Captain Kangaroo died today

[Pati]

http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=147439

Another one of my favorites.

 

[show 42]

This is so sad, and he's much younger then I thought he was.....I watched him when I was young and loved his gentle influence............42

 

[dlkksk8fan]

I too was a Captain Kangaroo fan when I was little.

 

[Pookie]

I'm so sorry to hear this. I always watched Captain Kangaroo, also.

 

[Blue Bead]

How sad. I was one of the many who faithfully watched Captain Kangaroo as well, but he also played Clarabell the Clown on the Howdy Doody Show in the late 1940's. I remember that as well. Clarabell never talked but communicated by squeezing the bulb of the most raucous sounding bicycle horn. It was totally hilarious.

Blue Bead

 

[Ice Princess]

That's sad-I watched him, too, when I was a kid. I didn't know he played Clarabell! He was so great!

 

[Ladskater]

One of the original great childrens' entertainers - who treated children on their level - did not "talk down" to them.