[Shotimes] OT The Captain is gone

[Kerby Haltom]

Mr. Rogers is still on the air here in Texas on PBS.  I hope they keep it up.

Kerby

At 10:10 AM 1/24/04 -0800, DAVID PILLSBURY wrote:
>First off if you think he was a captian you people are really wacked. And 
>second there was no way he was a kangaroo to boot. Make belive never 
>contributed anything to this world and you people that watched it are a 
>sad lot.
>Opps I just had a Ron Porter moment.
>
>When my 7 year old daughter heard this she asked her mom what's a Captian 
>Kangaroo. I guess I never thought about it she never saw the show. My 2 
>year old son will never see either Mr Rogers or the Captian. I wonder how 
>long it will take for someone to release this stuff on DVD.
>Dave
>
>Donald Mallinson <dmall@mwonline.net> wrote:
>Sad to hear that Bob Keeshan: Captain Kangaroo, has died.
>
>A lot of us grew up watching him, Bunny Rabbit and Mr. Green
>Jeans.
>
>As someone that majored in Radio/TV, I was indirectly
>involved in the creation of Sesame Street(all of us in
>public TV at the time considered it a "family" thing) and we
>all though very highly of the Captain.
>
>Never a harsh word, good ethics and morals were taught and
>all in fun.
>
>The Captain remained a true children's advocate his entire
>life. ONe of the best people you could ever hope to have
>known, even if only on the TV screen.
>
>Don Mallinson
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