Art Finley

Art Finley
Mayor Art and Cheri Block
Born	Arthur Finger 1926 Fairmont, West Virginia, U.S.
Died	August 7, 2015 Vancouver, British Columbia
Occupation	TV/Radio Anchor
Years active	1943-1995
Spouse(s)	Geraldine (1950–2006)

Art Finley (born Arthur Finger; 1926 — August 7, 2015) is a former American television and radio personality, mostly in San Francisco and Vancouver, until his retirement in 1995.

His broadcasting career began at KXYZ Houston in 1943. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, and in the Korean War, he was recalled to active duty as a reserve officer in the U.S. Air Force, where he helped establish radio stations in Newfoundland and Greenland for the Strategic Air Command. Afterward, he worked in New York City in TV and radio. He moved to in the mid-1950s, to host a children's program, Toonytown, on KOVR-TV, where he remained until 1958.

He is widely remembered as "Mayor Art," the host of a live children's show, featuring "Popeye" cartoons, that aired weekday afternoons on KRON-TV in San Francisco beginning in 1959 through 1966. Dressed in a top hat and a morning coat, he addressed his live audience of attendant children, who wore similar top hats, as the "city council." Each program featured a short science segment; and in between Popeye cartoons, Finley used a hand puppet, "Ringading," to teach introductory French, Spanish, German, and Italian words and phrases. The show's catchphrase, echoed by the City Council in every episode was "Bluey, Bluey" which may have related to Art's time in Greenland, where airfields are known as bluie. The traditional close to each show was "I'll be seeing you subsequently.".