DUers about the same age as dirt: What is this?

[kentauros]

:D

[suninvited]

1. I remember watching him every single morning!

Does that make me older than dirt?

[kentauros]

3. No, just the same age as me

:D

[ThomCat]

7. Me too! I used to Love that show as a kid.

:)

[seemunkee]

2. ping pong balls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSpPyTNSlTU

[kentauros]

4. I don't remember that joke.

It must have been one they used later, after I wasn't watching any more.

This is the opening (and music) I remember fondly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3w7w58CREY&feature=related

:D

[csziggy]

48. Here is the intro I remember

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7cNota7aHs

But I do seem to remember a running gag with ping pong balls.

[kentauros]

52. I can't really remember the intros any more

but thanks for posting that one :)

[BuelahWitch]

5. A VERY early picture of Captain Kangaroo of course!

Here he is in the '70s (I think) with Fran Allison:

[kentauros]

6. That's a great pic!

I remember her show, too :D

[Graybeard]

15. His name referred to the huge pockets

...in his uniform that can be seen in the top picture. They kinda got a lot smaller by the time this pic was taken.

[valerief]

8. Bob Keeshan. Loved him! And Grandfather Clock.

Didn't like Mr. Greenjeans. Not sure why.

I used to love the songs played in the homemade shadow boxes.

[redwitch]

12. Bunny Rabbit was my favorite.

In retrospect, the good Captain needed a better stylist.

[valerief]

18. Yes, loved Bunny Rabbit, too! I remember his set like it was yesterday. nt

[Art_from_Ark]

45. I liked them all

Bunny Rabbit, Mr. Moose, Mr. Greenjeans, and, of course, The Captain. I also like the songs in the shadow boxes, especially "I'm a Lonely Little Petunia in an Onion Patch", the song about the Choo-choo Train, "M-a-ss-a-chu-se-double t-s" and "The President on the Dollar".

[MissMarple]

9. But... but.....where is Mr. Greenjeans?

[kentauros]

11. Here he is:

and more rabbits :P

[MissMarple]

13. Thanks! But doesn't he look just a tad bit like Bill Maher?

[kentauros]

19. Yeah, he does.

Let's dress up Bill Maher as Mr. Greenjeans and see for sure :P

[BuelahWitch]

26. Used to be a rumor that Frank Zappa was the son of Mr. Greenjeans!

Maybe it was Bill Mahr! :rofl:

[Fire Walk With Me]

67. He looks like a cross between Bill Maher and Evil BOB from Twin Peaks.

:scared:

[NJmaverick]

10. Captain Kangaroo

[Blue-Jay]

14. I'm younger than dirt, but I still remember Capt Kangaroo.

[trof]

16. He was also a Marine and Clarabell the Clown on Howdy Doody.

http://www.corpsstories.com/KeeshanRobert.htm

[kentauros]

21. Good biography there :)

Thanks!

I wonder if that's part of what started the rumor about Fred Rogers being a Marine, too...

[rurallib]

23. Just going to say a war hero in WWII

[trof]

62. Actually, he never saw combat.

You can check it on Wiki.

[Liberal Veteran]

17. John Bolton finding out that a black man is president.

[kentauros]

20. Good one!

:rofl:

[janx]

22. That is Captain Kangaroo, and my mother hated him for some reason.

:shrug: she could not stand that guy.

[Silver Swan]

37. My mother also hated him

We never watched the show, but maybe we were too old.

So that makes me way older than dirt!

[kentauros]

38. Aww, you don't look older than dirt

[texanwitch]

24. I had a thing for Mr Greenjeans.

He was hot.

[BuelahWitch]

25. Mr. Greenjeans, aka Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum was an early environmentalist

From an interview with Bob Keeshan: "He (Mr. Greenjeans) was talking about the environment in 1955. Many adults didn’t know what environment in that context meant. This was early on. Nobody talked about the environment in those days, not certainly on a general program and certainly not one for children. But he had a reverence. That came from him. It wasn’t something that our writers said: "Now you’re going to have a reverence for life." He taught them that. He felt that way, very strongly. He was a protester when they were building dams on rivers that would destroy farms and property. He was for clean water. He was for clean air. He was for non-fossil fuels and production of energy and the like. His reverence for life was there. It was for the growing things, the vegetables and the plants he would literally bring from his farm in Pennsylvania. It was obvious that Lumpy was at home with these things."

[texanwitch]

27. I really did like Mr. Greenjeans better then the Captain.

If I remember correctly he would bring farm animals on the show and seemed very gentle.

It has been a long time since I watched the show.

[BuelahWitch]

30. You had good taste!

:hi:

[kentauros]

32. I wonder if he knew about J.I. Rodale?

That was the founder of the Soil and Health Foundation, later known as the Rodale Institute. They are the publishers of Organic Gardening and Prevention magazines. I've only ever liked Organic Gardening, though and have quite a few gardening books from Rodale.

I used to like Mr. Greenjeans, too, but I think that was because green was my favorite color ;)
I liked gardening, too (still do) :D

Thanks for the history of him. That's cool to know :)

[BuelahWitch]

39. There's a really good book called "Street Gang" about Sesame Street

but it also has info on older children's TV programs too. That's where I first found out about Mr. Greenjeans. :hi:

[kentauros]

41. Does it talk about Morgan Freeman on the Electric company?

[BuelahWitch]

61. I haven't gotten that far yet...

[Manifestor_of_Light]

70. I have a biography of J.I. Rodale.

J.I.Rodale Father of Nonconformity. By Carlton Jackson.

I thought Captain Kangaroo was BOOORING.

I watched Jeopardy with Art Fleming and got most of the questions right. :D

[kentauros]

72. Okay, so you're the only abnormal one of us in this bunch

Whoopdeedoo! :P

Ever since I learned about Rodale through Organic gardening, I liked his outlook and goals.
I've always wondered, too, what it's like working on an experimental farm. Had to be interesting work :)

[Arugula Latte]

35. I just posted that my sister had a thing for him, and then I saw your post.

You two are similarly twisted! :rofl:

[texanwitch]

40. The Captain was just boring.

Maybe it was the farmer thing, I grew up on a farm.

You sister had good taste.

[DainBramaged]

28. The Captain, Howdy Doody, Andy's Gang, Hopalong Cassidy

Was GLUED to the TV. And then in the 60's there was Soupy Sales and my attitude went to shit..........


:rofl:

[texanwitch]

29. Soupy Sales was very cool.

I never missed his show.

[csziggy]

51. Yes, but he really screwed up big time

New Year's Day incident

On New Year's Day 1965, miffed at having to work on the holiday, Sales ended his live broadcast by encouraging his young viewers to tiptoe into their still-sleeping parents' bedrooms and remove those "funny green pieces of paper with pictures of U.S. Presidents" from their pants and pocketbooks. "Put them in an envelope and mail them to me," Soupy instructed the children. "And I'll send you a postcard from Puerto Rico!" He was then hit with a pie.<4>

Several days later, a chagrined Soupy announced that money was unexpectedly being received in the mail. He explained that he had been joking and announced that unreturnable contributions would be donated to charity. As parents' complaints increased, WNEW's management felt compelled to suspend Sales for two weeks. Young viewers picketed Channel 5. The uproar surrounding Sales' suspension increased his popularity.

Sales describes the incident in his 2001 autobiography Soupy Sez! My Life and Zany Times.<5>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soupy_Sales#New_Year.27s_Day_incident

[kentauros]

55. Here's some more memories for ya:

Howdy Doody's Christmas Party

If you've never heard of Kiddie Records Weekly, well now you have. It's a pretty cool site for all these ancient kiddie records :)

[DainBramaged]

68. Thanks, being a kid was long ago, BUT I remember the Emerson

B&W TV we watched all of these shows on, and since we had a TV a lot of the neighborhood kids came around and watched every day. And the Mom's came and everyone had a good time.


Those are things I miss from my youth, people TRUSTED each other.

[asdjrocky]

31. Wanna hear something weird?

He kind of scared me when I was a kid. Still don't know why.

[susanr516]

33. Captain Kangaroo

Wasn't there a cartoon on the show--Tom Terrific with Manfred the Wonder Dog? This would have been around 1960.

[Arugula Latte]

34. Part of my very early childhood, for sure.

My sister had a thing for Mr. Greenjeans. Don't ask.

[texanwitch]

36. Another one.

There was just something about Mr. Greenjeans.

I wonder did he wear green jeans, hard to tell watching b/w tv.

[kentauros]

53. He did indeed wear green jeans.

Just look at this tribute clip :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfVhgxqW2Jc



Hey, look what I found on Kiddie Records:

Little Orley - told by Uncle Lumpy :D

[texanwitch]

42. Here is a short clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7cNota7aHs

No Mr. Greenjeans.

[jobycom]

43. Why is Benny Hill wearing a kids' show outfit?

And I shudder to think what he'll do with that bear.

[clear eye]

44. Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog was hilarious.

If you remember the Tom Terrific animated segments, you might remember that while Tom Terrific had actual superpowers (he was a shape shifter, but his head stuck out on top of whatever he turned into), Mighty Manfred was just a big, goofy, loving, white shaggy dog. Sometimes his clumsiness caused problems, but Tom & he adored each other. If I'm remembering right, most episodes ended w/ them cuddling and Manfred making sort of contented lip-smacking noises. The animation was utterly primitive.

My sister and I after all these years still crack up over the memory of an episode in which Manfred was hypnotized into thinking he was a mouse by a villain who wanted to destroy Tom. He went running all over w/ his nose pressed to the ground and his rear in the air, and rather than actually squeaking, he said over and over in a sort of semi-falsetto, "Squeak, squeak! I am a mouse and Tom Terrific is a piece of cheese. Squeak! Squeak!"

[kentauros]

49. I vaguely remember Tom Terrific

so I looked it up :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyI-BT5OOY4

Sorry, it's not the episode you're looking for. That appears to be the only episode of TT on youtube.

[clear eye]

56. It's there? No kidding! n/t

[kentauros]

58. It's not the episode you were looking for.

It's a different episode and appears to be the only one on YT.

Google videos has more choices, though... :)

[clear eye]

63. I know. I watched it. It was cute.

The theme music was a later version than when I was little. And his face and hat wasn't on everything he turned into like it was on the ones I used to watch. The theme music I remember was in a separate YouTube clip and the words were just what I thought. Lyrics for anything, including childhood TV commercials, just stick in my head. Can't imagine anyone wants to hear the old Hertz car rental or Piels beer jingles. ;)

I don't particularly miss seeing that TT episode, but thanks for trying.

Now what I'd really love to find is the jingle for the Roosevelt Raceway harness racing. That was hysterical. (Included a person whinnying like a horse.)

[denbot]

46. Smoking cigeretts and watching Captain Kangaroo..

Now don't tell me I've got nothing to do..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s8nRL2bPCU

[kentauros]

50. What a song!

:rofl:

I recognize the music, but I don't think I'd ever really listened to the lyrics. Thanks, denbot :D

[astral]

47. I love the Captain!

[old mark]

54. Actually, the Captain was a little afte my time - I'm even older than that...

Maybe Philly area people will remember Sally Starr...


mark

[vixengrl]

71. Not well, but I definitely remember "Dear old Captain Noah!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DwiolCIqcg


Chief Halftown!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by0MK_pktXQ&feature=related

Al Alberts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kMSanaNHfA

(I always used to say, "I'm better than them kids he has on," seriously.)

and Larry Ferrari--

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v91kfZADyHI

Those were the days.

[elleng]

57. Captain Kangaroo!!!!

[Paper Roses]

59. You have such a way with words. Of course we all remember

Captain Kangaroo, Mr Greenjeans, Mr Moose and all the others. My kids grew up watching this great, gentle man.

[kentauros]

60. And I never would have imagined this thread

would make it so far... :D

That opening music was unique, too. Reminds me of some of the "Retro Shopping Music" ;)
I hate to say it, but the violins almost sound like the ones in Psycho :P

[Arkansas Granny]

64. I used to watch Captain Kangaroo every day and he looked just like that when

I first saw him, big pockets and all.

[Doc_Technical]

65. Bunny Rabbit was always tricking the Captain into

giving away a bunch of carrots.

There was also a cartoon called Fred from Channel One.

http://www.toontracker.com/kangaroo/fred.htm

[Blue_In_AK]

66. Captain Kangaroo, of course,

but I must be even older than dirt because my childhood was dominated by Howdy Doody.

[texanwitch]

69. I don't remember Howdy Doody,

I only remember the Mickey Mouse Club from reruns in the 60's.

[omega minimo]

73. I knew that's what it was gonna be. How bout that?

[kentauros]

74. Your wu is showing

:P