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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: After years of loyal service to CBS, the network rewarded Captain K in 1981 by pushing the show into an earlier time slot and cutting its running time and budget, all in order to use his traditional time slot to air a CBS Morning News Show to compete with NBC's ''The Series/{{Today}} Show'' and ABC's ''Good Morning, America''. Then in 1982, CBS moved the series to Saturday mornings and gave back the half hour that it lost, only to take it back ''again'' in 1984. These moves irritated Bob Keeshan to the point that he left the network as soon as his contract expired at the end of 1984. A bit of poetic justice: The CBS News show traditionally runs third to the two other shows.

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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: After years of loyal service to CBS, the network rewarded Captain K in 1981 by pushing the show into an earlier time slot and cutting its running time and budget, all in order to use his traditional time slot to air a CBS Morning News Show to compete with NBC's ''The Series/{{Today}} Show'' and ABC's ''Good Morning, America''. Then in 1982, CBS moved the series to Saturday mornings and gave back the half hour that it lost, only to take but scheduled it at 7 am on the East Coast and 6 am elsewhere, which was too early for the target audience. When the show was cut back ''again'' in 1984. These moves to a half-hour for the 1984-85 season, an irritated Bob Keeshan to the point that he left the network as soon as his contract expired at the end of 1984. A 1984, although he would return the following season to host another Saturday morning show, ''CBS Storybreak''. (A bit of poetic justice: The CBS News News' morning show traditionally runs third to the two other shows.ABC and NBC's.)
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** Bob Keeshan hosted ''[=CBS Storybreak=]'' in the mid-Eighties.
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* HeAlsoDid: Paul J. Pistore, who played Mister Moose in the 1997 revival, also worked on the English dub of ''Anime/{{Karin}}'' alongside George N. Cahill III (who played Mr. [=Greenjeans=] in that version).
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* HeyItsThatGuy: A young Tony Hawk appears in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLpSEOY1tUY this short on skateboarding starting at 0:37.]]
** Kevin Clash (aka [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]]) got his start as a puppeteer on ''Captain Kangaroo'' in the 1980s.
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* [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Rudely Treated by the Network]]: After years of loyal service to CBS, the network rewarded Captain K in 1981 by pushing the show into an earlier time slot and cutting its running time and budget, all in order to use his traditional time slot to air a CBS Morning News Show to compete with NBC's ''The Series/{{Today}} Show'' and ABC's ''Good Morning, America''. This irritated Bob Keeshan to the point that he left the show as soon as his contract expired. A bit of poetic justice: The CBS News show traditionally runs third to the two other shows.

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* [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Rudely Treated by the Network]]: ScrewedByTheNetwork: After years of loyal service to CBS, the network rewarded Captain K in 1981 by pushing the show into an earlier time slot and cutting its running time and budget, all in order to use his traditional time slot to air a CBS Morning News Show to compete with NBC's ''The Series/{{Today}} Show'' and ABC's ''Good Morning, America''. This Then in 1982, CBS moved the series to Saturday mornings and gave back the half hour that it lost, only to take it back ''again'' in 1984. These moves irritated Bob Keeshan to the point that he left the show network as soon as his contract expired.expired at the end of 1984. A bit of poetic justice: The CBS News show traditionally runs third to the two other shows.
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* [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Rudely Treated by the Network]]: After years of loyal service to CBS, the network rewarded Captain K in 1981 by pushing the show into an earlier time slot and cutting its running time and budget, all in order to use his traditional time slot to air a CBS Morning News Show to compete with NBC's ''The Series/{{Today}} Show'' and ABC's ''Good Morning, America''. This irritated Keeshan to the point that he left the show as soon as his contract expired. A bit of poetic justice: The CBS News show traditionally runs third to the two other shows.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In 1974, a contract dispute with CBS nearly got the Captain's show canceled. CBS had Hanna-Barbera prepare a pre-schoolers animated show to replace it. The dispute was settled, the Captain stayed, and word is that Joe Barbera threw a celebratory banquet even though his show wouldn't be made because "I didn't want to be the man who got ''Captain Kangaroo'' canceled!"

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* [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Rudely Treated by the Network]]: After years of loyal service to CBS, the network rewarded Captain K in 1981 by pushing the show into an earlier time slot and cutting its running time and budget, all in order to use his traditional time slot to air a CBS Morning News Show to compete with NBC's ''The Series/{{Today}} Show'' and ABC's ''Good Morning, America''. This irritated Bob Keeshan to the point that he left the show as soon as his contract expired. A bit of poetic justice: The CBS News show traditionally runs third to the two other shows.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In 1974, a contract dispute with CBS nearly got the Captain's show canceled. CBS had Hanna-Barbera Creator/HannaBarbera prepare a pre-schoolers animated show to replace it. The dispute was settled, the Captain stayed, and word is that Joe Barbera threw a celebratory banquet even though his show wouldn't be made because "I didn't want to be the man who got ''Captain Kangaroo'' canceled!"
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* [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Rudely Treated by the Network]]: After years of loyal service to CBS, the network rewarded Captain K in 1981 by pushing the show into an earlier time slot and cutting its running time and budget, all in order to use his traditional time slot to air a CBS Morning News Show to compete with NBC's ''The Today Show'' and ABC's ''Good Morning, America''. This irritated Keeshan to the point that he left the show as soon as his contract expired. A bit of poetic justice: The CBS News show traditionally runs third to the two other shows.

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* [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Rudely Treated by the Network]]: After years of loyal service to CBS, the network rewarded Captain K in 1981 by pushing the show into an earlier time slot and cutting its running time and budget, all in order to use his traditional time slot to air a CBS Morning News Show to compete with NBC's ''The Today Series/{{Today}} Show'' and ABC's ''Good Morning, America''. This irritated Keeshan to the point that he left the show as soon as his contract expired. A bit of poetic justice: The CBS News show traditionally runs third to the two other shows.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In 1974, a contract dispute with CBS nearly got the Captain's show canceled. CBS had Hanna-Barbera prepare a pre-schoolers animated show to replace it. The dispute was settled, the Captain stayed, and word is that Joe Barbera threw a celebratory banquet even though his show wouldn't be made because "I didn't want to be the man who got '''Captain Kangaroo'' canceled!"

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In 1974, a contract dispute with CBS nearly got the Captain's show canceled. CBS had Hanna-Barbera prepare a pre-schoolers animated show to replace it. The dispute was settled, the Captain stayed, and word is that Joe Barbera threw a celebratory banquet even though his show wouldn't be made because "I didn't want to be the man who got '''Captain ''Captain Kangaroo'' canceled!"
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In 1974, a contract dispute with CBS nearly got the Captain's show canceled. CBS had Hanna-Barbera prepare a pre-schoolers animated show to replace it. The dispute was settled, the Captain stayed, and word is that Joe Barbera threw a celebratory banquet even though his show wouldn't be made because "I didn't want to be the man who got '''Captain Kangaroo'' canceled!"

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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Beginning in 1981, {{CBS}} turned against this show and eventually began to move around, reduce its air time and so irritating Keeshan so much that he decided to cancel the show and walk away as soon as his contract was finished.

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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Beginning TheDanza: Deborah Weems as Debbie.
* TheOtherDarrin: John [=McDonough=]
in 1981, {{CBS}} turned against this the 1997 revival.
* [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Rudely Treated by the Network]]: After years of loyal service to CBS, the network rewarded Captain K in 1981 by pushing the
show into an earlier time slot and eventually began to move around, reduce cutting its air running time and so irritating budget, all in order to use his traditional time slot to air a CBS Morning News Show to compete with NBC's ''The Today Show'' and ABC's ''Good Morning, America''. This irritated Keeshan so much to the point that he decided to cancel left the show and walk away as soon as his contract was finished.expired. A bit of poetic justice: The CBS News show traditionally runs third to the two other shows.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Beginning in 1981, {{CBS}} turned against this show and eventually began to move around, reduce its air time and so irritating Keeshan so much that he decided to cancel the show and walk away as soon as his contract was finished.
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** Kevin Clash (aka [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]]) got his start as a puppeteer on a revival of the show in the 80's.

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** Kevin Clash (aka [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]]) got his start as a puppeteer on a revival of the show ''Captain Kangaroo'' in the 80's.1980s.
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** Kevin Clash (aka [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]]) got his start as a puppeteer on a revival of the show in the 80's.

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** Kevin Clash (aka [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]]) got his start as a puppeteer on a revival of the show in the 80's.80's.
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** Kevin Clash(aka [[SesameStreet Elmo]]) got his start as a puppeteer on a revival of the show in the 80's.

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** Kevin Clash(aka [[SesameStreet Clash (aka [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]]) got his start as a puppeteer on a revival of the show in the 80's.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: A young Tony Hawk appears in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLpSEOY1tUY this short on skateboarding starting at 0:37.]]

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* HeyItsThatGuy: A young Tony Hawk appears in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLpSEOY1tUY this short on skateboarding starting at 0:37.]]]]
** Kevin Clash(aka [[SesameStreet Elmo]]) got his start as a puppeteer on a revival of the show in the 80's.

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