Captain Kangaroo
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Captain Kangaroo is an American children's television series that aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS for 29 years, from 1955 to 1984, making it the longest-running children'
Captain Kangaroo (Bob Keeshan), left, with Nipsey Russell in 1976
From left: Dancing Bear, Bunny Rabbit, Captain Kangaroo, Grandfather Clock, Mr. Moose, and Mr. Green Jeans
Mr. Moose and the Captain's original navy blue jacket at the Smithsonian Institution
Puppeteer Cosmo Allegretti (left) with actor Dick Shawn, 1977: Allegretti played many roles on the program.
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
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Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is an American half-hour educational children's television series that ran from 1968 to 2001. It was created and hosted by Fred Rogers. Its original incarnation, the series
Captain Kangaroo
…Kangaroo at the end of 1984. Captain Kangaroo was the longest-running American network children's television show until 1997 when it was surpassed by Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which itself was surpassed by Sesame Street in 2003. Captain Kangaroo is still far and away the longest-running children's TV series by episode count…
Neighborhood Trolley from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood set at WQED studios in Pittsburgh.
Rogers on the set in the late 1960s
Rogers and François Clemmons having a foot bath in 1969, breaking a well known color barrier
Rogers changing shoes