good moral lessons without being too pushy about it.

[@bretttompkins9896]

Too bad they are all politically incorrect now. What has the left done to this country??? I used to love these shows too.! Hard to believe Otis the "drunk" voiced Davey and Goliath!! God bless the United States, we need all the help we can get.

[@JetScreamer_YT]

@@bretttompkins9896 I'll take one for the team if it means more equality for everyone. I love Dukes of Hazzard, but the General Lee isn't worth holding back Humanity.

[@MetaMarcy21]

David and Goliath!

[@JetScreamer_YT]

@@MetaMarcy21 Noooo, the stop animation TV show was called Davey and Goliath

[@Apollocreed2076]

I miss Captain Bob

[@SkyKing1717]

I was actually on the Captain Bob Show as a child. As I recall... it was filmed on a Thursday afternoon and then shown on TV the following Sunday at 7a.m. I think there were 4 or 5 other kids besides myself on the show and we would compete for prizes. I won a prize (paint by numbers kit) for making the biggest chewing gum bubble. It was a learning experience seeing how they made a TV show. . As I was leaving the studio with my mother, they were filming the Bozo the Clown show in the next studio. Someone from that show asked my mother if I would like to be on that show too, and so I ended up being on the Bozo the Clown show. Sadly, the Bozo show was live, so I never got to see myself on TV. 😋

[@PraxisPrepper]

Thanks for sharing this! I used to love this show!

[@carolraposa5274]

This brings back such good memories. I loved this show and loved to draw. Please do more of these!

[@pebey]

I will if I can find them. Unfortunately I never labeled my VHS tapes. (In case you didn't see it, there's a pair of "Draw a Cat" videos too.)

[@thomasharlan7356]

Well, scuttle my uppers! I loved watching Captain Bob and drawing along with him. And at the end of each episode, he'd say, "Be careful!"

[@gothamsmiles6711]

Do you have more of these? I remember drawing a dinosaur as a kid. Capt. Bob was my favorite of course. Wasn’t as much into Bob Ross. Thanks for posting this

[@pebey]

There's a "Draw a Cat" installment as well.

[@neuf350z3]

I’m an artist today thanks to his inspiration! I LOVED this show!

[@colinhalliley111]

If kids had these shows that we did. We were blessed.

[@jmulk77]

Jesus 80s mass memories

[@JudyArroyo-uo4sg]

I recall getting up super early to watch Captain Bob

[@hang3xc1]

Used to watch this as a kid with my pencils and papers, trying to keep up. No rewind or pause back then. He came on around 6 am, either right before or right after 'Davey and Goliath' religious claymation show. These days I am way more an Oral Moral fan

[@RoachDoggggJR]

This guy is my Bob Ross. I grew up drawing along with this show on VHS

[@Mark-zu6oz]

His place must have been in the same neighborhood as The Blue Whale, the bar from "Dark Shadows."

[@pebey]

Yeah, I believe Capt. Bob was a regular there. Whether he knew Barnabas Collins I can't say.

[@Mark-zu6oz]

@@pebey LOL

[@Yapostadodat]

The Bob Ross of New England before anyone local heard of Bob Ross. The best thing to watch on Saturday mornings in New England in the 70's before the cartoons came on.

[@lestersabados1306]

My good friend was related to captain Bob. He came to Beverly ma schools a few times

[@stephenpanzini9697]

That’s why they made the big pink pearle eraser. Never came out like his

[@lam533]

waking up 6 am on saturday to the giant color wheel on the screen! then he showed up and out came my pencil and paper!

[@bcastromusic]

Saturday morning at 6am? He’d come back from commercial and you would say wtf mine doesn’t look like that ;) one of my first memories. And wasn’t there a show called “Baba Papa” or something like that right after?

[@coinstarchris9473]

Yes I remember the barbapapas! They could change themselves into any shape they wanted!

[@johndii2194]

I was waiting to see my sketch, what happened.

[@pebey]

Got erased - sorry.

[@JetScreamer_YT]

No worries on kids art. We sucked, lol. He still loved our effort. Is this Beta? Amazing condition!

[@petermork902]

VHS

[@CamdenRazon]

Anyone in 2024 ?😊

[@rachellandry3116]

I woke up early to draw with Bob. I was convinced he had magic crayons cuz I couldnt get those line down with my crayolas the way he did!