I wonder how long it took the average Greatest Generation family to figure out this was not a good product.

Maybe three whole days?

Winky Dink was on the air from 1953 to 1957. It was a successful show, but canceled because of fears about TV radiation and, Wikipedia tells me, because parents complained about children drawing directly on the TV screen. But he came back for a new generation of viewers for 65 episodes from 1969 to 1973.

Jack Barry was big in game shows, was a part of the quiz show scandals, overcame that stigma and produced and hosted game shows until his death in 1984.

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