July of 1967 and they are still trotting out skateboards for the cover gag on Archie comics. Archie looks a little like Greg Brady in this one, although I think Greg might have had better style. The Twist had it’s heyday in 1960, so it’s kind of funny that by 1967 it was already considered “old-fashioned” by girls in unhip comic books. Seriously. Who was the the audience for these? (Click through, you won’t be sorry.)
There are no other skateboard stories or illustrations in this issue.
Here’s a compilation of people dancing the twit to the song the Twist. I was going to put a TV appearance by Chubby Checker on Dick Clark, but the lip syncing is embarrassingly bad. Not funny, like it was with P.I.L. on American Bandstand. By 1961 Chubby was back with “Twist Again,” asking people if they remembered last summer when they used to twist. Sounds like an episode of the Simpsons.
Aw what the hell, here’s the lot. Bad lip syncing with Dick Clark.
And Let’s Twist Again, because I need some more money.
And why not. P.I.L. on American Bandstand? Someone in Dick Clark’s office got fired that day.
9 comments
talentlessquitter
What, no Fat Boys?
zeno01
X was on Bandstand too- I’ve heard that Dick Clark supported punk, as it was something new and exciting (or something to that extent). I’m not sayin’ it’s true, just what I heard.
Bart's Grandad
That’s where X belonged… whereas Public Image didn’t seem to think they did… but then again, John acted a bit like he thought that when I saw him actual singing somewhere, especially when giving some girl in a wheelchair flowers right after he got off stage… but maybe his adolescent illness left him permanently looking kind of leary. Also, it should be noted that Cindy Wilson back then appears to have looked like Lavinia on Downton Abby, and that the Super Bowl halftime show where Chubby Checker sang “Let’s Twist Again”, ten years after that comic book cover, must have made Veronica puke up a bunch of spooj.
Ray Lewis
They should get Public Image to sing “Public Image” at the next Superbowl’s halftime. It’s a stirring song.
MC
That’s only a year after Skaterdater.
JPK
“This is something interesting and special” – Dick Clark on PIL, trying to find something nice to say. Funny.
Bevilacqua
Do the twist !
Twistin’& turning … Buddy Holly’s not dead !
Sade Workmanship
Slaughter and the Dogs, not Buddy Holly, did Twist and Turn… don’t confuse houseofliteral.
houseofneil
what’s Buddy Holly got to do with the twist?