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We remember Dick Clark, R.I.P.
Orange Punch, The Orange County Register political commentary blog ^ | 4-19-2012 | Mark Landsbaum

Posted on 04/19/2012 12:00:05 PM PDT by Mark Landsbaum

A few of us on the fifth floor here at the Register remember Dick Clark from the earliest days of his black and white American Bandstand telecasts.

Television was young, so was he and so were we. Now TV is old hat, probably destined to fade into some amorphous merger with the Internet. Yours truly is of an age that it probably would be risky to revisit even the Stroll, which required minimal footwork, but a bit of rhythm and was just one of his priceless innovations.

But Dick Clark . . .

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TOPICS: History; Music/Entertainment; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: americanbandstand; dickclark; rockandroll; thestroll

1 posted on 04/19/2012 12:00:11 PM PDT by Mark Landsbaum
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To: Mark Landsbaum

A great gentleman who always gave me the impression, on camera, that he was having the time of his life. Many, many rock artists paying tribute today to the man who gave them their first big break.


2 posted on 04/19/2012 12:15:33 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Mark Landsbaum
But Dick Clark . . . (Excerpt)

So you even use someone's death to scam blog hits.

Keep it classy, you scummy ghoul.

3 posted on 04/19/2012 3:19:41 PM PDT by humblegunner
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