# Did anyone else think todays' Google banner was Captain Kangaroo? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 3, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-think-todays-google-banner-was-captain-kangaroo/945597 "2021-07-03T13:04:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-think-todays-google-banner-was-captain-kangaroo/945597/1 "2021-07-03T13:04:59Z")
[![](https://i.postimg.cc/X7D5xJVv/not-Captain-Kangaroo.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/X7D5xJVv/not-Captain-Kangaroo.jpg) It’s Professor Sir Ludwig Guttmann, a german physician who advocated for the disabled and helped start the Paralympic games. Sure looks like the Captain to me in that drawing, though. [![](https://i.postimg.cc/hjz4DSk2/Bob-keeshan-captain-kangaroo-1977.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/hjz4DSk2/Bob-keeshan-captain-kangaroo-1977.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-think-todays-google-banner-was-captain-kangaroo/945597/2 "2021-07-03T13:11:28Z")
Keeshan has a squarer face and wider mustache. I wouldn’t have thought of the Captain at all. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-think-todays-google-banner-was-captain-kangaroo/945597/3 "2021-07-03T13:19:40Z")
I just assumed it was a less than ideal drawing of the Captain ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-think-todays-google-banner-was-captain-kangaroo/945597/4 "2021-07-03T13:24:26Z")
First , let me apologize for contradicting The Great and Powerful **Qadgop**. It was but a moment of hubris I will not repeat. \< grovels \> 😉 The background figures would also indicate it wasn’t The Captain. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-think-todays-google-banner-was-captain-kangaroo/945597/5 "2021-07-03T13:28:11Z")
I was thinking more like Col. Sanders. In a dark stilt. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-think-todays-google-banner-was-captain-kangaroo/945597/6 "2021-07-03T13:28:14Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The background figures would also indicate it wasn’t The Captain. Hey, for all I knew, the Captain supported the Special Olympics too. He was a man of many causes. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-think-todays-google-banner-was-captain-kangaroo/945597/7 "2021-07-03T13:29:57Z")
Gotta have that tiny goatee to be the Colonel! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-think-todays-google-banner-was-captain-kangaroo/945597/8 "2021-07-03T13:30:24Z")
Yup, Col. Sanders. But no goatee. Then I figured it had to be some one that dealt with the disabled. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-think-todays-google-banner-was-captain-kangaroo/945597/9 "2021-07-03T14:04:02Z")
Another vote for the Colonel rather than the Captain. Even though it was merely a resemblance rather than a “that’s gotta be him!” moment. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-think-todays-google-banner-was-captain-kangaroo/945597/10 "2021-07-03T15:11:58Z")
No, Captain Kangaroo has a very distinctive _red_ jacket. And no glasses. And bangs. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-think-todays-google-banner-was-captain-kangaroo/945597/11 "2021-07-03T16:38:07Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The background figures would also indicate it wasn’t The Captain. Yup. It’s missing Mr. Moose, Bunny Rabbit, and Mr. Green Jeans. And the Ping-Pong balls. Oh yeah, and Dancing Bear. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-think-todays-google-banner-was-captain-kangaroo/945597/12 "2021-07-03T18:25:06Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Oh yeah, and Dancing Bear. He has a new gig at bachelorette parties. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-think-todays-google-banner-was-captain-kangaroo/945597/13 "2021-07-04T00:33:40Z")
My wife told me last night that he looks like “KFC Grandpa” (as Koreans call Colonel Sanders). ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-think-todays-google-banner-was-captain-kangaroo/945597/14 "2021-07-04T12:44:21Z")
I didn’t think the drawing actually **was** Captain Kangaroo. The resemblance wasn’t that striking. But when I first saw it, I said “Who’s this guy? Looks like Captain Kangaroo.” ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-think-todays-google-banner-was-captain-kangaroo/945597/15 "2021-07-04T14:01:36Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > when I first saw it, I said “Who’s this guy? Looks like Captain Kangaroo.” At last! Validation!! ---
**Author:** ![Apodder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apodder/32/17727_2.png) [@Apodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apodder)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-think-todays-google-banner-was-captain-kangaroo/945597/16 "2021-07-05T13:25:44Z")
I thought it was Walter Cronkite… ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-think-todays-google-banner-was-captain-kangaroo/945597/17 "2021-07-05T15:43:22Z")
I’m thankful fir this thread. I had no idea who that was as when I clicked on the banner all I got was a blank page. Did that happen to anyone else?