Captain Kangaroo
Should The Captain Have A New Uniform?
TV Flash files “Should The Captain Have A New Uniform?” as the last listed hour of season 6 — Captain Kangaroo (1955–1984) on CBS, season 6, episode 2, aired 1961-08-05, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E02: listed hour 2 of 12 in the Captain Kangaroo guide, last listed hour of season 6. It aired 1961-08-05 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Philharmonic House Cleaning and Wrecking Company” (S06E01). Next is “Captain Kangaroo at Carnegie Hall” (S08E01).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Should The Captain Have A New Uniform? sit in the Captain Kangaroo guide?
S06E02 is listed hour 2 of 12 — last listed hour of season 6, season 6 episode 2.
When did Captain Kangaroo S06E02 air?
Should The Captain Have A New Uniform? aired 1961-08-05 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Keeshan in the Treasure House alongside Mr. Green Jeans — the calm address is the product. You are meeting a host, not a plot.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Captain Kangaroo is Bob Keeshan's Treasure House: Mr. Green Jeans, calm address, no scream track required. The Clarabell-to-Captain glow-up is children's TV's best second act. Watch it in 2026 as the longest-running gentle kids' hour of its kind — manners as programming, and a host who talked to the child at home.
The work is a calm address. Bob Keeshan's *Captain Kangaroo* (CBS, 1955–1984) modeled direct conversation with the child at home: Treasure House manners, no scream track, Hugh Brannum as Mr. Green Jeans, Cosmo Allegretti's Mr. Moose and Bunny Rabbit. Among the longest-running children's programs in U.S. network history, it treated the viewer as a person in the room, not a peanut to be whipped into volume. That is craft. The circus it left behind is context.
Filed against
- Bob Keeshan as Captain Kangaroo
Bob Keeshan’s early Clarabell made Howdy Doody a seltzer religion — 1950s catalog Peanut Gallery screams, then Captain Kangaroo turning the silent clown into Treasure House calm. TV Flash files him as children’s TV’s best glow-up: noise…
- Hugh Brannum as Mr. Green Jeans
Hugh Brannum's Mr. Green Jeans kept Captain Kangaroo gentle — Bob Keeshan's Treasure House, calm address, no scream track required, the Clarabell-to-Captain glow-up as children's TV's best second act. Manners as programming. TV Flash…
- Cosmo Allegretti as Mr. Moose / Bunny Rabbit (puppets)
Cosmo Allegretti worked Captain Kangaroo’s Treasure House as Mr. Moose and Bunny Rabbit — puppets with comic timing inside Bob Keeshan’s calm kids’ hour. No scream track required; manners as programming. TV Flash files him as 1950s…