Posted on 05/31/2007 8:50:38 PM PDT by van_erwin
His mom made all his sweaters
You’ll be surprised to know that the man inside “Dancing Bear” was none other than (might want to sit down for this) Alice Cooper. I forget what his real name was. Anyway, it was Vermonter Capt Kangaroo who introduced Cooper to Jim Henson at a Chinese restaurant, hence his subsequent appearance on The Muppet Show. Small world.
from tv.com...the cast of Captain Kangaroo. Gus Allegretti played Dancing Bear amongst many other characters.
Jane Connell - Aunt Maude Chuck McCann - Sailor Clyde Bob Keeshan - Captain Kangaroo Kevin Clash - Kevin, Dunk, Pfeiffer, Artie Bill McCutcheon - Dudley Dudley Doug Anderson - The Magic Barn Painter Hugh Brannum - Mr. Green Jeans, The Professor, Greeno The Clown, The Old Folk Singer, Mr. Bainter The Painter Larry Wall - Mr. Baxter Debbie Weems - Debbie, Phoebe Beebee Gus Allegretti - Dancing Bear, Mr. Moose, Bunny Rabbit, Miss Frog, Grandfather Clock, Fred, The Magic Drawing Board, Flora and Albert, Dennis The Apprentice
I heard he was a Navy Seal, with several kills to his name — had lots of tatoos on his arms - that’s why he wore sweaters — and when he got back from the war, he became a pacifist.
Alice Cooper was a Navy Seal? I’m calling baloney on that.
My gosh. If everyone had an article demonstrating their life’s work, and had it come out making them look half as good as Mr. Rogers, the world would be a much better place. God bless you Fred Rogers. Sincerely, a loyal fan and admirer dating back to the late ‘70s.
That’s completely false. Somebody made that up as a joke. The whole idea was to take Mr. Rogers and think of things that were completely opposite from his personality. It doesn’t make sense on its face, but it is also debunked on snopes.
I was talking about Bob Keeshan not Fred Rogers...tattoos and wearing sweaters thing..mythical..Rogers never served
Actually, I believe it was Mr. Greenjeans who served in The Corps during World War II. Not sure about the service of Captain Kangaroo, although I loved that show as a kid.
I respectfully disagree.
You, me or anybody on the Earth is completely unaware of how God will judge others....we can guess. We can even hope that God judges some men very harshly. But before we wish that on anybody else I think we should look into our souls first and see what we truly are.
Liar, thief, adulterer, murderer, coward, hypocrite, fornicator, blasphemer, are just a small number of sins that I may have committed.
Do I find proud or hypocritical men disgusting? Yeah.... because I'm one of those men. ........ we all are.
I think that Mr. Rogers may have been on the public dole for too long, but he was harmless. It sounds like he was trying to let the people that were less than perfect realize that God's kingdom is open to all of us. That our repentance and coming to him can be made from any sinner. That we are all sinners and that only through the greatest gift we can receive will we be forgiven and allowed to be given a small chance to be in his glory.
I think God loves you just the way you are. He loves all of us. Even the most vile, disgusting and twisted among us......but just because he loves us, doesn't mean we'll all be saved. I think it means that we all have the opportunity to accept his gift of grace.
Of course that's just my opinion....and I could be wrong....for my sake I hope I'm not.
per post #36..
To: Elsiejay
Thank chain email for Urban Legends. Actually Keeshan enlisted in the Marines in June, 1945 - four months after Iwo Jima. He never saw action during the war and never received the Navy Cross.
36 posted on 06/01/2007 12:58:15 AM EDT by endthematrix (a globalized and integrated world - which is coming, one way or the other. - Hillary)
Guess the Captain was in The Corps as well. At all events, his sidekick, “Mr. Green Jeans” (Hugh Brannum) was a Marine during World War II. See here:
http://www.hqmc.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=254&Itemid=31
Seems to me if “God loves you just the way you are” Jesus would not have admonished “Go thy way and sin no more” when he was presented with the woman in John 8 who was “taken in adultery.” He had just saved this lady from being stoned to death for her adultery and his parting words to her were not condemnation but rather an admonition. It is so difficult, dare I say impossible, for the left to understand the concept of loving the sinner, hating the sin.
Tolerance is accommodating a friend’s religious practices when he is at your house for a meal. It is not intolerant to point out sin.
“Junod explained that Mr. Rogers weighed in at exactly 143 pounds every day for the last 30 years of his life. He didn’t smoke, didn’t drink, didn’t eat the flesh of any animals, and was extremely disciplined in his daily routine.”
Given his clean lifestyle, it’s even sadder that he went so soon. Health wise, he seemed to do everything right. It’s frustrating when someone like him dies and some lowlifes seem to live on and on.
Yeah...and not funny anymore, either...too full of himself.
I think I read somewhere he was in the Marines in WW2. My kids “grew up” with him. My wife and I were always comfortable with our kids watching his show.
bttt
“God loves you just the way you are.” Often this provoked ire from fundamentalists.
That’s crap. He sure didn’t love the Pharisees
Except we don't blow up innocent people or shoot women in the street. Minor point I know
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