A B C D F G H J K L M P Q R S T W Y
It was the age of the atom, and the dawn of Saturday morning as the original Baby Boomers tuned in to see Howdy Doody, Mighty Mouse Playhouse, and Kukla, Fran and Ollie.
Nostalgic & Vintage Memorabilia
RSS 
TWITTER 
TWITTER 
Sadly,Another well known tv personality has left us.Radio/tv host and producer Dick Clark the second and best remembered mc of ABC TV’s”American Bandstand!”died today at his Southern,Cal. home. He was 82 and in failing health. He began his career as a western radio DJ in Utica,New York during his collage days..before he moved to Philadelphia,Pa. where he hosted numerious radio programs..before he mc’d the radio version of”Bandstand” on WFIL Radio. When The first host of the tv version of”Bandstand”:Bob Horn left the series..Mr.Clark took over the program and he mc’d the series for 31 years. He also hosted”Dick Clark’s Saturday Night Beachnut Show”on ABC TV from “The Little Theater”(now known as The New Helen Hayes Theater)on NYC Times Sq. briefly in 1959/1960.
He went to host game shows like”The Object Is”,”The $10,000 Pyramid”,”The Krpton Factor” and he also hosted “The TV Blooper Specials”..which later evolved into”Dick Clark’s TV Bloopers and Practical Jokes” with former “Tonight Show”annoucer:Ed McMahon. Clark also mc’d two variety series”Dick Clark’s Live Wednesday”for NBC TV in the late 1970′s and “Dick Clark Live”on CBS TV in the 1980′s.
He tried to revive “American Bandstand”first in national syndication in 1987..and later on The USA Cable TV Network in 1989..with a new host:David Hirsch..neither version of the series was successful and the program was finally cancelled in 1989.
Clark also acted in two movies”Because They’re Young”with Michael Callan and James Darren and”The Young Doctors”with Fredric March,Ben Garzzara and Eddie Albert.And he played himself
in”A Dream Is A Wish That Your Heart Makes”..a tv movie bio based upon Ms.Annette Funicello’s memoirs.
He also produced many tv shows,specials and for a time..he was the director of”The United Cerbrial Palsy Weekend With The Stars Telethons”.
Clark also found the time to write his memoirs”Rock,Roll And Remember”and he was profiled in some books about the history of “American Bandstand”.
He was inducted into”The TV Hall Of Fame”and”The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame”..he also was honored by The Prime Time and Daytime Emmy Awards.
His last regular tv series was”The Other Half” a daytime talk show..which he co-hosted with Mario Lopez and Danny Bonaduce for NBC TV.
He was also the mc of “ABC TV’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve!”Tv specials for many years..his final public appearance was on the 2011/2012 edition of the show with Mr.Ryan Seacrest.
I found out that Mr.Clark didn’t die at his home..he actually passed away at St.Joesph’s Hospital in Burbank,Cal. My Apologies to the users of this site for any misinformation that I’ve submitted here.
Question: I’ve got this nagging thought that there was some kind of character called the (something like this) Oogle Loogle Bird. Does anyone remember this?
Thanks folks.