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Keeshan as Captain Kangaroo. Network television programs began shortly after the end of the war. Howdy Doody, which premiered in 1947 on NBC, was one of the first.Starting on January 3, 1948, [16] Keeshan played Clarabell the Clown, a silent Auguste clown who communicated by honking several horns attached to a belt around his waist.
Captain Kangaroo is an American children's television series that aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS for 29 years, from 1955 to 1984, making it the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television program of its day.
Hugh Brannum (January 5, 1910 – April 19, 1987) was an American vocalist, arranger, composer, and actor known for his role as Mr. Green Jeans on the children's television show Captain Kangaroo. During his days with Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, Brannum used his childhood nickname "Lumpy". [1]
Three actors played Clarabell on a regular basis. The first was Bob Keeshan, who later became Captain Kangaroo and was reputedly fired over a salary dispute in 1952. [2] Keeshan was succeeded by Robert "Nick" Nicholson, [3] who also played the character of J. Cornelius Cobb on The Howdy Doody Show.
The 90-minute debate, scheduled for 9 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday in a Manhattan studio that once hosted the children's program “Captain Kangaroo,” will be moderated by the outgoing “CBS Evening ...
The producers of Captain Kangaroo used some of Clash's puppet creations for the show. [15] [16] In 1984, Clash had to turn down Henson's offer to work on his film The Dark Crystal because he was working on two TV shows at the same time, Captain Kangaroo and Love's syndicated program The Great Space Coaster, in which he was producer for the ...
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James Earl Wall (December 12, 1917 – October 27, 2010 [1]) was an American stage manager and actor.. Having performed on radio, theater, and in the Army during World War II, Wall worked as a stage manager on Broadway before being hired as the stage manager for the children's television series Captain Kangaroo by CBS in 1962.