Well I turned 40 last month, and have been reflecting on my life alot recently as such, and Captain Kangaroo was indeed a very big part of it from the mid 1970s to the early 1980s (about kindergarten to junior high school). I watched it many weekday mornings before going to elementary school in our house, and have plenty of childhood memories of it. The ping pong balls falling mentioned on here is one, as was Bunny Rabbit and Mr. Moose appearing out of their box beside the door. Dennis, Debbie, and Mr. Green Jeans coming over for various reasons. And I remember CK himself best of all, and his trademark red coat. And I remember when it came on in the late 1970s, they changed its opening, and it'd be in animation and a cartoon CK would go outside and put up a yellow sun into the sky to begin the day, accompanied by a song (that always grabbed me!). Then in 1979-1980 they put it later and we could not see it because had to leave for school, but one day in winter, 1980 it snowed and school was delayed for 2 hours, and my granmother said, "You all will get to see Captain Kangaroo". And I did feel very excited about this. The being still the longest contest between Mr. Moose and BR, then MM and CK (with Mr. Green Jeans interrupting about breakfast) then MM and MGJ with CK trying to break them up. And CK going into a majic room to get certain things, and saying the names of certain characters who then came out of it-I especially remember him going for tar, and Tarzan coming (though I, and probably most other 6 year olds, could see that coming a mile away). And I remember a baseball game they played where one character had to be the umpire and he felt it was an unimportant position, but the others convinced him otherwise.
"I happen to be a vegetarian". Lex, from Jurrasic Park
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