Dick Clark, host of American Bandstand and numerous other TV shows, turns 81 today. While I do remember Bandstand from Saturday mornings, I'm probably most familiar with Dick Clark from game shows like the "$10,000 Pyramid."
He's probably best known in recent years for "Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve," which still features his name but is now hosted by Ryan Seacrest, following Clark's stroke several years ago.
A quick check of the Internet Movie Database shows that Mr. Clark had a lot of other experience as well. He hosted "Dick Clark's Celebrity Bloopers," did a voice on the cartoon "The Angry Beavers" and played himself on several episodes of "Dharma & Greg." He was also the murderer on the very last episode of "Perry Mason," which is a pretty cool footnote to TV history.
But this might be my favorite cameo of all!
Happy birthday to the Cute Beatle, SIr Paul McCartney! He turns 71 today.
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This week' s Gabby's Pick is another track from emerging artist ZZ Ward's debut album , called "365 Days."
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Happy birthday to the Cute Beatle, SIr Paul McCartney! He turns 71 today.
One of the rules for Beatles fans is that you must memorize tidbits of Beatle trivia to try and impress other Beatle fans. This is not that easy to do....as things like...
In 1968, Jeannie C. Riley topped both the pop and country charts with "Harper Valley PTA". She was the first female singer to accomplish that feat and it wasn't repeated until Dolly Parton did it in 1981 with the song "9 to 5". The song was...
This week we're doing story songs on the World's Worst iPod. We start with the story of Billy who really wanted to be a hero. He was a hero, but didn't live to see it and his girlfriend was pretty angry. The song was originally done by...
This week' s Gabby's Pick is another track from emerging artist ZZ Ward's debut album , called "365 Days."
In addition to all the radio airplay " Put The Gun Down" has received, you may also have heard her music on several television...
Apparently Oreo flavored Oreos are not sufficient.
Nabisco is continuing its trend of introducing special limited edition flavors for its Oreo cookies. Last year, the internet was all abuzz about candy corn Oreos, which supposedly didn't really...
One small detail I like about Bonnaroo ... the security people's shirts say "Safety" and "Here to help". They seem well-trained and they do the things security folk do ... but I like the emphasis on safety and that they're doing these things...
