Gerald "T-Bones" Tibbons

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Gerald "T-Bones" Tibbons is a comedic fictional character played by David Koechner. He currently appears on Comedy Central's The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show.

1 Saturday Night Live
2 The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Saturday Night Live

T-Bones first appeared as a barber during the 1995 season of Saturday Night Live. He made numerous appearances there and served as the focal point of the sketches, making sly jokes and showcasing his redneck mentality as he cut the hair of his customers. T-Bones became recognizable by his signature appearance of a slicked comb over, long mutton chops, tight brown T-shirt, and underbite. In the midst of making clever comments, he often illustrates utter foolishness and speaks with a hint of southern accent.

[edit] The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show

It was during Koechner's brief tenure on Saturday Night Live that he met Dave "Gruber" Allen who, too, had developed a sketch comedy character known as Naked Trucker. The duo formed a musical comedy act in 1999 with T-Bones serving as the vocalist and Trucker on guitar and vocals. They have performed frequently at the Largo nightclub and alongside Tenacious D as well as garnering some TV appearances. The musical act has helped shed light on T-Bones's background with songs like "My Daddy Is An Astronaut," which describes his fatherless childhood and believing that Neil Armstrong is his dad.

On January 17, 2007, over a decade after T-Bones's Saturday Night Live debut, Comedy Central premiered The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show. While a number of movies have been based on SNL characters, this is an extremely rare case of one getting its own TV series. In contrast to his barbershop position on SNL, T-Bones is now portrayed as a freeloading drifter and con artist alongside his counterpart, Naked Trucker, who usually serves as the more sensible or reserved of the two. He also claims to have had experience as a carny and is frequently seen in promotional photos with an American flag draped over his shoulder as a sign of his patriotism. Between performing in front of a live studio audience, the team presents pre-taped sketches showing them getting in trouble with the law or incidents with hitchhikers they pick up off the highway.