O/T Captain Kangaroo is dead !

[Paul Decelles]

Read about it here

 

How many of you are man (or woman) enough to admit you grew up watching the captain and Mr. Green Jeans?

 

Man, those were much simpler times....

[iowajim62]

Hi Paul,

 

Yeah I grew up watching Captain Banghertoo.

Mr. Meanjeans always had "that" look when he was talking to the Captain. lol

 

It's ok to grow old just not grow up.

18 @ heart and still love my work.

[Paul Decelles]

lol, how about "Romper Room"...

 

 

Paul teh Romper Stomper Bomper Boo....

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

+1

 

I watched that growing up as well as Mr. Rodgers, Muppets - heck I still like to watch the Muppets

[Charles Davis]

He was a sweet, sweet man who made me and a lot of other children very happy over many years.

 

Bye Captain. We'll miss you. Thanks for the memories.

[Nominal]

What I find even more surprising, was that he was still alive.

[TREV]

first mr rogers now capt kangaroo.not many left from the good days growing up. kids now adays havenot got a clue what good educational tv was.

we'll miss you kangaroo.

trevor

[mayday]

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Romper Room

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OMG ROFL !! yes I was there.

 

any one remember Bozo the clown??? I was on his show in the audience. he may have been local to the michigan area, man that was a long time ago. black and white tv. heck somewhere I still the original pong game for the TV the first real home vidio game system I think

[cadcam]

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lol, how about "Romper Room"...

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Watched them all. Did you someone say in the last few months stole the Magic Mirror.

The Lady carreied the Mirror to all the shows.

And some finally stole it.

[bryan314]

 

Bryan

[Nominal]

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any one remember Bozo the clown???

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and he was always hawking bosco. Remember that?

It was chocolate syrup in a jar with a plastic clown head on it. You pulled off the little red hat on top to open it.

[Tony]

"Cuddly Duddly" will probally be up for grabs on E bay Tonight...

Someone told me Ray Rainer (sp)?

Recently passed on also.

[Quickmike]

I remember my younger brother and I talking our parents into buying Bosco. I can't remember why but our dad didn't want us to get it. Probably to much sugar or something.

[Keith Graydon]

Capt. Kangaroo & Mr. Greenjeans

 

Soupy Sales (for those of us who got New York TV in the early-mid sixties)

 

Shari Lewis!

 

Romper Room. Dammit, She looked in that magnifying glass and never did call my name.

 

And Those Cat and mouse cartoons. Not Tom and Jerry but those that were Wars between the cats and the legions of mice. they goy way back.

 

RIP. Captain

[Quickmike]

How about Underdog, Mighty Mouse, and Hong Kong Phooey

[mike_f]

captian Kangaroo died? that sucks, I heard Ray Rayner died also, man am I gettin old.

[Paul Decelles]

heh, all the youngins that frequent this forum are reading this thread thinking look at all these old farts... Captain Who? Romper Room ? Sounds like P. Diddy's bedroom...

[Philcott]

God speed good Captain.

 

It was sure a less troubled time then.

 

Phil

[Racer X]

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God speed good Captain.

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I agree! Childhood would not have been the same without him.

 

Funny you should mention Underdog, Mighty Mouse, and Hong Kong Phooey! Every Christmas for the last several years my sister buys me videos of shows we watched when we were kids. I have both of these now. As well as all the Speed Racer.

 

I am with you James. If the Muppets were still on, I would be watching, too.

[P_Scott]

+1000 Phil!

 

OMG All the great ones are gone! "Captain Kangaroo" (loved it when the Captain finally got "Mister Moose" with his own ping pong ball trick). In school I wrote a narrative dialog in creative literature class using a character named "Mister Green Jeans", or it was at least similar to that. "Romper Room" (only called my name once that I can remember and it made my day). "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" (won't you be...my neighbor). "Sesame Street" isn't even the same as it was when I was growing up. Kids today don't know what they're missing. I cringe whenever I hear the voice of "Barney" or one of these other poor substitutes for kids programming today. Someone should make the entire series into a massive DVD collection, just so future generations can have the same programming we grew up with. Man how times have changed. We'll miss you Captain.

[John T.]

Bozo was from chicago, they filmed from WGN studios. Ray Rayner (Ray Rayner show) was same.

 

Its a little wierd, I was just thinking about thise old shows recently, esp. Ray Rayner. I'd wondered what happened after the show ended.

 

John

[iowajim62]

Hi all,

 

Another good program that helped kids learn the right way was, "RIF" (reading is fundamental) and even better than that was Bill Cosbys show called "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids"

[Scott Bond]

I liked "Hobo Kelly"

[Tony]

Sunday mornings before church

B.J.and the Dirty Dragon

"Blob"...

[Jimmy Wakeford from Barefoot CNC]

James,

 

I heard that Mr. rodgers was a show for kids that couldn't keep up with the fast pace of sesame street.

 

I liked th'captn. He was alot better than Barney (Satans lapdog). When the girls were little I found alot of anti barney websites.