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NutmegCT

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Can anyone remember the name of the guy on TV around 1960 who would write a child's name on a sketch pad then turn the name into an image, usually an animal? This could have been a regional (Boston area?) show. I'm wondering about the guy's name, and the TV show itself.

At first I thought of Captain Kangaroo's Magic Drawing Board, but that's not it. And I don't think it was on Ding Dong School, Romper Room, Andy's Gang, Howdy Doody, Winky Dink, or Kukla Fran and Ollie.

Any memories?

Thanks.
Tom M.

 
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I used watch Jon Gnagy "Learn to Draw" as a kid.
Is that the person you're thinking of?

 
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Jon Gnagy! Haven't thought about him in AGES! Quite the clever artist!
 
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Mickey Richaud said:
Jon Gnagy! Haven't thought about him in AGES! Quite the clever artist!
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My mom bought me a "Jon Gnagy Drawing Set". It consisted of a piece of clear film that you taped to the black and white TV screen and some markers. You could trace at home what was being drawn by Jon Gnagy.
Early days of TV!
 
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Wow - didn't know about the Gnagy clear film bit.

But I did have a Winky Dink Magic Screen - clear vinyl you put over the tv and drew on. Winky Dink would draw a cartoon, but part of it was "missing". The clown doesn't have a nose!

So at home you drew the nose, and saw the clown's face smile.

Probably the first interactive tv for kids.

 
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Seriously.

A winky dink magic screen?!

Sounds like Anthony Weiner's Instagram account. :devilgrin:
 
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:lol::lol::lol::lol:
 
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At last! A friend sent me the answer to the Great Mystery of the Ages!

It was a local Bozo the Clown show. Watch the artist at 6:00 - he takes a kid's name and makes it into a cartoon.


Ah - now I can die a happy man.

I was never a big fan of Bozo. My tastes back then turned toward a much more highbrow and sophisticated kids show - Icky Twerp and his Slam Bang Theater!

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Notice the resemblance to the Nairobi Trio.

(Remember "Solfeggio"?)
 
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