TELEVISION: Little Man's Man

Even the kids in the audience can recognize the signs of affluence. After 3½ years of traveling on the slow budget of a sustaining show, CBS's Captain Kangaroo (weekdays 8:15-9 a.m., Saturdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m., E.D.T.) has it made. Last month the good captain got his first new set, an ark called the S.S. Treasure House; last week captain and crew alike made an overland trip to tape their show at the Minneapolis Aquatennial. All the winds are fair, and by fall, Captain Kangaroo will have a full supply of sponsors for the first time.

In the past. Captain Kangaroo has...

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