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He created and played the title role in the children's television program Captain Kangaroo, which ran from 1955 to 1984, the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television program of its day. He also played the original Clarabell the Clown on the Howdy Doody television program.
Mar 8, 2002 · Lee Marvin and Bob 'Captain Kangaroo' Keeshan were both in the military during World War II, but they didn't fight together at Iwo Jima or any other engagement.
Dec 11, 2020 · Bob Keeshan was in the military. However, the rumor about him fighting in World War II is false, as he enlisted but did not fight overseas. This seems just to be a potent piece of internet mythology, although there are enough fascinating things to learn about Bob Keeshan that are based in reality.
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 nationally broadcast children's television program of its day.
Better known to millions of viewers as the original Captain Kangaroo, Long Island native Bob Keeshan first came to national prominence as Clarabell the Clown on the Howdy Doody TV show (1947 – 1952). Bob was born in Long Island, but moved to Forest Hills, NY shortly after his birth.
Aug 28, 2019 · The only problem: Lee Marvin was injured at Saipan, not Iwo Jima, and Bob Keeshan never served in the Pacific at all. He turned eighteen (and enlisted in the Marine Corps reserves) in 1945, several months after American forces retook Iwo Jima.
Feb 5, 2004 · Jim Gregory was outraged when he read the obituary for Bob Keeshan, better known as Captain Kangaroo. A World War II Navy veteran, Gregory, 80, remembered an item in his Palm Beach County Navy...
Actor: Captain Kangaroo. Television producer and host Robert James Keeshan was born in Lynbrook, Long Island, New York. As a young man he served in the US Marine Corps Reserve.
Apr 30, 2024 · Bob Keeshan, American television producer and entertainer who was best known for his role as Captain Kangaroo on the children’s program of the same name (1955–84). The walrus-mustached Captain brought education disguised as entertainment and endeared himself to generations of young viewers.
Actor: Captain Kangaroo. Television producer and host Robert James Keeshan was born in Lynbrook, Long Island, New York. As a young man he served in the US Marine Corps Reserve.
