Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Rogers? Has anyone ever heard of this before?

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[Marylander]

Or was it Fiorello LaGuardia?

[Marylander]

Or was it Fiorello LaGuardia?

[U S Army EOD]

Please don't tell me, Buster Brown was also a Marine.

[Jaysun]

On another note, there was this wimpy little man (who just passed away) on PBS, gentle and quiet. Mr. Rogers is another of those you would least suspect of being anything but what he now portrays to our youth. But, Mr. Rogers was a US Navy Seal, combat proven in Vietnam with over twenty-five confirmed kills to his name. He wore a long sleeve sweater on his show to cover the many tattoos on his forearm and biceps. A master in small arms and hand-to-hand combat, able to disarm or kill in a heartbeat.


What I wouldn't give to have seen Mr. Rogers stomping someone's ass. I didn't know this about Mr. Rogers or Captain Kangaroo. Good post.

[DeFault User]

Andy Devine?

[Yaelle]

It is NOT true about Mr. Rogers. On one of his episodes (I have seen it twice) he appears nearly fully nude as he swims at the Y in a pair of bun-hugging trunks. There were no tattoos on the guy. He did have quite the package though. I don't know why he needed to show the kids himself both in the shower and full body shots of him under water, but it made this Mommy put down her cereal spoon and step into the living room to check it all out...

[jnarcus]

Except of course that Mr Rogers was not the aforementioned Navy SEAl...in fact he was a Canadian and a Presbyterian minister...so since that part was dead ass wrong I doubt seriously that the other part has any validity

[TexasTransplant]

Ignorant People diserve to get the snot beat out of them, Mr Rogers is Just and Relevent and could most likely kick your ass, everyone knows that whimp trumps stupid every time (and tickets to the event are cheap too!)

[Free Trapper]

Wasn't "To Hell and Back" the movie that Audy Murphy acted in,as himself?

[lewislynn]

Urban Legend, alas. Consult snopes.com.

You can call Lee Marvin a liar if you want (Johnny, I'm not lying...Sergeant Keeshan was the bravest man I ever knew... The sergeant's name is Bob Keeshan...You and the world know him as Captain Kangaroo.) but snopes better check the Johnny Carson archives...I saw The Tonight Show the night Lee Marvin made those comments.

[Not_Who_U_Think]

Favorite line from a western:

Chill Wills in "The Over the Hills Gang"

"Ah, Ah, I don't mean to be a stickler for rules, but wooo... five aces in one deck... that's a lot a aces."

[Free Trapper]

About the guys you never expect.

My stepdad(real dad died young)didn't know that his father had been awarded the Medal of Honor until after he died.

The Medal was awarded for his actions during the Boxer Rebellion and has now been placed in a Naval Museum.

[LiteKeeper]

SPOTREP - and pass it on.

[theirjustdue]

." The same one who worked with Froggie, "Plunk your magic twanger, Froggie."

Oh yeah! Been along time since I've thought about that.

And old' Froggie would appear with a big BOING! and a yuck, yuck' yuck', before tricking his partner into cracking an egg over his head, or some other such nonsense,

Oh, those good old' days...

Thanks for reminding me, Marylander.

[Paleo Conservative]

Captain Kangaroo turned 76 recently, which is odd because he's never looked a day under 76 (dob: 6/27/27). This brings to mind the following story.

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Johnny, I'm not lying...Sergeant Keeshan was the bravest man I ever knew... The sergeant's name is Bob Keeshan...You and the world know him as Captain Kangaroo.

Battle for Iwo Jima - World War II
February 19 to March 16,1945

That story sounds fishy. How many 17 year old seargeants have you ever heard about?

[Fledermaus]

Yes, Audey Murphy played himself in "To Hell and Back".

[Vigilanteman]

Fred Rogers was not Canadian. He was born and raised at Latrobe, Pennsylvania. He and another famous native, Arnold Palmer, both contributed generously to a local hospital. Fred's connection with Canada is a few years with CBC where he first developed Mister Roger's Neighborhood. Much of the background on that show can still be seen on a kiddie ride at Idlewild Amusement Park, not far from where he grew up.

[Jaysun]

Ignorant People diserve(we stupid people usually spell it "deserve") to get the snot beat out of them, Mr Rogers is Just and Relevent (morons like myself also like to spell it: "relevant") and could most likely kick your ass, everyone knows that whimp ("wimp" last time I checked my "EVERYDAY GUIDE FOR THE IGNORANT") trumps stupid every time (and tickets to the event are cheap too!)


If you don't mind, I'd like for you to help me understand a few things:

A) What is "Ignorant" or "stupid" about saying (jokingly I might add) that I'd like to see something that seems so hard to imagine? Things that defy preconceived notions and logic are interesting to MOST people.

B) What did I say to imply that Mr Rogers was NOT just and relevant?

C) How is it that wimp trumps stupid every time? It seems to me that being stupid has little to do with the ability to fight, while the word wimp describes someone who is weak and cowardly (bad things to bring to a fight).


Thanks in advance for your help. While I'll admit that being stupid is sometimes a blessing, in times like this it's a hindrance.

[My Dog Likes Me]

Why in the world did his parents name him after an airport??!!

[My Dog Likes Me]

I'll tell you something that's true. Clint Eastwood served in the Navy as an enlisted aircrew member (radio or guns? I don't know). I think this was in the 1950's.

Also, Dennis Franz of NYPD Blue served in the Army in Vietnam. Eleven Bravo, I think.