OT TOM SHALES ON Dick Clark's Return For New Year 2006

Live From New York, And on the Mend

By Tom Shales

Washington Post, Monday, January 2, 2006; Page C01

Viewers who tuned in ABC's coverage of the annual New Year's Eve
ceremony from Times Square on Saturday may well have been hoping the
famous giant ball was the only thing that would drop before the night
was over.

Dick Clark, longtime host and co-producer of the event, looked
seriously debilitated ...

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Learning Richard wrote:[color=blue]
> Live From New York, And on the Mend
>
> By Tom Shales
>
> Washington Post, Monday, January 2, 2006; Page C01
>
> Viewers who tuned in ABC's coverage of the annual New Year's Eve
> ceremony from Times Square on Saturday may well have been hoping the
> famous giant ball was the only thing that would drop before the night
> was over.
>
> Dick Clark, longtime host and co-producer of the event, looked
> seriously debilitated ...
>
> [url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/02/AR2006010200297.html?sub=AR[/url][/color]

Close call but I'd take a seriously debilitated Clark over a pimped-out
Philbin anyday.