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01/24/2004: "Captain Kangaroo"

Bob Keeshan, who entertained generations of children as television's Captain Kangaroo, died yesterday at 76.

Keeshan's "Captain Kangaroo" premiered on CBS in 1955 and ran for 30 years before moving to public television for another six. The show won six Emmy Awards, three Gabriels and three Peabody Awards.

Do you remember the song lyric, "smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo...?" You don't hear that sort of reference to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Do you?

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Counting flowers on the wall
That don't bother me at all
Playing solitaire till dawn with a deck of 51
Smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo
So don't tell me I've nothing to do
-Statler Brothers
Flowers On The Wall

What was that song? said @ 01/27/2004 06:43 PM CST