What did you watch as a child--Mister Rogers or Captain Kangaroo

[WI_DEM]

Poll question: What did you watch as a child--Mister Rogers or Captain Kangaroo

[Rowdyboy]

1. The Captain was my buddy....

And Mr Greenjeans......It was my version of the world in 1958

[Bzzzz]

46. I was all about...

Mr. Greenjeans. :7

[TimeChaser]

2. I'm from Pittsburgh

So I just had to watch Mister Rogers. :)

Edited to add: A friend of mine was on the show once. :)

[China_cat]

24. Me too, but I watched it before Fred Rogers took over.

When it was Josie Carey's Neighborhood.

[I Have A Dream]

58. I never heard of Mister Rogers until I moved to the Pittsburgh area. n/t

[u4ic]

3. Never watched Mr Rogers

but watched Captain Kangaroo once in a while.

The show I watched the most as a child was Mr Dressup.

[Dying Eagle]

4. Mr. Rogers

What a great show....Kids need Mr.R back!

[Jamastiene]

5. Picture pages picture page time to open up the picture pages

and
Well you know my name is Simon
And the things I draw come true
Oh they take me take me take me
Climbing over the garden wall with you.

I loved Captain Kangaroo so much. Those songs have just stayed with me through the years much like "I'm Just a Bill Sitting Here on Capital Hill" did.

Sorry for the multiple earworm post. I just couldn't resist. I can't think of Capt'n Kangaroo without thinking of that music I loved so much from the show.

[mwooldri]

6. Sorry, I was subject to the delights of the BBC and ITV as a kid.

I didn't grow up in the USA.

Only got to learn of Mister Rogers in the last few years (through repeats on UNC-TV/PBS).

I got to suffer Trumpton, Camberwick Green, Bagpuss, The Magic Roundabout, Jamie and the Magic Torch, Blue Peter, Play School, oh and at school we had schools TV!

Mark.

[CanuckAmok]

15. Magic Roundabout and Camberwick Green were GREAT!

Good ol' Windy Miller!

[dolo amber]

63. What about...

:D

[Err]

7. Mister Rogers.

:)

It was always a beautiful day in my neighborhood.

[evlbstrd]

8. Magic Drawing Board was my favorite.

Then Mr. Moose. Bunny Rabbit was lame because he didn't talk.

[djeseru]

9. Neither - I missed out.

My mother and I were never morning people, she had to work nights.

I did enjoy Mr. Rogers during unemployment though. Always so positive to be around!

[lovelaureng]

10. I watched both of them. nt

[last_texas_dem]

11. Captain Kangaroo

This was in the mid- to late-eighties; I think my mom enjoyed that I liked the show because it had been one of her favorites growing up, too.

I didn't watch Mr. Rogers much as a kid but remember seeing him on years later and thinking what a nice guy he seemed to be.

[SammyWinstonJack]

12. Captain Kangaroo and Sheriff John and Soupy Sales.

:woohoo:

[Aimah]

13. Mr Rogers only

I loved that show as a kid. The Children's Museum in Indy had an exhibit of articles and puppets from the show. I took my 3 nieces who are 3,6, and 8 and I think I had more fun than they did. Kids don't watch either shows like they used to.

[In_The_Wind]

14. Captain Kangaroo

I don't remember Mister Rogers being shown in Atlanta in the 50's.

[Ivan Sputnik]

16. The Captain

with Mister Moose, Bunny Rabbit, Dancing Bear, Grandfather Clock, etc.

And this guy:

[Metta]

17. Howdy Doody, Winky Dink and sometimes Romper Room.

Also Captain Midnight and My Friend Flicka. Sometimes Lassie. Also Steve Allen.

[kevsand]

26. Captain Midnight!

I still can't believe I let that rat bastard talk me into drinking that Ovaltine sludge. I was a big Sky King and Hopalong Cassidy fan, too.

[Metta]

69. Hey, when I was in the monastery, we were glad to have Ovaltine.

It made a savory or sweet treat in the middle of the afternoon. That and black coffee with no sugar. Mmm. Good times.

[kevsand]

71. That may very well be.

As a five year old, however, it made a distinctly negative impression on my Bosco biased tongue.

[Metta]

72. Yes, I can see that it would pale before Bosco.

Do you remember strawberry Bosco? I never had that.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

18. Mr Rogers wasn't on when I was a child

Captain Kangaroo, Ranger Hal, and Romper Room were a toddler's best bets in those days.

[LostinVA]

19. And also Captain Noah and Pixie Anne out of Philly

[LSdemocrat]

20. Growing up in the 1980's I watched:

Mr. Rogers, Sesame Street, Square One, and some Captain Kangaroo.

[democracyindanger]

21. Fred. Even as a kid I knew the value of sleeping in.

[Joey Liberal]

22. Captain Kangaroo - but I preferred the 3 Stooges

Looking back, Capt. Kangaroo must have been dropping acid and the 3 Stooges had to have been smoking dope:).........

[RockaFowler]

23. I watched Both, But

Loved the Captain better. Mister Green Jeans was my favorite

[SmileyBoy]

25. Captain Kangaroo was still going on when I was little...

...but I watched both.

[bridgit]

27. Captain Kangaroo, cause HE used to have The Banana Man...

http://facweb.furman.edu/~rbryson/BananaMan/SamLavine.html

[PittPoliSci]

28. Mister Rogers was all for me.

[MiniMandaRuth]

29. Mister Rogers.

I can hardly remember it at all. I remember a puppet, a train, and a town. That's about it.

However, you can count that I was crying when I found that he had passed on. Even though I hardly remembered him, I still remembered the care free days of my youth before I became what I am now.

R.I.P

:cry:

[GirlinContempt]

30. Neither: Mr Dressup

And not just as a child :P

[ghostsofgiants]

38. Fuck yes!

I met him once when I was really little. It was awesome.

[GirlinContempt]

39. You know where it's at!

:headbang:

[swag]

31. There was one time on Captain Kangaroo at the beginning

when the theme song was playing that Captain Kangaroo came and opened almost every one of the little doors on the front door of the Treasure House and poked his thread through each little open door smiling at me. Then he finally opened the big door of the Treasure House, which by now was covered with open little doors, and then the show really began.

I think Mr. Moose, Bunny Rabbit, Mr. Green Jeans, and Mr. Bainter the Painter were all in attendance that day. The first three were anyway. Definitely.

That was when I was about four. Captain Kangaroo never opened that many little doors again.

Ever.

[swimboy]

52. I remember that, too.

:hi:

[ET Awful]

59. Oooops, meant to reply to OP, delete this :)

[DanCa]

32. Bozo, Howdy Doody, and Ray Rainor. (nt)

[Blue_In_AK]

33. Me too

And Kukla, Fran & Ollie. We're old, aren't we?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

35. And Andy's Gang and Ding Dong School

and the Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show.

[DanCa]

73. Yep I remember sea hunt and sting ray and Bj and the dirty dragon.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

34. Captain Kangaroo, because by the time Mr. Rogers came on, I was

older than the target demographic.

[Doctor_J]

36. Mister Moose, Mister Greenjeans

Twas The Captain for me. We also had some local programming here in Chicago which was pretty good - Ray Rayner in the AM and Frazier Thomas after school.

[Broken_Hero]

37. neither....

Didn't like either one of them at all, really. I am more of a transformers/GI Joe/Superfriends guy, as far as what shows i watched growing up....plus He-Man, Mask....the list goes on and on....

[mykpart]

40. Kukla, Fran, and Ollie.

Kukla and Ollie were puppets, Fran a real lady. And is anyone else here old enough to remember "Grandma's Magic Locket?"

[CanuckAmok]

41. I remember Kukla Fran and Ollie.

And I'm "only" 38. They were still on CBS in the early 70s.

On edit: Kukla's IMDB credits:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1185433/

[Seabiscuit]

68. That was my 2nd favorite show in the early 50's.

Third favorite: Magic Cottage

Favorite: Howdy Doody Time

[bridgit]

42. ^_^

http://users.ultinet.net/~kfo/how.html

[BuelahWitch]

66. Here's a better link

http://users.ultinet.net/~kfo/index.html

Mark has lots of clips and sound files that you can access from this page.

[bridgit]

76. too funny = that link is at the bottom of my link...

:rofl: :rofl:

[Blue_In_AK]

79. Ah, now, that does my heart good....

I haven't seen those guys for SO-O long.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

43. I've decided that once I slip into senility, if I live that long

I'd like a constant loop of Captain Kangaroo to be running. If we're to end as we began, let's at least do it with someone we know.

[BamaGirl]

44. both

[Bombtrack]

45. Non old people do post here

[RockaFowler]

48. Is that Captain Planet??

I used to watch that, but it was because Captain Planet had a great environmental message.

But we're not old. I'm only 34 and I think Mister Rogers and Captain Kangaroo were on into the late 80's.

[NoPasaran]

47. The Captain

When I was a child, there was no Mister Rogers.

[Strong Atheist]

49. Did you know that in a previous

life, Mr. Rogers was a special forces commando in Vietnam? Killed people and the whole bit. Had tattoo's on his arms, which is why he always wore a sweater on the show. He had a conversion, and changed his life ...

[TimeChaser]

70. Check Snopes

http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/mrrogers.asp

If you scroll down a little you'll find that it's not true.

[Strong Atheist]

74. I stand corrected.

:spank: to me!

[cmd]

50. The radio until I was about eight

Then it was Saturday morning serials and Ed Sullivan on Sunday night. I don't remember watching tv during the week.

[baldguy]

51. Rocketship 7

http://www.rocketship7.com

[ScreamingMeemie]

53. Both, and also, Mr. Dressup....I loved Mr. Dressup.

:hi:

[swimboy]

54. The Captain, but I also loved Sailor Bob

He was host of a local children's show with puppets and Popeye cartoons and Nolde's Birthday cakes. If you were good, your parents might take you to Southside Plaza to meet him and get an autographed sailor hat.

[Bridget Burke]

55. Neither. Dong Dong School was the "educational" choice....

And Howdy Doody was for fun.

Plus Crusader Rabbit, from the folks who later gave us Rocky & Bullwinkle.

[Shell Beau]

56. More so Mr. Rogers, but neither really. I loved Sesame Street!

:)

[bigwillq]

57. Mister Rogers (nt)

[ET Awful]

60. Wallace and Ladmo

What can I say? I grew up in Arizona :P.

Oh yeah, I also watched Captain Kangaroo and Electric Company.

[dolo amber]

62. Oh crap...

Wallace and Ladmo were so creepy... :cry:

[calico1]

61. I watched Romper Room, Bozo the Clown,

Wonderama (I think this was in NY only). Oh, and the Jerry Mahoney Show.

[m_welby]

64. Captain all the way.

PING PONG BALLS !!!!


and Tom Terrriffic (and Manfred the wonder dog).

...and mr green jeans and Mr. Moose - Mr. moose was the coolest. Bunny Rabbit always seemed a little sadistic.

Grandfather clock freaked me out the first time I saw him 'wake up' though, I think I had nightmares for a week. (and couldn't go near grandfather clocks for a decade).

...and magic drawing board.

..and dancing bear !!!

I loved the captain, my kids never took to him though. One watched sesame street constantly and the other loved mister rogers (though he'd deny that now).

[BuelahWitch]

65. Bofh of them

Moreso the Captain because CBS came in much better than the early PBS channels did (they were NET back then). We got them better when I turned 6 or 7 and then Mr. Rogers was a staple too.

LOL, I still watch Mr. Rogers every so often...my cat likes to hear him sing, you see. ;)

[Seabiscuit]

67. Neither - both were waaaaay toooooo sappy.

[Tom_Foolery]

75. I watched Hobo Kelly and Billy Barty...

I lived my early childhood in LA. I didn't watch the Captain and Mr. Rogers until I was a teenager.

Mrs. Foolery watched the Captain. She says that Mr. Greenjeans and Dancing Bear rocked her world!!!

[tim2204]

77. LETS NOT

Forget Howdy doody and Buffalo BoB :+ and Clarabelle the clown

[ScreamingMeemie]

78. I can't forget something I'm too young to remember...

:P

...Welcome to DU! :toast: