Captain Kangaroo
| Captain Kangaroo | |
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Captain Kangaroo (Bob Keeshan), left, with Nipsey Russell in 1976 | |
| Created by | Bob Keeshan |
| Written by | Howard Friedlander |
| Starring | Bob Keeshan Hugh Brannum |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 29 |
| No. of episodes | 6,090 |
| Production | |
| Production location | CBS Broadcast Center |
| Running time | 60 minutes / 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Robert Keeshan Associates Marvin Josephson Associates |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | October 3, 1955 – December 8, 1984 |
Captain Kangaroo is an American children's television series that aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS for 29 years, from 1955 to 1984, making it the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television program of its day. In 1986, the American Program Service (now American Public Television, Boston) integrated some newly produced segments into reruns of past episodes, distributing the newer version of the series to PBS and independent public stations until 1993.