NO - Not Captain Kangaroo

No no no I'm not going to say that Captain Kangaroo was texting anybody.

But I do see that it is an urban legend that Captain Kangaroo (Bob Keeshan) was a war hero. He actually never saw combat. The legend was that Lee Marvin, on the Tonight Show, said he served alongside Keeshan at the Battle of Iwo Jima. Except not only did he never actually say that but Marvin was in the hospital from wounds received in the Battle of Saipan at that time. Keeshan was a Marine but never saw action.

Keeshan was the original "Clarabell the Clown" on the Howdy Doody though which is as scary as fighting in Iwo Jima.

Mr Green Jeans (Hugh Brannum) served in WWII and was in the Marine band (which is where I would want to be in WWII) after the war he was in the group The Four Squires, later moving to Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians where he met Bob Keeshan.

Before joining Captain Kangaroo, Brannum was the host of . . . . wait for it . . . .

UNCLE LUMPY'S CABIN!!

Brannum was NOT the father of musician Frank Zappa as legend has it.
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Movie Star of the Year goes to Leonardo DiCaprio with Shutter Island (128 million and Inception 293 million).

The critics top 10 movies of the year are

127 Hours
Black Swan
Blue Valentine
Inception
The Kings Speech
Please Give (I've never heard of this one)
The Social Network (also receiving the "Why did't more people see this) award
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winters Bone (receiving the "Worst Title for a Movie" award)

Brainy Movie of the year goes to Inception with Shutter Island and Black Swan close behind.

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They asked TCU defensive coordinator who the Wisconsin Badgers remind him of. He said The 1966 Green Bay Packers, but much bigger!

The front line of the 1966 Packers in Super Bowl 1 averaged 245 pounds! The front line of the Badgers average 327. The #1 defense in the country as never played a team THIS big!

The problem is that TCU's defense is built to stop the spread attacks. While the Badgers just bludgeon there way down the field. TCU is a bunch of super fast Ferrari's and Wisconsin is a bunch of big ass dump trucks!

Nuff Said

Have a Happy New Year and be safe!

Rod