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  Captain Kangaroo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Green Jeans and other, less-frequently seen characters, such as the New Old Folk Singer, who played a cello as if it were a guitar, and Mr.
Cosmo Allegretti created and performed several of the show's better-known puppet characters, including Bunny Rabbit, who always tricked the Captain into giving him carrots, and Mr.
Allegretti was also the actor portraying the Dennis the Apprentice, Miss Frog, Mr.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Captain_Kangaroo   (1064 words)

  
 Toon Tracker's Fred From Channel One Page
Cosmo "Gus" Allegretti portrayed Dennis, the bumbling apprentice, who is everyone's unwitting thorn-in-the-side.
As chief puppeteer, Allegretti was also responsible for the voices and manipulation of such other characters as Bunny Rabbit, Mr.
Cartoons that aired over the years were Sam Singer's The Adventures of Pow Wow, Bill Cosby's Picture Pages, Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings, and two cliff-hanging cartoons produced by Terrytoons, Tom Terrific and Lariat Sam.
www.toontracker.com /kangaroo/fred.htm   (603 words)

  
 Cinemasmith - Film Essay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Regulars included Mr Greenjeans (Hugh Brannum) and puppets Bunny Rabbit and Mr Moose, both of whom were performed and voiced by Cosmo (Gus) Allegretti.
Bunny Rabbit was forever plotting to steal carrots and Mr Moose was addicted to “knock-knock” jokes.
Allegretti also played Dancing Bear, who would show up infrequently..
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 Bob Keeshan Bio - Bob Keeshan Biography - Bob Keeshan Stories
There was a lot of fun in the "Treasure House", with Bunny Rabbit swindling carrots before lunch from The Captain or Mister Moose finding yet another way to get the Captain to stand still long enough to drop dozens of ping-pong balls down on the ever-unsuspecting Captain's head.
Dennis (Cosmo "Gus" Allegretti) asking so many questions that Mister Bainter would almost always lose his cool.
All the while during this, Captain Kangaroo taught us values and gave those with busy or absent fathers a gentle and caring male role model to learn good behavior and manners from.
www.tv.com /bob-keeshan/person/40540/biography.html   (572 words)

  
 Men in early and elementary education.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The program's roster also included Hugh Lumpy Brannum, who had been a successful string bass player in jazz bands and in the Fred Waring orchestra but who really came into his own as Mr.
Green Jeans, a man who loved nature and got children to understand and respect it; Cosmo Gus Allegretti, who gave life to animal characters like Mr.
Moose, Bunny Rabbit and Dancing Bear, as well as the Magic Drawing Board and Grandfather Clock; character actors like Debbie Weems and Carolyn Mignini; Ruth Manecke, an expert on animal behavior who coached the cast; and the puppeteer Kevin Clash.
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 Gus Allegretti - Biography, Photos, and more - Moviefone
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 TV ACRES: Children's Show Hosts - Captain Kangaroo
Green Jeans, (Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum), a talented and inquisitive handyman who came to the Captain's Treasure House with all sorts of interesting items including zoo animals.
Other residents of the Treasure House were Dennis, the bumbling apprentice (the show's puppeteer, Cosmo "Gus" Allegretti); Dancing Bear, (Cosmo "Gus" Allegretti in a bear suit); the quiet Mr.
Green Jeans, Cosmo "Gus" Allegretti as "Dennis", Carolyn Minyoni, as well as the puppets of Kevin Clash and Jim Martin.
www.tvacres.com /child_captainkangaroo.htm   (644 words)

  
 Captain Kangaroo dead at 76 - Children's TV - MSNBC.com
His first television appearance came in 1948, when he played the voiceless, horn-honking Clarabell the Clown on the “Howdy Doody Show,” a role he created and played for five years.
Bob Keeshan is shown in 1979 with Cosmo Allegretti, who played Dennis the Painter on "Captain Kangaroo."
Later he played Corny the clown, the host of a noontime cartoon program in New York City.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4038505   (767 words)

  
 TV's Captain Kangaroo for 30 years dies at 76   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In an era before television felt compelled to wake up viewers with a cacophony of news headlines and celebrity interviews and rock concerts in the plaza, the medium made room for the quiet whimsy of Captain Kangaroo, who chatted with puppets and connected with children over the airwaves for more than 30 years.
Bob Keeshan, left, in character as television's Captain Kangaroo poses with Cosmo Allegretti, who portrayed Dennis the Painter, in 1979.
Click to a special guest book to view the public's tributes to Bob Keeshan or add your own remembrances.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/04024/265291.stm   (735 words)

  
 Ryan's Bar Online - Claire Labine Named One of Soap Opera's 25 Most Intriguing People - June 2000
He was wonderfully demented, and he selected around him a group of very talented people.
And among them was a puppeteer whose name was Cosmo Allegretti.
Moose and Bunny Rabbit and Dancing Bear and anything that Mr.
ryansbaronline.tripod.com /labine6.html   (2095 words)

  
 Bob Keeshan 1927--2004 -- TV friend to children as Captain Kangaroo
Green Jeans (Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum), visited with puppet animals such as Bunny Rabbit, whom he scolded for eating too many carrots, and Mr.
The animal characters were voiced by Cosmo "Gus" Allegretti.
Ahead of his time in recognizing the importance of early learning, Keeshan's Captain built confidence and intellectual development in children who were having too much fun to notice the lessons.
www.nospank.net /n-l34r.htm   (858 words)

  
 .:: Name That Pet! ::. Cartoons and Comic Strips
In his green jeans and jacket, he brought out different animals each day to romp with.
Wacky Moose (voice of Gus “Cosmo” Allegretti) always tricked the Captain into standing under a shower of ping-pong balls.
Originally, plastic facial pieces (ears, eyes, etc.) were supposed to be stuck into a potato to make a face.
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 Baby Boomers' icon Capt. Kangaroo dies / Generations of kids watched TV show
Green Jeans (a folksy, farmer-in-overalls role played by Hugh Brannum) might show up with a live animal or two for an appreciative show-and-tell.
Cosmo Allegretti portrayed, in costume and voice roles, the recurring characters of the carrot-craving Mr.
Bunny Rabbit, musical Dancing Bear, laconically poetic Grandfather Clock and others.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/01/24/KEESHAN.TMP   (926 words)

  
 Boomer's Cafe - Captain Kangaroo
Green Jeans, the farmer/inventor/animal demonstrator who doubled as Mr.
Bainter the Painter and the Professor; Gus "Cosmo" Allegretti as Dennis the Apprentice and various puppet characters, notably Mr.
The seventies provided more diversity (ethnically) with cast members James Wall as Mr.
www.boomerscafe.com /memorabilia/captkang.htm   (492 words)

  
 JS Online:Captain Kangaroo entertained, educated a generation of children
Bob Keeshan, television's beloved Captain Kangaroo, who entertained and educated millions of children for more than 30 years, died Friday.
Bob Keeshan, left, in character as television's Captain Kangaroo in 1979 with Cosmo Allegretti, who plays Dennis the Painter.
Captain Kangaroo interacts with one of his recurring puppet characters, Mr.
www.jsonline.com /enter/tvradio/jan04/202302.asp   (1421 words)

  
 Tulsa TV Memories Guestbook 107
I would pre-draw an image and then select a piece of music to go with it.
Of course everyone stole this idea from "Captain Kangaroo." Cosmo Allegretti, who also was the arm and voice of "Mr.
Moose" (and Bunny Rabbit and Grandfather Clock), did all the reverse drawing on that show.
tulsatvmemories.com /gb051302.html   (4670 words)

  
 Have Coffee Will Write » THE SOURCE OF ALL SUFFERING IS DESIRE…
Comment by reverend gisher — 8 February 06 @ 1314
i’m only two degrees separated from dancing bear, he (cosmo gus allegretti) is my father’s fraternity brother.
Comment by Jeff Hess — 8 February 06 @ 1656
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