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Ed Kennell

OK, how many played this.

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rmaynard

We were too poor to buy the plastic sheet that you stuck to the TV screen, so my brother drew right on the TV screen. 

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jay bee

We used Saran Wrap  or something like that on the 9" round Raytheon TV screen.  What was amazing was that if you didn't draw the bridge over the river...he still made it across.

 

Jim

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AMC RULES

:confusion-shrug: Never heard of it... 

is there an age requirement...

how old do you gotta be???  :popcorn:

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Jerry77
4 minutes ago, AMC RULES said:

how old do you gotta be???

I'm 77 - never heard of it - course we didn't have tv until 1954...what planet was this on??

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rmaynard

I was 5 (1955) when we got a used 9" Zenith. The screen was so dim that we had to put a blanket over the TV and sit under the blanket to darken the room. Winky Dink came on Saturday mornings from 1953 to 1957.

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AMC RULES

:naughty: Uh oh...playin' Dinky Winks under the blanket, huh?  :ph34r:

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953 nut

I never heard of it either, we got our first TV in about '56; only thing I remember is feeling cheated because the political conventions were on and for two weeks I didn't get to see any of the cool stuff the other kids had been telling me about.

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Ed Kennell

Anyone over 70 may have seen it.....that eliminates you wipper-snappers , Craig.      :rolleyes:

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jay bee
5 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

I never heard of it either

Then you probably never heard of Tom Corbett Space Cadet or Sky King either...

 

Jim

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Ed Kennell

Or Sgt. Preston of the Yukon.

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jay bee
5 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

Or Sgt. Preston of the Yukon.

Just watched two episodes of that last week on cable...

 

Jim

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Jerry77
34 minutes ago, AMC RULES said:

Uh oh...playin' Dinky Winks under the blanket, huh?

Now that there is funny - I don't care who you are.............:ROTF:

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elcamino/wheelhorse

I remember some of those shows, Saturday mornings had great kid's shows. Being the oldest I was the remote control in the evening after the news . The remote job wasn't hard only had 3 channels.

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Ed Kennell

We only had one channel for several years, Jim.  We just pointed the antenna North towards Johnstown  for KDKA.

Then life got complicated when a Baltimore station increased their power.   Then it took two people to change channels. 

One to grab the pipe wrench and walk out in the snow to turn the antenna while the second person yelled directions while watching the screen.

 

 

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WHX??

Ahhh Ed......I think yer age is showing and yer barn door may be open!!!:ychain:

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953 nut
8 hours ago, jay bee said:

probably never heard of Tom Corbett Space Cadet or Sky King

 

8 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

Sgt. Preston of the Yukon.

I remember all of those along with Howdy Doody, Clarabell the Clown and Buffalo Bob; and who can forget Bozo the Clown or Popeye! I just never played with Dinky Winks. I had a deprived childhood, what can I tell you.

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Racinbob
7 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

We only had one channel for several years, Jim.  We just pointed the antenna North towards Johnstown  for KDKA.

Then life got complicated when a Baltimore station increased their power.   Then it took two people to change channels. 

One to grab the pipe wrench and walk out in the snow to turn the antenna while the second person yelled directions while watching the screen.

 

 

 

That was a great flashback this morning. I totally forgot about doing things like that. Today's technology is great but I miss those days. :)

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rmaynard

We never had an outdoor antenna. What you couldn't get with rabbit ears (with tin foil), you just didn't get.

 

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Ed Kennell

Do you remember Howdy Doody's seldom seen twin brother, Richard?

 

 

 

 

 

                                                          Double Doody

 

 

And let's not forget the Princess.

 

 

 

                                                          Summer Fall Winter Spring

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953 nut
20 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

Summer Fall Winter Spring

She was hot all year!

Image result for princess summer fall winter spring howdy doody

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Ed Kennell

Yeah, she lit up the peanut gallery when she appeared.     

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AMC RULES

      :hilarious:

Double Doody

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