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Dick Clark (1929-2012) was an American TV and radio personality who was affectionately known as "America's Oldest Teenager".

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

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.

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

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 * ''New Year's Rockin' Eve''
 * ''[[Pyramid]]'' (several versions)
-* ''[[Scattergories (TV)|Scattergories]]''
+* ''[[Scattergories]]''
 * ''[[T vs. Bloopers and Practical Jokes|TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes]]''
 * ''[[Winning Lines]]''
 === Programs created and/or produced by Dick Clark: ===
-* ''[[Greed (TV)|Greed]]''
+* ''[[Greed (TV series)|Greed]]''
-* ''[[The Weird Al Show (TV)|The Weird Al Show]]''
+* ''[[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]]; ''[[Pyramid|The $25,000 Pyramid]]'' aired on weekday mornings on [[CBS]]; and ''[[T vs. Bloopers and Practical Jokes|TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes]]'' aired weekly on [[NBC (Creator)|NBC]] during primetime hours. In addition, he concurrently hosted ''[[Pyramid|The $100,000 Pyramid]]'', which [[Syndication|ran in syndication]].
+* [[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]]; ''[[Pyramid|The $25,000 Pyramid]]'' aired on weekday mornings on [[CBS]]; and ''[[T vs. Bloopers and Practical Jokes|TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes]]'' aired weekly on [[NBC]] during primetime hours. In addition, he concurrently hosted ''[[Pyramid|The $100,000 Pyramid]]'', which [[Syndication|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.
+* [[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'', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzsOYtGNHtk he bungled the descriptions by mixing each car's year models].
 * [[Long Runners|Long Runner]]: He spent six decades in entertainment.
 * [[Older Than They Look|Older Than He Looks]]
 * [[The Cameo]]: Dick appeared as himself in several shows, including:
-** ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (TV)|The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]''
+** ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]''
-** ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]''
+** ''[[Futurama]]''
 ** ''[[Police Squad!]]''
-** ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]''
+** ''[[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.
 ** 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]]''.