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i love american bandstand in philly
the abs regulars are the only show
not on cable or video.

thanks

Hi!

I`m Austrian and desperatly looking for the show #2687 (Season 29) including FALCO/Ingram on the weekend of 6/14/1986. FALCO, the guy with the #1 smash "ROCK ME AMADEUS".

Who is still having this special show on DVD for me? I don`t have any other shows to trade, but I would like pay for it of course. Maybe there is still existing other TV-stuff about him. I`m looking for US-articles in (daily/weekly) newspapers too (March till July 1986). Feel free to contact me!

email: ZuvielHitze@gmx.at

VIENNA CALLING and thanx for all serious posts...Harry

When a classic show like American Bandstand can showcase talent like Donna Summer, Greg Kihn Band and A Taste Of Honey when they were just starting their careers, this show never jumps. Too bad the same couldn't be said of Hee Haw when Garth Brooks made an appearance during that show's closing years. I wish shows like Bandstand and Star Search could be brought back instead of the dreck such as American Idol that's now polluting the airwaves.

What ever happend to Linda Blyth & Johnney Contrares? We use to be friends back in the day, 1975-77.

Please let me know...

It jumped when Public Image Ltd. performed. Just who greenlit that (it is basically the greatest televised music performance in history, but PiL do not belong on AB). The shear horror on Dick Clark's face when he discovered that "Poptones" is 7 1/2 minutes of noise is beyond description.

hey what was the changes of the AB theme music?...

hey does anybody have the intros, outros and segments from the 80's American Bandstand? i really miss that show a lot... if so, can you post some on youtube please?

Bandstant jumped in the fall of '87 when it left ABC.....

Bandstand, Jumped the shark, when some of the bandstand dance regulars began to leave the show because they aged out. I missed Lynda Blyth, Johnney Contrares, Debb-E- Chaffin, Louie Navoa, Peaches Johnson, Damito Jo Freeman, Joanne Orgel, Sabrina, Kim Schrier etc.

I am looking for a video that contains an AMERICAN BANDSTAND episode featuring music guest, Oingo Boingo. Do you have this clip on dvd? Please email me a response on johnnys49@verizon.net thanks!

Johnny

WHAT I HAVE TO ADDRESS HERE IS AND I KNOW THIS THE AMERICAN BANDSTAND PART OF IT BUT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SHOW BUT THE GUY THE CATALYST BEHIND THE GREAT SHOW AND I HAVE ALWAYS RESPECTED HIM DICK CLARK TO THIS DAY WHAT A SPORT WHAT A TROOPER TO STILL INSTILL WHAT HE DID IN THE 40s THE 50s
THE 60s THE 70s THE 80s THE 90s TO TODAY DESPITE HIS INFLICTION WHATEVER IT IS BROADCAST HIS ASS OFF PARDON ME DO THE DARN BEST THAT HE CAN DO NEW YEARS ROCKIN EVE SAD TO WATCH BUT SOMEONE IN THAT LIGHT WHAT A HELL OF A JOB TO DO BUT HEY HE DID IT AND YOU KNOW I'M A GUY BUT AT 78 YEARS OLD HE DOESN'T LOOK TOO DARN BAD DICK IF YOU READ THIS OR KNOW OF THIS YOU YOU YOU THE MAN STILL THE MAN NICE TO SEE YOU DICK CLARK ON YOUTUBE GOD BLESS YOU JUST SIMPLY GREAT I WILL ALWAYS MISS AMERICAN BANDSTAND THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE AS WELL AS BEING A VERY BIG AND HUGE DICK CLARK FAN AND THANK YOU JUMP THE SHARK FOR GIVING ME ALWAYS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WHAT I WOULD ALWAYS LIKE AND LOVE TO SAY ABOUT WHAT ED MURROW ONCE CALLED THE 5000 TON PENCIL TELEVISION AND ALL OF ITS GLORY OR MAYBE SOMETIMES NOT SO MUCH THANK YOU

What amazes me about American Bandstand is that it's still a legendary show even though it's been dead since 1989. When someone mentions Bandstand memories appear out of nowhere. more people remember Bandstand then Soul Train, Dance Party USA and all those rip-offs. I wonder if Dick had an idea in his head when he took over Bandstand in 1956 if the show would survive.Once it hooked up with ABC the legend was about to begin.
37 years kids danced to American Bandstand's beat. then in 1989 it all came to an end. The show lost the man who made it a legendary show. Dick Clark stepped down as host. His replacement was a comedian named David Hirsch. Dick is a TOUGH act to follow and Bandstand vanished from TV on October 7th 1989.

Does anyone remember when David Hirsch hosted Bandstand in it's final season in 1989 on the USA Network?

I loved the American Bandstand set of the late '70s, especially 1978, 1979, 1980 with the glass balcony and the red and blue lights blinking rapidly during high energy numbers. They replaced it in 1984 with the ridiculous orange and blue set.

ah c'mon darwood the man is going to be 80 in two years too much seven up and dr.pepper plus I don't know what else gave him type 2 diabetes top that with a very crippling stroke yeah sure easy for you to say that the man is a mess but he still is the master of his domain with his production company unless he gives the tv gauntlet to ryan seacrest he will still help rock in 2008 I know you have your say man but dang please back off 500 feet okay just thank your lucky stars hopefully you are not a mess like you freely say he is what is the matter with you huh?