Rest in Peace, Captain

[Cosmo Electrolux]

[Cap'n Crunch]

I thought this thread was about me dying.

[Cosmo Electrolux]

I don't have that kind of luck.

[Cap'n Crunch]

[ProfessorCool]

[James]

[Cosmo Electrolux]

[agroskaterik]

[HickMan]

Smokin' cigarettes an' watchin' capt. kangaroo! Don't tell me I've got nothin' to do!

[kellychaos]

Oh Captain! My Captain!

O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.


O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up--for you the flag is flung--for you the bugle trills,
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths--for you the shores a-crowding,
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head!
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.


My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still,
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will,
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done,
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;
Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
But I with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

While originally intended for President Lincoln, I think this is a fitting tribute to this captain too. Besides, I've alway liked this poem and it's reverent, humbled and despairing quality.

[Jason]

[PILLOWFIGHT]

IS THIS ABOUT GEORGE?? IS HE BANNED :O??

[DamnthatDavid]

[agroskaterik]

[HickMan]

[executioneer]

quit it

-willie

[Cap'n Crunch]

I started the trend.

[agroskaterik]

yes, sir

[Supafly345]

Am I the only one that was devistated by Captain Kangaroo's death?
First Mr. Rogers, now him, my first two learning-based show icons are now gone. It was always fun watching the hilarious antics of our Afrcan-American friend Bill Cosby make a spectical of himself in order to explain cultures around the world on that show.

[agroskaterik]

I'd be devistated, but in all honesty, before this thread, i thought Captain Kangaroo was actually a Kangaroo.

[James]

I would have been devastated, if there hadn't been two threads about it, when people SHOULD be using the Celebrity Deaths thread.

Besides, I thought he died like 5 years ago. :/

[agroskaterik]

[Studio8]

At least it wasn't Captain Feathersword.

[Emu]

STOP POSTING PLEASE

[Cosmo Electrolux]

Originally Posted by Supafly345

Am I the only one that was devistated by Captain Kangaroo's death?
First Mr. Rogers, now him, my first two learning-based show icons are now gone. It was always fun watching the hilarious antics of our Afrcan-American friend Bill Cosby make a spectical of himself in order to explain cultures around the world on that show.

no, man...that's why I started the thread. The Captain is one of my earliest childhood memories....I, too, am devistated