''Snack Boy'' was a comedy show webcast distributed by

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over the

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, from 1998 through 2001. The show starred Terry Crummitt (1972–2004), a

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-area unemployed actor, who presented comic anecdotes concerning his shaky career, his raucous family, and his various misadventures. The show's title referred to Crummitt's former work as a snack bar manager. Crummitt created original childlike drawing to illustrate each story, which ran exactly five minutes. The show was webcast live on weekdays at 3:15pm Eastern Time, with older episodes archived for on-demand viewing. ''Snack Boy'' was among the first webcast-exclusive programs to gain attention from the mainstream media, and Crummitt was briefly the center of press attention. However, when The Sync closed during the dot-com industry collapse, his visibility waned. Several episodes of the program remain online. Performing under the name Terry McCrea, Crummitt had small roles in films and television shows that were shot in the Washington and

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areas, including '' Gods and Generals'' and ''

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''. Crummitt was killed in an automobile accident in

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, his home town, on May 13, 2004; he was 31 years old.

References

External links

Entrepreneur Magazine article on The Sync's programmingOnline tribute to Terry Crummitt and "Snack Boy"
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Youtube playlist containing 80 of his 100+ known videos
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Snack Boy American comedy web series Laurel, Maryland 1972 births 2004 deaths