Editing Bob Keeshan (section)

==Heart attack and retirement==
Keeshan suffered a severe [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] just moments after stepping off a plane at [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]] on July 11, 1981, which pushed the start of a revamped version of his show back to at least mid-August.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19810713&id=qPoSAAAAIBAJ&pg=4592,1792815| title='Captain Kangaroo' suffers heart attack, show delayed| newspaper=[[The Free Lance-Star]]| location=Fredericksburg, Virginia| date=July 13, 1981| agency=[[Associated Press]]| access-date=August 24, 2018}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He had come to the city to accept a children's service award.<ref name="krebs">{{cite web |last1=Bird |first1=David |last2=Krebs |first2=Albin |title=Notes On People; Captain Kangaroo Suffers a Heart Attack |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/13/nyregion/notes-on-people-captain-kangaroo-suffers-a-heart-attack.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=February 13, 2022 |date=July 13, 1981}}</ref>

Keeshan underwent triple-[[Coronary artery bypass surgery|bypass surgery]] and received an estimated 5,000 get-well wishes from fans during his hospitalization.<ref>{{cite news| date=August 3, 1987| title='Capt. Kangaroo' Goes Home| newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-03-mn-570-story.html| agency=[[United Press International]]| access-date=August 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last=Sullivan| first=Patricia| date=January 24, 2004| title='Captain Kangaroo' Was Friend To Generations of Youngsters| newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]| url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2004/01/24/captain-kangaroo-was-friend-to-generations-of-youngsters/ca31b89f-1a84-4677-a2f5-e76a4f61d387/| access-date=September 4, 2016}}</ref>

Following the heart attack, Keeshan received three [[Emmy Award]]s for Outstanding Performer in 1982, 1983, and 1984.<ref>{{cite book| editor-last=Newcomb| editor-first=Horace| title=Encyclopedia of Television| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JUzIAgAAQBAJ&q=encyclopedia+of+television| date=February 3, 2014| edition=2nd| page=1242| publisher=[[Routledge]]| isbn= 978-1135194796}}</ref> Despite these accolades, Keeshan's show was shortened from its hour-long format to 30 minutes in 1981, to make room for the expansion of the ''[[CBS Morning News]]'' lineup. The program was retitled ''Wake Up with the Captain'', and moved to a new 7:00 am time slot. At the start of 1982, the show was rescheduled to an even earlier slot of 6:30 am. In the fall of 1982, CBS installed it as a weekend-only hour offering, and two years later, in the fall of 1984, the show became a Saturday half-hour entry.

Tired of CBS's constant reductions of his show, Keeshan left ''Captain Kangaroo'' when his contract with the network ended in December 1984, just nine months shy of the show's 30th anniversary. By 1987, repeats of the show were airing daily on many [[PBS]] stations.

Keeshan's show was given a farewell of sorts with ''Captain Kangaroo and Friends'', a primetime network TV special that aired in 1985.