Bob Keeshan as Captain Kangaroo on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (Mr. McFeely Interview)

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  • In the early 1970’s, Captain Kangaroo (played by Bob Keeshan) appeared on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Robert Keeshan started his career on commercial television as Clarabell the Clown on Howdy Doody. He brought along puppeteer Gus "Cosmo" Allegretti to play Mr. Moose & Bunny Rabbit in the Neighborhood of Make Believe. (Edited by Kent Baker)

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  • @freedo333
    @freedo333 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Around 1975, id watch captain kangaroo, Mister Rogers, sesame street, the electric company & zoom -everyday on PBS :)

  • @DRIVEIN101
    @DRIVEIN101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Two late, great legends of children's television...both dearly missed

    • @user-wi6sh6vh8u
      @user-wi6sh6vh8u หลายเดือนก่อน

      Now they both belong to the ages.

  • @jenniferhamby7667
    @jenniferhamby7667 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Two of the sweetest and most wholesome shows ever.

    • @meekhouse
      @meekhouse 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Amen

  • @poetink
    @poetink ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Never knew Captain Kangaroo made an appearance on Mr. Rogers. That was wonderful!

  • @pamelamays4186
    @pamelamays4186 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    When two legends come together.

  • @brendapaddlety2413
    @brendapaddlety2413 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I grew up watching Capt. Kangaroo & Mr. Rogers.Two wonderful role models for children.💖

    • @curbozerboomer1773
      @curbozerboomer1773 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I honestly believe, that Rogers and Keeshan were a calming influence on my Boomer generation of kids...Maybe they even were responsible for the upcoming hippie situation, with the emphasis being on kind and loving towards other people. I new a kid who grew up in a bad household..lots of verbal abuse, drinking, etc. But the kid so looked forward to escaping in to programs like this, as a child. Sad, but true!

  • @annchovey2089
    @annchovey2089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I used to fake sick in 8th grade just to stay home and watch Captain and Mr Moose. When I’d hear that theme music playing, it was so cathartic. I had won. Then nighttime would get so depressing. Can’t fake two days in a row. Not that good of an actress. I went on to be a teacher and sometimes when certain students weren’t in class, it’d bring back memories that made me chuckle inside.

  • @johnmiller8123
    @johnmiller8123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    R.I.P. both bob-keeshan & fred-rogers you'll be missed by everyone always & forever amen. 🇺🇲🧑‍🤝‍🧑📺🎥🌟🌟.

  • @georgeperkins4171
    @georgeperkins4171 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    mr moose and bunny rabbit in the land of make believe? 2 worlds collide. my head just exploded.

  • @danceswithchihuahuas7092
    @danceswithchihuahuas7092 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    You know, I think we were some really lucky kids, but we didn’t know it at the time!

    • @MisterMikeTexas
      @MisterMikeTexas ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "You don't know what you got till it's gone!" - Cinderella

    • @dahnawa1957
      @dahnawa1957 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      100% fact.

  • @genetacres5476
    @genetacres5476 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I loved both Captain Kangaroo and Mr Roger's, this brought so many happy memories back. Thank you!🙂

  • @TheFluffyPeacock
    @TheFluffyPeacock ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Some of my best childhood memories involve Captain Kangaroo & Me. Rogers. So sweet to watch this and be reminded of simpler times.❤

  • @kirk4086
    @kirk4086 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This made me cry...

  • @richardg8651
    @richardg8651 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I wasn't expecting cross-over episodes . 😁 The faces of my childhood .!

  • @patkruchowski5718
    @patkruchowski5718 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I wish kids today had something like this. What great memories growing up

  • @LuvvyDuck
    @LuvvyDuck ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The best of both worlds ❤️

  • @alanrogers7090
    @alanrogers7090 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I am blessed to be old enough to have seen the very first Captain Kangaroo, as well as the first Mickey Mouse Club shows, both of which started in 1955, when I was five years old. After the Captain closed for the day, another children's morning classic appeared, Romper Room with Miss Josey, which started at 9:00 AM, "when the clock looks like a chair without any legs", as she used to say. Even though I was five, I was inquisitive enough to ask my Mom, why Romper Room wasn't on at 3:00 PM, when the clock ALSO looked like a chair without any legs. I was told that it only worked when the chair sat against THAT wall, and not when it was against the other wall. That was OK with me, although I wanted another Romper Room. These were the days before reruns, and WAY before such things as VCRs and especially streaming. If you missed a show in those days, that was it, you missed it. In many ways, it was really a simpler time than today. I can remember going out all afternoon riding my bicycle and being told be home before dark. That was it, just be home before dark. Can you imagine that today? Now you can call your kid on his/her phone to find out where they are. No portable phones then for ANYONE. All phones were hardwired into your houses walls. I can remember having to sit with my Mom waiting for a man from the phone company to install a second phone in my poarents bedroom, so one or the other wouldn't have to run downstairs to the one phone in our kitchen.
    I used to watch Mr. Rogers with my son when he was little, on the rare occasions that I was home during the day, as I worked.

  • @joeschneider732
    @joeschneider732 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Born in 1972 loved watching both! Captain kangaroo was in the morning and after school was Mr. Rogers! Wished we still had them to teach the younger generation

    • @terencedove5047
      @terencedove5047 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      To add to that…teach the younger generation proper appreciation for what was, rather than continually delving into what is. Wholesomeness is lacking in many areas these days…

  • @douglassauvageau7262
    @douglassauvageau7262 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Unspectacular. Simply engaging and comfortable. Often enlightening.

  • @vortexgen1
    @vortexgen1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The 2 most important men on TV.

  • @Edera7795
    @Edera7795 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I loved the Captain. I watched him every morning. brings back great memories

  • @stevenjones2371
    @stevenjones2371 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    i grew up with this stuff

  • @kaymuldoon3575
    @kaymuldoon3575 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was born in 1961. I remember watching Captain Kangaroo when I was little…I absolutely loved the show.

  • @robertfishman3742
    @robertfishman3742 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I remember watching that episode as a child!

    • @SwiftFoxMedia
      @SwiftFoxMedia  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A Classic!

    • @thetreasurehouse1742
      @thetreasurehouse1742 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What an absolutely wonderful meeting of THE two best children's television friends.

    • @chench4117
      @chench4117 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SwiftFoxMedia Bob Keeshan was a narrator in the 26 CBS Storybreak Episodes.

  • @jwmalcolm2282
    @jwmalcolm2282 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Two icons - beautiful

  • @BenJabituya
    @BenJabituya 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    RIP Bob Keeshan and Fred Rogers.

    • @meekhouse
      @meekhouse 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for all the memories, Gents

  • @randallraymond4563
    @randallraymond4563 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I watched the show every morning & I still laugh when he does the ping pong ball bit

  • @douglasthompson9482
    @douglasthompson9482 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Two legends iconic in every way. Brought happiness and love to millions of people.

  • @petergrandahl2386
    @petergrandahl2386 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    They don't make shows like these anymore.

  • @scottmiller6495
    @scottmiller6495 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very sad these two icons are gone now and young people 35 and under have no idea how important they were!!!!!

  • @arthouston7361
    @arthouston7361 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I watched Captain Kangaroo back when it was in black and white, and it sparked my creative bent for the rest of my life. Indelible characters like Mr. Green jeans, and the grandfather clock, and Mr. Moose and Bunny……..it was wonderful.

  • @pamelamays4186
    @pamelamays4186 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Captain Kangaroo and Mister Rogers?
    🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

  • @judithsixkiller5586
    @judithsixkiller5586 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was watching both of them back when most folks still had black and white tv sets. Not to forget Peanut and Knucklehead, Good old Mr Edd , Beanie and Cecile the seasick seamonster.
    No matter what terrible things were on the news from the Vietnam war and rioting, I had my shows, my mom , grandma and my siblings. Treasure your family, you never know when they will be gone.

  • @clingdawg2229
    @clingdawg2229 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Grew up on Captain Kangaroo, back in its black and white days!

  • @jazzcat412
    @jazzcat412 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved both shows when I was a kid wish kids tv today was like that again

  • @requinremembers
    @requinremembers ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mr Moose!!! SOOOO funny! These two gentle souls--Mr Rogers and Capt. Kangaroo--together. Iconic.

  • @ronmartin4212
    @ronmartin4212 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I started school in'67 and so I watched the Captain but Mr.Rogers' show went national in '68.I never had a chance to check his show out,and do was unaware that Bob and Fred were friends and that ever appeared on Fred's show!!What a treat for those kids that caught both shows,huh?!!!?

  • @57629589
    @57629589 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Every morning before I got on the bus was Captain Kangaroo time.

  • @dimensionexpressiontarot4173
    @dimensionexpressiontarot4173 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was born in 1970 but I was lucky enough to watch both of these weekly daily shows for children captain kangaroo 1st and then Mr. Rogers.

  • @mrstacyj9496
    @mrstacyj9496 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for sharing. I never saw "Mr McFeely" out of character. Fascinating ...

  • @lisaknox7722
    @lisaknox7722 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I used to watch this as a kid and I loved it.
    And I still love those episodes and miss them very much.😢

  • @joekhatib3798
    @joekhatib3798 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mr. Moose!!!!!!!!!!! 😁

  • @driloc
    @driloc 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I must have forgotten this, because I tried never to miss the Captain growing up!!!

  • @lesliejohnson1549
    @lesliejohnson1549 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    How did I miss this?

  • @dahnawa1957
    @dahnawa1957 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Legends!!! The world was better when they both were teaching us kids how to love ourselves!

  • @sandradibiaso7316
    @sandradibiaso7316 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I watched Captain Kangaroo in the late 1970's.

  • @johncourtney6006
    @johncourtney6006 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved both shows. I watched the Captain in the morning and Mr. Rogers in the afternoon. ❤❤

  • @patriciaschuster1371
    @patriciaschuster1371 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the fact this is produced by a local high school!

  • @bobkat1663
    @bobkat1663 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Grew up watching all of it, what a wonderful childhood.

  • @orangehornet57
    @orangehornet57 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's hard to recognize him without his Mr. McFeely costume. Ironically, several of Captain Kangaroo's staff later worked on Sesame Street. Mr. Rogers was one of many celebrities who did short "Good Morning Captain" bits in the 80s. He was feeding his fish. We miss them both.

  • @BrothuhRabbit
    @BrothuhRabbit 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I watched both as a tot in the early 70's. I loved Mr. Rogers show, he was great. Captain Kangaroo had a lot of things that made them different, one being an hour long show.

  • @johnbroadway4196
    @johnbroadway4196 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    LOVED CAPTAIN KANGAROO !
    And how he would read. Such A Great voice. And MR. GREEN JEANS too !

  • @sethflix
    @sethflix 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Two of my favorite people as a young boy. Thanks for posting this video.

  • @David-yw2lv
    @David-yw2lv 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I grew up watching Captain Kangaroo.Mr.Rogers came around when I was about 11,but I never saw it until I was 14.I heard of the show and was staying with my brother in Austin,where there was a PBS station.My sister in law threw a fit yelling that was a show for small children I tried to explain it was only out of curiosity that Inwas watching the show.She wouldn't hear of it.

  • @ArsRob
    @ArsRob ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would love to see Captain Kangaroo, Fred Rogers, and Bob Ross together…Three wonderful souls….

  • @tracy85777
    @tracy85777 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm 65 and Captain Kangaroo was my Mr. Rogers. My son loved Mr. Rogers. I had no idea that they were ever on in a single day as I see in the comments. Times were so much simpler then.

  • @meekhouse
    @meekhouse 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    RIP Bob "Captain Kangaroo" Keeshan, and Fred "Mr." Rogers. Thanks for all the memories, Gents

  • @philb8521
    @philb8521 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Captain Kangeroo was one of the fondest childhood memories I have.

  • @mountainmover777
    @mountainmover777 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have great memories of watching him(CK) in the morning before elementary school in the 70's.. I could time the arrival of the school bus outside my door to the ping pong balls falling on his head. Good times!

  • @keithfaulk1354
    @keithfaulk1354 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I used to love to watch this 😊

  • @sa3270
    @sa3270 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I watched both shows in the 70s.

  • @varkadegames
    @varkadegames ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Kids today need Mr. Rogers and Captain Kangaroo. ✌️

  • @jjiacobucci
    @jjiacobucci ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Miss that innocence

  • @terryherrera9054
    @terryherrera9054 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember all these shows and watched them all growing up. Out of these 3 I enjoyed Captain Kangaroo more.

  • @tubervine1259
    @tubervine1259 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awwww. Miss them both!

  • @ciderfan823
    @ciderfan823 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was born in 1982 and vaguely remember watching Captain Kangaroo. I just looked it up and it seems I was watching reruns.

  • @doriskinnick8776
    @doriskinnick8776 ปีที่แล้ว

    Two awesome guys!

  • @williamcap2236
    @williamcap2236 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I watched the good captain as a kid and Mr Rogers

  • @terencedove5047
    @terencedove5047 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can’t watch this well or see to type this out. My eyes are blurry with tears…

  • @Meditation409
    @Meditation409 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Damm I miss this so much! 😢😓😰🙏

  • @truecowboy
    @truecowboy ปีที่แล้ว

    I loved captain kangaroo as a kid. I loved howdy doosy too.

  • @johndavis48076
    @johndavis48076 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s 2023 and I am 58 and I never knew these two ever met on the show. It’s like if they made a live action Spider-man meets Superman movie.

  • @markafterdark7076
    @markafterdark7076 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    2 of my favorite

  • @jay-day
    @jay-day 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember the theme song "It's Howdy Doody Time", and watching Captain Kangaroo and, of course, Mister Rogers NEighborhood. I don't remember too much of them, though,

  • @kdm71291
    @kdm71291 ปีที่แล้ว

    O......M......G!!!
    I never knew this! CK was my guy...I watched him every day! And then Mr. Rogers became available to me a little later.....but I also watched Hobo Kelly, Bozo and Sheriff John.....in fact, my mother sent my name in to Sheriff John so that he could read my name on the air for the birthday list!
    I would have lost it if I ever saw that show where Captain kangaroo visits Mister Rogers...I almost did just now, haha!
    I've often wondered if they knew each other....it's nice to hear that they did and were friends....and had that New Years tradition!

  • @glenn5903
    @glenn5903 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh Lord I remember this!😂😂😂I was born in 1959!!!😂😂😂

  • @michaelcoffey7362
    @michaelcoffey7362 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice,I enjoyed both shows 😀

  • @caroljeanscott5571
    @caroljeanscott5571 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was a little girl when Howdy Doody was on and I remember Clarabell the Clown.

  • @AcmeRacing
    @AcmeRacing 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bunny Rabbit and Mr. Moose were performed by Cosmo Allegretti, AKA "Dennis, the apprentice." Mr. Bainter the Painter was Lumpy Branham, AKA Mr. Greenjeans. Cosmo was always there, but you only saw him occasionally. I hope Cosmo was the one behind the characters on Mr. Rogers too.

  • @patriciaschuster1371
    @patriciaschuster1371 ปีที่แล้ว

    My earliest memories of TV was Clarabelle and Howdy Doody!

  • @luvs2cover
    @luvs2cover ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome 💖💖💖

  • @TheMikester307
    @TheMikester307 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember the Captain!

  • @ivanmay7890
    @ivanmay7890 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    They should really make a feature length documentary or biopic on Captain Kangaroo in the same way they did the Mister Rogers biopic. I think William H. Macy or Sean Penn would mke a good impression of Captain Kangaroo.

  • @BoundyMan
    @BoundyMan ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember the episode of Captain Kangaroo on Mister Rogers.

  • @CadillacL
    @CadillacL ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved Captain Kangaroo

  • @user-wi6sh6vh8u
    @user-wi6sh6vh8u หลายเดือนก่อน

    If only someone would make a movie for theatre screens based on the book “GOOD MORNING, CAPTAIN”, which is about the life of Bob Keeshan, perhaps Tom Hanks deserves a cameo appearance as the one, the only, Fred Rogers?!

  • @ralphflori4129
    @ralphflori4129 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    great men

  • @SquidProQuo2112
    @SquidProQuo2112 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    American Saints

  • @davidbreen6335
    @davidbreen6335 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Didn't Mr. Rogers also appear on Captain Kangaroo.

    • @randallraymond4563
      @randallraymond4563 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No but captain kangaroo was the original Clairabel Clown on the Howdy Doody show. He never spoke until his last appearance on the show when he turned to the camera and said with a tear in his eye and said " goodbye kids "

    • @ChuckD79
      @ChuckD79 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He did indeed, in a 1975 episode where the two restored an old phonograph...even sang It's You I Like during his appearance!

  • @14DaveHunter
    @14DaveHunter ปีที่แล้ว

    That's Mr. McFeely (Speedy Delivery), telling the story.

  • @mikematthews4435
    @mikematthews4435 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I miss the days of innocence.

  • @Bargoth60
    @Bargoth60 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Who was the gentleman commentating this segment?
    He looks familiar, but I can't place his name...

    • @SwiftFoxMedia
      @SwiftFoxMedia  2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      That's David Newell, who played "Mr. McFeely" on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood! He still resides in Pittsburgh.

    • @Ihavetruth22
      @Ihavetruth22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@SwiftFoxMedia wow.

    • @jonjayryzner
      @jonjayryzner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Ihavetruth22 Speedy Delivery!

    • @lesliejohnson1549
      @lesliejohnson1549 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mr. McFeely!

  • @GH-oi2jf
    @GH-oi2jf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was a Captain Kangaroo man. My daughter watched Mr. Rogers. I always thought there was a kinship between them.

  • @ChuckD79
    @ChuckD79 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mr. Rogers later returned the favor by appearing on Captain Kangaroo in 1975, helping CK to restore an old gramophone.

  • @shadisoopsydoodle7298
    @shadisoopsydoodle7298 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Who remembers the time when Captain Kangaroo appeared in Black Dynamite as a pimp?

  • @leonelquintanilla479
    @leonelquintanilla479 ปีที่แล้ว

    Capt kangaroo had a beatle hair cut ahead of its time.

  • @worthington5687
    @worthington5687 ปีที่แล้ว

    Clarabell is actually a chosen girl's birth name, today.

  • @kevinevans5921
    @kevinevans5921 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonder why he didn’t have on his trademark red blazer???

  • @hoorooblu
    @hoorooblu ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful even though Captain Kangaroo's aussie accent is unconvincing. It is nice to see due appreciation of an Australian marsupial. (How did American kids even know about the existence of kangaroos? Via Winnie the Pooh storybooks, perhaps? Many kids from many countries could not point to Australia on a map, one suspects: it is a little-known continent, reasonably good at sports, cities, deserts, islands, opera, big-ness and unusual animals...)

  • @CCoburn3
    @CCoburn3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I never saw Mr. Rogers. I watched Captain Kangeroo.