Friday Night Video

When I was a kid, there was a local TV show on weekday mornings called Captain Bob. Captain Bob chatted with us from the other side of the screen and he played cartoons- pretty much like most kid show hosts. But there was something a little different about him. I remember he was a soft spoken guy who was pretty good at drawing, and he would take the time to teach us to draw with him. That held a certain kind of appeal for me.

And I remember that Captain Bob read the funnies on TV during a time when there was a newspaper strike. He kept referring to the character Charlie Brown by calling him "Peanuts". I thought it a little strange for someone I considered a pretty smart and well read guy. But that was OK.

I had intended to post one of the cartoons that Captain Bob would play, which was Felix the Cat. But in searching for the cartoon that I wanted, I came across the video below. He's a little older here than when I watched him, but otherwise it's pretty much exactly what I remember.

I'll get to Felix the Cat some other time.