Quick, what was the world’s first interactive video game? Nope, it wasn’t Pong. It was probably Winky Dink & You, a kid’s show from the 1950s. The cartoon character Winky Dink would get himself into ...

Editor’s Note: CNN Contributor Bob Greene is a bestselling author whose 25 books include “Late Edition: A Love Story”; “Chevrolet Summers, Dairy Queen Nights”; and “When We Get to Surf City: A Journey ...

Rob Artley's essay in the Nov. 17 Post Bulletin brought back for me a wonderful memory of my childhood and television. Like Mr. Artley, my sister and I watched that "interactive" show, Winky Dink and ...

Liane Hansen talks to Dr. Carol Lieberman about the new video-toy kit versions of the 1950s kids' TV show Winky Dink and You. In the TV show, animated characters engage children in their adventures by ...

Technology seems to be passing me by. OK, so maybe it’s already gone speeding by me, spinning me around and leaving me choking in its dust! Even before I’d mastered programming the VCR, it had become ...

This is FRESH AIR. The more complex our personal technology gets the more eager television is to take advantage of it. In the case of interactive TV that now means the ability to vote on contestants ...