Urban Legend ... in part supported by a fabricated story Lee Marvin made on the Tonight show in the 70's. The truth is Bob Keeshan enlisted in the U.S. Marines, but too late to see any action during World War II. Keeshan was born on 27 June 1927 and enlisted two weeks before his 18th birthday, months too late to have taken part in the fighting at Iwo Jima. A 1997 interview with Keeshan noted that he "later enlisted in the U.S. Marines but saw no combat" because, as Keeshan said, he signed up "just before we dropped the atom bomb." Lee Marvin was never at Iwo Jima either.
What most people don't know is that Captain Kangaroo (Keeshan) and Mr. Rogers (Fred Rogers), each of which had very successful shows for children, and who were acknowledged "good friends," were really lovers, and Pee Wee Herman (Paul Reubens) is their secretly adopted son - a love child, so to speak. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Herb Chong > he was a Sgt in the Marines at Iwo Jima, or was it only a Corporal. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> > Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 9:19 AM > Subject: Re: PAW PESO GESO POW WOW ZOWIE - Film is Not Dead > > > > Did you know that Bob Keeshan, before his role as Captain Kangaroo, spent > > five years playing Clarabell the Clown on "The Howdy Doody Show?" >
