Correct Alan!

Here are my final clues:

14. Recurring characters on my show were Mr Green Jeans and puppets Bunny Rabbit and Mr Moose

15. I sported a very recognizable haircut and mutton chops, wearing a red jacket with white trim

16. My character was named after an Australian marsupial.

Ah... Bob Keeshan

Thanks Cliff! I meant to post that.

Sorry folks, I’m out of the loop today so someone else please jump in with the next challenge!
-Alan

For anyone who's interested: My wife Leslie and I did a tribute song to Captain Kangaroo on our Make it Magic - Funtastic CD. It’s called Bob’s Your Uncle, and you can hear a short sample here (track #2):

http://www.arthurstead.com/Make_it_Magic_Fantastic.htm

OK, here's a new one:

1. I was born in Corning, Iowa, on October 23, 1925.

2. After graduating from high school, I hitchhiked to Hollywood, where I was arrested and fined $50 for impersonating a midshipman.

3. I joined the United States Navy in 1943 and was assigned to the USS Pennsylvania in the Pacific.

I'm interested, but I don't see a sample, just the album cover.

Us the scrollbar on the right to see the rest ...

K. I'm on my phone, maybe I missed it.

4. I served as a communications officer in charge of decoding encrypted messages.

5. I was en route to the combat zone aboard a troop ship when the war ended.

Arthur, I have no earthly idea how I know this one based on these clues but I was certain I knew it. I looked it up and I was correct.
I think it's clue number 2, but I'll say why after someone else guesses this one.

I didn't want to guess, I was certain you would think I was cheating.

I'm going to go rethink my life

LOL, Theodore! By the way, did you get to hear the song sample?

6. After the war, I entered college and majored in speech and drama, because I wanted to become a radio performer.

7. I began my broadcasting career in 1950, hosting a morning program where one of my routines involved interviewing pigeons on the roof of the local courthouse that would report on the political corruption they had seen.

8. In 1953, comic Red Skelton asked me to join his TV show as a writer.

9. The following year, I successfully filled in for Skelton after he accidentally knocked himself unconscious during rehearsal an hour before his live show began.

I just did. I like it. Very professional sounding for background music for magicians. Also, nice and lively, happy and uptempo which captures the spirit of Captain Kangaroo.

Do you play the string parts on your keyboard? They sound very nice.

Yes, I have an extensive library of digitally recorded orchestral instrument sounds, which for this song I triggered from a keyboard.

10. In 1955, Jack Benny invited me to appear on one of his programs during the opening and closing segments.

Gary Owens.

11. After an attempt at hosting my own TV show failed, I moved to New York City to host ABC-TV's Who Do You Trust?

12. My success on that show led to NBC inviting me to replace the host of one of their shows.