sandik Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 As well as Ann Miller, Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo) died last week, which reminded me of one of the characters on his show, Dancing Bear. Does anyone here know who performed in that bear suit, and if he choreographed his own material (or perhaps worked with someone else)? I have a very distinct memory of a dance he did on a swivel chair (the conceit was that DB had hurt his foot and couldn't dance on it) -- it was a charming number. Link to comment
Treefrog Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 This from my husband, who runs the American Center for Children and Media: A quick search reveals that Cosmo Allegretti, the puppeteerwho also did Mr. Moose and such on CK, was Dancing Bear. Couldn't find anything as to whether he did his own choreography. Link to comment
sandik Posted January 29, 2004 Author Share Posted January 29, 2004 Thanks to you, and thanks to your husband, for the information! Link to comment
BryanM Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Kangaroo was so much a part of early TV memories for me, its great to see him remembered here. Thanks Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 It might be worthwhile to recall that Bob Keeshan was the original Clarabelle the Clown on the "Howdy Doody" Show. He preceded Henry McLauglin, Bob Nicholson, and Lew Anderson in that part. Link to comment
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