Captain Kangaroo scripts 1959-1964

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Captain Kangaroo scripts 1959-1964

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Jon Stone winner of 18 Emmy awards for his work in television was the writer of the program. began in 1955 and was an award winner program for children. The scripts span the years 1959 to 1964. There are some gaps. Captain Kangaroo Captain Kangaroo

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The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.

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Keeshan, Robert

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Children's television personality known as Captain Kangaroo. From the description of Correspondence 1972. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 50788815 ...

Stone, Jon

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Jon Stone, who won 18 Emmy Awards for his work in television, was the writer, producer and director of Captain Kangaroo, and later wrote the pilot script for Sesame Street and was the original head writer and one of the three original producers of that program. He remained the principal director of Sesame Street until a year before his death in 1997. "His reputation was that he was probably the most brilliant writer of children's television material in America," said Joan Ganz Coone...