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mahatmakanejeeves

(68,794 posts) Mon Jun 27, 2022, 11:24 AM Jun 2022

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TV actor Robert Keeshan was #BornOnThisDay, June 27, 1927.

TV actor Robert Keeshan was #BornOnThisDay, June 27, 1927. Known for his self-created role in the children's TV program #CaptainKangaroo, (1955-'84). Keeshan also played the original Clarabell the Clown on the #HowdyDoody #1950s TV show. He passed in 2004 (age 76). #RIP #BOTD

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TV actor Robert Keeshan was #BornOnThisDay, June 27, 1927. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 OP

I never missed Captain Kangaroo as a little girl Bayard Jun 2022 #1

As a kid I started my day with the Captain. Thomas Hurt Jun 2022 #2

My earliest TV memories were watching Keeshan and Clutch Cargo. Auggie Jun 2022 #3

Bayard

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1. I never missed Captain Kangaroo as a little girl

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Mon Jun 27, 2022, 11:49 AM

Jun 2022

Maybe because my Dad cut all the kids' bangs like his with his electric clippers. Only shorter.

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Thomas Hurt

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2. As a kid I started my day with the Captain.

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Mon Jun 27, 2022, 12:45 PM

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Auggie

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3. My earliest TV memories were watching Keeshan and Clutch Cargo.

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Mon Jun 27, 2022, 03:36 PM

Jun 2022

Both were on early in the morning.

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