This was US network television's longest running children's series, until surpassed in 1999 by PBS's "Sesame Street" (1969). It is still the longest running children's series on US commercial television.
This show premiered on CBS the same day "The Mickey Mouse Club" premiered on ABC.
Most network shows were broadcast in color by the mid 1960s. CBS did not convert the Captain's early morning program to color until 1969.
This was the first TV network kids show in the United States.
Captain Kangaroo and crew hosted the CBS Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in the 1960's.
