Winky-DinkIf you are not a baby boomer you may not remember Wink-Dink. This was one of my all time favorite TV shows. It ran in the 1950s on Saturday mornings. The name of the show was "Winky-Dink and You".
This was actually the first version of today's interactive video games. You could buy a kit with a piece of plastic that stuck to the black& white TV and the deal was you could then draw on the screen and help Winky-Dink out of jams he would get into. If he needed a ladder to climb you simply had to draw it on the screen. There would also be letters at the bottom of the screen that you had to trace to form a secret message.
The kits cost only about 50 cents if you order them from TV or you could buy a kit for around 3 dollars at the local toy store. The picture above is from: TV Party website. You can find all kinds of neat information there about your favorite old television shows.
Saturday mornings used to be filled with great TV shows like "Winky-Dink and You", "Sky King", and "Ramar of the Jungle", just to name a few. If any of you are old enough to remember these classic shows, leave a comment and share your memories.
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