Bob Keeshan was 9 years into his run as Captain Kangaroo when CBS asked him to develop a separate Saturday morning show. Unfortunately, Mr. Mayor wasn't quite as popular, and lasted just 13 weeks in 1964.
Yeah, there are no videos of the series, which likely was wiped due to network practices of the day to save videotapes. What we do know is that one recurring skit, The Town Clown, a pantomime segment, moved over to Captain Kangaroo after Mr. Mayor was cancelled. It was Keeshan's return to the greasepaint after he'd left Howdy Doody (he was the original Clarabell) about a decade or so earlier.
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