NEW YORK — Cosmo Allegretti, who created and voiced puppet characters like Grandfather Clock and Dancing Bear on the children's television show "Captain Kangaroo," has died. He was 86. Allegretti, who ...

Captain Kangaroo was an American children's television series which aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS for nearly 30 years, from October 3, 1955 until December 8, 1984, ...

Bob Keeshan, aka the Captain of the long-running CBS kids show, was hesitant to add John Burstein’s organ-baring, bodysuit-wearing health superhero to the roster — until Kraft Foods agreed to sponsor ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Before there was Mr. Rogers or Sesame Street, there was Captain Kangaroo. The children’s show launched on CBS and KNOE on Oct. 3, 1955. The Captain and his friends, Mr. Green ...

George Cahill's house is sea-foam green with emerald shutters. The dining room _ even the ceiling _ is the color of grass. "I felt right at home in the Army," he says. So when the 46-year-old ...

Captain Kangaroo star Cosmo Allegretti has died, aged 86. The actor created and voiced several puppets on the classic children's TV show, including Grandfather Clock and Dancing Bear. What to Read ...

The classic children's show Captain Kangaroo aired on TV for nearly 30 years, starting in 1955. After its creator and star, Bob Keeshan, died in 2004, his estate donated a few of his beloved hand ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Bob Keeshan, who gently entertained generations of youngsters as TV's walrus-mustachioed Captain Kangaroo and became an outspoken advocate of less violence and more intelligence on ...