Dick Clark Accused of Age Discrimination by Ralph

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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Mar 5 2004, 07:34 PM\'] [quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Mar 5 2004, 03:15 PM\'] [quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Mar 5 2004, 02:38 PM\'] [quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Mar 4 2004, 01:10 PM\'][quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Mar 4 2004, 12:36 PM\']
Mr. *Andrews.*  Oh well, Mr. Andrews is bald and so is Mr. Edwards when he takes his rug off.

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Any hints as to which Mr. Edwards you're refering to? Geoff isn't bald, surely?[/quote]
*Ralph* Edwards, not *Geoff* Edwards.  Thought that was obvious. [/quote]
My bad...for some reason I've never heard of Ralph Edwards. [/quote]
Well, Ralph Edwards Productions gave us "Bzzz," so at least his company remained on the cutting edge. [/quote]
And if you want to go back more recently than that, "People's Court."

[chris319]

But obviously Dick never expected his "old friend" would sue him.

That's nonsense. Ralph Andrews has a reputation in the business and Dick Clark is not naive.

I think it's safe to assume that part of Andrews' case will be that executives of Dick Clark Productions flirted with him for a year and led him to believe that he was a viable candidate, then they turned him down solely on the basis of age, not experience or creative ability. In fact Clark admires Andrews' accomplishments in his letter.