"Winky-Dink and You" (1953) TV series 1953-1957

Creators:

Harry W. Prichett
Edwin Brit Wyckoff
(more)

Release Date:

10 October 1953 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Animation

Plot:

"winky-dink and you" was the pioneer in interactive programming. The core of the program was children sent away for a kit...

Plot Keywords:

Interactive | Educational Program | Character Name In Title

Cast

Jack Barry	...	Host
Dayton Allen	...	Mr. Bungle
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mae Questel	...	Winky Dink (voice)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Louis M. Heyward		writer
Harry W. Prichett		creator
Edwin Brit Wyckoff		creator

Produced by
Jack Barry	....	producer
Dan Enright	....	producer

Sound Department
Joseph Scholnick	....	sound effects (1953-1957)

Other crew
Norman Blumenthal	....	production assistant (1954-1956)

Production Companies

• Barry & Enright Productions

Distributors

• Shout! Factory (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Barry & Enright Productions

Trivia:

One of the first interactive T.V. shows. Young viewers could send for a special plastic sheet that clung to the television screen, and crayons for drawing thereupon. Children were encouraged to draw on the screen in order to assist in telling a Winky-Dink adventure story.

One of my favorite kid shows

Couldn't get this show in my hometown, but it was a real treat to go to my grandmother's house in Oklahoma, because Winky Dink was on there. I even had the Winky Dink kit there - green plastic to put on the screen, a couple of crayons, and a cloth towel to wipe the marks off. It was so exciting to draw a bridge for Winky Dink to escape across a river, then erase it before the villain could cross it!