# Dancing Bear from Captain Kangaroo

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-bear-from-captain-kangaroo/437071>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 10, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-bear-from-captain-kangaroo/437071 "2008-02-10T21:01:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-bear-from-captain-kangaroo/437071/61 "2008-02-13T04:00:15Z")

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[QUOTE=guizot]  
What was the connection with “kangaroo”? Did they have kangaroos on the show, or were they people in Costumes, like the dancing bear?  
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The Wikipedia article I cited on the previous page says Kangaroo was in reference to the deep pockets on his jacket.

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**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:** [February 13, 2008, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-bear-from-captain-kangaroo/437071/62 "2008-02-13T07:26:47Z")

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[QUOTE=guizot]  
I want to know why this isn’t on MTV.

And what was he a captain of? Was there some kind of ship on the show?  
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He was the captain of the Treasure House, of course!

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**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:** [February 13, 2008, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-bear-from-captain-kangaroo/437071/63 "2008-02-13T07:29:24Z")

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[QUOTE=mobo85]  
I don’t know.  
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😃

You know, I _almost_ answered that freakin’ question! Then it occurred to me that you really do know…

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-bear-from-captain-kangaroo/437071/64 "2008-02-14T17:19:24Z")

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[QUOTE=guizot]  
My grandfather … was a lot older than 28 when I was born.  
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The original Captain costume included the false mustache to make him look much older.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-bear-from-captain-kangaroo/437071/65 "2008-02-15T09:37:53Z")

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I remember reading that one time they took his young son backstage to meet Captain Kangaroo, and the kid had no idea that was his father.

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**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-bear-from-captain-kangaroo/437071/66 "2008-02-15T09:58:55Z")

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Was I the only kid who never understood why he was called Mr Green Jeans?  
Everybody knows that jeans only come in one color,—so why give the character such an illogical name?  
(yes, it was back in the days when TV was only black and white…)

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