Mr. Conductor (Shining Time Station)

Shining Time Station started out in the UK as ''Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends'', then moved to the USA and was expanded to include an entire cast of live actors. I remember watching this show as a kid and loving it. My favorite character by far was Mr. Conductor, the tiny magic man who also narrated the 'Thomas' sequences (lifted from the original UK series). Two actors portrayed him over the course of the television show's original run. Ringo Starr was already narrating the train sequences from the first show, so they asked him to do the part. He did . . . for awhile. Then George Carlin took over the role. 

crimhead wrote: I would have like to have seen George go into one of his monologues on that show.

Got to go with Ringo. I was never a fan of the acting bits, but always loved the train sequences.

Epignosis wrote: My son still watches Thomas the Tank Engine, and I definitely prefer Carlin's narration to Ringo's (and I preferred his role as Mr. Conductor when I was a child). Alec Baldwin doesn't do a bad job of narrating either.

I think both id a great job, but I'll give my vote to Carlin since he was a more unusual choice for a kid's show.