Winky Dink

9 Responses to Winky Dink

1. loserwannabe (UID# 2553) 0  0

   March 21, 2009 at 10:30 am

   I remember this… no details come to mind, but it’s like a dark memory from childhood.

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2. robert (UID# 5193) 0  0

   March 21, 2009 at 10:57 am

   Ok, here’s the skinny …
   I was born in 1943 and TV came to Tallahassee in ’51: WCTV Ch 6 brdcst six hrs a day. Winky Dink came on Sat am, and us kiddies needed Saran wrap to overlay the screen so we could use crayons to connect dots – thereby giving WD a car to ride in or a bat to hit the baseball, etc. Hot stuff and VERY geeky, 58 years ago! Pres Ike smoked on the same TV later. lol
   All true. Cheers,
   Robert A.

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3. robert (UID# 5193) 0  0

   March 21, 2009 at 11:03 am

   PS… your pic is misleading as all TV
   was B&W monochrome (and snowy).
   RA

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4. hochunk (UID# 5604) 0  0

   March 21, 2009 at 11:15 am

   @Robert: Thank you for shedding light on WD’s origins –appreciated.
   As for “misleading”, I think the pic is probably showing a comic or coloring-book tie-in with the show you describe, so the fact that it’s in color isn’t much of a stretch.

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5. dogcollarlabor (UID# 6856) 0  0

   March 21, 2009 at 1:05 pm

   In the 60′s, I used a marks-a-lot and windex because I did not have enough money to send away for the official Winky Dink “kit”. :-p

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6. sticky (UID# 463) 0  0

   

   March 21, 2009 at 1:18 pm

   Made by Dell, apparently. Was the show made with shoddy production values and useless?

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7. robert (UID# 5193) 0  0

   March 21, 2009 at 3:06 pm

   @Sticky:

   Wake up. Michael Dell wasn’t even born
   when this show ran.

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8. sticky (UID# 463) 0  0

   

   March 21, 2009 at 8:01 pm

   @Robert:
   Likewise. I was being sarcastic. Apparently I forgot to use the magical ¶ symbol.

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9. phyreblade (UID# 5939) 0  0

   

   March 22, 2009 at 12:45 am

   Winky Wat?

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