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   simpsonfan2 said, 5 months ago

   @Gweedo Murray

   And the Royal Canadians.
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   Jo Clear said, 5 months ago

   @Gweedo Murray

   That is what I was going to say…Pluggers would have watched Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians…When I was a kid that is what we watched when we got a TV…then we went out with my Dad and banged on pie tins and honked the car horn…
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   katohbg said, 5 months ago

   At 50, I consider myself a young plugger. I remember watching Guy Lombardo and Dick Clark. Now with them both gone my youth has truly disappeared.
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   battle of plattsburgh said, 5 months ago

   The NEW years were better in Guy Lombardo’s days.
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   LarryW2LJ said, 5 months ago

   @katohbg

   Agreed! At 55, I remember watching Guy Lomabardo and the Royal Canadians with my parents and having Dick Clark on the other TV (our old B&W which went into the kids’ room when we got a bigger set). Dick Clark on WABC and Guty Lomabardo on WCBS. Johnny Carson on WNBC.
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   rw1h said, 5 months ago

   I’m glad to see the comments that appear here! I thought when I read today’s caption that I must be a plugger emeritus. I quit watching new years tv specials way before Dick Clark took over the tradition………….
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   hippogriff said, 5 months ago

   Remember Clarkola? To get your tune played on American Bandstand, you had to give 30% of all royalties to Dick Clark.
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   Colonel Claus said, 5 months ago

   And now we get to look forward to spending New Year’s with Ryan Seacrest…
   I think I’ll turn in early.
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   pschearer said, 5 months ago

   I’m staying up to watch Kathy Griffith on CNN. (I remember when Dick Clark took over the local Philly show “Bandstand” when the previous host was arrested for messing around with the teenage girls.)
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    UncaJim said, 5 months ago

    There was a time when we had to stay around for another three hours to entertain the drunks before packing up our instruments and try to get home without being killed by a drunk coming from the OTHER side of town..
    Musicians, stay aware, it’s Amateur Night out there !
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    danketaz said, 5 months ago

    Guy Lombardo went and took New Year’s with him.
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 5 months ago

    That is presumptuous that no one else can do it as well as the Late Great Dick Clark.
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    hsawlrae said, 5 months ago

    I still prefer Guy Lumbago and the Ruptured Canadians,…uh— uh—oh, er uh, what I really meant was…
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    The Life I Draw Upon said, 5 months ago

    @Pete Rogan

    I hear you.
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    comicsssfan said, 5 months ago

    Midnight is too late if you want to feel decent the next day.
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