lessons from Captain Kangaroo

Honalo · Oct 2, 2008

I've just had to spell Massachusetts twice for something here at work and I can't do it without the song in my head:

M-A-double S-A-C-H-U-S-E-double T-S. That's Massachusetts

I also learned Mississippi:

M-
I-
S-S-
I-
S-S-
I-
P-P
I

another very important lesson learned from the Captain: How to say No.
N
O
Spells NO
I said that to a bus driver once at school; I forget what he asked me but I was very assertive in my SPELLS NO.

DeleyanLee · Oct 2, 2008

The one thing I learned from the Captain was never to trust a moose with ping pong balls.

dobiwon · Oct 2, 2008

I remember from long ago how to spell Mississippi:

M-
I-
crooked letter-crooked letter-
I-
crooked letter-crooked letter-
I-
humpback-humpback-
I

Amazing the silly things you remember that turn out to be useful

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Oct 2, 2008

Especially if he had a sidekick named 'Bunny Rabbit'.

I love Captain Kangaroo! Ol' Boy, my daddy, Danny Kaye, and Bob Keeshan... my all-time favorite men.

Shadow_Ferret · Oct 2, 2008

dobiwon said:
I remember from long ago how to spell Mississippi:

M-
I-
crooked letter-crooked letter-
I-
crooked letter-crooked letter-
I-
humpback-humpback-
I

Amazing the silly things you remember that turn out to be useful

Yeah, we had a relative from there spell it like that and all us Yanks just sort of stared at her and nodded knowingly.

Honalo · Oct 2, 2008

You know, I can't remember anything from Capt. Kangaroo - other than the characters, Mr. GreenJeans, Bunny Rabbit, etc. - other than how to spell Massachusetts and Mississippi. I have a vague memory of a song played against a black screen with white-gloved hands - that's it!
And of course, how to say NO.

Shadow_Ferret · Oct 2, 2008

I remember all the pingpong balls getting dropped on the Captain's head. Who did that. The moose?

Oh, and there was this weird squigly picture of this guy that talked and moved.

jannawrites · Oct 2, 2008

I have no pressing memories of learned things from the Captain, but my five-year-old's kindergarten class watched one of his shows the second week of school. So he's still got it.

Shadow_Ferret · Oct 2, 2008

Must have been a rerun because Bob Keeshan died in 2004.

Homewrecker · Oct 2, 2008

Mela said:
You know, I can't remember anything from Capt. Kangaroo - other than the characters, Mr. GreenJeans, Bunny Rabbit, etc. - other than how to spell Massachusetts and Mississippi. I have a vague memory of a song played against a black screen with white-gloved hands - that's it!
And of course, how to say NO.

I have warm fuzzy feelings associated which the Captain. The only thing I really remember is Mr Moose & his ping pong balls, Grandfather Clock, and that super creepy looking Dancing Bear.

Cheers!

jannawrites · Oct 2, 2008

Shadow_Ferret said:
Must have been a rerun because Bob Keeshan died in 2004.

Yeah, that's what I meant. I was thinking how cool it is that his episodes are still pertinent to today's kids.

Beach Bunny · Oct 2, 2008

Don't forget the bunny rabbit and the carrots.

Gravity · Oct 2, 2008

And the Banana Man. And Tom Terrific ("with Mighty Manfred, the Won-n-n-n-der Doggg...!")

CaroGirl · Oct 2, 2008

Never mess with Mr. Greenjeans. And Captain Kangaroo had some scary hair.

That's all I learned.

Roger J Carlson · Oct 2, 2008

All bunny rabbits are conmen.

vixey · Oct 2, 2008

And the clock with the face that had eyes that moved.

I remember that the Captain used to have kids come on the show and they did crafts. He always had tape and glue and colorful (in my black and white TV mind's eye) paper and kid-sized scissors. For some reason it seemed we didn't keep those things at home so I was wide-eyed when he brought out the craft stuff.

I hate crafts now.

HeronW · Oct 2, 2008

I was having my 7th birthday and my mom got me and a friend on the CK show. Turned out to be a bust because we passed the room the magician had his gear in and a rabbit was in a cage. So it was kind of obvious what was going to come from the hat

smoothseas · Oct 2, 2008

OMG, how could we almost forget Grandfather Clock!!!

Komnena · Oct 2, 2008

Never say let me have it.

BenPanced · Oct 2, 2008

Before they enacted the legislation that put all of Indiana on Daylight Saving Time, I lived in the part that didn't change time. Programming came on an hour later than usual.

I hated the TV schedule changing. During the winter, we couldn't watch Captain Kangaroo before going to school. Instead, we got to see crappy AM America, the predecessor to Good Morning America.

Well, when GMA came about, I learned who Rona Barrett was. I know. Big consolation.

lessons from Captain Kangaroo

Honalo

DeleyanLee

Writing Anarchist

dobiwon

Planning to retire for the 5th time

Ol' Fashioned Girl

Hand? What hand?

Shadow_Ferret

Court Jester

Honalo

Shadow_Ferret

Court Jester

jannawrites

no, really

Shadow_Ferret

Court Jester

Homewrecker

Intranational Mystery Woman

jannawrites

no, really

Beach Bunny

The Provocative One

Gravity

Seen 'em come, seen 'em go

CaroGirl

Living the dream

Roger J Carlson

Moderator In Name Only

vixey

C'est la vie!

HeronW

Down Under Fan

smoothseas

Life sucks... Then ya die...

Komnena

In Honor of Peter Tomich,USS Utah

BenPanced

THE BLUEBERRY QUEEN OF HADES (he/him)