Dan Snyder buys Dick Clark

Everything he touches turns to gold, right?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/19/AR2007061900535.html?hpid=topnews

Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder, whose investments in a theme park and a hamburger chain already had a 1950s flavor, today completed a nostalgic trifecta with the purchase of the American Bandstand franchise made famous by aging entertainer Dick Clark.

Snyder, whose RedZone Capital private equity firm has assembled an expanding set of entertainment-oriented investments, announced this morning that it had purchased Dick Clark Productions, Inc. for $175 million.

Along with Bandstand, Snyder gets a host of other endeavors controlled by Clark -- including the perennial New Year's Rockin' Eve broadcast from Times Square, the Golden Globes awards show, the American Music Awards, and the Academy of Country Music Awards.

 

As long as he doesn't try to host any of 'em ...

 

Will Dick Clark have to call him Mister?

 

This is actually pretty sad news for us older guys who grew up with Dick Clark. He's almost 78 years old, has never fully recovered from the stroke he suffered a few years ago and this pretty much signals the end of his career.
My older brother started watching the original Philadelphia-based American Bandstand every afternoon at 4 o'clock when I was about 5 years old. More than 50 years later, I fear we have seen the last of Dick Clark on televison .. as painful as his recent New Year's Eve appearance was to watch ... and that's a sad thing.

 

Nooooooooooooooo! Fuck. The spoiled brat just acquired one of America's greatest treasures: American Bandstand.

This is horrible news.

 

Just more things to tune out... I've already sworn off Johnny Rockets -- tho I'm sure he misses my business

 

Snyder owns Johnny Rockets?

Damn, no more milkshakes for me.

 

I assume he plans to iject some youth into his coaching staff and name Dick Clark Offensive Coordinator.

 

Who'll be the free agents he signs to help him run the companies and flame out inside of a year?

 

Better than naming Ryan Seacrest quality control specialist.

And it looks like no more Rockin' Eves for me. I can't watch a little Danny Snyder production, I just can't. Oh no, looks like Carson Daly for me.

 

It's Joe Theismann's Rocking New Years Eve!

 

And don't forget he's got Mark Shapiro working for him too, the man that gave us all those crappy ESPN Original shows.