Chat/Comment thread

Dick Clark. 42.Com'on man, do I have to answer everything?

Have to disagree. I grew up with American Bandstand ("I give it an 87, Dick, good beat, easy to dance to"), and while he may have hosted some puttings, Dick Clark personally never, ever, put the ram in the rama lama ding dong.

So did I, but I only give it a 72, Dick, cuz the beat was too slow. Of course he did. The bomp in the bomp bah bomp bah bomp, the ram in the rama lama ding dong and the dip in the dip da dip da dip, would not have entered into the collective consciousness of two generations without him. The bomp, ram and dip would have just sat there all lost and lonely until Dick took them to the autograph table.

I used to have a ram and a dip - they're slower than they used to be - but I'm still not clear on whom Dick Clark was or what American Bandstand was.

Doesn't matter. A bunch of colored people and white colored-people-music lovers put the ram and the dip back into the American ding dong.Dick was the suit who figured out one way to make TV money on it.Also: Slow is good.

American Bandstand was a TV program that ran in the 50's through the 80's. It was a Rock & Roll program hosted by Clark with lots of kids dancing to Top 40 tunes and some live performances. It was a cultural icon for four generations of teens.Dick Clark was the host for (almost) the entire run. Thing is Dick never aged. He never lost his boyish face, never grew old, and was immortal until 2012 when he up and died at age 26.Edited by AZPaul3, : No reason given.

quote:

---

Pfizer and Allergan merge in $160B tax inversion deal
USA TODAY - ‎59 minutes ago‎

​

U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer (PFE) and Irish rival Allergan(AGN) Monday announced a record-breaking $160-billion merger, the largest in health-care industry history and the biggest yet involving a controversial tax-saving strategy.

---

Another U.S. corporation dodges U.S. taxes.I understand that they used their corporate religious rights to pray on the issue of fiscal damage to their own.Now the Irish will get a cut every time someone takes one of those little blue pills. Wasn't the canned Guinness hurtful enough?Edited by Omnivorous, : No reason given.