Bob Keeshan has died.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=494&ncid=762&e=1&u=/ap/20040123/ap_en_tv/obit_keeshan
I always enjoyed Capt. Kangaroo as a kid.
Awwwwww... me too... that's very unfortunate. God bless his soul. : (
God Bless .. you'll be missed.
Hope his shows are well preserved...
Watched him many a Saturday morning just after the early morning Western.
I remember sitting at my little table with the ABC's printed on it ..eating cinnamon toast watching Captain Kangaroo. I was four years old. That is one of the earliest memories that I have.
I'll bet he's being chased around Heaven by an unruly seal right now.
Brother R
May God rest his soul. I don't think anyone had ever done as much for children through television as he did. He will be missed.
Ah, Keeshan and Fred Rogers are playing a hand of pinochle with Shari Lewis right about now, with Lambchops roasting on the spit. Wait, I sense another thread coming on . . . . . .
Former Marine Bob Keeshan...God's Speed and Semper Fidelis.
He's probably getting ping-pong balls dumped on his head right now because of Mr. Moose. Ahhh......Bunny Rabbit, Mr. Greenjeans, and Grandfather Clock. Many a childhood memory in that show. I was too young for his other gig, which was Clarabell the Clown on the Howdy-Dowdy show. So Bob Keeshon entertained about four generations of children (he never let anyone use the word kid on his show).
I clearly remember the ping pong contest with the clear glass bows. The kids would have to bounce them into the bowls with the music of trumpet player Herb Alpert in the background.
First Jim Henson, then Fred Rogers, now the Cap'n...
Sad day.
Not to mention Charles Shultz... I'm wondering where the good ones are for today's children? ///// well.... still wondering. Mr. Rogers and the Captain... kind hearted men
They should make a movie about him rising from the dead. They could call it THE RETURN OF ROO or something
Semper Fi, Capt.
Mr. Greenjeans was a Marine ,too. btw.
Hmmm, since they're gone now, maybe Andrew could have a second career. How about a zombie as a sidekick?