Bob Keeshan who entertained a generation of children as Captain Kangaroo,died Friday morning at the age of 76.Captain Kangaroo debuted in 1955 and ran for the next 30 years.The programme popular amoung a generation of kids won 6 emmy awards,3 gaberiels and 3 peabody awards.Each day Captain Kangaroo with his walrus moustasche and Capt's coat would wonder through his treasure house and chat with Mr.Greenjeans played by Hugh Brannum.He would talk with his puppet animal friends Bunny Rabbit and Mr. Moose who loved to tell Knock-Knock jokes."I was impressed with the potential for a positive relationship between grandparents and grandchildren,so I chose to portrait an elderly character."Keeshan said of Captain Kangaroo.

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lakritze,

How about THAT for timing. Look what I also posted! Amazing.

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Eudaimonia

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Lilith,

I prefer to consider it as an example that great minds think alike.

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Eudaimonia

Thats what I was thinking too.Great minds were entertained by great children's TV shows.

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Sex is one of nine reasons for reincarnation.The other eight are unimportant...Henry Miller

I loved him too. He was special to many of us I am sure.

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
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One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
~>My Scribbles<~
==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas

Great...another link to my past severed! It's bad enough trying to tell my kids about albums, now this?

What a sad announcement. I'm sure he'll be missed by many.

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We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.