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Old 04-18-2012, 05:16 PM
 
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I was at work when I learned that Dick Clark had died. I cried real tears. Then I realized I was the only one at the office old enough to care about him. Then I cried again. There's a man who never retired...
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Old 04-18-2012, 05:26 PM
 
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I can't cry because he died, nor do I feel sad. He lived an exciting and packed life. Good for him.
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Old 04-18-2012, 06:14 PM
 
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Yep;seems to have a life to be celebrated from all accounts.

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Old 04-18-2012, 06:22 PM
 
Location: Sarasota FL
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I remember getting home from school to watch American Bandstand. The original show from Philly in B&W on weekday afternoon Mon-Fri.
Fabian, Frankie Avalon, Paul Anka, Brenda Lee, Jerry Lee Lewis.
I learned how to dance with that show.
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Old 04-18-2012, 07:20 PM
 
Location: Central Florida
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It's funny, I was just having dinner with a younger friend and I was telling her how I used to come home from school every day and watch American Bandstand. She couldn't believe it was on every day. She asked if I tried to dance like the kids on the show -- I said American Bandstand was the gold standard of dancing -- we all tried to dance like those kids. And we got to know several of the "regulars" on the show too. She was surprised that there were regulars.

In college I had a friend from Philly who said he tried to get on the Bandstand show but they wouldn't let him in because he looked like a hoodlum.

And I remember Dick Clark's Saturday night show too, the one brought to you buy that spearmint gum that became THE gum to chew because they sponsored Dick Clark. And the "IFIC" buttons -- remember those?
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Old 04-18-2012, 07:27 PM
 
Location: Staten Island, NY
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A class act right down to the ground.

I always admired how he didn't let his stroke get in his way. RIP.
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Old 04-18-2012, 08:55 PM
 
Location: SW MO
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I met and spent some time with him in about 1980. I was "pleased" to notice that without makeup and lighting he looked his age - very good for his age but his age nonetheless.

He was very kind, pleasant and unassuming, friendly and not at all pretentious, just a nice guy.
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Old 04-18-2012, 11:00 PM
 
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Default Dick Clark This is your life show


Dick Clark Interview (1959) - YouTube
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Old 04-19-2012, 07:15 AM
 
Location: CHicago, United States
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I was at work when I learned that Dick Clark had died. I cried real tears. Then I realized I was the only one at the office old enough to care about him. Then I cried again. There's a man who never retired...
As a child of the 50s I remember Dick Clark well. I watched some of all of the television programs he was associated with. Including the Bandstand. He was a smarter businessman than a performer/personality, I think. And good for him. He was incredibly wealthy and honorably struggled with life's challenges. We'll all pass from this life to the next and though I will miss his influence in our popular culture I won't be shedding any tears.
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Old 04-19-2012, 08:04 AM
 
Location: Lexington, SC
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I used to run home from Junior High School afternoons to watch American Bandstand. Man was I madly in love with some of those girls on that show.........LOL

A few years later came school sports, cars, real girls, after school work. Never had time after that to watch Bandstand.

For that show alone, he became a legend to my generation.
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