Author: Bunk Strutts

Boogah Boogah.

Captain Kangaroo 1927-2004 [Updated]

Captain Kangaroo, aka Bob Keeshan, was my favorite as a lil’ tad. There he is, with a pocket full of carrots, and Bunny Rabbit in the other. My memory of Cap’n K does not include that screaming red jacket. It had to be blue, because I watched him every day in glorious black and white. Now check this out:

Yep. Captain Kangaroo liked Heineken. BTW, the urban legend is false – Bob Keeshan did NOT fight on Iwo Jima in WWII, and neither did Lee Marvin, although both were Marines.  Film at 11.

[Update: Apparently that photo is from a Halloween party circa 1980 something, and is not Bob Keeshan. It’s still awesome. Hat tip to Dave.]

[UPDATE 2023: The Full Story!]

Saturday Matinee – Foli Rhythm, Mickey Hart, Booker T & The M.G.’s, John Lee Hooker & Floyd Dixon

Pure rhythm, and it’s worth watching to the end. [Found here.]

Mickey Hart‘s Planet Drum is awesome, no matter how many drugs he took while he was with The Grateful Dead.

Booker T & The M.G.’s were the best session band in the business.

John Lee Hooker. If you don’t know who he was, you’re already lost.

Floyd Dixon. Same as above.

Have a great weekend, folks, and be back here tomorrow for more fun.

The .Gif Friday Post No.181 – Jar Barf, 5:56PM Rope Scratch & Live Photoshop

[Found here, here and here.]

Happy Ukranians

[Found in here.]

ARISE!

[Found here.]

Fun With Statistics

[Found here.]

The Real Captain Hook?

London’s Miss Zena Dare, in a pantomime production of  “Peter Pan,” 1906.

[Found here.]

Saturday Matinee – Papa’s Day Eve

Now I don’t like to post Utoobage vids that don’t have vids, but Tom Waits’ version of  James Brown’s “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag” is too great to pass up.

There aren’t many decent videos of Papa John Creach, but here he is with Hot Tuna circa 1972.

The Temptations’ classic “Papa Was A Rolling Stone.”

And Mama, I’m fighting a head cold, so that’s it for tonight. Just remember the old adage, “When Mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy; and when Papa ain’t happy, nobody gives a shit.” Have a great weekend, folks, and be back here tomorrow for more fun.

The .Gif Friday Post No.180 – Cat Stair, Digital Wave, Spinning Lizard

[Found here and here, and the lizard in a washing machine is mine.]

Capybara Cab

Yep, that’s a capybara, and those are monkeys. Cebus albifrons Zappafrankinus monkeys to be exact.

[Found in here. Like capys? We added a new category just for you.]