# Captain Kangaroo theme

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-theme/811734>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 3, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-theme/811734 "2018-04-03T17:23:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-theme/811734/21 "2018-04-14T10:20:54Z")

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I also recall Bunny Rabbit stealing and hiding the keys to the Treasure House.

Always fun to watch The Captain search for them.

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-theme/811734/22 "2018-04-14T10:47:27Z")

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> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#):
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> I would have bet money there was no theme for Captain Kangaroo, but I recognized it from the first few measures.

I was the other way around - other than what Captain Kangaroo looked like, and the names of some of the other characters like Mister Greenjeans and Mister Moose, the _only_ thing I remembered from the show was the music, which I remembered pretty clearly. Listening to the YouTube clip, there’d be places where I’d think, “I don’t remember those notes as being that sharp,” but other than stuff at that level, I remembered it pretty much as it was.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-theme/811734/23 "2018-04-14T14:33:17Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> [Full version.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csorirBIWgw)…and me,too.

Upon reading the thread title I thought, ‘Hm. I don’t remember that theme.’ Which is pretty unusual because I’m pretty good at remembering theme music/songs. Then I had a theme pop into my head and I couldn’t place it. _What is it from?_ How can I possibly describe it for identification? Wait… Could it be…? I clicked on the link.

Yep. The theme that popped into my head _is_ the theme from _Captain Kangaroo_. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Krupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-theme/811734/24 "2018-04-14T14:52:02Z")

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Captain Kangaroo taught me the magic words “please” and “thank you”.

What a gentle man Bob Keeshan was.

However, I didn’t like Town Clown because he was always sad. I never was afraid of clowns, but found them depressing. Every other part of the show made up for that segment though.

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