Did You See That?

Dick Clark was recently reported to have been back on TV. You heard me right, the same guy your parents grew up listening to and watching on the first television sets is still around and kicking.


Before Makeup

Amazing.

Not only that, I was watching a small part of the new year's celebrations and I actually saw what appeared to be Dick Clark talking. I feel like one of those guys that has spotted Big Foot on the back porch or Elvis in the Mall. An article from Yahoo News has verified that I am not hallucinating, though, so I do feel a bit better, even if I am a bit creeped out. The same guy that was doing the "Top 40 Village Chants" for Pharoah Amenhotep was right there for all to see in 2006.

Evidently he had had a stroke last year. According to my sources (ALWAYS the BEST) he had just not had enough "Blood of the Living"(tm) and the sunlight had partially destroyed him. At his age, you just cannot get enough of the "Blood of the Living"(tm) to feel just right when going out on the town between sun-up and sun-down.


After Makeup

He is still popular, though. The un-dead seem to be popular at any time. I should know, as I have watched enough movies, and they are all over hollywood. You just have to know a few things to hang around them, like wear garlic, carry a gun with a silver bullet and always wear a football helmet so they can't eat your brains. Even after they crated Dick from his coffin to affix him to the studio desk, he still sounded and looked a tad bit rough. According to the article:

"Clark, sitting behind a desk with the street scene in the background, sounded hoarse and occasionally was hard to understand, but he said, 'I wouldn't have missed this for the world.'...He remained seated during 'New Year's Rockin' Eve,' his right hand resting on the desk and his left arm by his side. Clark counted down the seconds until the ball dropped. He stayed at his desk past 1 a.m. as the crowds thinned out."

The stage techs had forgotten to remove the nails that were holding him to the chair and attached to the desk.

Still, kudos to the guy that can continue to perform well after his body has stopped doing so, and even more kudos to the makeup guys that can make him look like his heart is beating.