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Charles

<This is where the picture of Ric Romero would go.>

Right now as I am writing this, ABC is running a Bloopers special with Clark as host. I wonder when it was taped. Presumably it's a rerun.

Like everything this week, it is. It originally aired in May 2004.

I miss the original Sergio Aragones fellas.

So the Sergio Aragones who is a cohort of Mark Evanier (is there any other?;) worked on the original Bloopers specials/series? (General) You learn something new every day...

Aragones also worked at the same magazine as MG writer Dick DeBartolo.

MAD, before it inexpicable morphed into a hip-hop TV show. I wonder what the original magazine's honcho Bill Gaines would have thought of the FOX show. Perhaps he'd have laughed to the bank, but as I understand it he was quite careful about excluding drug and violence references in any other than silly "cartoon" portrayals and contexts.

Randy
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I actually still own some of the countless MAD Magazine paperback books that specifically highlighted Aragones' work. I also can't tell you how old it makes me feel that there are people who don't know who he is and what he contributed ("marginally" of course) to both MAD and the original Bloopers series.

. . . wow. I had never made that connection (Aragones and Bloopers) until reading this thread. Wow, I feel dumb.

Anyway...you know that publicity shot of Clark, Seacrest, and Hilary Duff that ABC released for NYRE? It is believed they did some Photoshopping to make it appear he's standing alongside the co-hosts.

BTW...Fox will have Regis Philbin (who, ironically enough, filled in for Clark last year) help usher in 2006, while CNN has Anderson Cooper (The Mole). I won't even bother bringing up the lame offerings on NBC and MTV, while CBS' coverage will consist of...well, LOCAL PROGRAMMING!!

Regis, Seacrest, or Coop..it's going to be quite a battle tonight.

Jonathan Allen

I think it's ironic that Seacrest, who "saved" the Fox Network is working tonight for ABC, while Regis, who "saved" ABC, will be working for the hip, with-it Fox Network.

It's a late gift from Santa! Someone who properly uses the word "ironic". Bless you, Jimmy.
CBS has no New Year's Eve bash?!? And to think that was the hot spot for decades to check out Guy & The Canadiens from the Waldorf. How far we've come. Or how far we've gone. Hilary Duff. Where are my pills?

WAAAAAHHH! We won't have Conan O'Brien doing the Central Time Zone countdown for two whole years!!

Oh wait...the Fox special always takes care of that where I live...never mind...

I remember hearing from someplace that the likeness of Clark is actually from two years ago. And pics of Duff alone in that pose have surfaced.

And now, here comes the last bad joke of 2005:Who's playing at the Statler? [rim shot]

Just to illustrate how bad that joke really was...you do know that Statler and Waldorf's names came from the hotels, right? :-P

Statler: That's a joke? I have tons more jokes.

Waldorf: There's not enough room in you for the jokes.

Statler: Sure there is......up my ass!

(Both heartily laugh.......but then they both like corny jokes like this one.)

Don't make fun of the Statler. Without that chain of exclusive (overpriced) hotels, Paris Hilton might be shopping at The Gap!

And speaking of hotels, new years' eves, and game show hosts...for bonus points, what was the name of the hotel from which Ben Grauer traditionally broadcast his 3 decades of annual Times Square rooftop reports for NBC? For the jackpot, what was the name of Times Square before the New York Times newspaper moved to the site and changed its name? And for all the marbles, why are you sitting home tonight trying to answer these questions??!!

Answers on New Year's Day... a great 2006 to all.


Randy
tvrandywest.com

"Brick" is more like it, and I'm not referring to the board award, either.

Can't answer the other questions, but Ben Grauer I think had his commentary position on the roof of the Astor Hotel. He did these spots on radio, by the way. On the monitorbeacon.com website now, there is a soundfile of the 1971 NBC Radio All-Star Parade of Bands broadcast from a KFI aircheck.....I'm sure you'll hear Ben doing his schtick there.

We have a winner! Grauer would do as much as a half-hour of continuous commentary that, even before there was live entertainment, made that Times Square mob scene seem like the original Woodstock. Amazingly energetic and memorable broadcasting that motivated me to make the trek when I was finally old enough. In reality, there were far more drunks, pick-pockets and people urinating in the street than Grauer ever mentioned!

A: Hotel Astor, Longacre Square


Randy
tvrandywest.com

ObGameShow: Grauer later hosted an early TV quizzer entitled Ben Grauer's Americana Quiz.

Chuck Doneganb (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

Dick Clark’s was the ratings leader at the stroke of midnight.

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve on ABC averaged 20.06 million viewers with a 7.1/25 among adults 18-49. That's a 25 share, the kind of numbers rarely seen since there were only 6 channels to watch on your rabbit-eared TV.

I can see the programmers at NBC discussing a plot line where Joey gets a stroke!!


Randy
tvrandywest.com

Good gravy, I hope not.
But I do wonder if someone is in the process of penning a Dick Clark TV-movie detailing his stroke and struggle back.

Too late, he's already dead (cancelled)

(shakes head in disappointment)

Now THAT is a disgusting line.

Oh good lord.

Oh, grow up.

How is that even a disgusting line?

More importantly, WHY DID YOU NEED TO SAY ANYTHING?

When someone makes an unfortunate faux pas with their words, it's generally in better taste to NOT point it out.

On top of that, it's only a faux pas if some idiot makes a big deal out of it. I didn't even THINK of that until MusicNimrod said something.

Same here.

Pretty tasteless thing to comment on.

Look whose talking, all I get are comments...even when I make "legitamate" statements.

Hell, I still didn't understand it. I had to ask Chris what he was babbling about.

Those quotes couldn't be more appropriate.

A well-deserved "WHOOSH".

Why does anyone deserve to be attacked after giving legitimate comments?

Clemon, don't you know you catch more flies with oil than with vinegar: Stop being so sour.

You have no idea what the hell you are talking about, so just stop before you look even sillier. If that's possible.

They don't. However, you have yet to issue one. Your latest was the suggestion that a very well-respected member of this community, and a man who KNOWS Dick Clark, has intentionally made what you perceive to be an inappropriate remark about him.

The word for that isn't "legitimate", it's "idiotic".

Now, please. Just stop.

Do you even know what the hell WHOOSH means?

They don't. Now the comments you make, on the other hand...

Musicman, don't you know you catch more hell with posting than with lurking: Stop being inane.

Considering that Randy followed up his line about "the stroke of midnight" with a joke about an episode in which Joey "gets a stroke," I think it's safe to assume that he knew what he was writing. I at first thought the "stroke of midnight" was an inappropriate piece of humor, but then I saw who wrote it and figured he wouldn't write it if he thought it was offensive to Dick Clark, especially since he followed it with another stroke joke.

Right. Because Randy West NEVER tells an inappropriate joke.

Just like I never tell an inappropriate joke.

If you people are so desperately searching for something to be offended by, I hear there's still a genocide going on in Africa.

Guys, going back to musicman for a second...

I was starting to think that musicman might be someone we might have banned a while back. A trip over to ezboard just now saw a post by one of said banned members, saying that he currently posts under two tags that he's had for over a year now, and brags that he won't be found out.

I'm convinced now that Chartier is musicman, and he might also be MillionaireMan. It's just a thought. You don't have to act on it.

BTW, I'll link the post here. If I'm wrong, so be it.

Without getting into a lot of detail (for obvious reasons), I can assure you that not only ISN'T John "musicman" but that he doesn't have any "tags" with us, anonymous or otherwise. If he's saying that he does, it's just a typical ploy to try and puff himself up and make us nervous. Which we're not.

Back to the old "sour" joke, I see. Please go play your tune someplace else.

Yes I know what "whoosh" means. (over my head, having no idea what someone is saying)

As for my "lack" of "legitimate" comments, most of my time is spent defending my previous posts.

Ooooohhhhh! NOW I get it!!

Sorry about the fuss.

Which you wouldn't be doing if your posts weren't so freakin' moronic in the first place.

That's your opinion.

And shared by many, from the looks of it.

If by "your," you mean "that of everybody on the board who isn't named 'Musicman,'" then yes, that would be an accurate statement.