Mr. Moose Hand Puppet
date: label: Date made
content: 1955 - 1956
name: label: designer
content: Allegretti, Cosmo
label: user
content: Keeshan, Robert
label: maker
content: Allegretti, Cosmo
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Mister Moose puppet who starred on the Saturday morning version of the TV series <i>Captain Kangaroo</i> from 1956 to 1965 on the "Treasure House" set. Dark brown puppet with large snout, gray and black plastic eyes, orange felt mouth, and yellow felt antlers. Used by Robert Keeshan. Designed by Cosme "Gus" Allegretti, Mr. Moose was famous for offering riddles or knock-knock jokes to Captain Kangaroo, the gag answer to the latter often being followed by a barrage of ping-pong balls leveled at the naive Captain.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Captain Kangaroo premiered in 1955 and ran until 1984, the longest-running network television children's show and winner of both Emmy and Peabody awards. Robert Keeshan played the title role and Hugh Brannum played his pal, Mr. Green Jeans. After 1984, Keeshan brought the show to PBS where it ran until 1992.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Radio and television broadcasting
label: Subject
content: Television broadcasts
label: Subject
content: Puppetry
label: Subject
content: Children's television programs
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Puppets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Robert Keeshan Associates
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0420.03
label: accession number
content: 1992.0420
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0420.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Puppet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (mouth; antlers material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (eyes material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 10 in x 15 in; 91.44 cm x 25.4 cm x 38.1 cm