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January 18, 2024 11:43 am  #1


What Do Captain Kangaroo & Mount Everest Have In Common?

A pic of one lies atop the other. In this extensive piece about the late Bob Keeshan - who played kid show host Captain Kangaroo for years on CBS - the author reveals that Keeshan's grandson, Britton  - now a cardiologist at Yale - climbed Mount Everest with the goal of leaving his grandfather's picture on one of the highest peaks, as a tribute to his much missed relative. 

"When Britton was 22 and just out of college, he set out to climb the highest mountain on each continent, which he accomplished in 2004, briefly holding the record as the youngest person to have ever climbed all seven. On the top of Mt. Everest, he left a picture of his grandfather who had recently passed away."

Another revelation I never knew - that famous theme song that's probably still in your head all these years later was actually called "Puffin Billy," and came from a British stock music library. It was also used in a show in the U.K.

According to the piece, this was quite an amazing man who lived a very quiet life off screen and was dedicated to never talking down to the kids who watched him on it. Quite the opposite of your typical spoiled egotistical star. Perhaps forgotten today, but once a TV superstar to some of us. You might call it a "Treasure House" of information. 

Remembering Bob Keeshan, the Long Island family man who was TV's Captain Kangaroo

 

January 18, 2024 12:29 pm  #2


Re: What Do Captain Kangaroo & Mount Everest Have In Common?

I never liked Captain Kangaroo. No cartoons. Rocketship 7 was always my choice.

 

January 18, 2024 7:28 pm  #3


Re: What Do Captain Kangaroo & Mount Everest Have In Common?

Nice gesture, but why does it always end in more litter lying around on the mountain!   He and his team probably dumped loads of air tanks and other crap on the way up and then what's he do?    Leave more!     He should stick to leaving memorial stuff at the cemetery where there's plenty more to keep it company.         

And there's an estimated 200 dead bodies of climbers currently up there now, so it's not without risk.
 

 

January 18, 2024 7:40 pm  #4


Re: What Do Captain Kangaroo & Mount Everest Have In Common?

Who do you think you are? Mr. "green" Jeans?