Captain Kangaroo
Season 1981
1 listed hours · 1955–1984 · CBS
From the desk
How this season is filed
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.
TV Flash files Season 1981 of Captain Kangaroo (1955–1984) on CBS as the last listed season of 10 — 1 listed hour, 1981-08-21 opening on “Good Evening, Captain” (S1981E01). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S1981E01 Good Evening, Captain
Good Evening, Captain: late-run titled hour, the longest gentle kids' franchise still saying good morning as if it were 1955.
- S1981E01
Good Evening, Captain
Good Evening, Captain — Season 1981, Episode 1 of Captain Kangaroo. Aired 1981-08-21. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
More from the 1950s.