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mahatmakanejeeves

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Mon Jun 27, 2022, 12:24 PM Jun 2022

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

(22,075 posts)
1. I never missed Captain Kangaroo as a little girl
Mon Jun 27, 2022, 12:49 PM
Jun 2022

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

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