[lbo-talk] Bob Keeshan RIP

[J Cullen]

Interesting that Keeshan was fired from his job as Clarabell the 
Clown by Buffalo Bob Smith at NBC in 1950 because Smith thought 
Keeshan, who was making $35 a week at the time, was trying to form an 
actors union. It's unclear in the otherwise fine obit whether Keeshan 
actually was "guilty" of union organizing.


>The dear Captain K. has passed on:
>
><<http://nytimes.com/2004/01/24/obituaries/24KEES.html>http://nytimes.com/2004/01/24/obituaries/24KEES.html>
>
>I loved this show as a kid. It was intelligent, funny and strange -- 
>Bunny Rabbit and Mr. Moose were my faves -- and Keeshan had a quiet 
>elegance that gave the show its distinctive pace. Of its time, 
>though, sorry to say. Wouldn't stand a chance against today's 
>cybermadness and noise.
>
>DP
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