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. Cost for the kit was 50 cents.
Despite its popularity, CBS reputedly canceled this series when parents complained of enthusiastic children not bothering to order the 50-cent Winky Dink drawing kit and writing or drawing directly on their TV screens with crayons and other writing implements, occasionally using permanent markers.