friedman@sunybcs.UUCP (Gary E. Friedman) (03/08/85)
My earliest memories of television are from a show I think was called "Winky-
Dink." The viewer was compelled to buy some kind of transparent sheet to
place over the tv screen and then draw on it for some reason that escapes me
altogether. Does anyone remember ANYTHING like this, or is this just premature
senility?
Thanks.
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..{burdvax,rocksvax,bbncca,decvax,dual,rocksanne,watmath}!sunybcs!friedmanacsccjk@sunybcs.UUCP ( HE-MAN ) (03/08/85)
> My earliest memories of television are from a show I think was called "Winky- > Dink." The viewer was compelled to buy some kind of transparent sheet to > place over the tv screen and then draw on it for some reason that escapes me > altogether. Does anyone remember ANYTHING like this, or is this just premature > senility? *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR TRIVIUM *** No, you are not going senile. There was such a show, called Winky-Dink. The kids who watched it bought a plastic screen which they attach to the TV screen. This was so that whenver W.D. and his dog got into a peck of trouble, you could save him (oh no! winky dink will fall if you don't draw in a rope! they would then place a bunch of dotted lines where the kids where to draw the brige or whatever). Upon returning from the commercial, W.D. was saved! For those of us who didn't have a magic screen, the normal screen and a box of crayolas worked just fine (much to the anger of our parents!) Chris 'My life is trivial' Kracik
ck@ima.UUCP (03/09/85)
Winky Dink was one of my favorite shows. You had to buy the plastic screen so you could help Winky Dink get out of all the outrageous trouble he got into -- he'd be stuck in a tower, for instance, and ask the viewers to draw a ladder for him to climb down. My mother refused to get me one of those screens until she caught me drawing with a crayon on the tv set. She got a Winky Dink kit before the next episode. I often tell people this story, but no one seems to remember Winky Dink. So if it's premature senility, there are two of us with identical cases. ck.
oz@rlgvax.UUCP (THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ) (03/09/85)
> My earliest memories of television are from a show I think was called "Winky- > Dink." The viewer was compelled to buy some kind of transparent sheet to > place over the tv screen and then draw on it for some reason that escapes me > altogether. Does anyone remember ANYTHING like this, or is this just premature > senility? > Thanks. Yes Virginia there was a Winky-Dink. I can say this with great authority as I got CREAMED by my parents for drawing on the screen during the show. And we didn't own the "magic sheet!" What would happen is Winky-Dink would get into a scrape and need help (I remember one show where he is on the top of a hill and there is no way for him to get down. You were told that YOU could help him by drawing a sled for him to you. You would then see a sled for you to trace on the screen. You would draw the sled on your magic screen, and then Winky-Dink would slide down on it. It was very weird if you didn't have the magic screen as Winky-dink would be sliding down on air! I imagine that it got canned due to destructive (unintentionaly of course) kids such as my self who messed up parents tv screens. "Sherman, set the Way Back machine for 1962" OZ seismo!rlgvax!oz
ecl@ahutb.UUCP (e.c.leeper) (03/09/85)
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No, you didn't just imagine this--I remember watching WINKY DINK when I was
about 5 (1955 or so).
It went off the air for two reasons--parents who *didn't* buy the plastic
got upset when their kids drew on the TV screens anyway, and everyone got
concerned that kids were sitting too close to those dangerous rays emitted from
the televisions.
(You'd draw things like a ladder to help Winky Dink rescue someone from a
burning building or something.)
Evelyn C. Leeper
Note temporary kluge for new address => ...{ihnp4, houxm, hocsj}!ahuta!ahutb!ecllauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) (03/11/85)
No, it was real. It was called "Winky Dink and You". The viewer sent in for a plastic sheet so that they could draw various implements for "Winky" when he got into trouble. They'd keep Winky centered and move the backround so that the drawn images would stay in the right position for awhile. Some parents really hated this show, since some kids participated even though they hadn't gotten the plastic sheets. Blechhh. Also, it's a good thing color TV's weren't too common back then, or else there would be a lot of irradiated kids floating around thanks to Winky. --Lauren--
rdz@ccice5.UUCP (Robert D. Zarcone) (03/13/85)
> > It went off the air for two reasons--parents who *didn't* buy the plastic > got upset when their kids drew on the TV screens anyway, and everyone got > concerned that kids were sitting too close to those dangerous rays emitted from > the televisions. > > > Evelyn C. Leeper As far as I can tell, this is probablly one of the few experiments in interactive television. Can anyone think of any other BROADCAST examples? I know cable does things like voting and polling in some areas. Does anyone have any first-hand experiences with these? *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (03/14/85)
> As far as I can tell, this is probablly one of the few experiments in > interactive television. Can anyone think of any other BROADCAST examples? > I know cable does things like voting and polling in some areas. Does > anyone have any first-hand experiences with these? > The only thing that I've seen lately that comes close is these little shorts that Bill Cosby does where you work along in a workbook playing matching games. It's great fun for anyone under the age of six. -Ron I'll stick to watching "You Can't Do That on Television."
gregbo@houxm.UUCP (Greg Skinner) (03/19/85)
> From: rdz@ccice5.UUCP (Robert D. Zarcone) >> ... about Winky Dink and the plastic thing on the TV screen ... >> >> Evelyn C. Leeper > As far as I can tell, this is probablly one of the few experiments in > interactive television. Can anyone think of any other BROADCAST examples? > I know cable does things like voting and polling in some areas. Does > anyone have any first-hand experiences with these? On WPIX Channel 11 in NYC, they sometimes play a game called TV Pixx. (Kids play it usually.) To play, something like a spaceship flies across the screen through a sight and a kid has to call up and say "Pixx" while the ship is in the sight. If they say "Pixx" while the ship is in the sight, the ship is destroyed and the kids win something like a bicycle. This may not be an accurate description but I never really paid attention to the game. -- ... hey, we've gotta get out of this place, there's got to be something better than this ... Greg Skinner (gregbo) {allegra,cbosgd,ihnp4}!houxm!gregbo gregbo%houxm.uucp@harvard.arpa