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

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 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @DRIVEIN101
    @DRIVEIN1012 жыл бұрын

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

  • @poetink
    @poetink Жыл бұрын

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

  • @pamelamays4186
    @pamelamays4186 Жыл бұрын

    When two legends come together.

  • @jenniferhamby7667
    @jenniferhamby76672 жыл бұрын

    Two of the sweetest and most wholesome shows ever.

  • @meekhouse

    @meekhouse

    3 ай бұрын

    Amen

  • @georgeperkins4171
    @georgeperkins4171 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @annchovey2089
    @annchovey20892 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @brendapaddlety2413
    @brendapaddlety2413 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @curbozerboomer1773

    @curbozerboomer1773

    2 ай бұрын

    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!

  • @kirk4086
    @kirk4086 Жыл бұрын

    This made me cry...

  • @danceswithchihuahuas7092
    @danceswithchihuahuas7092 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @MisterMikeTexas

    @MisterMikeTexas

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @danuwaanalihi1839

    @danuwaanalihi1839

    Жыл бұрын

    100% fact.

  • @johnmiller8123
    @johnmiller81232 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheFluffyPeacock
    @TheFluffyPeacock Жыл бұрын

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

  • @stevenjones2371
    @stevenjones23712 жыл бұрын

    i grew up with this stuff

  • @vortexgen1
    @vortexgen12 жыл бұрын

    The 2 most important men on TV.

  • @LuvvyDuck
    @LuvvyDuck Жыл бұрын

    The best of both worlds ❤️

  • @genetacres5476
    @genetacres54762 жыл бұрын

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

  • @richardg8651
    @richardg8651 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @scottmiller6495
    @scottmiller6495 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @petergrandahl2386
    @petergrandahl23862 жыл бұрын

    They don't make shows like these anymore.

  • @BenJabituya
    @BenJabituya Жыл бұрын

    RIP Bob Keeshan and Fred Rogers.

  • @meekhouse

    @meekhouse

    3 ай бұрын

    Thanks for all the memories, Gents

  • @patkruchowski5718
    @patkruchowski5718 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @jwmalcolm2282
    @jwmalcolm2282 Жыл бұрын

    Two icons - beautiful

  • @alanrogers7090
    @alanrogers7090 Жыл бұрын

    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 Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    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…

  • @pamelamays4186
    @pamelamays4186 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @kaymuldoon3575
    @kaymuldoon3575 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @Edera7795
    @Edera7795 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @douglassauvageau7262
    @douglassauvageau7262 Жыл бұрын

    Unspectacular. Simply engaging and comfortable. Often enlightening.

  • @clingdawg2229
    @clingdawg2229 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @randallraymond4563
    @randallraymond4563 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @douglasthompson9482
    @douglasthompson9482 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @robertfishman3742
    @robertfishman37422 жыл бұрын

    I remember watching that episode as a child!

  • @SwiftFoxMedia

    @SwiftFoxMedia

    2 жыл бұрын

    A Classic!

  • @thetreasurehouse1742

    @thetreasurehouse1742

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @chench4117

    @chench4117

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @57629589
    @57629589 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @arthouston7361
    @arthouston7361 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @joekhatib3798
    @joekhatib3798 Жыл бұрын

    Mr. Moose!!!!!!!!!!! 😁

  • @judithsixkiller5586
    @judithsixkiller5586 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @requinremembers
    @requinremembers Жыл бұрын

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

  • @dimensionexpressiontarot4173
    @dimensionexpressiontarot4173 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @sandradibiaso7316
    @sandradibiaso7316 Жыл бұрын

    I watched Captain Kangaroo in the late 1970's.

  • @danuwaanalihi1839
    @danuwaanalihi1839 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @jazzcat412
    @jazzcat412 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @patriciaschuster1371
    @patriciaschuster1371 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @johncourtney6006
    @johncourtney60062 ай бұрын

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

  • @BrothuhRabbit
    @BrothuhRabbit2 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @mrstacyj9496
    @mrstacyj9496 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @lisaknox7722
    @lisaknox77227 ай бұрын

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

  • @lesliejohnson1549
    @lesliejohnson1549 Жыл бұрын

    How did I miss this?

  • @johnbroadway4196
    @johnbroadway41967 ай бұрын

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

  • @ronmartin4212
    @ronmartin4212 Жыл бұрын

    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?!!!?

  • @meekhouse
    @meekhouse3 ай бұрын

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

  • @ArsRob
    @ArsRob Жыл бұрын

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

  • @bobkat1663
    @bobkat16639 ай бұрын

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

  • @varkadegames
    @varkadegames Жыл бұрын

    Kids today need Mr. Rogers and Captain Kangaroo. ✌️

  • @mountainmover777
    @mountainmover777Ай бұрын

    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!

  • @patriciaschuster1371
    @patriciaschuster1371 Жыл бұрын

    My earliest memories of TV was Clarabelle and Howdy Doody!

  • @tracy85777
    @tracy85777 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @terryherrera9054
    @terryherrera90549 ай бұрын

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

  • @philb8521
    @philb85212 ай бұрын

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

  • @sethflix
    @sethflix8 ай бұрын

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

  • @orangehornet57
    @orangehornet57 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @SwiftFoxMedia

    @SwiftFoxMedia

    Жыл бұрын

    That's him!!!

  • @keithfaulk1354
    @keithfaulk13542 ай бұрын

    I used to love to watch this 😊

  • @jjiacobucci
    @jjiacobucci Жыл бұрын

    Miss that innocence

  • @tubervine1259
    @tubervine1259 Жыл бұрын

    Awwww. Miss them both!

  • @sa3270
    @sa3270 Жыл бұрын

    I watched both shows in the 70s.

  • @ciderfan823
    @ciderfan823 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @Meditation409
    @Meditation4093 ай бұрын

    Damm I miss this so much! 😢😓😰🙏

  • @doriskinnick8776
    @doriskinnick877610 ай бұрын

    Two awesome guys!

  • @glenn5903
    @glenn59032 ай бұрын

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

  • @kdm71291
    @kdm71291 Жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @williamcap2236
    @williamcap22366 ай бұрын

    I watched the good captain as a kid and Mr Rogers

  • @truecowboy
    @truecowboy11 ай бұрын

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

  • @terencedove5047
    @terencedove5047 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @jay-day
    @jay-day7 ай бұрын

    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,

  • @michaelcoffey7362
    @michaelcoffey7362 Жыл бұрын

    Nice,I enjoyed both shows 😀

  • @johndavis48076
    @johndavis480767 ай бұрын

    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
    @markafterdark70767 ай бұрын

    2 of my favorite

  • @caroljeanscott5571
    @caroljeanscott55715 ай бұрын

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

  • @luvs2cover
    @luvs2cover Жыл бұрын

    Awesome 💖💖💖

  • @TheMikester307
    @TheMikester3074 ай бұрын

    I remember the Captain!

  • @CadillacL
    @CadillacL Жыл бұрын

    Loved Captain Kangaroo

  • @ivanmay7890
    @ivanmay78903 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @SquidProQuo2112
    @SquidProQuo2112 Жыл бұрын

    American Saints

  • @AcmeRacing
    @AcmeRacing3 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @BoundyMan
    @BoundyMan Жыл бұрын

    I remember the episode of Captain Kangaroo on Mister Rogers.

  • @davidbreen6335
    @davidbreen6335 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @randallraymond4563

    @randallraymond4563

    Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @ralphflori4129
    @ralphflori41297 ай бұрын

    great men

  • @GH-oi2jf
    @GH-oi2jf18 күн бұрын

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

  • @14DaveHunter
    @14DaveHunter Жыл бұрын

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

  • @SwiftFoxMedia

    @SwiftFoxMedia

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes it is!

  • @shadisoopsydoodle7298
    @shadisoopsydoodle7298 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @ChuckD79
    @ChuckD7911 ай бұрын

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

  • @Bargoth60
    @Bargoth602 жыл бұрын

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

  • @SwiftFoxMedia

    @SwiftFoxMedia

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Ihavetruth22

    @Ihavetruth22

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SwiftFoxMedia wow.

  • @jonjayryzner

    @jonjayryzner

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Ihavetruth22 Speedy Delivery!

  • @lesliejohnson1549

    @lesliejohnson1549

    Жыл бұрын

    Mr. McFeely!

  • @CCoburn3
    @CCoburn3 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @leonelquintanilla479
    @leonelquintanilla479 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @worthington5687
    @worthington5687 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @tracypage1953
    @tracypage1953 Жыл бұрын

    I sure wish someone like these two could do a show for kids today....but people like those don't exist anymore....sad...

  • @kevinevans5921
    @kevinevans5921 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @hoorooblu
    @hoorooblu11 ай бұрын

    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...)

  • @superwoman7579
    @superwoman75798 ай бұрын

    🙏 🤲 ❤️ ❤️ 😢

  • @michaelmcgee8543
    @michaelmcgee8543 Жыл бұрын

    I don't remember seeing this.

  • @sroevukasroevuka
    @sroevukasroevuka Жыл бұрын

    Watched captain kangaroo