Archive for March 18th, 2007

Mr. Green Jeans - Crackerjack Christmas

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

Mr. Green Jeans, played by the actor Hugh “Lumpy” Brannum (1910 - 1987), was the right-hand man to Captain Kangaroo (played by Bob Keeshan) on the popular children’s television program, Captain Kangaroo. The duo, and a number of other regular “guests” including Grandfather Clock and hand puppets like Mr. Moose and Bunny Rabbit, were watched […]

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The Little King - Christmas Night (cartoon)

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

In 1931, cartoonist Oscar E. “Otto” Soglow created a playful mini-monarch, whose greatest joys were sliding down palace banisters, eating lunch from a regular workman’s pail and indulging in a daily constitutional to the palace mailbox.
The Little King became a popular feature in The New Yorker magazine. Soglow’s minimalist illustration and even sparser dialogue were […]

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