Bob Keeshan Quotes

1927–2004

Robert James Keeshan (21 June 1927 – 23 January 2004), better known as Captain Kangaroo, was a United States television personality and childrens' advocate.

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6 quotes

It is my contention that most people are not mugged every day, that most people in this world do not encounter violence every day.

NPR interview with Carl Kasell (1984)

The children should never be excluded from what I am doing and should never have the feeling of being part of an audience.

One of the big secrets of finding time is not to watch television.

Children don't drop out of high school when they are 16, they do so in the first grade and wait 10 years to make it official.

Let me introduce myself. My name is, uh, Kangaroo... Kangaroo — Captain Kangaroo … I'm the keeper here of the Treasure House.

We have respect for our audience. … We operate on the conviction that it is composed of young children of potentially good taste, and that this taste should be developed.

Interview with Steven V. Roberts in The New York Times (1965)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Bob Keeshan (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.