Authentic Captain Kangaroo Producer BETTE CHICHON Business Card w/ Caricature

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Authentic Captain Kangaroo Producer BETTE CHICHON Business Card
These cards were acquired at an Upscale Estate sale in New York City
They were kept in pristine condition, with an embossed caricature of
Bob Keeshan as Captain Kangaroo. It also includes the former office
address & phone number which both have been omitted from all photos.
This card is a "Must Have Item" for any True Captain Kangaroo Collection!
Below is a brief history of the Bob Keeshan & the Captain Kangaroo show.
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. The show
was conceived by Bob Keeshan, who also played the title character "Captain Kangaroo",
and who based the show on "the warm relationship between grandparents and children".
Keeshan had portrayed the original Clarabell the Clown on NBC's The Howdy Doody Show,
the first kids’ television program, during its early years. Captain Kangaroo had a loose structure,
built around life in the "Treasure House" where the Captain (the name "kangaroo" came from the
big pockets in his coat) would tell stories, meet guests, and indulge in silly stunts with regular characters, both humans and puppets. Keeshan performed as the Captain more than 9,000 times
over the nearly 30-year run of the show. The May 17, 1971, episode had two major changes on the show: The Treasure House was renovated and renamed "The Captain's Place" and the Captain replaced his navy blue coat with a red coat. In September 1981, CBS shortened the hour-long
show to a half-hour, briefly retitled it Wake Up with the Captain, and moved it to an earlier time
slot; it was moved to weekends in September 1982, and returned to an hour-long format. CBS cancelled Captain Kangaroo at the end of 1984. Thank you for considering my eBay listings.