Captain Chesapeake was a morning and afternoon children's show on WBFF (channel 45) in Baltimore, Maryland, hosted by George A. Lewis (November 24, 1926 – December 18, 2000, at Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland) who portrayed "Captain Chesapeake".
Lewis hosted a similar show, Captain Pitt on WPTT (channel 22) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (which is now WPNT and is owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., the same group that owns and operates Baltimore's WBFF).
Lewis began his career as the children's host of the Steamboat Bill and Mr.
The Captain Chesapeake show began with the poem: "A shipwrecked sailor found himself in a plight.
The theme song was the Zez Confrey tune "Stumbling", as recorded by The Three Suns.