Captain Kangaroo
Twenty-nine years of the same host, and the longest-running children's programme on American network television.
One opening sequence is catalogued for Captain Kangaroo, covering season 1.
It arrived on CBS in 1955, when Candid Camera, Guiding Light and Truth or Consequences were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
No usable clip placed. The one clean upload is dated 1985, after the CBS run had ended, and cannot be attributed to a season of it.
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