![]() Of course, he could only be seen in a single pose (from ![]() Greenjeans or anyone else live, without having to wait for an artist On the screen using a chroma-key, giving the illusion of a single-lineīeauty of the system was that Fred could talk to the Captain, Mr. Hand offscreen, and the entire sequence shot on one camera, then superimposed Movable strips could be manipulated by the levers operated by a stage Operated by levers on the outside of the case. Strips of rubber in the shape of the character, colored black and Sort of puppet made from a special flat-looking case that contained Would slide up out of the way to reveal the TV Fred was actually a Set was located behind the chalkboard (behind the main desk) which On Channel One on the Treasure House TV set. Query Fred was the name of the character, and he could only be see Query about a funny little drawing that could be seen semi-regularly I wanted to concentrate primarily on a response to Gregory G. Influence on my life, especially in the world of reading books. He and his series, low-key though it may have been, had a profound Have many, MANY fond memories of Captain Kangaroo, and I feel that House, by which I mean the Kangaroo prop room at the CBS BroadcastĬenter, where aisles and aisles of "teeeerriffic" toys and props were Was the set decorator on Kangaroo from '62 until the early 70's, andĪgain at the very end of his run in the 80's, and during the wholeĪ young child my two brothers and I were probably the only childrenĮver to see (and get to play in) what I consider to be the REAL treasure I was told this many years ago by my Dad, who The Captain would have bit the dust and the Mayor take his place all If the third party did not go peacefully, Note that both programs were sort of first cousins in terms of types ApparentlyĬBS, Keeshan and another group held rights to Captain Kangaroo. Saturdays for three more years after 'Mister Mayor' left the air). Had been running on Saturday mornings since 1956, and continued on Saturday morning version of weekday 'The Captain Kangaroo Show' (which ![]() Mayor also featured Jane Connell as Aunt Maude with her friend, theīrightly grey Rollo the Hippopotamus. "Three Chairs? That reminds me of my old college fight song Happy to keep memories of the Homans alive. The Town Clown went on to Captain Kangaroo. With Bob Keeshan doing a clown as a salute to his earlier days onĮarlier shows). Series which began on Mister Mayor was the Town Clown (a silent routine Their regular routines, screwball dialogue, puns,ĭances and illogical logic were my favorites. They were one of the best thingsĪbout Mister Mayor. Left, they resumed their activity as if nothing happened. Train came out of nowhere, chugging along the floor. Something and then suddenly stopping, in a frozen position as a toy They did bizarre things that, at theĪge of 9, I thought were cool. Remember MISTER MAYOR and especially liked the Homan family. ![]()
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