Who was that kid up there with Ryan Seacrest? And who was the dork with the blue lipstick?
and ripped dress who looked like a contestant for a Rocky Horror Movie contest.
It is ridiculous that Dick Clark is still on the air. Watching him “ring” in the New Year does nothing but depress all.
When 80 years old you reach, look as good, you will not!
I just got an idea: “Guy Lombardo and His Zombie Canadians”-maybe they will play next New Year’s Eve!
So don’t. Change the channel. Or, ya know, go out and DO something, what with it being NYE and all. Dick Clark has way more life left in him than the people who spend NYE watching Dick Clark and complaining about how old and feeble he is.
Was that the creature known as “ke$ha”? Incidentally, the lipstick looked green on my TV…I guess I need to adjust the color?
I thought Dick Clark looked worse, but sounded a little better. He is much more pleasant to listen to (and look at, for that matter) than Jenny McCarthy.
Actually we were watching the host Ryan Seacrest.
It was painful watching him 15 years ago - I just refuse now…
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**THIS **is your criteria? Talk about setting a low bar. Well, I guess I’ll have to agree with you that he got the numbers right this year (I think. I thought he choked around 5 or so, but I’ll take your word for it.)
But if this is your criteria, he failed it miserably last year, and should have been yanked immediately.
Oh, and it wasn’t perfectly fine. He struggles to speak, one of the unfortunate results of the stroke. So, he slurred much of what he was trying to say. I could understand the numbers, but not everything.
Ultimately, I guess it’s personal, and instead of complaining, I could just simply change the channel. However, I have a long-standing tradition of watching ABC and Dick Clark on NYE, so I feel like that’s the network I should watch. ABC and Dick Clark should respect my tradition and get off the network, dammit!
At least Guy Lombardo had the decency to die outright instead of trying to do a NYE show with tubes out of his nose. 
Why was is painful 15 years ago? He was out of touch?
Its heartening to me to hear these many comments. Yes.
That explains your pain then. Resisting the natural urge to change the channel when Ryan Seacrest comes on causes finger cramps.
Well, he fucked it up again. At the end of that clip, he started kissing his wife about 40 seconds before she made it to his lips. Hahaa! A long, romantic kiss too.
Ok, this is how I see it. He is known for his ability to look and sound great on cam and before an audience, and he really can’t nail that anymore. However, he was so fucking good at it for so damn long that he has built up a sentimental crown that trumps anyone’s ability to count down with clear and crisp precision.
What they should do is have someone else start, and pass it off to him at the final 10 seconds, which I’m sure he can handle. He really does seem to be mentally sharp still. No need to snatch the mic from him just yet.
It’s been painful for a few years. But it’s our civic duty to grin and bear it.
What? This has nothing to do with hiding those that have illnesses or are disabled. Television is an entertainment-for-profit medium. The question is whether or not Dick Clark is entertaining. I personally don’t think so; so I changed the channel and watched a different count down.
Hey, come on, Dick Clark had a good long run. He started on Bandstand in 1952 – practically before rock and roll even existed! (At least before any white people had heard that name for it.)
It was only a matter of time before Satan repossessed the portrait that was doing his aging for him.
These are just the handful of rocky post-stroke-pre-death years that we have to endure. Once he’s dead, stinned, stuffed, and reanimated by Jim Henson Studios it’ll be just like the good old days, even if he’ll occasionally flail his arms like a frightened Kermit.