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...DIED. BOB KEESHAN, 76, who played the beloved children's show character Captain Kangaroo for 36 years on CBS-TV and public television; in Windsor, Vermont. Keeshan began acting in 1948 as the frenetic clown Clarabell on the Howdy Doody Show. Seven years later, at the age of 28, he debuted as the grandfatherly Captain Kangaroo, who was named for his multipocketed jacket. He taught subtle lessons in chats with characters like the animal-loving farmer Mr. Green Jeans, the carrot-craving Bunny Rabbit and the laconic Grandfather Clock. Keeshan, who didn't patronize his audience, lamented in 1993 that...
...expand into the time now reserved for Captain Kangaroo. "With a one-hour format, we'll always be the other guy, no matter what we do," laments Morning Executive Producer Elliot Bernstein. So far, however, no one has dared intrude upon the Captain, whose real name is Robert Keeshan. Captain Kangaroo draws even fewer viewers than Morning. But children's programming is popular with politicians and Washington broadcasting bureaucrats, and Keeshan has proved a powerful lobbyist on the upper floors of the CBS Building in Manhattan. Nevertheless, CBS News President William Leonard is hopeful. Says he: "I just...
Despite 25 years on the air and 7,070 shows in his pouch, Captain Kangaroo still keeps the kids hopping. "Ask George Burns when he's going to retire," laughs Bob Keeshan, 53, TV's one and always Captain. "When he retires, maybe then I'll think about it." Keeshan celebrated the show's silver anniversary last week in New York along with his family, his cast and some former guest stars. Naturally no Kangaroo court would be complete without the Captain's steadfast companion for a quarter-century, Hugh ("Lumpy") Brannum, better known...
...antithesis of the popular image of an agent, but, unlike many of the modern breed who prefer euphemisms for their trade, he readily admits he is one. Soft-voiced, genial, unhurried and conservatively dapper, he launched International Creative Management in 1955 with $100 in capital and two clients, Robert Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo) and Newscaster Charles Collingwood. Since then, Josephson has built I.C.M. into a $30 million-a-year multinational company, embracing agents, a concert-booking bureau and a TV station. His 2,250 clients include Actor Laurence Olivier, Playwright Tennessee Williams, Musician Isaac Stern and Dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov. Josephson...
...Robert Keeshan, L.H.D., "Captain Kangaroo...