Captain Kangaroo Open 1955 and Sales Presentation 80s

From CBS, Captain Kangaroo is introduced in 1955, followed by a sales presentation in the early 80s. Alan Alda, Brent Musberger, the cast of One Day at a Time and others say "Good Morning Captain!" The show only lasted a few years after this on CBS, first going to just weekends and then moving over to PBS.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Captain
• Kangaroo
• Open

[PGMEagle]

I always thought Bill Cosby did Picture Pages. Never knew the captain also did it.

[fromthesidelines]

CBS "sustained" the Captain for the first two years of the program (beginning on October 3, 1955)- then the series started airing commercials, with sponsors approved ONLY by the Captain [Bob Keeshan] himself {he didn't want to advertise any "war toys", or anything detrimental to his viewers}. He continued

on weekday mornings at 8am(et) from '55 through '81 {and a Saturday edition as well, from 1956 through '68}, then on weekends at 7am(et) through December 1984.

[TIPTON340]

Alan Alda,

Dolly Parton,

Charlie Brown,

Linda Lavin,

Milton Berle,

Lorne Greene.

[QBCNetwork]

@tyrese3745 Brent Musburger was doing NFL Today at the time. But my favorite long lost Good Morning Captains was the Match Game (Brett, Charles, Richard, Johnny Olsen & Gene Rayburn), complete with Match Game opening.

[elc1960]

For pro wrestling fans: I think Slim Goodbody's airbrushed "body" suit may have been the inspiration (misguided though it was) for the costume worn by the late Jorge "Giant" Gonzalez in WWF in the mid-90s. Easy to see why this series with the Captain never quite took off. The original series was so much better, and proof positive that a bigger budget and slicker production doesn't necessarily mean "better".

[143AC]

"Captain Kangaroo"was the head of security and the tour guide of the "Treasure House"/"The Captain's Place"(which was a children's museum)

[Market42Fan]

2:08...You are looking LIVE at me saying "Good morning, Captain".

[dkbaker]

@misharyutubbee Yes, he was rather strange but the kids liked him,lol!

[misharyutubbee]

@dkbaker I always thought Slim Goodbody was creepy.

[dkbaker]

OMG! In the '55 opening I saw the old "hat tree"! I had forgotten about that, he used to put on different hats to act out stories and skits! I loved that so much! Glad my kids got to enjoy the later versions,they loved picture pages and Slim Goodbody.