Oh, boy, thank you for this ! It brought back a flood of memories ( and a tear or two, to my surprise) I'd forgotten about that crazy door and the way the Captain jingled his big key ring. oh yeah and those big pockets ! Thanks again.
I always remember the "Puffin Billy" theme music although I don't think I saw Captain Kangaroo as a kid until the late 1960s early 1970s. I always loved this opening music more than the "Good Morning Captain" theme which for me just wasn't that memorable
@swwsfriday You are not alone.I read comments that many kids did the same.I had to wait until school is out for summer to watch the show.The networks need to bring shows like Captain Kangaroo and Mr Rogers back and dump those sick stupid reality TV shows.
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My favorite part of this show was BOUNCY BOUNCY BALLY. It was so idiotic, some balls on ropes just bouncing up and down with this female voice singing. It was hypnotic. I knew it was dumb but I sat transfixed. I guess I've been duped most of my life by dumb stuff. (Got rid of my TV 18 years ago, I am slightly on the mend!) Thank you so much for posting this, and greetings from France. (I grew up in Ohio USA.)
@CuteCatFaith - Thank you for pinpointing for me where that "earwig" tune of mine came from ("BOUNCEY, BOUNCEY, BALLLL-EEEE"). That tune is as much a part of my life as "9 A.M." is (or whatever time he came on). I have refrained from asking anyone else if they have heard of or remembered that song, because a lot of people who are old enough to have seen the show don't remember any of it, and people are beginning to think I am making all of these childhood "memories" up.
@cmans79tr7 I totally know how you feel! Do you actually remember the clips? They were so dumb, just these balls on strings going up and down, with that song, but it was so cute! I mean, talk about low production values! Some balls in various shapes and colors, with rope or something pulled through them, and someone would yank them up and down in front of a camera and that music would play! ha ha ha ha ha!!
@CuteCatFaith - Yes, after you mentioned the tune was from Captain K. I do remember the clips and the disparate balls bouncing in a line as if someone had a 2x4 and drilled holes in it and ran the strings through, then jiggled the 2x4. As a matter of fact I just found the tune in a YT video "Golden Records: Bouncy Bally... Very scratchy sound but it IS played via a yellow 78 record on a vintage box player. (minus the pennies taped to the arm to prevent skipping)
@cmans79tr7 I am very opposed to TV and the Internet for children and actually do not own a TV -- haven't for about 20 years. Many here in Europe do not allow their children such exposure, preferring them to study, do sports, art, go outside. I don't blame them. This particular clip about which we are speaking was pretty banal, however, I think. Rhyming songs can be a fun, easy way to learn and memorize stuff. Nursery tales and stuff, read and repeated by parents and caregivers. xo
@CuteCatFaith Replying to remark about TV and the Internet for children (it was from cmans79tr7): At the risk of going off topic regarding the subject video -- Yes, we have to be fussy about TV and the Internet, because merely blocking them would block a lot of good material. I just wrote elsewhere in this video's forum about having done an electronic version of this very theme.
If this was from the 1960's, it likely was from an episode broadcast prior to the Fall of 1965.
I thought "Captain Kangaroo" went color in September or October of 1965, and his coat changed from a dark navy blue to a bright red for color television.
@X031 musicom67 is quite right, but I would like to add an apostrophe to the answer, which makes the title, "Puffin' Billy", because it refers to a train. It was composed by Edward White.
I much preferred this to the peppy, "Good Mornin', Captain" theme that they used later.
@gilgamess Thanks for exposing my laziness ;-) I guess you didn't want anyone to think the song is about a Puffin (bird) named Billy, rather than an old steam locomotive that's puffin' and tootin' its airhorn.
However, English steam whistles never came close to approaching the beauty of the sound their American counterparts made, nor did their air horns also never approached the beauty of the sound that American horns made.
Back on topic, I wish I could find a newer version of the Captain's intro, especially from the late 1960s to the early 1970s, when they had the model railroad at the end with a voiceover saying, "Brought to you by Kellogg's of Battle Creek!"
@OldsVistaCruiser Oh wow Kellogg's of Battle Creek, I'd forgotten all about that and the train ! Remember K-E double L, O double G, Kellogg's best to you !
@musicom67 I did an electronic version of this based on what I heard here on youtube. My version is on a web site which you should be able to locate readily using search words (no quotation marks): Carl Moore Music.
@gilgamess I Didn't know it was composed by Edward White...for all these years, I thought it had that Leroy Anderson sound to it. (Probably was the influence.)
And it was in the old Chappell library. That was adopted by John Seely's Capitol Records [the same Seely whose staff'sand whose own's cues were in so many shows.] This theme was even used in 1989 by Pixar for "Knick Knack", the film that brought them to the attention of DIsney!
Wow. Talk about Proust's Madeleine. I heard the first notes of that music and was whisked straight back to the mornings I'd watch the Captain while I waited until it was time to leave for Kindergarten. That was a lovely, gentle show.
I'm sitting here trying to interest a 10 year old girl in Capt.Kangeroo as compared to seeing a Garfield cartoon.When will I ever learn technology has passed us by!
Let's see.. Dancing Bear with a big bow tie, Mr Moose and his ping-pong hi-jinks, Bunny Rabbit (who had to wear glasses), Mr Clock and Mr GreenJeans. You know, I can still whistle this song every morning... And yes, I'm 53.
Classic stuff I remember getting ready for school and watching Capt. Kangaroo then the Great Space Coaster before running to catch the bus AHHHH the memories!
always watched this show. always remember the captain trying to wake up grandfather clock! the clock had that funny face on it. grandfather clock woke up only when he felt like it. always sleeping. funny! life was good back in those days. san francisco--sunset district.
I'll never forget growing up in the 70s watching this show before went off to school everyday. I sat very close to the tv with a bowl of cereal. Wow,..What memories!
The Captain was a BIG part of my early childhood, even into my early teens I would watch, Looking back it was such a wonderful time to be young, I pity the kid's nowadays, of course they don't know the difference, they weren't there. But sadly,all they have is PC bullcrap,sex and violence and more time's then not ONE parent. SAD.
With all these extra satellite channels, you'd think there would be more good "classic TV" channels, rather than those that air a few and mix with contemporary programming like they have with music and some movie channels.
Wonderful. I'd love to see the episodes when the stories were told with the artist drawing the pictures - such as Princess and the Pea. Also, remember when he read Stone Soup? I wish I could see that again.
I'm trying to remember an 80s episode of this where The Captain and his gang are chased by a time-traveling grandfather clock and have a showdown at the edge of existence. It was really disturbing and has stayed with me for many years. Any help in tracking this down would be greatly appreciated?
Now I know why I always like the Christmas song "Sleigh Ride" - doesn't it sound like that, sort of? Thanks for posting this. Reminds me of kindergarden. The TV room had hardwood floors, and about the time this show was starting, we'd take off our shoes and slide around in our socks. LOL!
OK, now I'M officially old here, too. When you heard this theme song between September and June, you were sick, running late, playing hooky or enjoying the Christmas break! On a school day, this was the scariest song to hear! :P
I'm officialy OLD now! This was also my favorite show as a child. Sometimes this theme song pops into my head out of the blue. I had to come to YouTubt to verify it truly was the Captain Kangaroo theme song. Had a crush on Mr. Greenjeans...!
@parkman35 Even better was when you were home sick from school, ensconced under blankets on the living room sofa and the Capt. Kangaroom music played and YOU DIDN"T HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL! You could lay there and watch the whole show!
@MrJacMac1986 "Puffin' Billy" by Edward White (performed by the Melodi Light Orchestra). It was also the theme to "Children's Favourites" on the BBC Light Programme.
Well, that door would hardly meet today's emergency preparedness standards in our war against terrorism. A radicalized Mr Rabbit would have not problem breaking in and explodiing an improvised explosive carrot device over poor Captian Kangaroo's unassuming stage hair piece.
Maaan! I loved this show! Dancing Bear, Mr. GreenJeans, Bunny Rabbit, Mr. Moose... what memories! I used to watch this show before I went to school every day when I was in afternoon kindergarten... that's back when Kindergarten was half a day...
Hey 49bobbyyk, remember Mr. Moose always dropping the ping pong balls on CK's head? I used to laugh so hard when that happened. Just hearing the beginning of the song made my eyes water. I was so young and happy back then. I wish I could go back!
I just a new 'Travelers Insurance Co.' commercial with this song and knew the whole thing by heart. I came here and sure enough it's the CK intro song. Thanks for letting me know the title of 'Puffin Billy'
I watched Captain Kangaroo everyday before I went to school. He was warm and friendly. Sesame Street and The Electric Company were socialist television and they marked the decline of kids TV. Captain Kangaroo, Mr. Green Jeans, Mr. Moose, Dancing Bear, and Mr. Bunny Rabbit were always friends. I always remember Mr. Bunny Rabbit and his quest for carrots.
We didn't get Sesame Street or Mister Rogers, we got Captain Kangaroo and Bozo the Clown. I always wanted a box of 64 Crayola crayons like the Captain had but mom said we couldn't afford it... So I bought a box when I was an adult. Happy memories!
@granger18trains The music is titled "Puffin' Billy". It was written by light-music composer Edward White and first used as the signature music on the BBC radio program "Children's Favourites", which ran from 1952 until 1966. Bob Keeshan heard it and wanted it for "Captain Kangaroo", and it was used until 1974.
You can hear a version of it here: watch?v=gtGUaScpSbg (put that into Youtube search and click on the first result).
I remember this as a kid. Marshall McLuen was wrong. TV wasnt a "vast wasteland" back then, it is now. This is exactly the kind of tv show that kids should be watching. It was pure and wholesome and good. Like Mister Rogers. I see that TV is bringing back the old shows, like 'Hawaii5-0". I hope the trend continues. God Bless you Capt.
Compare this to today's children's TV - all flashing lights, commercial tie-ins, poorly written and acted. The Disney Channel is worthless. ABCFamily is almost adult-oriented, with all the teen soap operas. Stuff like "Yo Gabba Gabba", "Teletubbies", "The Wiggles", etc - hardly educational, just something to distract toddlers. Only stuff left for kids that's worth watching is "Sesame Street", and even they have resorted to cheap gimmicks to get viewers (the Katy Perry episode).
this Great Man Was A Marine Sergeant who earned the Navy Cross for getting his Men off the beach at Iwo jima, while wounded. A man of peace who, we watched every morning before school, and he would put a smile on our faces that would last a life time.. what more could you ask of a Man,, Thank you Capt
He used to open the dutch-doors; would shake the ring of keys and hang them on the island. The Captain always put emphasis on manners and being polite.
Every morning at 8:00. I loved the Captain, Mr. Green jeans and Bunny Rabbit. Now I appreciate the fact that he introduced me to many wonderful children's books, simply read w/o any bells and whistles, just storybook read to the kids watching. I miss him.
My sister and I watched this show regularly! This was the era when Dad went to work and earned the paycheck while Mom stayed home and held down the fort, cooking, cleaning, , kissing owies to make them better, and doing the myriad things that moms in the 1950s and 1960s did back then. And in the evening, both parents were there for the kids! Far different than it now is, sad to say.
Does anyone else remember the show where Mr. Rogers paid a visit to the Treasure House? The Captain appeared on an episode of "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" also.
Forget Mississippi, I learned how to spell M-A-S-S-A-C-H-U-S-E-double t-S from the Captain!! I grew up on that show! I was born in 1957, and it went off the air long after I was "too old" to watch it anymore!
Geezz... fading it out???? The feature I looked forward to every morning was that the music would stop COLD when he hung up the keys! Every once in awhile he would play with the sound engineer by either faking hanging the keys or lifting them up again after the music had quit.
I'm WAY too young to remember the Captain and Mr. Green Jeans and Bunny Rabbit and Mister Moose and knock-knock jokes and falling ping-pong balls and Dancing Bear and Tom Terrific and Lariat Sam and Grandfather Clock and the Magic Drawing Board and ...
I loved Captain Kangaroo! Great childhood memories! I feel bad for kids today, they'll never experience good tv, with values and such, now it's garbage!
Want to know what heaven is like? Ice cold milk appears, magically, at your back door. Mornings are spent, cereal at hand, with the Captain and oodles of friends at the aptly named Treasure House. Afternoons start with a lovely nap, then Woody Woodpecker gets into some serious mayhem for an hour-- just before a sumptuous dinner. After you get full, the den has games of all kinds and Mom plays, too. If there's a little bit of time and the weather's good, you catch lightning bugs.. Then bed...
The Captain was part of my everyday routine in the days before I started school - bowl of cereal, turn on the tube and see Captain Kangaroo, then watch Miss Jean on Romper Room (I was only about 4 years old then and lived in Brockton MA, about 20 miles south southeast of Boston) on Channel 5 (at the time WHDH, a CBS affiliate). On Saturday I would watch Boomtown on channel 4. (Keep on truckin', Rex Trailer!)
Well no I don't think or believe this is any copy or re-do of the show, but if I remember it right then mister Rodger or Rabitt came through this door and down to the stage.
I didn't watch (or don't remember watching) Captain Kangaroo until the 60s, so it's interesting to see earlier pictures of him, with the longer, drooping mustache and the somewho dufus captain's hat. I'm glad he lost those by the time I started watching!
I want this video on my S296 phone.
russmassey615 1 day ago
Oh, boy, thank you for this ! It brought back a flood of memories ( and a tear or two, to my surprise) I'd forgotten about that crazy door and the way the Captain jingled his big key ring. oh yeah and those big pockets ! Thanks again.
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illustrate100 5 days ago
COCO NUTT!
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antwankinney1231 3 weeks ago
Oh this brings back memories
whitelion44 2 months ago
My favorite show as a kid. Very fond memories. I loved the whole crew. Thank you for that trip down memory lane.
drewtbrown3 2 months ago 2
I always wondered if Mr. Greenjeans ever had to use his pocketknife on his overall straps to bail out , especially if he had diarrhea.
dieselheart001 3 months ago
This was the main inspiration for most of us to try and love LSD.
dieselheart001 3 months ago
Captain Kangaroo began on CBS on October 3, 1955, the same date that ABC aired the first the Mickey Mouse Club telecast
eyesk8er 3 months ago
Captain Kangaroo began on CBS on October 3, 1955 while on ABC the Mickey Mouse Club aired its first show.
eyesk8er 3 months ago
this brings back my childhood I loved the ping pong balls drop him I was late for school watching him
MrJocko1991 4 months ago
I always remember the "Puffin Billy" theme music although I don't think I saw Captain Kangaroo as a kid until the late 1960s early 1970s. I always loved this opening music more than the "Good Morning Captain" theme which for me just wasn't that memorable
cha5 4 months ago
played hookie in 5 grade 1965 for a week so i could stay home and watch the captian got in big trouble too.still love the cap.
swwsfriday 4 months ago
@swwsfriday You are not alone.I read comments that many kids did the same.I had to wait until school is out for summer to watch the show.The networks need to bring shows like Captain Kangaroo and Mr Rogers back and dump those sick stupid reality TV shows.
Isotec1 4 months ago
You wouldn't like him when he was angry. Captain Kangaroo got hoppin' mad!
dandydonaldo 5 months ago
Brings a tear to my eye....for I'll never be that young again....
centralparocker 5 months ago
Why was this in my Watch Later?
cloverkong 5 months ago
got chills....where's bunny?l
turbo1964 5 months ago
OMG now that I see it, I remember the intro, the music and the huge key ring! Thank you youtube! :)))
beatlebaby4ever 5 months ago
i hated this show even as a kid!
TheTzdope 5 months ago
Where is the kangaroo? a bit misleading.
z250B 6 months ago
@z250B Skippy's playing with Flipper, but escorted by Gentle Ben, with help from Lassie.
visor109 6 months ago
@visor109 Thankyou
z250B 6 months ago
I watched this as a kid. what I remember most vividly was the rabbit trying to steal the carrotts and tennis balls falling down.
tigertbalm 6 months ago
@tigertbalm "Silly rabbit, tennis balls are for kids!"
visor109 6 months ago
@visor109 No, baby, it's ping pong balls! They dropped bushels of ping pong balls on the Captain's head!
jillgivler 6 months ago
So, this is what my mom used to watch as a kid O.o
Suisei 6 months ago
I loved this show when I was a kid. My favorite part was hearing him jingle the keys
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DemianHermann 6 months ago
This is what kids had on telivision when I was growing up, not gay history pride being forced into schools now days. Wake up America!
gambler731 6 months ago
The theme tune was used in pixar's Tin toy
huiale14 7 months ago
i like this one
neiljenkinson1 7 months ago
Still priceless!!!
LeDanPeace 7 months ago
Watching this early footage makes me feel really old ! I was there 1st time around.
LeDanPeace 7 months ago
My favorite part of this show was BOUNCY BOUNCY BALLY. It was so idiotic, some balls on ropes just bouncing up and down with this female voice singing. It was hypnotic. I knew it was dumb but I sat transfixed. I guess I've been duped most of my life by dumb stuff. (Got rid of my TV 18 years ago, I am slightly on the mend!) Thank you so much for posting this, and greetings from France. (I grew up in Ohio USA.)
CuteCatFaith 7 months ago
@CuteCatFaith - Thank you for pinpointing for me where that "earwig" tune of mine came from ("BOUNCEY, BOUNCEY, BALLLL-EEEE"). That tune is as much a part of my life as "9 A.M." is (or whatever time he came on). I have refrained from asking anyone else if they have heard of or remembered that song, because a lot of people who are old enough to have seen the show don't remember any of it, and people are beginning to think I am making all of these childhood "memories" up.
cmans79tr7 3 months ago
@cmans79tr7 I totally know how you feel! Do you actually remember the clips? They were so dumb, just these balls on strings going up and down, with that song, but it was so cute! I mean, talk about low production values! Some balls in various shapes and colors, with rope or something pulled through them, and someone would yank them up and down in front of a camera and that music would play! ha ha ha ha ha!!
CuteCatFaith 3 months ago
@CuteCatFaith - Yes, after you mentioned the tune was from Captain K. I do remember the clips and the disparate balls bouncing in a line as if someone had a 2x4 and drilled holes in it and ran the strings through, then jiggled the 2x4. As a matter of fact I just found the tune in a YT video "Golden Records: Bouncy Bally... Very scratchy sound but it IS played via a yellow 78 record on a vintage box player. (minus the pennies taped to the arm to prevent skipping)
cmans79tr7 3 months ago
@cmans79tr7 I am very opposed to TV and the Internet for children and actually do not own a TV -- haven't for about 20 years. Many here in Europe do not allow their children such exposure, preferring them to study, do sports, art, go outside. I don't blame them. This particular clip about which we are speaking was pretty banal, however, I think. Rhyming songs can be a fun, easy way to learn and memorize stuff. Nursery tales and stuff, read and repeated by parents and caregivers. xo
CuteCatFaith 3 months ago
@CuteCatFaith Replying to remark about TV and the Internet for children (it was from cmans79tr7): At the risk of going off topic regarding the subject video -- Yes, we have to be fussy about TV and the Internet, because merely blocking them would block a lot of good material. I just wrote elsewhere in this video's forum about having done an electronic version of this very theme.
carlmoore19 1 week ago
@carlmoore19 Wow, your response was so slow I forgot all about it. Must be the flicker rate or something from my computer screen. Hope you are well.
CuteCatFaith 1 week ago
Good ol' Bob Keeshan. People like him and Fred Rogers touched so many lives. God bless them.
paktype 7 months ago
Loved it when he jingled the keys and hung them up. awesome show. I remember that steam shovel book he would read a lot.
1976REDRYDER 8 months ago
If this was from the 1960's, it likely was from an episode broadcast prior to the Fall of 1965.
I thought "Captain Kangaroo" went color in September or October of 1965, and his coat changed from a dark navy blue to a bright red for color television.
altfactor 8 months ago
the 3 Stooges and The Captain thats all you need. Mr Green Jeans and his heavy metal bass fiddle.....he was ahead of his time.
BerkLeeDrm 8 months ago
Captain Kangaroo and Bob Mcallister make my mom moist.
Cazz814 8 months ago
@Cazz814 he said moist!
BerkLeeDrm 8 months ago
When is the part when all the kids come running up the steps to get into his place?
Elin48 9 months ago
what is the name of the song/music in the back ground? i sure remember watching him as a kid ;)
X031 9 months ago 2
@X031 Puffin Billy.
musicom67 9 months ago 2
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"Puffin' Billy (The Captain Kangaroo Theme" by (music) Edward G. White and (lyric) Mary Rodgers.
morbius001 9 months ago
@musicom67
by the Melodi Light Orchestra
tuttt99 7 months ago
@X031 musicom67 is quite right, but I would like to add an apostrophe to the answer, which makes the title, "Puffin' Billy", because it refers to a train. It was composed by Edward White.
I much preferred this to the peppy, "Good Mornin', Captain" theme that they used later.
gilgamess 9 months ago 3
@gilgamess Thanks for exposing my laziness ;-) I guess you didn't want anyone to think the song is about a Puffin (bird) named Billy, rather than an old steam locomotive that's puffin' and tootin' its airhorn.
musicom67 9 months ago
@musicom67 Heehee! Well, SOME of those birds can waddle very fast!
gilgamess 9 months ago
@musicom67 - Or its steam whistle!
However, English steam whistles never came close to approaching the beauty of the sound their American counterparts made, nor did their air horns also never approached the beauty of the sound that American horns made.
Back on topic, I wish I could find a newer version of the Captain's intro, especially from the late 1960s to the early 1970s, when they had the model railroad at the end with a voiceover saying, "Brought to you by Kellogg's of Battle Creek!"
OldsVistaCruiser 2 months ago
@OldsVistaCruiser Oh wow Kellogg's of Battle Creek, I'd forgotten all about that and the train ! Remember K-E double L, O double G, Kellogg's best to you !
cullmurr 2 days ago
@musicom67 I did an electronic version of this based on what I heard here on youtube. My version is on a web site which you should be able to locate readily using search words (no quotation marks): Carl Moore Music.
Once there, look for TV themes on main page.
carlmoore19 1 week ago
@gilgamess I Didn't know it was composed by Edward White...for all these years, I thought it had that Leroy Anderson sound to it. (Probably was the influence.)
Mickagume 6 months ago
@gilgamess
And it was in the old Chappell library. That was adopted by John Seely's Capitol Records [the same Seely whose staff'sand whose own's cues were in so many shows.] This theme was even used in 1989 by Pixar for "Knick Knack", the film that brought them to the attention of DIsney!
SteveCarras 1 month ago
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dontamior 9 months ago
@dontamior please explain........
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dontamior 9 months ago
I could not go to school until I watched this show...LOL
iriszb 9 months ago
Wow. Talk about Proust's Madeleine. I heard the first notes of that music and was whisked straight back to the mornings I'd watch the Captain while I waited until it was time to leave for Kindergarten. That was a lovely, gentle show.
smbschrader 10 months ago
Anyone remember "The Town Clown" besides me???
meowfit 10 months ago
Happy Flashback memories! Thanks for posting!
rochellajames 10 months ago
I'm sitting here trying to interest a 10 year old girl in Capt.Kangeroo as compared to seeing a Garfield cartoon.When will I ever learn technology has passed us by!
mickghamilton 10 months ago
There is a commercial running on TV now that uses this music. I recognized it right away.
aclarkhmr 10 months ago
Let's see.. Dancing Bear with a big bow tie, Mr Moose and his ping-pong hi-jinks, Bunny Rabbit (who had to wear glasses), Mr Clock and Mr GreenJeans. You know, I can still whistle this song every morning... And yes, I'm 53.
mgwilliams1000 10 months ago
Classic stuff I remember getting ready for school and watching Capt. Kangaroo then the Great Space Coaster before running to catch the bus AHHHH the memories!
jkrush 11 months ago
the camera guy seems a little too reactive with the door. Did they tell each other what they were gonna do before filming?
luno44 11 months ago
What is the name of the song played?
Traveler's Insurance is using the same music in there commerial...
I just the music as well...
CalZepher 11 months ago
It ran from 1955 through 1984. I remember it fondly.
globalnettuber 11 months ago
The Captain was a wonderfully gentle man that treated children with respect and kindness.It was a great show.
JimLavallee 11 months ago
The Captain was a great show. It is to bad these kind of programs are not on anymore. Maybe kids would be different then.
nyc484 11 months ago
Laugh-In stole the door concept about 10 years later.
thishereguitar 11 months ago
Absolutely beautiful.
ayokay123 11 months ago
Was this show originally called "Captain Can't find the doorknob" ?
nozcr 11 months ago
always watched this show. always remember the captain trying to wake up grandfather clock! the clock had that funny face on it. grandfather clock woke up only when he felt like it. always sleeping. funny! life was good back in those days. san francisco--sunset district.
jimmyd10100 11 months ago
I'll never forget growing up in the 70s watching this show before went off to school everyday. I sat very close to the tv with a bowl of cereal. Wow,..What memories!
sunflowernoo 11 months ago
He was a war hero at Iwo Jima.
kirchfam 1 year ago
The Captain was a BIG part of my early childhood, even into my early teens I would watch, Looking back it was such a wonderful time to be young, I pity the kid's nowadays, of course they don't know the difference, they weren't there. But sadly,all they have is PC bullcrap,sex and violence and more time's then not ONE parent. SAD.
wolfmantip 1 year ago
I heard he served in the war with Mr. Rogers; no joke, look it up.
blaster1985 1 year ago
With all these extra satellite channels, you'd think there would be more good "classic TV" channels, rather than those that air a few and mix with contemporary programming like they have with music and some movie channels.
pannoni1 1 year ago
Wonderful. I'd love to see the episodes when the stories were told with the artist drawing the pictures - such as Princess and the Pea. Also, remember when he read Stone Soup? I wish I could see that again.
jimallenkc 1 year ago
I'm trying to remember an 80s episode of this where The Captain and his gang are chased by a time-traveling grandfather clock and have a showdown at the edge of existence. It was really disturbing and has stayed with me for many years. Any help in tracking this down would be greatly appreciated?
KrisForges 1 year ago
Smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo. Now, don't tell me I've nothing to do.
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Smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo. Now, don't tell me I've nothing to do.
HS22181 1 year ago
When did this society start to go to garbage? These really were the Good Old Days
rowland6128 1 year ago
Oh hail yeeah!
KathyReedTheOriginal 1 year ago
The music always stopped once the Captain put those keys on the hook.
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lionsgate12345 1 year ago
Now I know why I always like the Christmas song "Sleigh Ride" - doesn't it sound like that, sort of? Thanks for posting this. Reminds me of kindergarden. The TV room had hardwood floors, and about the time this show was starting, we'd take off our shoes and slide around in our socks. LOL!
Sehoy1 1 year ago
OK, now I'M officially old here, too. When you heard this theme song between September and June, you were sick, running late, playing hooky or enjoying the Christmas break! On a school day, this was the scariest song to hear! :P
mikeeiland1 1 year ago
I'm officialy OLD now! This was also my favorite show as a child. Sometimes this theme song pops into my head out of the blue. I had to come to YouTubt to verify it truly was the Captain Kangaroo theme song. Had a crush on Mr. Greenjeans...!
2lucyr 1 year ago
my mom tells me abouut all the old shows she had (im 11) and i thought
"wow only like 3-5 channels but today we have like over 200 channels... and everyone complians about it"
well..... if i cant find a good show on.... i go to TV Land channel and watch shows with my mom and dad
you dont see me complianing and im only 11!!!!
soccergirl051 1 year ago
when I saw this as a four year old, I always felt he was rather boring and tedious.
dynagravitomagnetic 1 year ago
You knew when you heard that tune, it was time to get your ass out of bed...
parkman35 1 year ago
@parkman35 Even better was when you were home sick from school, ensconced under blankets on the living room sofa and the Capt. Kangaroom music played and YOU DIDN"T HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL! You could lay there and watch the whole show!
MarnieReeves 1 year ago 2
The BBC would use this theme music as well.What the name of that tune?
MrJacMac1986 1 year ago
@MrJacMac1986 "Puffin' Billy" by Edward White (performed by the Melodi Light Orchestra). It was also the theme to "Children's Favourites" on the BBC Light Programme.
PanpipeLover 1 year ago
It was tom terrific and mighty manfred the wonder dog
braunelf 1 year ago
Was there a Tom Terrific with that funnel for a hat and he had a mighty dog named alfred? I think that is right.
1976REDRYDER 1 year ago
jAMES hALL r.I.p
MegaCrowman 1 year ago
You guys forgot the cartoon characters, Tom Terrific and his arch ememy Crabby Appleton. They were simple line drawings, but were great as a kid.
rrss2lwb 1 year ago
Well, that door would hardly meet today's emergency preparedness standards in our war against terrorism. A radicalized Mr Rabbit would have not problem breaking in and explodiing an improvised explosive carrot device over poor Captian Kangaroo's unassuming stage hair piece.
SOLISDEUS 1 year ago
@SOLISDEUS Oh, behave. lol
TheCatgirl6 1 year ago
Maaan! I loved this show! Dancing Bear, Mr. GreenJeans, Bunny Rabbit, Mr. Moose... what memories! I used to watch this show before I went to school every day when I was in afternoon kindergarten... that's back when Kindergarten was half a day...
StraytRootz 1 year ago
Hey 49bobbyyk, remember Mr. Moose always dropping the ping pong balls on CK's head? I used to laugh so hard when that happened. Just hearing the beginning of the song made my eyes water. I was so young and happy back then. I wish I could go back!
Firemandave911 1 year ago
I just a new 'Travelers Insurance Co.' commercial with this song and knew the whole thing by heart. I came here and sure enough it's the CK intro song. Thanks for letting me know the title of 'Puffin Billy'
rleary1 1 year ago
I watched Captain Kangaroo everyday before I went to school. He was warm and friendly. Sesame Street and The Electric Company were socialist television and they marked the decline of kids TV. Captain Kangaroo, Mr. Green Jeans, Mr. Moose, Dancing Bear, and Mr. Bunny Rabbit were always friends. I always remember Mr. Bunny Rabbit and his quest for carrots.
49bobbyk 1 year ago
@49bobbyk So Right You Are, it seem's like Everything Declined after the late 60's.
wolfmantip 1 year ago
We didn't get Sesame Street or Mister Rogers, we got Captain Kangaroo and Bozo the Clown. I always wanted a box of 64 Crayola crayons like the Captain had but mom said we couldn't afford it... So I bought a box when I was an adult. Happy memories!
Goldbryn 1 year ago
@Goldbryn and I still color with them! I miss those old shows.
jadegreenkaty 1 year ago
I used to watch him all the time! My mom got to meet him once in the 1970's
killjoytjp 1 year ago
wonder what the music is or was it composed for the show ?
granger18trains 1 year ago
@granger18trains The music is titled "Puffin' Billy". It was written by light-music composer Edward White and first used as the signature music on the BBC radio program "Children's Favourites", which ran from 1952 until 1966. Bob Keeshan heard it and wanted it for "Captain Kangaroo", and it was used until 1974.
You can hear a version of it here: watch?v=gtGUaScpSbg (put that into Youtube search and click on the first result).
TomBarristerX 1 year ago
I remember this as a kid. Marshall McLuen was wrong. TV wasnt a "vast wasteland" back then, it is now. This is exactly the kind of tv show that kids should be watching. It was pure and wholesome and good. Like Mister Rogers. I see that TV is bringing back the old shows, like 'Hawaii5-0". I hope the trend continues. God Bless you Capt.
edko426 1 year ago
Compare this to today's children's TV - all flashing lights, commercial tie-ins, poorly written and acted. The Disney Channel is worthless. ABCFamily is almost adult-oriented, with all the teen soap operas. Stuff like "Yo Gabba Gabba", "Teletubbies", "The Wiggles", etc - hardly educational, just something to distract toddlers. Only stuff left for kids that's worth watching is "Sesame Street", and even they have resorted to cheap gimmicks to get viewers (the Katy Perry episode).
elc1960 1 year ago
Debuted this day (October 3rd) in 1955.
jimspy1001 1 year ago
this Great Man Was A Marine Sergeant who earned the Navy Cross for getting his Men off the beach at Iwo jima, while wounded. A man of peace who, we watched every morning before school, and he would put a smile on our faces that would last a life time.. what more could you ask of a Man,, Thank you Capt
brad04970 1 year ago
@brad04970 Don't believe everything you read in your e-mail. There's a web site called Snopes.com, you might want to check it out.
Jozabad 1 year ago
He was precious to me! I loved Bun-bun, Mr. Green Jeans, and Grandfather Clock.
CaledoniaLady 1 year ago
Clarabelle didn't die. He evolved.
EduTvArchive 1 year ago
I'm 49
there's a remarkable cultural difference between myself, and my cousins raIsed just 5 year later on seseme street
and it's not for the better
not to idealize Captain kangaru, a lot of it was stupid, but it's message in 1966 was that you shoud be proud to be born in the USA
hpmc9 1 year ago
When I was 5 I wore the mail slot out on the front door trying to find this man!!
mommymoonchild 1 year ago
Like to see the "Here comes the Pussy Cat Parade, Meow meow"
And...
"Alfred the Air Sick Eagle..." skits
Gonna check around for Romper Room and be a "Good Do Bee" If I can't then I'll burn one.
YourLastViewer 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Who made him captain?
Se7enBeatleofDoom 1 year ago
He used to open the dutch-doors; would shake the ring of keys and hang them on the island. The Captain always put emphasis on manners and being polite.
LovingMyJourney 1 year ago 2
I want this song & theme from Felix The Cat at my funeral!
laaxe 1 year ago
Every morning at 8:00. I loved the Captain, Mr. Green jeans and Bunny Rabbit. Now I appreciate the fact that he introduced me to many wonderful children's books, simply read w/o any bells and whistles, just storybook read to the kids watching. I miss him.
charitybeau 1 year ago 15
I bet if they put CK re-runs on today, it would still work for the kids.
Astrofaces 1 year ago 7
@Astrofaces That's an interesting observation. This stuff is surely recyclable.
CuteCatFaith 7 months ago
That takes me back a few decades!
daffydoug 1 year ago
My sister and I watched this show regularly! This was the era when Dad went to work and earned the paycheck while Mom stayed home and held down the fort, cooking, cleaning, , kissing owies to make them better, and doing the myriad things that moms in the 1950s and 1960s did back then. And in the evening, both parents were there for the kids! Far different than it now is, sad to say.
chicotower 1 year ago
Check out my rendition of the 1967 lassie theme!
titanicpiano14 1 year ago
Boy! Did this bring a childhood flashback for me. Too bad they didn't show Mr.Greenjeans.
OldMrMemories 1 year ago
I love the music :D It's so catchy!
heatstroke2008 1 year ago
what-the heck-was that crap? 48 seconds? come on! it didn't show ANYTHING!
frienddeprived 1 year ago
bob actually read books to his audience...think about it
kids watching tv to have a book read to them
my fav was stone soup
brabon1 1 year ago
Those were the days. Life was so simple then
vibra64 1 year ago
Does anyone else remember the show where Mr. Rogers paid a visit to the Treasure House? The Captain appeared on an episode of "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" also.
elc1960 1 year ago
Forget Mississippi, I learned how to spell M-A-S-S-A-C-H-U-S-E-double t-S from the Captain!! I grew up on that show! I was born in 1957, and it went off the air long after I was "too old" to watch it anymore!
lindalds 1 year ago
Geezz... fading it out???? The feature I looked forward to every morning was that the music would stop COLD when he hung up the keys! Every once in awhile he would play with the sound engineer by either faking hanging the keys or lifting them up again after the music had quit.
royatlvideo 1 year ago
I'm WAY too young to remember the Captain and Mr. Green Jeans and Bunny Rabbit and Mister Moose and knock-knock jokes and falling ping-pong balls and Dancing Bear and Tom Terrific and Lariat Sam and Grandfather Clock and the Magic Drawing Board and ...
rokzinhead 1 year ago
Captain... your Alive Again? Welcome Back Old Guy.
wolfmantip 1 year ago
I grew up watching Captain Kangaroo. I loved the show!
CAL2177 1 year ago
Where's Mr. Moose and Bunny Rabbit when you need them?!! Will someone just drop the ping-pong balls, please!
NP4Mayans 1 year ago
I loved Captain Kangaroo! Great childhood memories! I feel bad for kids today, they'll never experience good tv, with values and such, now it's garbage!
Idoljunky32 1 year ago
im 16, and the opening looked... Entertaining :)
wsd101 1 year ago
Wow ... I was there first go 'round.
LASongwriter 1 year ago
Dear Rayssonation, The longest running kids tv shows are"The Magic Carousel" and"Chief Halftown".
143AC 1 year ago
Want to know what heaven is like? Ice cold milk appears, magically, at your back door. Mornings are spent, cereal at hand, with the Captain and oodles of friends at the aptly named Treasure House. Afternoons start with a lovely nap, then Woody Woodpecker gets into some serious mayhem for an hour-- just before a sumptuous dinner. After you get full, the den has games of all kinds and Mom plays, too. If there's a little bit of time and the weather's good, you catch lightning bugs.. Then bed...
tinglywoowoo 1 year ago 2
Great memories!
buyamericana 1 year ago
Just read a story about him being an incredibly brave,decorated Sgt. who's bravery saved many men in WW2.
michaelhintongtr 1 year ago
Captain Kangaroo - I loved this show when I was a kid...A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
designermite 1 year ago 8
@designermite i know
mrtony19552055 11 months ago
That brings back some good old memories from my childhood.
MrMichaelSkelton 1 year ago
there's the theme tune and beginning i remember!!!!!
MrHealthQuest 1 year ago 2
I loved watching Captain Kangaroo! Children don't know what a good show it was.
Sheri451 1 year ago
Pardon me, I meant south soutWEST of Boston.
elc1960 1 year ago
The Captain was part of my everyday routine in the days before I started school - bowl of cereal, turn on the tube and see Captain Kangaroo, then watch Miss Jean on Romper Room (I was only about 4 years old then and lived in Brockton MA, about 20 miles south southeast of Boston) on Channel 5 (at the time WHDH, a CBS affiliate). On Saturday I would watch Boomtown on channel 4. (Keep on truckin', Rex Trailer!)
elc1960 1 year ago
that's one hell of a cool, trippy door. i want one like that as my front door.
jenzeppelin 1 year ago
Captain Kangaroo Pimp?
*nods*
mind0flood 1 year ago
OMG! Am I that old?!? What a blast from the past!
cotaxista 1 year ago
They don`t make show`s like this anymore...that`s why all the kid`s now a day`s are fucked up!
donaldoflea 1 year ago
Well no I don't think or believe this is any copy or re-do of the show, but if I remember it right then mister Rodger or Rabitt came through this door and down to the stage.
SkyHits2010 1 year ago
Bunny Rabbit was the real star of the show!
musikfanat 1 year ago
Was it this show where Saturday Night Live did a "last episode of" and the captain, Mr. Green Jeans and the dancing bears were all alcholoics?
hankaaron1961 1 year ago
@hankaaron1961 Second City did a Hilarious skit with Dave Thomas asCaptain Combat.Portraying a gun totin Gordon G Liddy.
Heckle100 1 year ago
I didn't watch (or don't remember watching) Captain Kangaroo until the 60s, so it's interesting to see earlier pictures of him, with the longer, drooping mustache and the somewho dufus captain's hat. I'm glad he lost those by the time I started watching!
WSenator1 1 year ago
Awesome, all I need now is a bowl of Count Chocula! Cool clip!
Poncho389 1 year ago
How many of us screamed along with Captain Kangaroo to wake up grandfather clock? Those eyes surely inspired George Lucas!
JDPelzy 1 year ago 2
ohhhhhhhhh i had forgotten COMPLETELY about the door Opening Sequence... THANK YOU for posting this!!!
MeIancholyMan 1 year ago
MY Favorite show as a child! ah the memories
wolfgirllovescats 1 year ago
OMG I haven't seen this in decades. That show was my all-time favorite kid show, EVER!
208DyOnna 1 year ago 7