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Thursday, Sep. 3 2009 @ 10:38AM

Meant to get to this yesterday, when Dallas iMedia Network sent word of its Slam Bang Theater 50th-anniversary celebration scheduled for September 24 (an in-studio taping for which you'll need to RSVP) and September 26, when, at the Scott Theatre in Fort Worth, Richard Kent will screen his doc Icky Twerp: The Electronic Babysitter about the genius beneath the hat and behind the specs, Bill Camfield. By way of a sneak peek at the past, which my dad remembers like it was the day before yesterday, that's the trailer at top.

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Jack E. Jett says:

Love the TWERP....

Posted On: Thursday, Sep. 3 2009 @ 1:17PM

chris von danger says:

Its a shame we don't see local TV like this anymore...It made a city unique by the local kids/late night programming a market showed.

Posted On: Thursday, Sep. 3 2009 @ 1:55PM

Steve says:

I never saw the original Slam Bang Theater, but i watched the syndicated version every day before school. At that point it was an hour long show that had a Three Stooges short at the beginning and end with cartoons in between. Then after school it was The Banana Splits. Those were the days.

Posted On: Thursday, Sep. 3 2009 @ 2:02PM

Cracker Daddy says:

Cracker Daddy GREW UP on the Twerp and Slam Bang Theater! Channel 11 sooooooooooooo used to rock.

Posted On: Thursday, Sep. 3 2009 @ 2:49PM

knottygirl says:

Steve says:
I never saw the original Slam Bang Theater, but i watched the syndicated version every day before school. At that point it was an hour long show that had a Three Stooges short at the beginning and end with cartoons in between. Then after school it was The Banana Splits. Those were the days.
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Me, too! And I tried never to miss Cartoon Carnival after the noon news. Ah, memories.

Posted On: Thursday, Sep. 3 2009 @ 3:51PM

Jack E. Jett says:

I am trying to remember some of the folks on the show but I think I am getting them confused with Mr. Peppermint.

Was there a character named Ajax on Twerp?

Posted On: Thursday, Sep. 3 2009 @ 7:02PM

Sid Rock says:

Ah, Icky I saw every show. It defiantly twisted my psyche.
I still have the T Shirt that I designed for his first 30th TV Anniversary.

Posted On: Thursday, Sep. 3 2009 @ 7:23PM

Sid Rock says:

I meant definitely, I think.

Posted On: Thursday, Sep. 3 2009 @ 8:40PM

Doug in DFW says:

The format sometimes lives on (poorly) in the hands of Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network. Jacquielynn Floyd had a great article on Camfield last Sunday.

See you Twerpheads in Fort Worth.

Posted On: Friday, Sep. 4 2009 @ 6:35AM

LakeWWWooder says:

Ajax, Delphinium and Arkadelphia!

Posted On: Friday, Sep. 4 2009 @ 7:59PM

Jack E. Jett says:

Ahh that is right.

Excellent. How could I forget Arkadelphia. I was going to name my first child that.

Posted On: Friday, Sep. 4 2009 @ 8:23PM