W 4 9 Winko Presto, Chango that's a thing of the past Winko, Winko works twice as fast -- John Marion Gart and John Redmond, "Winky Dink" (195 ) In Literature: • "The highlight of the convention for me was [seeing] . . . a tape of one of the greatest TV shows of all time: 'Winky Dink.' This was the first 'interactive' TV show. You, the viewer, sent 50 cents to Box 5, New York 19, New York, and you got back a Magic Window, which was a piece of transparent plastic that you put on your TV screen. Then, under the direction of your host, Jack Barry, you used special crayons to draw lines on the plastic. (Or, if you were my sister and I, and you didn't have a Magic Window, you drew right on the TV screen and interacted with your parents later.) After the lines were drawn, you and Jack Barry said the Magic Word 'winko!' and the lines became part of, say, a bridge, which Winky Dink would use to get across a river. . . . As part of a nostalgia display, NATPE had a TV set up on the convention floor, playing old Winky Dink shows. Mike put a piece of plastic on the screen and gave me a marker. I drew the lines where Jack Barry told me to, producing a vaguely round object. 'OK, kids,' said Jack Barry. 'Let's say the magic word! One, two, three . . .' 'winko!!' yelled Mike and I, causing startled TV executives to whirl around and stare at us. Inside the circle I had drawn, goldfish appeared. It was a fish bowl! You don't get quality entertainment like that anymore." -- Dave Barry, "The Idiot Box" (1994) Wish Hug Believe In Literature: • "She held Stormy close and squeezed Skippy while barely whispering the three magic words, 'wish hug believe!' As Windy gasped the last magical word, she looked into her arms for her friends and saw nothing but darkness everywhere except for one glowing, bright red eye." -- R. Frie and K. Zahradnik, Windy Wildwood (2004) Wishka, Washka, Wushka In Literature: • "[T]he fairy jumped up and down in front of the old lady squirrel three times, and said: 'Wishka, Washka, Wushka!' which is magical, you know, and then she added: 'Look at your tail!' and believe me, if grandma's tail