Documentary, events pay tribute to Icky Twerp creator Bill Camfield
In the manic world of Icky Twerp, somebody was always getting conked on the noggin or falling off a ladder or knocking over a painstakingly assembled grocery display.
Bill Camfield as Icky Twerp
The action was relentless. Stuffy bosses bawled out hapless underlings. Sidekicks in gorilla masks skidded onstage and off, played banjos, beaned each other with umbrellas.
Icky sprang to life 50 years ago on KTVT-TV (Channel 11) with the premiere of the homegrown kids' show Slam Bang Theater, whose silver anniversary will be celebrated in Fort Worth next month.
this was my dallas tx childhood afternoon tv show host. he wast indeed the anti-mr peppermint (gibby bhs's dad). he was the king of my generation of noodnicks as host of the 3 stooges hour SBT. note 14 pages of commenters agree. heres a bunch of you tube footage.
i remember special guests jan and dean lip synching dead mans curve and dean demo-ing a skateboard. i was totally hooked on skateboards there out.
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- bill 8-29-2009 5:59 pm
In the manic world of Icky Twerp, somebody was always getting conked on the noggin or falling off a ladder or knocking over a painstakingly assembled grocery display. Bill Camfield as Icky Twerp
The action was relentless. Stuffy bosses bawled out hapless underlings. Sidekicks in gorilla masks skidded onstage and off, played banjos, beaned each other with umbrellas. Icky sprang to life 50 years ago on KTVT-TV (Channel 11) with the premiere of the homegrown kids' show Slam Bang Theater, whose silver anniversary will be celebrated in Fort Worth next month.
- bill 8-29-2009 6:01 pm [add a comment]
this was my dallas tx childhood afternoon tv show host. he wast indeed the anti-mr peppermint (gibby bhs's dad). he was the king of my generation of noodnicks as host of the 3 stooges hour SBT. note 14 pages of commenters agree. heres a bunch of you tube footage. i remember special guests jan and dean lip synching dead mans curve and dean demo-ing a skateboard. i was totally hooked on skateboards there out.
- bill 8-29-2009 6:25 pm [add a comment]