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In the '70s, there was a rumor that the "Captain Kangaroo" character Mr. Green Jeans was Frank Zappa's father. This was because Zappa had a song called "Son of Mr. Green Genes" on the Hot Rats album. It was titled that because it was an instrumental version of a song that had been on Uncle Meat.
I never watched Captain Kangaroo as a kid but my Dad has fond memories of it. His father worked at CBS and when he was a kid he once dropped the ping pong balls on Captain Kangaroo. He also was an extra on an episode of Search for Tomorrow and appeared as a kid on a show called Shape Up or something.
I've been freaking out lately with flashbacks to childhood (having little kids running around here now). One of the oddest things I loved watching as a five year old was this guy on Captain Kangaroo called "The Banana Man". Thinking back in my mind he was probably an old Vaudeville performer who did the same act for years but it was really weird.
But Captain Kangaroo was a really, really cheap show, with a lot of lame gags, terrible sets, and bargain-basement props. What I think might do OK would be a 2-hour "Best of" compilation, at best. I think that might do alright, but again, getting all the rights cleared for something like that would be exorbitantly expensive.
I also think he envied their budgets. He was very upset a few years later when they cut his show back in 1982 from 5 days a week to just one. (Ironically, the shoot was rebooted in 1997 with a new guy playing Captain Kangaroo, and it was also shot in Tampa, but it was not successful.)
I think because Captain Kangaroo was a daily show for decades, CBS most likely erased it and reused the tapes, believing it was a throwaway show with virtually no syndication value. I also suspect when color came in in 1966, they didn't go out of their way to save any B&W shows because of their dated look.
'Captain Kangaroo,' Bob Keeshan, Dies at Age 76 (New York-WABC, January 23, 2004) — Bob Keeshan, the television producer who created and ultimately became beloved children's personality Captain Kangaroo, has died. Keeshan, who was born in Lynbrook, Long Island, was 76.
Does anybody remember the show that Keeshan did as a replacement for his Saturday morning Captain Kangaroo show? Mister Mayor. Mister Mayor (TV Series 1964– ) ⭐ 8.1 | Family The only thing I remember about it (I would have been 3 or 4 years old) was that my older brother said it was Captain Kangaroo and I found it hard to believe.
In the early sixties, Captain Kangaroo featured a recurring segment in which some sort of clockwork anthropomorphic animal -- hedgehog? -- played a hurdy-gurdy, against an empty black background; inter-cut with a revolving toy ferris wheel, also against an empty black background. The entire surreal scene was underscored with melancholy music.
Big Captain Kangaroo fan here. I must have watched him from my cradle thru the 80s. Truly Captain K is one of the saddest losses on home video. Surely the music cues must have something to do with this. But in earlier searches, I find numerous posts stating the holders of the show rights (His son?) have no interest in making them available.