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oct 3, 1955 - Captain Kangaroo Premieres

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Bob Keeshan debuted Captain Kangaroo on CBS as a slow, quiet, and deliberate morning program - the first intentional TV design aligned with healthy child cognition, rejecting frenetic slapstick pacing.

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oct 3, 1955
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~ 70 years ago