How Summer Days Began
23 January 2004
Bob Keeshan who played Captain Kangaroo was the first exposure to television for a generation of children.
He died today at the age of 76.
His show began its run in 1955 and stayed on the air for 30 years. Here’s an excerpt from the AP story:
In 1987, Keeshan and former Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander co-founded Corporate Family Solutions, an organization that provided day-care programs to businesses around the country.
Keeshan believed children learn more in the first six years of life than at any other time and was a strong advocate of day care that provides emotional, physical and intellectual development for children.
”Play is the work of children. It’s very serious stuff. And if it’s properly structured in a developmental program, children can blossom,’’ he said.
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