Dick Clark
Dick Clark
Richard Augustus Wagstaff "Dick" Clark Jr.was an American radio and television personality, as well as a cultural icon who remains best known for hosting American Bandstand from 1957 to 1987. He also hosted the game show Pyramid and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, which transmitted Times Square's New Year's Eve celebrations. Clark was also well known for his trademark sign-off, "For now, Dick Clark — so long!", accompanied with a military salute...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth30 November 1929
CityMount Vernon, NY
CountryUnited States of America
The faultless formulas of television-the ones that last-are simple.
Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?
Age ain't got nothing to do with how old you are.
Jet lag is for amateurs.
It's rare when an artist's talent can touch an entire generation of people. It's even rarer when that same influence affects several generations. Elvis made an imprint on the world of pop music unequaled by any other single performer.
I don't make culture. I sell it.
The music of your youth stays with you throughout your life.
Success is finding something you love to do, getting paid to do it and finding someone to share it with.
The problem is when you try to impose today's standards on people living back then. It's the politically correct thing to do, but it was a different era, a different country then.
I don't set trends. I just find out what they are and exploit them.
If you fall down, get up and walk again. If you can't walk, crawl. If that idea fails, have another one It doesn't happen by accident. It takes a lot of hard work.
If you want to stay young-looking, pick your parents very carefully.
When I looked at him, I would say to myself, 'I've stolen from him,' as everybody has who's a talker on television.
Last year I had a stroke. It left me in bad shape. I had to teach myself how to walk and talk all over again. It was a long hard fight. My speech is not perfect but I'm getting there.