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...
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?
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 ! 😁
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.
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"!
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!
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.
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.
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 😄
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.
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!!
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 😊
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.
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!
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! ❤
I remember these days well and I've yearned for them for many years still wearing my cowboy hats and Boots I remember wearing Farrah fawcett t-shirts riding in the back of pickup trucks and then that old fiberglass body dune buggy with daddy with no seat belts! American Red Wings American buck knives everything else was American too back then..... I miss drinking Dixie beer and America I'm reliving every moment of it I humanly possibly can in 2022! Hahaha!
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.
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!
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.
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..!
@@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.
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.
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 ...
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!
My father always watched Captain Kangaroo over the Today Show when he’d go on business trips because Grandfather Clock always kept real time. The Today show back then had a clock with only a minute hand.
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...
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
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.
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 2 episodes where, in one, a really-neat model-railroad was displayed & another showing an elaborate miniature-circus. Would love to see these again!
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.
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..
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.
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.
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!
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.
It's interesting that CBS broadcast in black and white for years, after the rca/nbc electronic color television system was chosen by the factory, over CBS 's electromechanical system of color television system. The fcc chose rca's system because, monochrome recievers could pick up color broadcast television signals in black and white. Therefore, CBS broadcast solely in monochrome until other companies were able to produce electronic color television cameras and related broadcast equipment. In fact, William paley ordered that the rca logo be removed from all CBS broadcast equipment.
And CBS did not buy any RCA equipment after that. When the Broadcast center was outfitted for Color in the 60s, Norelco cameras were bought. Gates made the audio mixing equipment and all the microphones were Electrovoice or Shure. I am told when Jackie Gleason wanted to build his own studio in Miami Beach CBS would not buy him RCA cameras. So his engineers bought spare parts from RCA and assembled the cameras in their own metal cases. It turns out RCA farmed out their manufacturing and much of the parts of their cameras were made by sub-contractors and Gleason bought the modules and assemblies from the subs.
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.
Kangaroo went to color in 1967...this looks a bit early for 1968....more like the resolution in 1964. Maybe not though....maybe it was just captured on a still monochrome local station. I'll look at the last panel and see if there's a date
It's a film made of a TV Screen of a videotape. Around 5:00 you can see some black horizontal stripes that come and go on the left of the screen...thats noise from the video tape playback. We're lucky to have even this to see as they would record over the old shows with new ones until the tape wore out. Only the audio was saved long term. Those recordings might be in the Paley Museum collection or if not in one of the many places CBS stores stuff.
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.
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.
“Be kind to each other, share what you have to share, and do remember your prayers”. A more simpler time back then
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 was 10 in 68 it was not a easier or simpler time
@@willmack5909 Don’t beat yourself up. You can’t be all bad if you’re here. Btw choked me up to. Peace
@@johnplong3644 amen brother
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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?
Yea it was. I was a fan of this show.
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!
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 ! 😁
I'm Glad Mr.Captain Kangaroo 🦘 was apart of my Childhood memories of the 1960s and 1970s. Thank you Sir..RIP
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.
Yes. Captain Kangaroo did help mom raise the kids. Sweet, innocent, fun & educational. Thank you Captain Kangaroo.
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!
God? Who's?
@@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"!
@@lindasimons691 There's only 1
It's weird I watched going up. I am now 66 and still have the theme song in my head. I loved this show growing.
me too
he had to update the opening and music during the 70s...but the original opening was perfect for a morning show
Watching this as a kid, when I was sick and didn't go to school and during the times school was closed and during break.
I probably watched this episode the first time it was ever on! Yep, I'm an old geezer. :) But I used to LOVE Captain Kangaroo as a kid.
I remember as a little boy loving and identifying with Bunny Rabbit because he was so quiet just like me.
me too , very shy & quiet
I had a bunny rabbit of my own when I was little back in those days and like dancing bear too
Yeah......but I hate carrots!
My favorite and at 60 I still have a stuffed likeness of bunny.
Missing an eye, no fur and red thread where I did surgery on him lol
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!!
We had a Philco tv!
same here But my Dad worked at Kellogs so we never dot any cereal except Kellogs
Wow, 1968. I'm 4 years old at my grandmother's house playing with my cousins again with this coming on while eating our Kellog's multi pack cereal.
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!
Yes I agree he is great. I'm watching him now in morn
Now I understand why I ended up with so many problems. I forgot all about this
CK music was a huge influence on me becoming a musician. All the songs throughout that series took me.
he provided educational entertainment without acting ridiculous (Pee Wee's playhouse, was stupid)
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.
Ha. I met the broad from romper room at newberrys
Loved Watching Captain Kangaroo every morning!!
And no second takes. It went out live. We were riveted to every second. I am 63.
All the episodes were prerecorded, beginning sometime in 1962.
52 years later, I still love every minute. Part of who I am. Thank you!
I am very much with you...
Omgness. This is wonderful. I have been transported to childhood without a care in the world.
i agree
When they moved out of the Treasure House and into the cramped el-cheapo 1970's set with a different theme, it was never the same again.
I love seeing this again. So sweet, so simple. No fast cutting, no special effects, no 'we're gonna teach you this today.'
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.
I remembered pretending to be sick, so I can stay home from school and watch Captain Kangaroo. I only did that once, though:)
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.
And there is one episode of MisterRogers where the Captain visits.
@@manidig Ahhh, Thank You!
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 😄
We were all in on the joke & saw it coming. Simply hilarious.
As a kid, I looked forward to watching captain kangaroo, every morning!
My favorite memory is the puppet singing “ if you’d like to swing on star, carry moonbeams home in a jar…. On a swing. I still think about that
I must have been five or six when I saw this. What a different world that was. It is so sad how the world turned out.
I loved the Captain Kangaroo show as a child, great memories of life
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.
They were much better I think!!
@@emilywhitfield2780 Times were definitely much better then 💕
Did you know that Bob Keeshan(Captain Kangaroo) played Clarabell the Clown on The Howdy Doody Show before hosting the Captain Kangaroo Show?🙂🐻
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!!
That’s such a sweet memory. 🌝🦋🌝
I was 5 years old at the time. Loved watching the Captain!
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 😊
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.
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 loved the Captain, and all the Misters - Green Jeans, Bunny and Mr. Moose! Captain Kangaroo never talked down to us. I remember this episode.
Bunny Rabbit… you enigmatic trickster. What secrets are you keeping?
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!
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! ❤
i ENJOYED THIS SO MUCH AS A KID.. WATCHING GROWN ADULTS ACTING LIKE CHILDREN MY AGE..
Absolutely!
I remember these days well and I've yearned for them for many years still wearing my cowboy hats and Boots I remember wearing Farrah fawcett t-shirts riding in the back of pickup trucks and then that old fiberglass body dune buggy with daddy with no seat belts! American Red Wings American buck knives everything else was American too back then..... I miss drinking Dixie beer and America I'm reliving every moment of it I humanly possibly can in 2022! Hahaha!
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.
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 was 7 years old. I found myself hanging onto any bit of the past
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 was about 6 in 1968 so I definitely was watching.
Lol I heartily agree that this was a big part of my growing up.
Bob keeshan was one of those people that you knew in the first 5 minutes of meeting him that he was a classy good person
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..!
And Curious George
I had NO IDEA that Dancing Bear could play the Trombone!!! How did I miss that? This looks MUCH, MUCH older than 1968!
This episode aired on Saturday, July 27, 1968. Some segments previously aired during earlier episodes.
@@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.
@@bandfromtheband9445 Anytime. I have several kinescopes of the series and moderate the Facebook group Captain Kangaroo's Treasure House Memories.
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.
Remember with the treasure house key ring, the music would keep playing until the key ring was properly hung up on its hook at the end of the desk....
I used to pretend the measuring spoons in the kitchen were Captain Kangaroo's keys as a kid.
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 ...
Mr. Green Jeans has one heck of a smart watch!
I use to love this show, when I was a kid. It sure brings back a lotta fond memories. 😊
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!
RARE Indeed. No Computer Generated stuff. Camera Tricks and Animation instead. Captain played with Impermanence of Object.
no offense but i dont think you understand that cgi is animation
@@rykaro69 You know, you're right.
very very nice. innocence in the 60's.
The Capt., Mr. Green Jeans, Mr. Moose and Bunny Rabbit were my best friends for many years.♥️
My father always watched Captain Kangaroo over the Today Show when he’d go on business trips because Grandfather Clock always kept real time. The Today show back then had a clock with only a minute hand.
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...
He was on WML in 1969, 1972, 73 and 74.
@@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...
I loved watching every day also.
Wow when this originally aired I was 5 I remember watching Captain Kangaroo every weekday morning
Mr. Green Jeans predicted the Apple iwatch in 1968!!!
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
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 never watched it but now I like it after hearing the history. It was a good show.
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.
I remember it well. Would love to see it again...
@@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...
@@dannymalboeuf1692 Not much exists. The tapes were reused, and just a few episodes remain intact.
Awww we need this again, we need it.
"Smokin' cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo/Now don't tell me/I've nothin' to do."
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!
The trains you saw during the episodes were owned by Bob Keeshan.
@@thetreasurehouse1742 Lucky fellow!
I always watched "Captain Kangaroo" in the 1960s.
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.
Mine was Gwendolyn the Miracle Hen!
Stone Soup was a favorite of mine (and a great life lesson).Also Mike Mulligan And His Steam Shovel a favorite!
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..
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.
"Smokin' cigarettes and watchin' Captain Kangaroo
Now don't tell me, I've nothin' to do"
I haven't seen this since I was a kid!
I miss these days.
I love how Puffin’ Billy gives way to Lassus Trombone in the beginning of this.
I know the titles of all the si3ngs here, except the one for The Town Clown. Do you know the title of that song?
Agree,Bob Keeshan was a genius as was Fred Rogers
Lee Marvin, the actor, said that Captain Kangaroo was the bravest man he ever saw. They fought on the islands in the Pacific in WWII.
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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.
Love Dark Shadows!!!
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 was sitting in front of the TV and watching this in 1968. Thanks for posting.
I loved watching this when young as a kid. I am watching this morn right now
Good memories from my childhood ❤
2022...Hey kids lets go to a drag show..We need more innocent shows like this for children!!
I loved the Tom Terrific cartoons
Mr.green jeans, dancing bear and bunny rabbit.😍
I can remember watch him in the late fifties and always enjoyed the program
My 4 year old butt was probably planted on the couch watching this while my mom did her morning chores when this aired. I loved the captain.
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.
It's interesting that CBS broadcast in black and white for years, after the rca/nbc electronic color television system was chosen by the factory, over CBS 's electromechanical system of color television system. The fcc chose rca's system because, monochrome recievers could pick up color broadcast television signals in black and white. Therefore, CBS broadcast solely in monochrome until other companies were able to produce electronic color television cameras and related broadcast equipment. In fact, William paley ordered that the rca logo be removed from all CBS broadcast equipment.
And CBS did not buy any RCA equipment after that. When the Broadcast center was outfitted for Color in the 60s, Norelco cameras were bought. Gates made the audio mixing equipment and all the microphones were Electrovoice or Shure. I am told when Jackie Gleason wanted to build his own studio in Miami Beach CBS would not buy him RCA cameras. So his engineers bought spare parts from RCA and assembled the cameras in their own metal cases. It turns out RCA farmed out their manufacturing and much of the parts of their cameras were made by sub-contractors and Gleason bought the modules and assemblies from the subs.
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.
Kangaroo went to color in 1967...this looks a bit early for 1968....more like the resolution in 1964. Maybe not though....maybe it was just captured on a still monochrome local station.
I'll look at the last panel and see if there's a date
It's a kinescope (B&W filmed copy) of a videotape. That's why it looks grainy.
It's a film made of a TV Screen of a videotape. Around 5:00 you can see some black horizontal stripes that come and go on the left of the screen...thats noise from the video tape playback. We're lucky to have even this to see as they would record over the old shows with new ones until the tape wore out. Only the audio was saved long term. Those recordings might be in the Paley Museum collection or if not in one of the many places CBS stores stuff.
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.
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
Oh man, I looooooved the town clown! Back then, I didn't realize that was also Keeshan.
I came here because I always wondered what it was that the Statler Brothers watched after counting flowers. Wow! They really did have nothing to do!
My favorite was always Train Day!
Me too!
Captain Kangaroo beats the various versions of the CBS morning News over the years .
I’m 5 all over again sat with wide eyes in front of our black and white tv waiting for moose , rabbit , Mr green jean’s those were the days
I was 19 in 68 I watched it in the fifties on Saturday morning
I remember that "Don't Fence Me Out" PSA! It was the first time I heard the melody of "Don't Fence Me In".
I do too.
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.
My childhood ❤