There remains in my aging brain a neural connection that holds the memory of using a crayon to write on the screen of my television set as a pre-schooler.
What was I doing?
Using the Winky Dink and You TV Kit.
Click here to see an interesting description of this program including a clip of host Jack Barry's shameless pitch to incite young children to buy the kit. Among various fifties television sales to young children, this was among the most innovative with a relative long "playtime" use.
www.tvparty.com/requested2.html
Even more shameless was Ding Dong School marm Miss Francis's pitch for Wheaties.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
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