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

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Reply to a question on "how he found time to star in his own show and still engage in lecturing, volunteerism, the study of French, reading, and also spend time with his family and his hobbies of photography, fishing and sailing", as quoted in "Bob Keeshan, Creator and Star of TV's 'Captain Kangaroo,' Is Dead at 76" in The New York Times (24 January 2004)

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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.

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)

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

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