Author Topic: Dick Clark (Read 18340 times)

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #60 on:** January 01, 2006, 06:40:23 PM »

By that, do you mean it's a good way to look at it? I, for one, think it is.

Robert Hutchinson · « **Reply #61 on:** January 01, 2006, 08:01:26 PM »

I think it's rather odd to hear an *angry* message. No one (who isn't an ass) has been anything less than supporting of the man's return to television, AFAIK.

Brandon Brooks · « **Reply #62 on:** January 01, 2006, 08:30:33 PM »

[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Jan 1 2006, 08:01 PM\']I think it's rather odd to hear an *angry* message. No one (who isn't an ass) has been anything less than supporting of the man's return to television, AFAIK.

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Where exactly did this come from?

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bclark71 · « **Reply #63 on:** January 01, 2006, 10:07:26 PM »

My take on the whole deal is that Dick wanted to do the show, so he worked his ass off in therapy and by-God did it, and he did a fine job, too. He explained his condition very quickly from the get-go and then got right down to the business at hand. He's obviously not going to let it get in his way.

He said himself that he had to teach himself to walk and talk again. I say that since he's come this far in just a year, he'll be ready to rip on New Years Rockin' Eve 07.

What a pro, what a trouper, what a determined man he is. God bless him. He was awesome. Some men half his age couldn't have made the comeback that he did last night.

As a side note, it was Dick Clark's 2004 Larry King appearance where he disclosed his diabetes that led me to get checked out, and I was diagnosed with type-2 shortly thereafter. He very well may have saved my life, and for that I am forever grateful to him.

clemon79 · « **Reply #64 on:** January 02, 2006, 05:46:09 AM »

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 1 2006, 03:40 PM\']By that, do you mean it's a good way to look at it? I, for one, think it is.

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I agree totally, and that is indeed what I meant.

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #65 on:** January 02, 2006, 04:51:43 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 2 2006, 03:46 AM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 1 2006, 03:40 PM\']By that, do you mean it's a good way to look at it? I, for one, think it is.

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I agree totally, and that is indeed what I meant.

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I thought that's what you meant.

TimK2003 · « **Reply #66 on:** January 02, 2006, 07:03:12 PM »

A lot has already been said about how Dick sounded, and I fell in the group who had that initial shock after hearing his first words, and then tears of joy that he was back. Honestly, I was expecting Dick to be sitting in a chair with hardly any movement at all, but to see him standing was a big sigh of relief!

I was also glad to see that Dick has taken the Christopher Reeve High Road by not letting a debilitating setback interfere with his life -- but then, I think all of us knew that Dick wouldn't have it any other way.

DrBear · « **Reply #67 on:** January 02, 2006, 08:57:49 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 2 2006, 04:46 AM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 1 2006, 03:40 PM\']By that, do you mean it's a good way to look at it? I, for one, think it is.

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I agree totally, and that is indeed what I meant.

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And for what it's worth, that's what I meant, too.

Robert Hutchinson · « **Reply #68 on:** January 02, 2006, 11:21:32 PM »

[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Jan 1 2006, 08:30 PM\'][quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Jan 1 2006, 08:01 PM\']I think it's rather odd to hear an *angry* message. No one (who isn't an ass) has been anything less than supporting of the man's return to television, AFAIK.[/quote]
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[quote name=\'DrBear\']"This is what I DO, dammit, and I'm not going to give it up just because my body failed me once. And if I've changed too much for you, it's YOUR problem. I'm happy to be here, so let's enjoy the night."[/quote]

Dick Clark just doesn't seem to me to be the sort who would give a damn about the above in the first place.

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #69 on:** January 02, 2006, 11:24:51 PM »

Dick Clark strikes me as someone who'd give a couple hundred damns about something he's passionate for.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #70 on:** January 02, 2006, 11:35:19 PM »

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 3 2006, 12:24 AM\']Dick Clark strikes me as someone who'd give a couple hundred damns about something he's passionate for.[/quote]
I believe Robert's point is that the "quote" that Dr. Bear put in Dick's mouth (or mind, whatever) is unnecessarily hostile in that it implies that Dick has no interest whatsoever in what his audience thinks, and I doubt that's true.

DrBear · « **Reply #71 on:** January 03, 2006, 07:06:47 AM »

That's a fair point, M.O. It's probably more accurate to say that after all this time, Dick thinks he has a relationship with his audience that is such that some physical imperfections shouldn't stand in the way. In reading your comment, I see that it may have come off as uncaring about the audience, and that's wrong - Clark is somebody who has always tried to provide something top quality, whether on Bandstand or Pyramid or whatever.

clemon79 · « **Reply #72 on:** January 03, 2006, 10:38:11 AM »

[quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Jan 3 2006, 04:06 AM\']Clark is somebody who has always tried to provide something top quality, whether on Bandstand or Pyramid or whatever.

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Two words: The Chamber.

Proof that even the best step on a landmine once in a while.

DrBear · « **Reply #73 on:** January 03, 2006, 10:43:32 AM »

...well, I said "tried!"

Jay Temple · « **Reply #74 on:** January 03, 2006, 12:36:59 PM »

I'm ashamed to see what a glass-half-empty person I really am. I saw part of the show and I thought it was sad to see him working in a condition like that. (I thought he sounded kind of like he had a cold.) Reading this thread, though, I should have been glad that he was willing to make the effort, and, voice excepted, he seemed physically up to the task.