Captian Kangaroo for the March of Dimes

[DA4LE]

PUDDLES?

LOL!

[vinceman]

i miss the Captain too. Wonderful man. He should be on DVD!!

I had the sugar cube too. Thanks for the memory jog.

[kachoo2135]

Sure do miss the captain

[tinglywoowoo]

I was one of those who received the polio oral vaccine via the sugar cube. My mother and I stood in line at the local elementary school for what seemed like forever. This was way back in the early '60s.

Our neighbor girl had polio and wore the heaviest of braces.

[ovaltine11]

Remember CBS fired the captain!

[SigersonLTD]

Yes, and when they attempted to resurrect him, it didn't take....

[RetroToledo]

@ovaltine11 That was a very sad time (they didn't even let him go another year to celebrate 30 years on that network).

[pika23]

Ohhh...those poor kids! You get polio, or got polio i should say, from like swimming in lakes that were polluted, right?

My mom was talking about how one of her aunts kept all the kids away from public pools and lakes saying they would get polio.

[sheynamadele]

I had one of those cards! And I filled it up. I was 5 years old. We also collected, on Halloween, money for UNICEF. We made the recepticles out of milk containers in school and then we would say, "Trick or treat for UNICEF". If the people were nice, they gave candy too....

[silverballs2]

Yes! All Righty"!!

[parkman35]

They should've shown someone in an Iron Lung....that would've put some long arms into short pockets.

[DennyAlbert]

Our beloved Captain Kangaroo :-) He is someone that I looked up to for so many years!

[CairnTerrier69]

Then, now, and forever in our memories, a class act of a wonderful man.

[MeanJohnDean]

A great memory of a sad subject from a great man.

John

[manofmanyinterests]

This is an absolutely BEAUTIFUL step back in time for a brief visit with the best children's entertainer to grace the television screen. His charm and grace shine through is his appeal for a most worthy cause. If possible, please honor the memory of Captain Kangaroo by making a donation in his name to The March Of Dimes. THANK YOU March Of Dimes and THANK YOU, Captain Kangaroo!!

[lenbenhear]

Yes. It was a very different world then. How I miss the kind of gentle-kindness that graced our lives back then, ... there is so little of it today.

[tonyoandkitty]

You're so right, lenbehear. I'm a child of the '60's, am all too often appalled at the gracelessness of this age, to paraphrase Don Henley. I also remember receiving the sugar cube too for vacination!