CK 1967

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[MiHiVidz]

Not many people these days get the in-joke from Star Trek III, where Scotty sabotaged the Excelsior's computer to shut down the warp drive when it attempted to go to warp and then flash "GOOD MORNING, CAPTAIN" on the bridge's screen.

[tomservo56954]

@fromthesidelines It may not have been SESAME STREET, but the good Captain never put huckstering ahead of his responsibility to his audience. As a result, the show was never a major profit center for CBS. I saw an article from 1959 that said the network was taking a loss of $5 million a year on it.

[biohazarderotica]

Great to see 'Kellogg's City' again!

[gymnastix]

@soulierinvestments Yes, I agree. Please read my other posted comment.

The fact of this videotape's survival convinces me there are more like it, of daily and daytime network TV programming. We have been lied to. Not all daytime programming of network TV has been "wiped."

[gymnastix]

This is "The Captain" I remember.

As anyone wathing this may plainly see, even a 44 year-old television program, if shot on videotape and properly preserved, will appear just as new and fresh as if recorded five minutes ago.

So many are accustomed to seeing wretched-looking dupes of dupes originally shot on film, and think all older television programs must look that way.

A TV show recorded on videotape has a live look, so will appear as do the daily network TV newscasts.

[1976REDRYDER]

Do you have the entire show avail for viewing? would love to see it

[altfactor]

I was surprised that the Captain still wore a dark suit as late as 1967.

I had always assumed he adopted the bright red suit in the Fall of 1965 when "Captain Kangaroo" began being broadcast in color.

[edp128128]

fantastic video!

[fromthesidelines]

Since this is a Wednesday edition, this would either have been the week before Christmas [December 20, 1967], or two days AFTER Christmas [December 27, 1967]. The series had finally been "converted" to color the previous September, when it still appeared six mornings a week {including Saturdays}.

[fromthesidelines]

The "Captain", Bob Keeshan, was VERY particular about which sponsors would be allowed to advertise on his program, and what he would personally endorse. He refused to deal with toy companies that promoted "war toys", and would not allow candy companies that promoted "goodies" that rotted your teeth. For a sponsor like Kellogg's of Battle Creek, though, he believed that Rice Krispies were good for kids....