It wasn't until later years that I realized, when my wife pointed it out to me, that I had a particular fascination with clocks. I hadn't particularly noticed it before, but as a child, I was indeed aware of the importance of time and the spending of it wisely. But while my fascination with clocks as an instrument of time had to be pointed out, I recognized instantly, as I viewed the footage that became the contents of this DVD, exactly where that fascination came from. It was from Grandfather Clock, the kindly faced grand time piece character who would alternately wake and sleep and reawake and who oversaw all the goings-on in "The Treasure House" on the set of "Captain Kangaroo". My watching the show as a young child in the 1960s had resulted in the adoption of a number of different moral values, all kindly imparted by the grand old man of childrens television Bob Keeshan, and it's apparent now that chief among those values adopted was a respect for time as symbolized by Grandfather Clock. My parents decades later had the unique fortune of having dinner with Mr. Keeshan, and they had the opportunity to tell him how much I and my siblings enjoyed the show. I regret not having had the opportunity to tell him myself how much the kindness dispensed on his show was appreciated, but I know that he would feel that our continuing to watch and enjoy these shows in the spirit in which they were broadcast would truly be thanks enough.

01: CAPTAIN KANGAROO (1961, B&W, 53:42)

02: CAPTAIN KANGAROO (1968, B&W, 52:34)