The shows were performed before a live audience and during one taping, a lion cub bit Brannum’s finger and drew blood. Green Jeans was an enhancement of Brannum’s real personality. McGregor, Percy, Uncle Backwards, and Mr. Green Jeans, he played the roles of the Professor, Greeno the Clown, the New Old Folk Singer, Mr. From 1955 until 1984, Brannum not only was Mr. Sometimes he would bring various zoo animals to visit. Green Jeans was a friendly neighbor-handyman who helped the Captain at the Treasure House. His character was loosely based on stories about a boy named “Little Orley” that Lumpy told with the Fred Waring orchestra on the radio and on recordings. Lumpy’s real name was Hugh Brannum, but the world knows him as Mr.
Bob had described his character as based on “the warm relationship between grandparents and children.” He went on to be Captain Kangaroo for almost three decades. CBS premiered the show on October 3, 1955, the same day Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse Club began on ABC. Here are over 20 facts about the beloved Captain Kangaroo program that most people don’t know: That same year he began an additional role playing the grandfather type character of Tinker for preschoolers in Tinker’s Workshop. It was in this work that Bob and long-time friend Jack Miller developed the concept of Captain Kangaroo.
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In 1952 he returned to TV in a speaking role as Corny the Clown in Time For Fun at WABC-TV where Lumpy was playing. It just so happened that Lumpy began hosting his on New York WABC-TV local TV series, Uncle Lumpy’s Cabin in 1951.īy the following year, Bob left Howdy Doody as Clarabell over a salary dispute. This group had a regular radio show when Bob first became acquainted with Lumpy. Later Lumpy joined the Four Squires and afterwards moved on as a musician for Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians. One horn for “yes.” Two honks meant “no.”īob met a fellow Marine known as “Lumpy,” a musician who had played in the Marine band during the war. On January 3, 1948, Bob was promoted to the role of Clarabell the Clown, a silent prankster who communicated by honking horns connected to a waist belt.
He was paid so little that the show’s host Buffalo Bob Smith would give Bob $6 after every show. On the GI Bill, Bob attended Fordham University and Hillsdale College just about the time television network programs began airing.īob soon found a job with NBC Studios working as a page doing odd jobs for Howdy Doody, a pioneer children’s show which premiered in 1947. He had not yet been sent to an overseas assignment when it was announced that Japan had surrendered.
In 1945, because of World War II, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. Green Jeans the father of musician Frank Zappa?Ĭaptain Kangaroo, Bob Keeshan, a native of Lynbrook, New York, graduated early from Forest Hills High School in Queens, New York. Payton? He’s confident and stubborn, in a manner I think Shanahan would appreciate.Did Captain Kangaroo fight at Iwo Jima with actor Lee Marvin? But shortly after a messy divorce from Reeves, Elway realized he needed the tough love of Mike Shanahan to win a Super Bowl. As Elway and Wilson matured, they wanted to do things their own way. Kiz: Pete Carroll was good for a young, feisty Wilson in Seattle, just as a young and headstrong John Elway benefited from the firm hand of Dan Reeves. But NFL players have mostly liked to play for Sean Payton, right? On the other hand, when the old boss leaves everything a disorganized mess, the new boss always looks like the villain when instilling discipline. The new Broncos regime has a style that quarterback Russell Wilson wanted to leave in Seattle. The new coach demands that players, staffers and media alike prove why anything should be done one iota differently from how Prickly Payton sees fit. Hackett was eager to explain the why of every decision to those under his leadership. There’s an old-school, no-guff-allowed edge to his words.
Whenever Payton talks, I hear Bill Parcell’s voice. Kiz: The vibe inside Broncos HQ has changed dramatically, as anyone who has worked with Sean Payton and Nathaniel Hackett can attest. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close MenuĬaptain Kangaroo has left the building and Dirty Harry has arrived at the Broncos Headquarters.
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