Captain Kangaroo's House

October 31, 2022

Let me take you back to Halloweens in the later 1960s into the early 1970s, when I was a kid, and a personal Halloween tradition.

It's Halloween again, and my friends and I are once again deciding if we are going to go trick-or-treating at Captain Kangaroo's house. Bob Keeshan, who plays the captain, lives a few miles from my home on Long Island, New York.

And, as we do every Halloween, my friends and I abandoned this idea. We would either have to get a parent to drive us there or risk our lives riding our bicycles on a busy two-lane highway with no sidewalk. Besides, there is a rather high fence around his house, so we wouldn't even be able to get to his front door. Still, my friends and I always enjoy having our traditional discussion about the captain every Halloween.

(true story)

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October 31, 2022

Let me take you back to Halloweens in the later 1960s into the early 1970s, when I was a kid, and a particular, personal Halloween tradition.

It's Halloween again, and my friends and I are once again deciding if we are going to go trick-or-treating at Captain Kangaroo's house. Bob Keeshan, who plays the captain, lives a few miles from my home on Long Island, New York (Babylon and West Islip). He lived in Babylon.

And, as we do every Halloween, my friends and I abandoned this idea. We would either have to get a parent to drive us there or risk our lives riding our bicycles on a busy two-lane highway with no sidewalk. Besides, there is a rather high fence around his house, so we wouldn't even be able to get to his front door. Still, my friends and I always enjoy having our traditional discussion about the captain every Halloween.

(true story)