Dick Clark, dead at 82

RIP Dick! It's sad to see him go although it was getting a little weird during the NYE celebration. I'm sure Ryan Secrest will fill his shoes nicely.

I actually met Dick Clark pre-stroke about 12 years ago at a restaurant in Malibu.
 
rick snagwell said:
you guys, he hasnt done NYE since 2006. seacrest has been doing it.
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Nope.

Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest (formerly Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve) is an annual television program that airs every New Year's Eve on ABC. Its host, creator and namesake was entertainer Dick Clark, who hosted every show except one from 1974 until his death in 2012. Regis Philbin hosted the 2005 telecast due to Clark suffering a stroke less than a month before. Ryan Seacrest has been the program's co-host since the 2006 telecast, with Clark hosting in a limited role from 2006–2012.
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Dick Clark deserves a lot credit for being one of the first, if not the first, to bring black artists to a white audience on national TV.(Allan Freed, a NY radio DJ had a local show in NY featuring black artists and integrated audiences.)

Prior to American Bandstand, black artists were restricted to radio "race stations". Clark brought them to TV, with an integrated group of kids dancing. Of course, there were no mixed race couples dancing, but in the 50's and 60's, just having black and white kids together on TV was radical. And having black artists performing before a integrated audience was unheard of.

Artists like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, and Frankie Lyman credited Dick Clark with bringing black artists into the main stream.
 
Shrink said:
Artists like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, and Frankie Lyman credited Dick Clark with bringing black artists into the main stream.
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True, insofar as a White audience was concerned. ;)

Dick Clark, host and producer of American Bandstand, attempted to steal Soul Train's market share with a similarly themed program called Soul Unlimited, whose brief run on ABC in 1973 was controversial for its pronounced racial overtures.

Clark ended Soul Unlimited after a handful of airings and agreed to work with Cornelius on a series of network specials featuring African-American artists.[12][13]
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Band Stand was still on when I was a kid but not what it was in its heyday. My favorite DC shows were Bloopers, along with $100,000 Pyramid.
 
He knew the world was ending this year and his services would not be needed for NYE. That's my guess anyway.
 
insimbi said:
Hopefully they'll have a hologram Dick Clark do the countdown on New Year's Eve :D
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That would be cool lol, as far as I'm concerned they should have done something fun like that earlier. Watching a poor elderly man who suffered from a stroke stutter on camera was getting a little depressing every year.
 
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Hastings101 said:
That would be cool lol, as far as I'm concerned they should have done something fun like that earlier. Watching a poor elderly man who suffered from a stroke stutter on camera was getting a little depressing every year.
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It kind of was, being reminded of his disability. But I also admired his willingness to go ahead and put himself out there. I'm sure he was an inspiration for other stroke victims.
 
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