{"id":1428,"date":"2012-01-01T12:43:50","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T17:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1428"},"modified":"2012-01-01T12:43:50","modified_gmt":"2012-01-01T17:43:50","slug":"keep-on-rockin-dick-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2012\/01\/keep-on-rockin-dick-clark.html","title":{"rendered":"Keep On Rockin’ Dick Clark!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ll admit it, I’ve changed my tune on Dick Clark’s\u00a0 Rockin’ New Year’s Eve party.<\/p>\n

Well, at least the program’s namesake, as co-host Ryan Seacrest and music acts like Lady GaGa are not my thing.<\/p>\n

I have been a little harsh on watching Dick Clark slur his way through some segments during the ABC broadcast in recent years.<\/p>\n

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Dick Clark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It has gotten painful to watch, or listen to, the American Bandstand legend but so what?<\/p>\n

I should find it inspiring that Clark has fought his way back from a stroke and looks better than ever. Perhaps a compromise should be a non-speaking role for Dick, just show him waving to the crowd and doing the countdown with a group of revelers.<\/p>\n

Watching him kiss his wife at the stroke of midnight is a nice touch, too … a bit of Americana we shouldn’t easily let slip away.<\/p>\n

Dick Clark isn’t, after all. I hope to see him again at the end of 2012 … and beyond.<\/p>\n

Check out Matt\u2019s features on Yanks stars of the present and past at:\u00a0http:\/\/yanksgoyard.com\/author\/mattster\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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