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'''Dick Clark''' (1929-2012) was an American TV and radio personality who was affectionately known as "America's Oldest Teenager".
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* ''[[Winning Lines]]''
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* [[Channel Hop]]: Dick actually hosted three concurrently running series—one on each of the three major networks—during the 1980s: ''[[American Bandstand]]'' aired Saturdays on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]; ''[[Pyramid|The $25,000 Pyramid]]'' aired on weekday mornings on [[CBS]]; and ''[[
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** ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''
* [[Self-Parody]]: Dick would occasionally play along with humor that was related to how young he looked, despite his age.
** He appeared in one episode of ''[[Police Squad!]]'' [[As Himself]], buying a de-aging cream off of [[Almighty Janitor|Johnny the shoe-shine guy]].
** This was taken to an unusual extreme on Jay Leno's original ''[[The Tonight Show|Tonight Show]]'' run, in which Clark, in Egyptian garb, hosted ''[[Affectionate Parody|The 25,000 Year Old Pyramid]]''.
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