Hearing him saying that, and remembering that from my childhood, truly got me choked up about 15 minutes ago, and I still am now...I don't need to ask where we went wrong, I know where we went wrong, especially me...
I love how they just talk normal, they don't dumb everything down or act all goody goody. Captain gets irritated at Moose for not trusting him with the carrots. :-) I grew up with this and loved it as a kid, am rewatching to see what went into my brain when I was 6--- I was in good hands!
So true ,me too. I went to see if they had some of these shows on and I was glad to see the captain spoke to us like people, unlike Mr. Rogers😬🙄😝. Plus I missed the opening song. 55 or more years ago !
Me too, born in 53, I think we were in great hands, good tv, good parents, we are very fortunate to have enjoyed our childhoods back then when innocence was normal ! 😁
It was because of shows like this that all the kids on our street used to make up plays and put them on for all the mothers. We had so much fun with make believe!
I was thinking the same thing about the entertainments including full on plays that we concocted as kids which we energetically rehearsed and polished in the course of rehearsals. Where did the inspiration come from?
The good Captain would probably want to be sure you understood that you meant to use the two-word "a part", and that the single-word "apart" (plus "of") means virtually the opposite, "separate from". Saying it wrong severely dishonors his memory.
Little did I know Captain Kangaroo was filmed on Long Island, NY. I'm living here now! I was born & raised in West , MI my home state of Kelloggs..which was a heavy sponsor of Capt. Kangaroo! ❤
This takes me back when I was 5 eating cinnamon toast or my favorite cereal and watching The Captain and his friends on the old Zenith tv! Great childhood memories!!
The Captain captivated me so very much when I was young. He still captivates me with some surreal humor and whacked-out displays and demonstrations as an adult!!! He was able to tap into a different kind of collective consciousness. He bridged a gap between being a kid and being an adult who could present something incredibly whacked that would still resonate with any others with an open mind! Bob Keeshan was a genius!
Ah, good memories. I would have been seven or so when this aired. I don't remember that show in particular but that's the set I remember, and the way I remember all the characters looking. My favorite bit was always when moose would dump ping pong balls on the Captain. That was the epitome of humor to a 7 year old 😄
I feel very fortunate that I got to see the Captain in person when I was six years old at the Philadelphia Academy of Music. I had an aisle seat and he came right down the aisle! I could have reached out and touched him, he was that close. Wonderful concert with him on stage with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Watched him on tv everyday.
I'm sure the 13 yr old me barely paused on this of the 3 channels!! I vividly remember the even younger me regularly watching this show....makes my heartache when I see it now....what a magical time of my life.
He said it. Be kind to each other. Share what you have to share and do remember your prayers. That's how it was in the 50's and 60s. Good manners and kindness, honoring God and country. This is how he would often end his show. This was taught to us in school and on programs like Captain Kangaroo. We used to show respect to each other and God and country. It was taught and expected, like good manners. Not any more. We are violent brutal and selfish heathens. We honor and respect nothing and no one!
Oh how I miss this😔 Can we still teach this? Yes, but it gets harder by the day. Do we give up and turn away? No we do not, We love and pass it down ,no matter what.
Agreed. I'm 62 and miss all the shows back then. They taught morals, life lessons, and to love and respect each other. And keeping God in your life. Sad times we are in these days. Keep the faith!
@@lindasimons691 The Holy Spirit of the Living God and Creator; the omnipresent, personal, omnipotent Father that Jesus of Nazareth (our friend, Savor, and best manifestation of The Father God's love) referred to...also the same God of the Prophets of old. The true and loving Holy Law bearing God who invites all to receive grace and forgiveness to leave a life of sin in exchange for the truth and life abundant in purity and goodness both here and in the next dimension/ life! No inanimate object which is created or carved by man can match the power of the Creator Lord God Almighty of Abraham.. Even the Native Americans "knew"..just knew there was a "great spirit"!
I get taken back to being 4 and my sister 2. We sat in front of the old black and white TV on the floor together after breakfast, sometimes before with toast and juice. My dad was getting ready to leave for work and he would come over to us and say "oh , you're watching your favorite show, Captain Kangaroo!" Him saying that somehow made me very happy!!
Bob Keeshan and Fred Rogers were the Alpha and Omega Gatekeepers of Childhood. Those two incredible men maintained a world where being a child was honored and never less than upheld. They were never demeaning, they never talked down to and never once displayed requirements for the child to become a miniature adult. They spent their time in UNDERSTANDING the unique gift of a child's Intellect and Sensibility while structuring their programs to specifically address and reflect each. They taught CITIZENSHIP in a child's own language and terms. They valued that much missing today quality known as FUN. Their programs created a safe world where a child was celebrated and affirmed as a unique, cherished, and equally valued human being. Creativity ruled. Imagination was endlessly coaxed and teased out; given full reign. PLAY of all sorts informed every single part. Bless these Men both, for their bravery, steadfastness and qualitatively concerned love.
These were the SIMPLE Puppets way before Sesamee St. I started watching this Show in 1963. My Mom always watched it with me as she had 3 more children.
All of this is my childhood. A bowl of hot oatmeal at my aunts house, and watching my favorite tv show Captain Kangaroo, with the dancing bear, bunny rabbit, Mr. Green Jeans, and Mr. Moose. I miss those wonderful morning times were different then.
The thing that strikes me so about this and other children's shows at this period of time was that music...MUSIC of all kinds were present and boldly featured in every aspect of story telling. Even in the cartoons of this time ...shows geared young minds and hearts to music! I'm afraid to say that now all we seem to have is a lot of yelling and booming and little if any melody or harmonics being presented to children anymore.
A classic and delightful children's show. The funny thing is, I remembered this exact episode when I watched it again just now. Everything came back to me, the music and everything else. Suddenly I was transported back to 1968, watching the Captain, Mr. Green Jeans and everyone else on my parents' then-new color TV. Wonderful.
I love how they treated us yunguns as HUMANS!! I really enjoyed this show every time I saw it. Mr. Fred TV with Tom Terrific & Mr. Bunny & Grandfather Clock & Mr. Green Jeans & Mr. Moose and so many great TV Friends!
I can't even begin to tell you how absolutely freaking fantastic this is on so many cosmic levels. Timeless Masterpiece from Bob Keeshan! Qutting with FLAIR!
Mister Moose and the ping pong balls! That was my favorite memory from Captain Kangaroo. I seem to remember these episodes being in color, though. Thanks for posting.
I had forgotten all about the key ring until now, but it was a minor fascination for me as a child. And what was it, 4-5 hrs of cartoons a week and the rest of the time was outside riding bikes, camping, and playing army.
Loved this show and still do...what a treasure ... to children and adults...learned so many things about life from this program...warns my heart to see it again 😊
@@thetreasurehouse1742 Wow! That kind of screws up the timelines of when CBS actually broadcast these episodes! It just adds more confusion to the mix. Thanks for your response, though.
The comedy team work and timing between Bob and Lumpy are just perfect here. A trombone parade, a puppets playing banjo, a tapdancing puppet, AND Mr. Moose's opera, The Tale of the Tootlebird! ("There is no King better than Cornelius!") ... just within the first 24 minutes!
I remember mostly the theme!! Also, my favorites were Dancing Bear, Mr Grandfather Clock and Mr Green jeans! My sister and I are very musical to this day and my daughter and granddaughter love ballet/dance!
Loved this, especially Bunny Rabbit! I still remember the books he read, and Fred, the little animated guy behind the wall on the left.. and the adventures of Tom Terrific..!
This show will no doubt be remembered for providing a solid grounding in surrealism unlike other shows of their era - from the trombone march that demonstrates the micro wormhole off stage to the watch that can start a rain storm to god knows what else ...
Things were very slow-paced back then (In the Tom Terrific episode, "Instant" things were justifiably villainous). I'm perceiving threads similar to that of Ernie Kovacs and Blue Man Group. Thank you for posting this!
I remember 2 episodes where, in one, a really-neat model-railroad was displayed & another showing an elaborate miniature-circus. Would love to see these again!
Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo) was one of the Mystery Guests on a color syndicated episode of WHAT'S MY LINE? five years after this posted episode. He would go on to win one of a few well-deserved Emmy Awards for Children's Programs some ten years later...
@@thetreasurehouse1742 ...too bad he wasn't on during the John Daly years. He would have been even more well received and touted, I think. When John introduced an MG, they were thoroughly introduced...
Would love to see a Thanksgiving Day episode; the one immediately prior to the start of CBS' Macy's parade coverage. The ending to the episode was marvelous with a reading by the Captain of Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Father in Heaven We Thank Thee", followed by, I believe Perry Como's Prayer of Thanksgiving song while the Thanksgiving table was being set. Wonderful memory.
@@dannymalboeuf1692 Yes, I too would love to see it again. I have been looking for this scene, played on Thanksgiving Day mornings in the earlier years (that I can remember) on the various sites like youtube or dailymotion for several years now. I figured with all the Captain Kangaroo clips out there, that this one would be among them since a number of others have commented to me in public and private how much this Thanksgiving scene meant to them growing up (as it did to me). A number of years ago, there was a yahoo group for Captain Kangaroo fans and I made many contacts with people also looking for this closing scene, but no one ever found it it seems. I read in several places that most episodes of the series were destroyed and/or lost and/or got wrote over. However, I have to believe somebody has this closing scene somewhere, and I will not stop looking for it.
@@ctranger I look every few months for this and the Christmas week episodes. I remember them doing a week of shows from Puerto Rico as well. All these were 1960s programmes. I hope by some miracle they turn up. I have to think that the son/daughter of someone who worked on the show would have at least some of these episodes...
I remember well the story of King Cornelius and Lester the Piper, even though I haven't seen it in over 50 years. It was my favorite story on Captain Kangaroo.
Mr. Green .Jeans I miss those guys. Now my grand kids & great grands are going to see some great holesome programs when I'am baby sitting. Thanks for these videos.
And Dick Tracey did it in 1931. Philip Nowland did it in the 1920s in his Captain Rogers novels. John Babbage predicted the iPod/Walkman but with wireless earbuds that looked like earrings hundreds of years ago
This was a staple of my childhood throughout the sixties. Granted, by 1968 I was in fifth and sixth grades, starting my first paper route and not watching much Captain Kangaroo, except for fun. I had also found Dark Shadows in the afternoons my then.
watched as a kid on WTEN ch. 10 in Albany, NY. On before the Captain, locally-produced Commander Ralph news show mixed with cartoons and 3 Stooges episodes. Really prepped my brain for school that day. Or not.
Sarge my Pal a huge German Shepherd Hank Williams Sr Captain Kangaroo mr Green Jeans mr moose Bunny 🐰 rabbit 🐰 dancin Bear riding my Schwinn Stingray/Speedy my Honda Z 50 and.playin Evel Knievel! Awesome AMERICA I MISS IT! I'm reliving every bit of it I humanly possibly can at 58 years old of course I play Evel Knievel with moderation now! Hahaha
Thank you so much for sharing this! The performance by Cosmo Allegretti as "that cool clown, Harley" 49:27 is very similar to one of my all-time favorite Captain Kangaroo memories. Does anyone one else remember this Harley character standing in front of the camera with his arms pointing out and some primitive special effect being used to stretch and compress his body as Bert Kaempfert's "That Happy Feeling" played? I have been trying to find that performance online for many years.
I’m sorry that so little 1960s Captain Kangaroo is ready available. (I seem to have dramatically increased what’s out there by digitizing and sharing two episodes I originally acquired on VHS in the 1980s.) I hope that a lot more survives, either at CBS or in private collections, and will resurface.
I was 4 or 5 when I was watching the captain, and there's things in this episode I kind of remember. I never realized just how weird this show was back then. And a tom terrific cartoon, dancing bear, town clown, the creepy bunny rabbit and I didn't remember the captain's weird acting, but also that it never spoke or played down to children. Watching it now it's weird, but at the same time for a kid with a short attention span it's easy to watch, not preachy or trying to overstimulate. Watching this I have to wonder if Bob was a big fan of Ernie Kovacks though..
I remember when the show switched to color and with a new open set design. I didn't like it at first but I remember within a year I had totally forgotten the old black and white version.
You know we don't even realize how much work went into all of these episodes of Captain kangaroo they were daily and sometimes 6 days a week! And he and it was quality it just wasn't something slapped on the screen. It was really good quality TV it's still good TV for adults
How wonderful that they began this show with two instrumental classics, "Puffin" Billy" by Edward White and "Lassus Trombone" by Henry Fillmore, cluing us in to the warm, friendly fun that was in store for us on that great show. Thanks for bringing this great memory back! Rest in peace, Captain and Mr. Green Jeans.
