[onyx]

With Dick Clark’s passing, so passes part of my teenage years, and pre-teen, as a matter of fact.

Rushing home from school to watch American Bandstand was a must.

[hoosiermama]

My older sis absolutely loved Band Stand. (She even named her daughter after one of the regulars). When we rushed in, turned the TV she wanted BS. I wanted whatever was on the other channel. My parents tried to resolve the argument by switching off every other day. I resolved the problem by letting her do my chores in exchange for watching bandstand (Which I secretly loved).....

[dayglored]

> With Dick Clark’s passing, so passes part of my teenage years, and pre-teen, as a matter of fact. Rushing home from school to watch American Bandstand was a must.

YES! I lived just outside of Philly and American Bandstand was a staple of my adolescence and teenage years (I was 5 when it started in 1957). Hard to imagine it now, but there was nothing else as important as watching the TV at those times! :)

Impossible to explain to teenagers today. Just impossible. It was a creation of a great mind and the right environment. And in a much more innocent time.