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From: oz@rlgvax.UUCP (THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ)
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Subject: Re: Did I only imagine this??
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Date: Sat, 9-Mar-85 11:44:36 EST
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> 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
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