Captain Kangaroo
CBS (ended 1984)
Trivia
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Season 21 Episode 3: Dolly Parton visit...
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This episode features Dolly Parton's voice wishing the Captain a good morning, before the montage of opening credits.
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While singing a duet with the Captain, Dolly got an uncontrollable fit of the giggles.
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Dolly and the Captain sing a duet together of Three Little Fishes.
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Season 6 Episode 276: The Philharmonic H...
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Roughly ten minutes of this episode feature uninterrupted footage of the Philharmonic crew dancing, dialoguing, and otherwise clowning around The Treasure House. It is a sharp contrast to today's world of lightning-paced children's programming.
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There is a public service message interposed in this episode, advocating reading. It is animated, and sponsored in cooperation with The American Library Associates.
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How did the representative from Philharmonic House Cleaning & Wrecking Co. automatically know that the generic "Help Wanted" sign that the Captain hung on the door pertained to housecleaning?
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The Captain accidentally knocks the keys off the hook on his desk and quickly replaces them. George Zima makes several mistakes during his juggling act, causing the Captain and the crew behind the camera to laugh hysterically.
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Season 5 Episode 148: February 20, 1960
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Juggler Mel Ody real name was Pvt. Dick Luby, he performed with the Pollack Bros. Circus. His daughter is singer/songwriter Jan Luby.
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Season 5 Episode 142: February 13, 1960
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The Grimaldis are the descendants of the Regency clown, the father of clowning Joseph Grimaldi (1778–1837). Marion Grimaldi is the descendant of the legendary pantomime master.
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Season 5 Episode 96: December 19, 1959
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The Borjevas also appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show.
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Season 5 Episode 12: September 12, 1959
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Angela Wilnow and her collies performed in the circus between the 1930's and the 1950's appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show and Steve Allen Show.
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Season 4 Episode 186: April 4, 1959
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Lou Karns was both an exceptionally gifted hand and headbalancer and also a frontbender/contortionist.
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Season 3 Episode 245: June 14, 1958
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Russ Burgess has performed on the stage for 60 years showing his skills as a hypnotist and his expertise in ESP and talent as a bird trainer. He has also appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Steve Allen Show.
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Season 3 Episode 238: June 6, 1958
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Kuda Bux an Indian mystic and magician was the subject of a 1950 film titled Kuda Bux, Hindu Mystic, and his apparent ability to see while blindfolded with dough strongly influenced British author Roald Dahl in the short story of "Henry Sugar", who was taught to develop the same powers. Kuda Bux is also known as the Man with X-Ray Eyes and is in "Ripley's Believe It or Not" for his firewalking feat.
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Season 3 Episode 233: May 31, 1958
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Famous Ringling Brothers Circus act, Lottie Brunn was the World's Fastest Female Juggler. She and her brother Francis Brunn were spotted by John Ringling and hired by him in 1947. Born in Aschaffenburg, Germany in 1925, she and her brother appeared in the 1943 Bavarian film Tonelli.
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Season 3 Episode 221: May 17, 1958
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Renald and Rudy were the first hand to hand act to work stripped (in tights, like a bathing suit) at Billy Rose's famous Diamond Horseshoe.
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Season 3 Episode 202: April 25, 1958
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The Adlers began their career in the Ringling Brothers Circus and Felix Adler is known as King of the Clowns having appeared in the 1952 Academy-award winning film The Greatest Show on Earth. He also had the honor of performing for three United States Presidents; Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was called the White House Clown. He died in 1960.
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Season 3 Episode 89: December 14, 1957
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Naturalist Cherry Kearton's book "Toto the Chimp" was based on her experiences with Toto who nursed her back to health after she feel ill with malaria.
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Season 2 Episode 165: March 13, 1957
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The fire clock was invented in January 27, 1925 known mostly as a fire alarm for the fire departments.
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Season 2 Episode 164: March 12, 1957
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The Girl Scouts of the United States began in 1912 in Savannah, Georgia.
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