On October 18, 2000, the local cable children's show "Captain McCool" won 3 Gold Star cable awards! The show won "Best Series Program," "Best Community Program," and the big daddy, "Overall Excellence in Production" award -- which means "McCool" beat every program out there.

Below is a photo of Tony Ducklow (aka Captain McCool) picking up one of his awards, flanked by awards hosts KMSP-TV personality Stephan Reynolds on the left, and Allan Lotsberg (Willie Ketchem from the classic program "Clancy and Willie") on the right.

A one-hour video tape with two episodes of "McCool" is also now available. It contains the episodes "Yikes Visits the Dentist" and "The Case of the Missing Pork Rinds." The tapes are available at the Captain McCool website. Help keep McCool's spaceship flying!