Wow. This is going way back. I just barely remember this show. All I remember is we, or rather our parents, bought a kit to play with the show. I remember a transparent plastic film that went on the front of the television and we drew things on that to help Winky Dink.
You had to draw bridges so winky could cross the stream plus other thing. And yes you got your ass kicked if you didn't use the magic window, which was a flim of plastic. it was really hard to get the magic pen marks off the screen.
Glad that I'm not the only one who "helped Winky out on the t.v, without the Magic Screen!"...I tried crayons but got in trouble and then just drew on the t.v with my finger! How sad is that! Thanks for the clip!
When I was a kid, I was watching this show, and I did as instructed. But when my mom entered the room, and caught me "rubbing it hard", I was in some kinda trouble!!!
I wasn't allowed to say the word "dink" as a child. Also, I skipped the Winky Dink screen cover and just used my crayons on the TV screen. Mom, even though she's in heaven, is still POed at me for that.
I had to take the crayons away from my little brother because he was "too little" to draw the line from one mountain to the other! What a great show......the kids today haven't a clue what real fun is !!!
Jack Barry hosted this show in 1953. He was also host of the quiz-show "Twenty-One," which became the center of a rigging scandal in 1958. Though Barry didn't actually rig the show, he later admitted to helping in the cover-up.
My brother sent in for a Winky Dink Kit so he could draw what Winky Dink needed.("Use your magic crayon to draw a ladder so I can get to the top window.")i read somewhere that too many parents objected because their kids were drawing on the set without any magic screen.(Chuckle!)
I sent in for the Winky Dink kit when I may have been six or seven years old, circa 1953. You got a clear plastic or vinyl sheet that stuck to the TV, maybe because of static electricity, Then you drew things on it to help out Wnky Dink in the stories they presented. I still remember addressing the envelope and being intrigued by the N, Y., N, Y. address. You had to send along fifty cents or maybe a buck.
Maliwyoming that puts you at the same age as me. I got one of those kits, think it was the Deluxe Kit. A little research shows me the Deluxe kit was $2.95 in stores. You figure in inflation and that is almost $25 in today's money. I remember the plastic was fairly thick and had a greenish tint. It just barely covered our 21 inch black and white Motorola TV
Boy, Bullwiinkle, Soupy, even something innocent like Winky Dink...looks like no end to the corruption LOL [btw only Soupy riled me with hi actions at all, the money incident-Bullwinkle innocentl;y told kids to retrieve thoseTV set knobs but later after critcism said, "Now, children, kindly put the knobs back"LOL..] Call me blasphemous but I also remember the late 1960s Winky Dink cartoon.
Winky dink got my ass whup by my parents real good when I drew a bridge to help winky get over the other side to help his friends.The only thing I did'nt have a winkie dink kit to put over the over the t-v screen.I drew the bridge on the t-v screen with crayons.
I'm not sure what jack Barry is drawing in this video, baller. It looks like a clock but the letters say TVDB. As for the drawing on TV, if I recall correctly, it was like connect the pieces: the TV had, let's say, a hand and a shoulder and we at home would draw the lines (the arm) to connect the hand and shoulder. Somehow there were little stories involved also. Maybe someone else remembers more.
After a while, we noticed that Winky always made it across the river or ravine without needing us to draw him a bridge. It was more fun than drawing on the TV...( "will he make it across without needing a bridge?... oooh, I guess so!")
I also recall Jack Barry stating ON THE WINKY DINK SHOW that he hadn't done anything dishonest on "21". He LIED TO INNOCENT LITTLE KIDS... yikes... shades of Richard Nixon yet-to-come...
Yeah, that's how I got my WInky Dink Kit too, drawing on the screen without the plastic. I had both the version they sent from the studio -- thing took FOREVER to arrive, but I still remember the thrill when it did -- and the snazzier version they sold in stores. My childhood, man. Jack Barry should have stuck with Winky Dink; when he moved on to "21" the scandal ruined his national career.
hehe. Well actually my sister and the neighbors kids and I didn't use the "magic screen" and so our mom's were always comparing notes on how long it took them to get all the crayon cleaned off the tv screen. So they finaaly got the "Magic Screen"
OMG, It's RED JOHN!! Someone call Patrick Jayne!
podiumman2 1 month ago
Wow. This is going way back. I just barely remember this show. All I remember is we, or rather our parents, bought a kit to play with the show. I remember a transparent plastic film that went on the front of the television and we drew things on that to help Winky Dink.
TheCoastalPirate 2 months ago
my older sister and I used moms maybelline pencil..worked great, came off pretty easy...but mom got peeved when she found out!!
dirtracer24x 5 months ago
I used wax paper and a crayola. My mom was cheap.
jdjeff58 6 months ago
How many of us got beat for drawing on the screen with crayons? Just following orders. lol
herbrampe 6 months ago
Winky Dink probably destroyed more TV sets than both the Plasmatics and Nam June Paik combined!
MrUnidyne 9 months ago
You had to draw bridges so winky could cross the stream plus other thing. And yes you got your ass kicked if you didn't use the magic window, which was a flim of plastic. it was really hard to get the magic pen marks off the screen.
Minnidamoocher 10 months ago
Glad that I'm not the only one who "helped Winky out on the t.v, without the Magic Screen!"...I tried crayons but got in trouble and then just drew on the t.v with my finger! How sad is that! Thanks for the clip!
kimizuka464 1 year ago 2
Only the 'rich' kids could afford the screen.....I was so deprived...lol
NewYawkahBroad 1 year ago
When I was a kid, I was watching this show, and I did as instructed. But when my mom entered the room, and caught me "rubbing it hard", I was in some kinda trouble!!!
xcellken1 1 year ago
wow, after all this time. it's a relief to know i wasn't the only one who got the shit kicked outa me for drawing on the TV sans the special thingie
turkthagoras 1 year ago
I never got this and i wanted it so bad
GypsyFullMoon 1 year ago
I wasn't allowed to say the word "dink" as a child. Also, I skipped the Winky Dink screen cover and just used my crayons on the TV screen. Mom, even though she's in heaven, is still POed at me for that.
Tigermoon1950 1 year ago
My mom got very angry when I drew right on the screen with my crayons.
Friendulum 1 year ago
didn't you guys know that Saran Wrap worked?
wakepi 1 year ago
W.T.F i typ in winky dink because i was board and this fuckin thing comes up LOL
TheFusionCoils 1 year ago
Hey! It's Rocky Balboa's voice from 0:08 to 0:12.
Kdogdude26 1 year ago
Now THIS is disturbing.
jengacrock 1 year ago
When I got older, I found out just what my Winky Dink could DO. lmao
gblueslover2 1 year ago
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This is one of my earliest childhood memories, using my Winky Dink Magic Screen ;)
barbiedor 2 years ago
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barbiedor 2 years ago
This must have been one of the first TV shows that I had ever seen. I can not recall if I ever used or sent for the magic screen.
hpylori7 2 years ago
Can you imagine the trouble a kid could get into by writing on the tv set without the Winky Dink screen?
I know better now. (LOL)
pgh45rpms 2 years ago 6
I had to take the crayons away from my little brother because he was "too little" to draw the line from one mountain to the other! What a great show......the kids today haven't a clue what real fun is !!!
1mikepat1 2 years ago
Jack Barry hosted this show in 1953. He was also host of the quiz-show "Twenty-One," which became the center of a rigging scandal in 1958. Though Barry didn't actually rig the show, he later admitted to helping in the cover-up.
WhiteCamry 2 years ago
My brother sent in for a Winky Dink Kit so he could draw what Winky Dink needed.("Use your magic crayon to draw a ladder so I can get to the top window.")i read somewhere that too many parents objected because their kids were drawing on the set without any magic screen.(Chuckle!)
RJRanke 2 years ago 2
And now (drumroll), my pop quiz.
You'll have pennies from heaven if you can name a very, very young girl who appeared on one of Mr. Barry's other television programs.
Juliaflo 2 years ago
I sent in for the Winky Dink kit when I may have been six or seven years old, circa 1953. You got a clear plastic or vinyl sheet that stuck to the TV, maybe because of static electricity, Then you drew things on it to help out Wnky Dink in the stories they presented. I still remember addressing the envelope and being intrigued by the N, Y., N, Y. address. You had to send along fifty cents or maybe a buck.
maliwyoming 2 years ago 2
Maliwyoming that puts you at the same age as me. I got one of those kits, think it was the Deluxe Kit. A little research shows me the Deluxe kit was $2.95 in stores. You figure in inflation and that is almost $25 in today's money. I remember the plastic was fairly thick and had a greenish tint. It just barely covered our 21 inch black and white Motorola TV
CaptBill1947 2 years ago
Boy, Bullwiinkle, Soupy, even something innocent like Winky Dink...looks like no end to the corruption LOL [btw only Soupy riled me with hi actions at all, the money incident-Bullwinkle innocentl;y told kids to retrieve thoseTV set knobs but later after critcism said, "Now, children, kindly put the knobs back"LOL..] Call me blasphemous but I also remember the late 1960s Winky Dink cartoon.
SteveCarras 2 years ago
Winky dink got my ass whup by my parents real good when I drew a bridge to help winky get over the other side to help his friends.The only thing I did'nt have a winkie dink kit to put over the over the t-v screen.I drew the bridge on the t-v screen with crayons.
PREZ150 2 years ago
lol
ekocentric 2 years ago
Yes, we used a magic screen. Interesting concept in interactive television.
profling 2 years ago
I'm not sure what jack Barry is drawing in this video, baller. It looks like a clock but the letters say TVDB. As for the drawing on TV, if I recall correctly, it was like connect the pieces: the TV had, let's say, a hand and a shoulder and we at home would draw the lines (the arm) to connect the hand and shoulder. Somehow there were little stories involved also. Maybe someone else remembers more.
monateegs 2 years ago
im 17 and i don't know what this winky dink is... why would u need 2 draw on the tv... and what is the man drawing??
baller09girl 2 years ago
that music is not the original
dybbuk4640 2 years ago
We never had a mother to clean it off. We couldn't afford one.
will3943 3 years ago
lol.
monateegs 2 years ago
After a while, we noticed that Winky always made it across the river or ravine without needing us to draw him a bridge. It was more fun than drawing on the TV...( "will he make it across without needing a bridge?... oooh, I guess so!")
I also recall Jack Barry stating ON THE WINKY DINK SHOW that he hadn't done anything dishonest on "21". He LIED TO INNOCENT LITTLE KIDS... yikes... shades of Richard Nixon yet-to-come...
kkloskklos 3 years ago
Yeah, that's how I got my WInky Dink Kit too, drawing on the screen without the plastic. I had both the version they sent from the studio -- thing took FOREVER to arrive, but I still remember the thrill when it did -- and the snazzier version they sold in stores. My childhood, man. Jack Barry should have stuck with Winky Dink; when he moved on to "21" the scandal ruined his national career.
GHLIII 3 years ago
hehe. Well actually my sister and the neighbors kids and I didn't use the "magic screen" and so our mom's were always comparing notes on how long it took them to get all the crayon cleaned off the tv screen. So they finaaly got the "Magic Screen"
delise54 3 years ago
Wow I remember this! We used to draw on the tv screen without the magic screen plastic.. drove Mom crazy!!
delise54 3 years ago
I put wax paper over the t.v. screen and drew on it with crayon. It was difficult but it worked. We were too poor to afford a magic screen.
vogue2222 3 years ago