The Annual "Should We Really March Dick Clark Out There in that Shape?" Thread

• september63

  

  Swamp Fox wrote: It's really hard to say to an American Institution it's time to hang it up. Like several of you, I grew up with Dick and his American Bandstand. I have always been a Dick Clark fan, and when he continued after the stroke, my admiration only grew. I would hate to see this man of class and professionalism become nothing more than a buffoon to thousands who never really knew him and can only criticize his difficult to understand enunciation. It is obviously his call and no one else's, but this is the way I see it.

  Agree 100%!! It is sad to see the younger generation simply poke fun at his speech. He is a legend and deserves to go out on his own terms!!
• ts1227

  

  I'm not simply poking fun at his speech. It makes for poor television and really just makes the legacy that Dick has built look bad as they force them out there year after year for the sake of "tradition". We all know he is not capable anymore, yet it is forced on us,.
• killdeer

  

  It is his franchise...obviously the man is 190 years old, but he has the cred.
  He actually looked and sounded stronger this year than last year.
  I'd venture to say he is more lucid, and a better host than Seacrest is at 30.
  
  (I'd give the edge to Seacrest...except for that crazy fake smile he does.........)
  
  
  
  By the way...Guy Lombardo did it for years, and he was ancient.
• GoPens

  

  You all should have been watching CNN. See the lesbians kiss at midnight?...
• killdeer

  

  In two decades or so...we will be saying the same thing about Seacrest.
  Once a Host...Always a Host.
• Gobuckeyes1

  If he wants to do it, let him do it. He's not hurting anything, except maybe his legacy in the minds of some people. If it bothers people so much to watch him, then turn the channel.
  
  Life doesn't end because you have a stroke, and it's good to see someone continue to fight to live on his terms after such a debilitating event.
• jt_13

  september63 wrote:

  ts1227 wrote: I understand it's tradition, but he sounds like he has a mouth full of marbles.
  
  Seacrest has been hosting it enough years now to start a "new" tradition, IMHO. Dude is young enough to host it from now until 2050... there's a solid tradition to replace the old one.

  Nice edit. You should really use the spell check next time before you hit
  post repy!!

  You really ought to use spell check next time you hit post reply, not "repy"
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Al Capone wrote: I thought Dick Clark was an embarrassment tonight. Enough is Enough!

  I don't know if I would call him an embarrassment, but I was embarrassed for him. I felt terrible when he couldn't countdown from 20, and missed a couple numbers.
  
  He went from something like 14 to 12 to 10 to 11, said 9 twice, then had to pause and go with the crowd.
  
  I actually felt pretty terrible for the guy, b/c I knew that there were senseless idiots all around the nation that were making fun of this poor man.
  
  ...
  
  Now, as far as getting him out of there. I'm for it. It just has to be done. My alma mater had an announcer whom you could not understand at all. He'd been there for YEARS. Everyone wanted him gone, but no one was willing to communicate the obvious with him. They asked my dad, and since everyone else was a pussy, my dad did it.
  
  I have never seen my dad cry, but having to deliver this terrible news to this much respected and loved announcer (as a person, not as an announcer) brought tears to my dads eyes.
  
  Yes, everyone wants Dick Clark gone, but who is going to be LOVING enough to sit him down and tell him?
• ts1227

  

  ttt, I think he may actually be dead and controlled by robots
• Skyhook79

  

  september63;120504 wrote:I just know how to spell, Is all. As for the replacing Dick Clark, nothing but admiration. He had a stroke, his mind is fine. If he wants to be on TV more power to him!!

  However, you struggle with constructing correct sentences.
• said_aouita

  

  Hopefully ESPN hires D*ck Clark and they allow him to do college pregame football with Lou Holtz.
  It's a brilliant idea having old geezers on TV who can't talk.
• gut

  I guess he's earned the right to call his shots. But it's sad to let people see him like that. Even for sentimental reasons or tradition, people can't possibly enjoy watching him. He's like a major buzzkill on the biggest party of the year.
• Glory Days

  

  ts1227;1032969 wrote:ttt, I think he may actually be dead and controlled by robots

  been saying this for years. I believe he died a few years ago and they just freeze him, then shock him back to life once a year for a few hours.
• Glory Days

  

  ernest_t_bass;120684 wrote: Yes, everyone wants Dick Clark gone, but who is going to be LOVING enough to sit him down and tell him?

  ummm how about just tell him they cancelled new years eve this year. you think he would even know?
• vball10set

  
• gut

  Glory Days;1033038 wrote:been saying this for years. I believe he died a few years ago and they just freeze him, then shock him back to life once a year for a few hours.

  
  
  
• gut

  Glory Days;1033038 wrote:been saying this for years. I believe he died a few years ago and they just freeze him, then shock him back to life once a year for a few hours.

  
• Heretic

  

  ernest_t_bass;120684 wrote:Yes, everyone wants Dick Clark gone, but who is going to be LOVING enough to sit him down and tell him?

  He's an entertainer. They can be replaced. You take him behind a barn, put him down, get someone new and we all live happily ever after.
• krambman

  

  gut;1033021 wrote:I guess he's earned the right to call his shots. But it's sad to let people see him like that. Even for sentimental reasons or tradition, people can't possibly enjoy watching him. He's like a major buzzkill on the biggest party of the year.

  Dick Clark is the executive producer of Dick Clark's Rocking New Year's Eve, which means that he has final say who goes on the show. Seeing how he's the executive producer, it's not like he's earned the right to call his own shots, he has the rights because he's the producer. It's not like people don't want to tell him he can't do, it's just that no one can because he has total control in the situation. As long as he want's to be on the show and is the executive producer, he'll be doing it. Hopefully since this was the 40th anniversary of the program he will choose to make it his last.
• Glory Days

  

  krambman;1033883 wrote:Dick Clark is the executive producer of Dick Clark's Rocking New Year's Eve, which means that he has final say who goes on the show. Seeing how he's the executive producer, it's not like he's earned the right to call his own shots, he has the rights because he's the producer. It's not like people don't want to tell him he can't do, it's just that no one can because he has total control in the situation. As long as he want's to be on the show and is the executive producer, he'll be doing it. Hopefully since this was the 40th anniversary of the program he will choose to make it his last.

  so cancel the show....and start a new show. Seacrest's Rocking New Years Eve.
• ts1227

  

  krambman;1033883 wrote:Dick Clark is the executive producer of Dick Clark's Rocking New Year's Eve, which means that he has final say who goes on the show. Seeing how he's the executive producer, it's not like he's earned the right to call his own shots, he has the rights because he's the producer. It's not like people don't want to tell him he can't do, it's just that no one can because he has total control in the situation. As long as he want's to be on the show and is the executive producer, he'll be doing it. Hopefully since this was the 40th anniversary of the program he will choose to make it his last.

  I REALLY thought he was going to say he was done when he started chewing on his tongue right after midnight with Seacrest beside him in the studio. He started thanking Seacrest and saying how he couldn't believe it had been 40 years, but never said it.
• Cat Food Flambe'

  

  I don't have a problem with this. After you've watched some of the people in your life suffer physical and mental setbacks, your patience with the situation will grow. He's just an entertainer - it's not like he's commanding the Armed Forces Nuclear Deployment Center or performing surgery on your six-year-old.
  
  My Dad functions mentally at the level of an bright first-grader now due to Alzheimers, but I still enjoy his company and watching him enjoy his life.
• password

  

  ccrunner609;120673 wrote:I thought Dick was much better this year then last.

  Please keep your personal life out of this thread.
• HitsRus

  

  Life doesn't end because you have a stroke, and it's good to see someone continue to fight to live on his terms after such a debilitating event.

  I agree with this. I'm glad to see him out there, and in some ways, it's inspiring.
• gut

  Yeah, they could rename the show.
  
  Also, he can participate and be "great" to be there living life after a stroke, but that doesn't mean he needs to have much more than a token appearance. He's just not capable even in the very reduced role he's had.
  
  Maybe he doesn't care and that's great, but many people would care and also don't care to remember an icon like that.