Actor who voiced Bunny Rabbit and Mr. Moose on 'Captain Kangaroo' dies at 86

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[don-o]

He returned in 1954 with The Pinky Lee Show, an Emmy-nominated afternoon children's program that spawned later imitators such as Pee-Wee's Playhouse. It was followed each day by the popular Howdy Doody Show. He opened each show with his trademark theme song, "Yoo Hoo, It's Me!":

Yoo hoo, it's me,
My name is Pinky Lee.
I skip and run with lots of fun
For every he and she.
It's plain to see
That you can tell it's me
With my checkered hat
And my checkered coat,
The funny giggle in my throat
And my silly dance
Like a billy goat.
Put 'em all together,
Put 'em all together,
And it's whooooo?

(Audience): Pinky!

[FrdmLvr]

I'll bet I can trace my interest in history to watching Mr. Peabody and Sherman and their WABAC Machine (Never knew it was an acronym!).

A few additions to your excellent list: Fractured Fairy Tales and Aesop's Fables. Sky King, Spin and Marty, Woody Woodpecker.

[FrdmLvr]

Thanks for that. Laughing so hard my husband had to find out what I was watching.

[ShasheMac]

And the Wayback Machine.

[Jack Hammer]

BIG childhood favorites....

[Fiji Hill]

In Los Angeles we had Sheriff John and Engineer Bill.

We watched Captain Kangaroo in the early morning, before going to school.

Sheriff John's Lunch Brigade came on at 11:00 AM, and Engineer Bill aired around 6:00 PM.

Earlier in the afternoon was the Popeye Show, hosted by Tom Hatton, a WWII Navy vet who wore a sailor's outfit while he played Popeye cartoons.

On May 22, 1958, Hatton and the Popeye cartoons were pre-empted by news coverage of a massive explosion and fire at the Hancock oil refinery in Signal Hill, which sent smoke over our home, located about 20 miles away. And on May 5, 1961, Captain Kangaroo was interrupted by "a special telecast"--the launching of Alan B. Shepard, America's first astronaut, into space.

[Jack Hammer]

Crabby Appleton - rotten to the core!

Hard to believe it was half a century ago, and funny what one remembers. I can easily recall Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Greenjeans, Bunny Rabbit and Mr. Moose, but can’t remember what I did last week.

[Orangedog]

A routine practical joke for my group was to booby trap someone’s home with as many pranks as possible. Second only to the cellophane over the toilet bowl my favorite was a the Mister Moose treatment...a hundred or so ping pong balls suspended by fish net over a door, rigged to release once the door was open. Good time...good times.

[Orangedog]

Yeah, I don’t remember Dancing Bear having a lot to say, either. Someone needs to stop letting millenials write their copy for them.

[Fiji Hill]

I recall seeing the Dancing Bear dance to this tune:

The Bear on the Ball with the Parasol--Burl Ives (1953)

[Lancey Howard]

I can easily recall Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Greenjeans, Bunny Rabbit and Mr. Moose, but can’t remember what I did last week.

lol, welcome to my world. Except I can't remember what I did this morning.

[Jack Hammer]

We’re getting old, Buddy.

Sigh.

[Kickass Conservative]

Wow, I completely forgot about Tom Hatton. If I’m not mistaken, I think Hatton did some work in Films for Universal in the 1960’s.

Haven’t has a chance to Google him yet, so it’s just a random thought lurking in my OLD Brain.

Remember “Red Light / Green Light”? I actually remember Sheriff John’s Birthday Song and Engineer Bill’s Theme Song.
Must have been those Maggio (?) Carrots.