Captain Detroit (1966)

"Captain Detroit" was a hosted children's show with firstly Johnny Ginger as "Captain Detroit" and later Tom Ryan as "Sgt. Sacto" presenting cartoons on WKBD-TV Channel 50, Detroit, Michigan from around 1966 until 3 September 1971. From the Detroit Kid Shows website: "A new spaceship set was built and a spacey looking jogging suit that Ryan had picked up when he played European Basketball was pressed into service. A pair of pointy "Mr. Spock" eyebrows completed the transformation from Tom Ryan to Sgt. Sacto. Ryan was given carte blanche to do whatever he wanted between the Little Rascals and Three Stooges shorts and Hanna-Barbera cartoons. The revamped Captain Detroit show made its debut on May 1, 1967, airing every Monday thru Friday afternoon from 3:30 to 5:00 PM and again on Sunday morning. It was initially planned as a summer replacement show but the ratings went thru the roof, thanks in large part to the ever popular Three Stooges and the birthday wishes segment. The famous Sgt. Sacto salute (saluting from the middle of your chest) is a "bit of business" that Ryan came up with one day that caught on. The special "double pumper" was two salutes from the middle of your chest. The Captain Detroit show was trimmed down to an hour in September of 1967, then to a half hour in January of 1970. Sgt. Sacto disappeared into the stratosphere forever on September 3, 1971, a victim of Kaiser Broadcasting's budget cuts".