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Dick Clark won't be there to help ring in new year
Reuters ^ | Dec. 13, 2004 | Reuters

Posted on 12/13/2004 2:57:30 PM PST by JellyJam

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Television host Dick Clark, who suffered a stroke last week, will miss his first New Year's Eve television broadcast from Manhattan's Times Square in more than three decades, his spokesman said on Monday.

The 33rd "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" broadcast will be hosted instead by morning talk show personality and "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" quiz master Regis Philbin, producers of the ABC television special said.

As previously announced, singer Ashlee Simpson will host the West Coast portion of the show.

The 75-year-old Clark, who was hospitalized in Los Angeles last week with what his publicist described as a minor stroke, said then that he hoped to return to work in time to emcee the New Year's broadcast from Times Square.

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It's just not going to be the same without him. Get well, Mr. Clark!
1 posted on 12/13/2004 2:57:30 PM PST by JellyJam
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To: JellyJam

I just hope this is an asterisk and not the end of an era. God bless Mr. Clark in his recovery!


2 posted on 12/13/2004 2:58:18 PM PST by Bluegrass Conservative
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To: JellyJam

Saying a prayer for his recovery...


3 posted on 12/13/2004 3:00:17 PM PST by Prime Choice (I like Democrats, too. Let's exchange recipes.)
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To: JellyJam

I haven't watched the New Year's Eve count-down in many years. Best wishes to Dick Clark.


4 posted on 12/13/2004 3:00:53 PM PST by annyokie (If the shoe fits, put 'em both on!)
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t's just not going to be the same without him.

I agree. I've watched every single one as far back as I can remember.

5 posted on 12/13/2004 3:01:23 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (Congratulations President-Re-Elect George W. Bush!)
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To: JellyJam

Dick Clark is a holdover from an era when rock 'n' roll was simply teenage fun and hijinks (yes, including some backseat action), not morose pseudo-philosopy and crude sexual exploitation.


6 posted on 12/13/2004 3:01:35 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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As previously announced, singer Ashlee Simpson will host the West Coast portion of the show.

Oh for pity's sake! She gonna do a bad lipsynch for us on New Year's Eve too?! Sheesh...

7 posted on 12/13/2004 3:02:13 PM PST by Prime Choice (I like Democrats, too. Let's exchange recipes.)
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New year's countdown

I go back to the days of Ben Grauer on top of the Allied Chemical Building in Times Square.
8 posted on 12/13/2004 3:02:37 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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I agree. I've watched every single one as far back as I can remember.

My wife always rolls her eyes when I say, "It's time to turn on 'Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve.' " She thinks it's hokey. Call me a sentimentalist, but he's the Guy Lombardo of our generation. :-)

9 posted on 12/13/2004 3:03:43 PM PST by JellyJam (Headline of the year: "The Painful Truth: All the World Terrorists Are Muslims!")
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To: Steve_Seattle

I remember the first time I watched it and getting cheesed that the "Ball" didn't go all the way to the street. I grew up in California where 20 stories is a high rise.


10 posted on 12/13/2004 3:06:24 PM PST by annyokie (If the shoe fits, put 'em both on!)
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To: JellyJam

Despite all his setbacks, he's still looking pretty good. :)


11 posted on 12/13/2004 3:07:29 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (Congratulations President-Re-Elect George W. Bush!)
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To: JellyJam

I have a video of Guy Lombardo ringing in 1958.

I watch it every year.

Can't wait for 1959.


12 posted on 12/13/2004 3:10:18 PM PST by Pete'sWife (Dirt is for racing... asphalt is for getting there.)
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To: BigSkyFreeper
Despite all his setbacks, he's still looking pretty good. :)

Expensive rug and a picture in the attic, but a nice guy.

13 posted on 12/13/2004 3:10:39 PM PST by DeFault User
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To: Pete'sWife

1959 ... the year I was born. "It was a very good year ..."


14 posted on 12/13/2004 3:10:59 PM PST by JellyJam (Headline of the year: "The Painful Truth: All the World Terrorists Are Muslims!")
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As previously announced, singer Ashlee Simpson will host the West Coast portion of the show.

Ashlee Simpson. A mile wide and an inch deep.
15 posted on 12/13/2004 3:12:04 PM PST by reagan_fanatic (Oh yeah - and F the french too!)
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Wow, this is the first one he's missed since that whole Black Death thing in the 1300s, right? :)

}:-)4


16 posted on 12/13/2004 3:15:23 PM PST by Moose4 ("Frrrrrrrrrp." --Livingston the Viking Kitty)
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Good one!


17 posted on 12/13/2004 3:16:25 PM PST by JellyJam (Headline of the year: "The Painful Truth: All the World Terrorists Are Muslims!")
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Get well soon, Dick, from an old fart who remembers the old "American Bandstand" from Philly...

 

18 posted on 12/13/2004 3:37:34 PM PST by Fintan (Someday we''ll look back on this and plow into a parked car...)
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To: Pete'sWife

NY Eve has not been the same since Guy Lombardo passed on. I used to love watching his show and laughing at all those folks in their silly hats. Plus the "hokey" old music had its appeal. In recent years I have watched Dick Clark and thought he did a good job, though I would change the channel whenever the crappy music segments were on. This year I think Regis will do well.


19 posted on 12/13/2004 3:38:40 PM PST by TNCMAXQ
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It's just not going to be the same without him.

I second that. I have a difficult time picturing Regis Philbin at the helm.....

Best wishes for a speedy recovery Mr. Clark. God Bless.

20 posted on 12/13/2004 3:40:52 PM PST by dansangel (Thank you Veterans past and present!)
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