One of the kids shows in Minneapolis in the fifties was called "lunch with Casey" starring Roger Awsumb and several co-stars.
The first few years started out with a American Flyer steam engine pulling heavyweight cars. In later years the intro was replaced by Casey climbing down from a real steam engine.
It's unfortunate that so few of those kids shows were recorded and saved.
It seems like every metropolitan area had kids shows based on a clown, or some sort of space explorer/soldier of fortune.