Captain Kangaroo was an American children's television series which aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS for nearly 30 years, from October 3, 1955 until December 8, 1984, ...

Bob Keeshan, who as Captain Kangaroo became one of the most beloved figures in the history of television, died Friday at his home in Vermont. He was 76 and had been ill for some time, according to a ...

More than 500 items from the Captain Kangaroo show — including Dancing Bear's life-sized costume. The classic children's show Captain Kangaroo aired on TV for nearly 30 years, starting in 1955. After ...

If I had known as a child how good for me Robert J. (Bob) Keeshan intended Captain Kangaroo to be, I’m sure I never would have watched it. Keeshan, who died last Friday at 76 from a long illness, ...

The passing of Captain Kangaroo is another reminder that we have lost too many of those career performers who, in the early age of television and out of the apparent kindness of their hearts (and ...

Captain Kangaroo hopped on over to Scranton to share his “Fun with Music” program with the pre-school and elementary school children of the area. The captain, aka Bob Keeshan, entertained children for ...

Captain Kangaroo also made a brief appearance on WHIO-TV’s “Charlie Goodtime House” show. The Captain Kangaroo show had been on CBS for 20 years. Keeshan said children have not changed much in those ...