The old line about Dick Clark got trotted out again after hisdeath was announced. I had my own variation on it: the teflon teenager. Clark was up to his neck in the payola scandal in the Fifties but skated whileAlan Freedtook the fall. Freed died a wrecked man at the age of 43 whereas Clark died a rich mogul at the age of 82: better to skate than be a scapegoat. Hmm, sounds like a hit to me but I somehow doubt one could dance to it…
Here’s a cringeworthy exchange between Clark and Talking Heads:
