Cap’n O.G. Readmore: The Sailor Cat Who Made Saturday Mornings Smarter

If you grew up with ABC on a sleepy weekend morning in the mid-to-late 1980s, there’s a good chance you remember a certain seafaring feline popping up between stories. Cap’n O.G. Readmore wasn’t an action hero, a toy commercial mascot, or a glittery pop star—he was something rarer. He was a friendly cat in a nautical outfit whose whole mission was to get kids excited about books. As the puppet host of ABC Weekend Special from 1984 through 1989, he turned “reading for fun” into a legit Saturday-morning vibe. Part…

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