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From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein)
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: Re: Did I only imagine this??
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Date: Mon, 11-Mar-85 15:47:16 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 11 15:47:16 1985
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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--