Dick Clark

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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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Programs hosted by Dick Clark:

• American Bandstand
• The Challengers
• New Year's Rockin' Eve
• Pyramid (several versions)
• Scattergories
• TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes
• Winning Lines

Programs created and/or produced by Dick Clark:

• Greed
• The Weird Al Show

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Tropes invoked by Dick Clark

• 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 ABC; The $25,000 Pyramid aired on weekday mornings on CBS; and TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes aired weekly on NBC during primetime hours. In addition, he concurrently hosted The $100,000 Pyramid, which ran in syndication.
• Cool Old Guy
• Game Show Host
• Good With Numbers: Averted, especially on Pyramid, where Dick's troubles with numbers were frequently on public display.
  • On two occasions, while describing two cars as Mystery 7 prizes on Pyramid, he bungled the descriptions by mixing each car's year models.
• Long Runner: He spent six decades in entertainment.
• Older Than He Looks
• The Cameo: Dick appeared as himself in several shows, including:
  • The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
  • Futurama
  • Police Squad!
  • The Simpsons
• Self-Parody: Dick would occasionally play along with humor that was related to how young he looked, despite his age.
  • This was taken to an unusual extreme on Jay Leno's original Tonight Show run, in which Clark, in Egyptian garb, hosted The 25,000 Year Old Pyramid.

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"For now, this is Dick Clark. So long."