Like so many baby boomers, I grew up watching Captain Kangaroo.
Regarding the death of Bob Keeshan, yesterday my friend Ted J. Rucker sent along the following note:
“Captain Kangaroo crossed over yesterday….I remember him well, with his
big kangaroo pockets and his rather different hair. There was Mister
Green Jeans, the Dancing Bear, Tom Terrific, a Clock that could talk,
and a puppet squirrel that lived in Captain Kangaroo’s pocket. What’s
not to like about a world like that. He talked directly to us, like we
were special.
Thanks to Captain Kangaroo,
We grew up with you.”