# Captain Kangaroo video: "Changing of the Guard" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 20, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088 "2010-05-20T02:25:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088/1 "2010-05-20T02:25:41Z")
Every now and then Captain Kangaroo had some cool videos on his show. Actually, he could have some weird ones, also, but, I can’t remember them right now. So, I am remembering one them; some of the words were "Here’s Alice! The Changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace.’ He would show it every now and then. It had clips of I can’t really remember, but, it did show some clips of the Palace guards. So, does anybody know where it can be found? Thanks, hh ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088/2 "2010-05-20T02:30:37Z")
The poem is by AA Milne > [@](#): > > BUCKINGHAM PALACE by A.A. Milne > > They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace - > Christopher Robin went down with Alice. > Alice is marrying one of the guard. > “A soldier’s life is terrible hard,” > Says Alice. > > They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace - > Christopher Robin went down with Alice. > We saw a guard in a sentry-box. > “One of the sergeants looks after their socks,” > Says Alice. > > They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace - > Christopher Robin went down with Alice. > We looked for the King, but he never came. > “Well, God take care of him, all the same,” > Says Alice. > > They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace - > Christopher Robin went down with Alice. > They’ve great big parties inside the grounds. > “I wouldn’t be King for a hundred pounds,” > Says Alice. > > They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace - > Christopher Robin went down with Alice. > A face looked out, but it wasn’t the King’s. > “He’s much too busy a-signing things,” > Says Alice. > > They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace - > Christopher Robin went down with Alice. > “Do you think the King knows all about me?” > “Sure to, dear, but it’s time for tea,” > Says Alice. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088/3 "2010-05-20T02:37:37Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/W_Z5LpHuXVE/hqdefault.jpg ""Buckingham Palace" (Ann Stephens, 1941)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Z5LpHuXVE) Not the video you’re looking for, but kind of neat song ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088/4 "2010-05-20T04:05:57Z")
I remember the poem and the video. The YouTube version has the same melody, but the Captain’s was sung by a chorus of men. I never quite got the line about the socks. A British reference, a bit of off-the-wall nonsense, or what? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088/5 "2010-05-20T05:06:27Z")
> [@Sam\_A.Robrin](#): > > I never quite got the line about the socks. A British reference, a bit of off-the-wall nonsense, or what? I always thought of it as Milne being Milne, and making the rhyme the important thing. Frex, here’s the beginning of the poem Eeyore wrote as a farewell to Cristopher Robin (at the end of _The House at Pooh Corner_). POEM Christopher Robin is going At least I think he is. Where? Nobody knows. But he is going. I mean, he goes (_to rhyme with knows_) Do we care? (to rhyme with “where”) We do. very much (I haven’t got a rhyme for that “is” in the second line yet. Bother.) (Now I haven’t got a rhyme for “Bother.” Bother.) Those two Bothers will have to rhyme with each other. Buther. ---
**Author:** ![jptlr5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@jptlr5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jptlr5)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088/6 "2010-09-09T05:47:32Z")
I have been looking for it too but no luck … Also other songs from the show like Jack & the Beanstalk, Little cat and mouse and the little red hen… great memories… ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088/7 "2010-09-09T14:36:28Z")
> [@jptlr5](#): > > I have been looking for it too but no luck .. Also other songs from the show like Jack & the Beanstalk, \*\*Little cat and mouse \*\*and the little red hen… > great memories.. “Little Cat and Mouse” was the one I immediately thought of. I seem to recall that it was shadow puppets? And I’m really annoyed that I can’t think of the original title of the song. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088/8 "2010-09-09T15:11:47Z")
Wow…haven’t thought about that video (or that song) for decades, but now I remember it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dcmatthews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@dcmatthews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dcmatthews)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088/9 "2010-11-13T06:19:17Z")
The recording of “Buckingham Palace” (awkwardly titled “They’re Changing Guard at Buckingham Palace”) used on _Captain Kangaroo_ is by Max Bygraves; it’s available on iTunes and, I suppose, other music download sites. I was thinking about that video myself some months ago, and remembered the singer sounding an awful lot like Roger Whittaker of “Last Farewell” fame. So I went looking, and found the Bygraves recording. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088/10 "2010-11-13T21:18:51Z")
I’ve been thinking lately about the video of kittens in a dollhouse with a song about one, two two little beds, one, two two sleepy heads…all quiet now in a little doll’s house Captain Kangaroo was very influential in my young life. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088/11 "2010-11-13T21:36:52Z")
and “There were ten in the bed and the little one said ‘Roll over! Roll over!’” Mr. Rogers didn’t have songs about selfish bastards. ---
**Author:** ![drmark7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba8739/32.png) [@drmark7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark7)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088/15 "2021-04-20T05:49:07Z")
> [@gwendee](#): > > I’ve been thinking lately about the video of kittens in a dollhouse with a song about one, two two little beds, one, two two sleepy heads…all quiet now in a little doll’s house That clip is from SESAME STREET [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oRRe5GkBPjs/hqdefault.jpg "Sesame Street: "Doll House" (1970)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRRe5GkBPjs) ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088/16 "2021-04-20T09:25:13Z")
> [@Sam\_A.Robrin](#): > > I never quite got the line about the socks. A British reference, a bit of off-the-wall nonsense, or what? It’s the military. That’s what sergeants do. While the King is signing things. [Kiss me goodnight sergeant major](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BxsJKDWEwE) ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088/17 "2021-04-20T13:18:47Z")
Memory is a funny thing. I watched Captain Kangaroo regularly for years when young. But when I pull up vids now, they are quite unfamiliar. I know it is a long time, but I would think that seeing the vids again would spark something inside my head. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088/18 "2021-04-20T19:51:43Z")
I remember “Changing the Guard” on this show. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088/19 "2021-04-23T17:52:27Z")
I used to love Captain Kangaroo. Mr. Rogers I could appreciate, but I never watched it. It was always too gentle and quiet for me even at a young age. Captain Kangaroo always had a little wackiness to it. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088/20 "2021-04-24T21:45:26Z")
Bring on the ping pong balls! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088/21 "2021-04-24T21:53:58Z")
Howzabout “Herkimer the Homely Doll”? ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088/22 "2021-04-24T22:18:27Z")
THANK YOU!!! When I was reading this thread the other day I thought of this, and tried searching for info on it. All I could remember was the name Herkimer and that it was a low-quality animation involving someone rescuing others from a fire. There was no mention of it on the Captain Kangaroo Wiki page, so I started thinking that maybe I had seen it on some other children’s show. I tried doing a Google search for “Herkimer” and all I got was references to Herkimer College, Herkimer Diamonds, and other irrelevant info. I was beginning to think that maybe I was misremembering the name. Also, for some reason I was associating it with Jack Gilford as the singer, but that was apparently wrong, as it was not listed as one of his credits. At least now I know that I’m not having senile dementia and imagining things that only existed in another reality. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088/23 "2021-04-24T23:01:30Z")
I’ve seen it spelled “Hercameyer” but don’t know which is correct. I don’t find a link to the video. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088.md?page=2)