Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for August 02, 2010

He’s lost them…..

Seems Peteys’ already done that.

I think you’re right, leakysqueaky721

fear and loathing in cartoonistville

Winky dink and you, winky dink and me. always have a lot of fun until you get caught drawing on the tv screen with a magic marker cuz you were too cheep to buy the magic screen. This goes back to the 60’s

Huh? –Sounds like all too many school lectures I dozed through….

luezer, I remember Winky dink. Man, oh man, does that date us.

Loris is bored!

Sounds like Dan should take Harold’s advice here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlJk5iBlb3Q (first two minutes or so) Harold: “You see how they do that? See, they tell a little bit of the story to see if people are interested–you old guys, you might want to try that.” ;)

Oh, and I’m glad to see the strip return to Petey at Cartoon Camp.

So, circles and rhomboids are the first to go, eh?

ZZZZZzzzzzz

Look what I found at rembrandtfilms.com Winky Dink and You aired every weekend on CBS from 1953 until 1957 and became a national phenomenon. At its height, CBS was selling 25,000 Winky Dink and You kits per week.

The series was resurrected in 1969 with 65 new color episodes that ran five years in syndication. These are the episodes now available for the first time on video, packaged with all the toy elements that make Winky Dink and You so unique.

I was finishing HS around that time, so no wonder I never heard of Winky. I used to watch the Lucky Strike Hit Parade.

But hardcore Winky Dink fans did not have the kit; they just drew directly on TV screens with crayons and markers!

All children have selective hearing.

“years of excessive living” snort

Well, when I was a kid, we were stuck with overly-pixellated video games (no 3D back then, kiddos) and having to REWIND our movies when we were done with them.

This generation has no idea what it was like back-in-the-day.

;-)

When I was a kid, video games and rewindable movies were sheerest fantasy. As was drawing on the TV with a marker, which hadn’t been invented yet.

“Excessive living” is one of the occupational hazards of cartooning, but one that Petey is safe from. He lives as little as possible.

I LOVED Winky Dink in the ’50s–LOL.

Never saw it, though my wife was familiar with the 60s version. I just spent a lot of time today viewing YouTube episodes of it. Wow.

I Love This Comic! Hehehe…

“The Okeydokes”?

That’s a doozie.