# Captain Kangaroo video: "Changing of the Guard"

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088/24 "2021-04-24T23:02:20Z")

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Oh, and I’m pretty sure it was Sterling Holloway who sang it.

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**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088/25 "2021-04-25T18:12:37Z")

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> [@jptlr5](#):
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> Also other songs from the show like Jack & the Beanstalk

Well, I searched that one out for years snd finally found it. (No doubt you are reading this ten years later; and worth the wait.)

The song is “The Ballad of Jack and the Beanstalk” by Jerry Livingston, from a 1956 TV special (it starred Joel Grey as Jack, with Arnold Stang as the giant, or rather his secretary - there was no giant, just a big pair of feet if I remember correctly).

You can hear the song on Spotify, last I checked. Captain Kangaroo played it a lot - it’s catchy.

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**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088/26 "2021-04-25T18:20:43Z")

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Or listen here:  
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=obFkwAU21Yo

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