R.I.P. Dick Clark, passed at 82.
 

New Years Eve will never be the same without him.

Dave

He sure turned us on to a lot of good music. Bandstand was eagerly awaited every week in our home. 82 years ain't too shabby though. RIP Dick Clark, my thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.

RIP Dick Clark.

He always grinned too much to suit me.

But I'll give him credit...most teenagers don't live to 82.

Anyway, good luck in the new world, Dick. You were damned lucky in this one.

Chas

Ya gotta admit, it may have ben kind of eerie the way he never seemed to age.
But, he was a damn fine human being.

They can't re-animate him again?

I thought he was a likable guy. But my pop culture teacher hated him. He said when Congress? A trial? Dang abused brain! Anyway it had something to do with payola. He said Alan Freed refused to walk the line they wanted (morality, r&r or something along those lines) and it broke him. But Clark did.

Just talking, his name set off my remaining synapse and triggered a distant memory :)

Pete

Wasn't nuttin' but a little opportunistic capitalism. He bought record companies and promoted his own records on his show. After he was caught, he had to divest if he wanted to keep doing AB.

Regards,

D-Ray

Dick beat that rap in 1961(2?), and yes it was a congressional committee that accused him of taking "Payola". They couldn't prove it and he walked.

Not to rain on anyone's parade, but the guy who hauls off my garbage has done more in one week to effect my lifestyle in a positive manner than Dick Clark has done in his entire life.

Chas

Yeah, but nobody cares about him, 'cept you and his Mom. I don't expect any world-wide weeping over my death either. Someone famous dies, people make a big deal out of it. That's just how it is.

That's the way it is.

I'm just an advocate for the little guy who does the shitty jobs that have to be done, and winds up being insulted for doing so.

Don't know whether I don't like hero worship, or I've just got different hero's.

Let's hear it for the little guy. The stuffed shirts would starve to death without him.

Chas

He made careers which in turn made him. The ordinary schmo is on his own to leave his/her legacy.
I have fond memories of the bandstand era...being an early fifties teen.
American Bandstand dictated style, music and dance for the teens then and later. I do believe Dick Clark was a good man and well loved by many. May he rest in peace.

Yep, me too. But, face it, how interested do you think the viewing public would be in hearing about it everytime one of us nail pounders or wrench twisters kicked off......Thosands of us drop dead everyday.

But, there's only one Dick Clark and almost everyone with a pulse knows who he was.

I have a retired Navy buddy who has a fit everytime a celebrity dies.....
" 'Cuz the media doesn't break out any hankies for the dead troops!"
Which really, isn't quite true. Our local stations and newspaper, list the recently killed every week. And sometimes even run a story. But, the truth is famous people will always get more airtime.

Besdies, Painter is right. Dick Clark was a good man. So, where is the harm?

Dave

No harm.

I just don't think it's a big deal.

Chas