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QUECHEE, Vermont (AP) z-- Bob Keeshan, who gently entertained and educated generations of children as television's walrus-mustachioed Captain Kangaroo, died Friday at 76.

Keeshan's "Captain Kangaroo" debuted on CBS television in 1955 and ran for 30 years before moving to public television for six more. The program was wildly popular among children and won six Emmy Awards, three Gabriels and three Peabody Awards.

The format was simple: Each day, Captain Kangaroo, with his sugar-bowl haircut and uniform coat, would wander through his Treasure House, chatting with his good friend Mr. Green Jeans, played by Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum.


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chatmaker

May he never be without a ping pong ball.....

RIP friend

twilightschild

Watched as a little girl loved him!One of Gods blessings!

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wackydackydoo

I loved watching him as a kid too; good God, I already thought he was dead!!!

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schsa

Between Captain Kangaroo and Fannie May chocolates going out of business it's starting off to be a very sad year.

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queenangie

Me too.
So sad!
Part of my childhood history has now ended.

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karefree

The baby boomers are losing a lot of our childhood idols. I would have thought he was older than he was. When I watched the show as a child and enjoyed all the characters (Rocky and Bullwinkle were favorites)I thought he was 'old' then and he was actually quite a young man.

YankeeMary

First Mr. Rogers now Captain Kangaroo...how sad...do you all remember Henrietta Hippo?

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karefree

I remember Henrietta. She had a bow on top of her head and dressed in a tu tu, didn't she?

YankeeMary

yes and I was a chubby child (as well as an adult) and my sister use to tease me about henrietta...but I did so love that Hippo..thanks sis for such fond childhood memories...haha...NOT!!!

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Willow

I could be wrong but wasn't Henrietta Hippo from the New Zoo Revue?