Origin of 'awk'

[Wes Morgan]

I was watching an old episode of Batman, and was enjoying the 
requisite fight scene.  The Boy Wonder delivered a hefty blow
to a villain's henchman, and the necessary 'visual sound effect'
came up on the screen.  But, lo!  This was no *ordinary* Batman
sound effect, for filling my screen was the magic word

@AWK!!!@

Is *this* the true origin of one of my favorite UNIX commands?
Could it have really come from a campy 60's action/adventure show?

Wes


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      Ho! Ha ha! Guard! Turn!  Parry! Dodge! Spin! Thrust! <*SPROING!*>
Actually, it's a buck-and-a-quarter quarterstaff, but I'm not telling him that!