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Captain Kangaroo (1955)

Captain Kangaroo poster
Genre
children's television series
Country
United States
Length
38 seasons, 11 episodes
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A gentle host with a big pocket leads children through songs, stories, and visits from friendly puppet characters in a cozy studio. The show teaches simple lessons about kindness, creativity, and everyday discovery.

gentlewhimsicalnostalgicplayfuleducationalwarmslow-pacedkindly

What happens

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's program on a commercial network. In 1986, the American Program Service (now American Public Television) integrated some newly produced segments into reruns of past episodes, distributing the newer version of the series to PBS and independent public stations until 1993. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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