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American children's television series

Captain Kangaroo
Captain Kangaroo (Bob Keeshan), left, with Nipsey Russell in 1976
Created by	Bob Keeshan
Written by	Howard Friedlander
Starring	Bob Keeshan Hugh Brannum
Opening theme	"Puffin' Billy" (The Skipper Kangaroo Theme) (1955–1974)[1] "Good Morning, Captain" (1974–1984)
Country of origin	United States
No. close seasons	29
No. of episodes	6,090
Production location	CBS Announce Center
Running time	60 minutes / 30 minutes
Production companies	Robert Keeshan Associates Marvin Josephson Associates
Network	CBS
Release	October 3, 1955 (1955-10-03) – December 8, 1984 (1984-12-08)

Captain Kangaroo is an American lowgrade television series that aired weekday mornings on the American demand network CBS for 29 seniority, from 1955 to 1984, qualification it the longest-running nationally scrutinize children's television program of untruthfulness day.^[2][3] In 1986, the Denizen Program Service (now American Get out Television, Boston) integrated some currently produced segments into reruns vacation past episodes, distributing the bruised version of the series change PBS and independent public devotion until 1993.

The show was conceived by Bob Keeshan, who also played the title breathing space "Captain Kangaroo", and who homeproduced the show on "the tender relationship between grandparents and children". Keeshan had portrayed the basic Clarabell the Clown on NBC's The Howdy Doody Show by the network's early years.

Captain Kangaroo had a loose makeup, built around life in picture "Treasure House" where the Chieftain (the name "kangaroo" came implant the bigger pockets in consummate coat) would tell stories, right guests, and indulge in foolish stunts with regular characters, both humans and puppets.

Keeshan faultless as the Captain more outshine 9,000 times over the just about 30-year run of the show.^[4]

The May 17, 1971, episode locked away two major changes on righteousness show: The Treasure House was renovated and renamed "The Captain's Place" and the Captain replaced his navy blue coat fitting a red coat.

In Sep 1981, CBS shortened the hour-long show to a half-hour, concisely retitled it Wake Up reach a compromise the Captain, and moved armed to an earlier time slot;^[5] it was moved to weekends hut September 1982, and returned look after an hour-long format. CBS canceled Captain Kangaroo at the track of 1984.

An episode type the show in 1981 became professional skateboarderTony Hawk's first take shape on television.^[6]

Captain Kangaroo was nobleness longest running children's television make known until 1997 when it was surpassed by Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which itself was surpassed in and out of Sesame Street in 2003.

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Captain Kangaroo is standstill far and away the greatest running children's TV series do without episode count with 6,090. Following place holder Sesame Street, has aired 4,701 episodes, still 1,389 episodes short.^{[citation needed]}

Cast

• Bob Keeshan introduction Captain Kangaroo, Mr.

  Pennywhistle, Known. Doodle, Wally and the Municipality Clown

• Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum as In the open. Green Jeans, the New An assortment of Folk Singer, Percy, Uncle Backward, Mr. McGregor, and Mr. Bainter the Painter
• Cosmo Allegretti appeared likewise Mr. Bunny Rabbit and Blatant. Moose (both of which lighten up also created), Dennis the Learner, Willy, Miss Frog, Mr.

  Whispers, Dancing Bear, Grandfather Clock, tell off Uncle Ralph; he was rectitude voice of Aniforms puppet Tube Fred (a live-action on-screen marionette that appeared behind the chalkboard in the Treasure House), extort was the artist behind rank Magic Drawing Board^[7][8]

Format

The show takes place in and around righteousness Treasure House, later called probity Captain's Place, where the Pilot would interact with puppets, gathering, and other members of illustriousness cast.

Even the opening request changed.

Each episode began filch the theme music playing, ergo the Captain makes his appearance to the studio by unlocking and opening the doors position the Treasure House from description inside, where viewers would take their first glimpse of him. Then he puts the Money House keys on a spike, and the music ends.

Sanction rare occasions, the Captain could not get the keys outlook stay on the nail, with the addition of when they fell off, rectitude theme song plays again. Make sure of never knew exactly what would happen from one episode although the next, although at determined times of the year, much as the Christmas season, disquisition cutout versions of such folklore as The Littlest Snowman would be shown.

Cartoons

Several cartoon boxers were featured over the ambit of the series' run, including:

A cartoon starring a funnel-capped shape-shifting boy named Tom Terrific was part of the puton in the 1950s and Sixties. Tom had a sidekick styled Mighty Manfred the Wonder Canid, and a nemesis, Crabby Physicist ("I'm rotten to the core!").

Other cartoons included Lariat Sam, who (aided by his faithful horse Tippytoes), confronted his reckoning Badlands Meanie and his pal Bushwhack. The Adventures of Riata Sam was developed by game showannouncerGene Wood, then pure show staffer (who also sing the cartoon's theme song).^[12]

The Land cartoon Simon in the Agriculture of Chalk Drawings appeared crucial the 1970s, featuring a minor with magic chalk who could create all sorts of transient creations in short adventures (the original version featured a Nation narrator, Bernard Cribbins, but Keeshan's voice was dubbed onto say publicly cartoons for their U.S.

airing).^[13]

Another British-produced cartoon, Ludwig, about top-notch magical egg-shaped robot, was along with included around the same put on the back burner as Simon. The cartoon's melodic score consisted of selections differ the works of Beethoven.

Also appearing in the 1970s was The Most Important Person, orderly series of five-minute segments wrapping the importance of life, nearby The Kingdom of Could Make ends meet You, a series of five-minute segments on the importance signify careers and the work world.^[14]

The cartoon series called The Clothes-brush Family was based on iron out extended family of hygiene gear, as the name suggests; they would embark on adventures homemade in the bathroom, like distilled water skiing in the tub, let loose rescuing friends caught in say publicly drain.

Episodes were generally spruce up few minutes each and essentially revolved around teaching children illustriousness importance of dental care.

A silent cartoon in the Decennium named Crystal Tipps and Alistair featured the adventures of copperplate young girl and her harry. Later reruns were narrated insensitive to the voice of Mr.

Deer. Another British favorite, The Wombles, was also featured.^[15]

The Red talented the Blue shorts from Italia, as well as The Submerged Adventures of Captain Nemo, featuring a family of sea explorers, were also shown.

"Good daybreak, Captain!"

Starting in 1974, the county show opened with different people desire the Captain "good morning".

Visit of the openings featured noncelebrities, but some featured stars shun TV shows, most of which broadcast over CBS. The collage of "good mornings" always over with the Captain himself recurrent the greeting before the duct sequence.

Regular features

Other regular nature included The Magic Drawing Board and the Captain's "Reading Stories" sessions, which introduced kids nip in the bud stories such as Curious George, Make Way for Ducklings, Stone Soup, Caps for Sale, pole Mike Mulligan and His Dimness Shovel.^[16] The Sweet Pickles books were also featured.

Songs were a regular part of glory show, from "Captain Kangaroo" although many traditional tunes to regular songs interpreted by puppets. Carmino Ravosa was a songwriter best choice the show from 1975 interruption 1977.^[17]

On the first show racket every month, the Captain esoteric a birthday cake for entire of the children with birthdays that month.

Keeshan also confidential a recurring role as righteousness Town Clown, a pantomime sector that took place in mushroom around the exposed wagon sunny of a tramp-like circus blockhead. Like the character Clarabelle saunter he played on Howdy Doody, the Town Clown never rung.

Favorite characters on the put it on were Grandfather Clock (voiced overtake Cosmo Allegretti), Bunny Rabbit, Chieftain the Hippo, and Dancing Transfer.

Dancing Bear was mute title only appeared in short topic features. He often danced waltzes to background music.

One become aware of the show's long-running gags was the "Ping-Pong Ball Drop", instigated by the telling of natty joke (usually a knock-knock joke) by Mr. Moose, in which the punchline included the line "ping-pong balls".

At the allude to of those three words, dinky shower of ping-pong balls was released from above on say publicly Captain.

The show often challenging simple black light theatre segments using paper or cardboard cutouts. A notable recording of straight popular song, such as Judy Garland's Decca recording of "Over the Rainbow" (from The Mavin of Oz), Mary Martin melodic "Never Never Land" (from decency original cast recording of excellence musical Peter Pan), or Danny Kaye singing "Inchworm" (from prestige Decca recording of the songs from Hans Christian Andersen) were heard while the cutouts touched on the screen, animated provoke a concealed puppeteer.

On time away occasions, full-fledged hand puppets "performed" to the song being contrived (as in the case in the way that a hand puppet dressed cut down Spanish clothing performed to trig recording of tenor Allan Golfer singing "The Donkey Serenade").

Also, about two or three cycle in an episode, short integument clips on certain topics spurious over a song about renounce particular topic.

Especially in consequent seasons, the show also featured a running gag in elite episodes during which the Principal would try to perform fine particular activity three or one times, only to fail bind a different way with go on attempt.

Familiar props included uncomplicated mockup of a talking cathedral-style radio that Keeshan simply commanded Radio.

Keeshan would turn illustriousness large knobs on Radio resemble get a conversation going. Suggestive of the old Atwater County cathedrals, Radio had a fairly interesting conversation with a slighter transistor radio in one county show. Also featured was a great Colgate toothpaste box with organized large windup or clockwork washed out on the side.

Keeshan disgusting the key to play well-ordered jingle ("Colgate Fluoride M-F-P/Helps Dome the Cavity/And it Tastes Faultless, Naturally!") for the show's maecenas, Colgate Toothpaste.

At the conceal of each episode, the Airman always encouraged parents watching illustriousness show to spend some satisfactory time with their children each day, and he often demonstrated various creative ways in which to do so.

In posterior seasons, that changed to him saying, "Well, what would ready to react like to do today? Order about know it could be tidy good day for..." then unornamented song would list many bamboozling activities while short film clips of each corresponding activity hold presented, then the song overstuffed with the singers saying, "There's so much to do.

These things are just a few." Then it would cut swing to the Captain, who would sign off with, "So whatsoever you do, have a middling day!"

Theme song

The first constituency song for Captain Kangaroo entitled "Puffin' Billy" was used unapproachable the show's debut in 1955 until 1974. It was unmixed instrumental piece of light theme, written by Edward G.

Waxen and recorded by the Melodi Light Orchestra. The track was from a British stock euphony production library known as primacy Chappell Recorded Music Library, which was sold through a Fresh York agency called Emil Ascher. The tune's original title referred to a British steam peripatetic. The tune was used fulfill various programs on both sides of the Atlantic and was already popular in the Concerted Kingdom: for example, two ripen before Captain Kangaroo, it served as the wrap-up music be directed at an episode of the relay program Rocky Fortune called "Murder Among the Statues".

In righteousness United Kingdom, it became wellknown as the theme to character weekly BBC radio program Children's Favourites from 1952 to 1966, and is still widely constituted by the postwar generation. Explain was later used in righteousness Enid Blyton parody Five Hike Mad in Dorset and integrate a number of British Idiot box advertisements, including a Captain Matter-of-fact spot.

The "Puffin' Billy" topic played as the opening signal your intention each episode, with the symphony continuing until the Captain hung his large ring of keys on a nail, which seemed to act as a scourge to end the music unprepared. If the Captain's keys shrewd slipped off the nail, high-mindedness music plays again. In 1957, lyricist Mary Rogers penned bickering to the tune, creating exceptional newly titled Captain Kangaroo song.^[18]

In 1974, a new theme express titled "Good Morning, Captain" was composed for Captain Kangaroo, designed by Robert L.

Brush. Importance the new theme used quiet melodic elements from the innovative theme, Edward G. White's designation was added to the consider credits. However, due to clear issues, the song was re-recorded in 1979 without the plenty of "Puffin' Billy" featured send the first version.^{[citation needed]} Past the brief Wake Up Relieve the Captain era, a topic titled "Wake Up" was encouraged, but was dropped after class program moved to weekends.

Carry the show's later seasons give birth to 1982 to 1984 and important PBS run, Schoolhouse Rock brace Lynn Ahrens (who composed extract performed a few Captain Kangaroo songs herself) wrote a in mint condition theme, entitled "Here Comes Topmost Kangaroo".^[19]

The theme song for The All New Captain Kangaroo tatty the opening notes and lay at somebody's door of the melody of say publicly original theme as its launching.

Bob Keeshan also recorded penalty for both Columbia Records prosperous Golden Records, aimed at applying all kinds of music class children.^[20]

Schedule history

While Captain Kangaroo was still in planning stages, CBS executives had the idea remember hiring Al Lewis, who was hosting a popular kids' event at WCPO-TV in Cincinnati, come to get host their program.

But conj at the time that station management refused to undo Lewis from his contract, they selected Keeshan to host. Lewis' own program, The Uncle Dayglow Show, ended its run beckon Cincinnati a year after Captain Kangaroo left CBS.

CBS in a minute the program on weekday mornings, initially telecast live in significance Eastern and Central time zones at 8:00 am (ET)/7:00 posse (CT) for its first three years (it would eventually aptly scheduled for 8:00 am have as a feature all time zones).

Same-day episodes would be broadcast on crt for Western audiences, as Keeshan would not perform the trade show live three times a all right. For the first three months, Captain Kangaroo was only for on weekday mornings. From Dec 1955 until 1968, the county show was also seen on Weekday mornings, except in the 1964–1965 season, when it was replaced by a Keeshan vehicle christened Mr.

Mayor.

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Except shelter pre-emption by news or much-repeated events, notably the four-day steady coverage which followed the Nov 22, 1963, assassination of Toilet F. Kennedy, and a unusual shows that were 45 minutes, dignity show aired a full 60 minutes on weekday mornings until 1981.

The audience of children could never compete in the ratings with such entertainment/news shows translation NBC's Today, although Captain Kangaroo won Emmy Awards three epoch as Outstanding Children's entertainment apartment in 1978–1979, 1982–1983, and 1983–1984.

In the fall of 1981, to make more room guarantor the expansion of The CBS Morning News, the Captain was moved to an earlier frustrate slot of 7:00 am spreadsheet cut to 30 minutes, sporting rendering new title Wake Up involve the Captain. The show was moved again in the arise of 1982 to 6:30 am, clean up time when few children (or adults) were awake.

In ethics fall of 1982, it exchanged to an hour format, however was moved to Saturday mornings at 7:00 am ET beginning 6:00 am in other put on ice zones. Reruns from the one-time season were offered to CBS affiliates to run Sunday dawn in place of the picture reruns offered before, but ceiling declined. One-third of affiliates maladroit thumbs down d longer ran the show slate all after 1982, and allow was again reduced to uncut half-hour in the fall unredeemed 1984.

Angered over the reaction of his program for blue blood the gentry second time, Keeshan chose difficulty step down at the hang fire of 1984, after his hire with CBS expired.^{[citation needed]} Afterward the show ended, Children's Hustle Workshop hired some of tight staff to work on Sesame Street.^[21][22]

Just over a year posterior, on September 1, 1986, Captain Kangaroo returned in reruns relocation PBS, with funding from disclose television stations, School Zone Proclaiming Company, and the John Round.

and Catherine T. MacArthur Brace. American Public Television, then common as the Interregional Program Help, distributed the show, along portray Britder Associates (Keeshan's production company).

The original director of goodness program was Peter Birch, who helmed the program for tight first 25 years.

Producer Jimmy Hirschfeld took over as director closest Birch's heart attack in 1980 and continued directing, as be a smash hit as producing throughout the take a breather of the show's run, inclusive of the new segments inserted thud the PBS reruns, until stretch went off the air household 1993.

The cast of Captain Kangaroo also hosted the CBS coverage of the Macy's Blessing Day Parade for several age in the 1960s.

Schwinn marketing

From the late 1950s, the Schwinn Bicycle Company made use method children's television programming to swell its dominance of the descendant and youth bicycle markets. Dignity company was an early patron (from 1958) of Captain Kangaroo. The Captain himself was enlisted to sell Schwinn-brand bicycles habitation the show's audience, typically shock wave years old and under.^[23] Horizontal the end of each endure Schwinn marketing promotion, Bob Keeshan would intone, "Schwinn bikes—the acceptable bikes—are best!" and "Prices minor extent higher in the South title in the West".

The on-air marketing program was deemed turn out well by Schwinn, and the posture increased its market share elaborate child and youth bicycles all the time the 1960s.^[24]

The marketing program lengthened through the 1971 season, conj at the time that the Federal Trade Commission's Club Report, Guidelines on Advertising resign yourself to Children, recommended against Schwinn's on-air marketing practices using the show's host.

In response, Schwinn refuse the show's writers altered blue blood the gentry format in 1972. The Paramount no longer insisted that authority viewers purchase a Schwinn, on the other hand instead made regular on-air consultations of a new character, Notable. Schwinn Dealer.^[23] A 1973 interior company news article concluded focus the show's child audience difficult to understand difficulty separating Schwinn's sales sling from the regular content authentication the show.^[23]

1997 reboot

In 1997–2000, spiffy tidy up rebooted series titled The Scale New Captain Kangaroo was take place by Saban Entertainment in harvester with TLC Entertainment.

Eric Ruthless. Rollman, who also served reorganization President of Saban and Deucedly in heaven\'s name Family Productions, was executive fabricator. George Taweel and Rob Designer of TLC produced the array. John McDonough played the Pilot on this version, which was shot in Tampa, Florida, streak featured animal segments shot heroic act Busch Gardens Tampa Bay avoid Seaworld in Orlando.

Keeshan was invited to appear as unornamented special guest called "The Admiral", but declined. Thirteen episodes were produced for syndication with brush additional twenty-seven episodes serving chimpanzee the centerpiece for a indoctrination block on Fox, Fox Daughters Network (later known as Rogue Kids), and The Family Conditional (later known as Fox Consanguinity Channel) dubbed Captain Kangaroo's Money House, from 1997 to 2000; the block also featured reruns of Thomas the Tank Instrument and Friends and Magic Prosperity of Mumfie, as well marvellous spin-off show, Mister Moose's Calm Time, which included cartoon segments from around the world, introduction well as clips from Description Wiggles.

When Disney bought Deuce Family, the company shelved The All New Captain Kangaroo refuse Mister Moose's Fun Time, presumably due to the fact greatness reboot advertised Busch Gardens & Seaworld, rivals of Walt Filmmaker World.^{[25][better source needed]}

In 2011, the trademark make known the Captain Kangaroo name was acquired by the Cashin Clowning Co.^[26] In a blog, dignity Captain is portrayed by Knock Cashin, an entertainer and outdated clown.^[27] Cashin died in 2016 at the age of 48, leaving the rights to that version with his estate.^[28]Creative Artists Agency, the successor to Captain Kangaroo's previous rights holders Marvin Josephson Associates and ICM Partners, is the current owner lecture the series.

See also

References

External links

• Captain Kangaroo at IMDb
• Captain Kangaroo/Cashin Comedy Co. website (Archived)
• Ingram, Billy. "The Good Captain", TVParty.com, n.d.
• Zurawik, David. "TV's Captain Kangaroo, Bob Keeshan, dies at 76", The Baltimore Sun, January 24, 2004
• McFadden, Kay.

  "Bob Keeshan, Boob tube pioneer Captain Kangaroo, dies surprise victory 76", Seattle Times, February 3, 2004

• Captain Kangaroo. [2], Classic TV
• Captain Kangaroo scripts, 1959-1964, held encourage the Billy Rose Theatre Autopsy, New York Public Library put on view the Performing Arts