SOUND BITES - FUNNY CLIPS of Dick Clark on "Larry King Live" - Click "MP3" to download sound clips. If you need help listening to audio, click here.


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QUICK MOMENTS & LINES OF DICK CLARK
Occassionally, Dick will make a weird sound that could never be duplicated. That noise could be a grunt, half of a word, a lost thought... Also, Dick will drop a line once in while that just says it all - it's an instant sound bite! Here they are:

MP3 - "I...am....now..." (0:02)
MP3 - "Woooo." (0:01)
MP3 - "I got another statistic... (0:02)
MP3 - "And they didn't like kids!" (0:02)
MP3 - "...I don't talk about my health. It doesn't affect me at all." (0:07)
MP3 - "Only thing that is affected is my mind." (0:12)

LET ME TAKE CREDIT FOR A FEW THINGS
Let Dick Clark take a moment to take credit for a few things.

MP3 - Dick predicted the issue of downloading music on the Internet. -- Of course he did. (0:38)
MP3 - "American Bandstand" was the original reality show...according to Dick. (0:13)
MP3 - "I was an Entrepreneur...I was way ahead of my time." (0:45)

PORTIONS OF THE INTERVIEW
Various clips from the interview with Dick Clark.

MP3 - "Has this any impact on your life?" (0:07)

COMMENT: Dick doesn't have much to say here. Let's talk business!

MP3 - "Oh! Amerian Dreams? Well, I have an ownership position in that." - Original idea?? (1:02)

COMMENT: Listen to this story closely. It's rather vague in parts and a little suspicious. Why he even brings up the first woman is strange especially if she never ended up being involved in the project. Interpret it as you wish. -- He presented another version of the story on "Living It Up with Ali & Jack".

MP3 - Same question and response as heard on "Living It Up with Ali & Jack" (CBS)

MP3 - "What was your biggest bomb?" (0:14)

COMMENT: This response is funny once you hear it again during his appearance on "Living It Up with Ali & Jack" a couple of weeks later. He does of good job on "Larry King Live" when he pretends to take a moment to think of something that he failed at?

MP3 - Same question and response as heard on "Living It Up with Ali & Jack" (CBS)

MP3 - The Dick Clark Business Plan (0:24)

COMMENT: Want to know how to make a lot of money like Dick Clark? Then listen to this sound bite.

MP3 - "What do you make of the Clear Channels?" (0:22)

COMMENT: What a surprise! Dick Clark is in bed with Clear Channel Communications. Good for him. More money, baby!

MP3 - "So we got a few of them." (0:09)

COMMENT: There's something wrong here when he refers to "them". Anyone want to pull the Race Card here?

MP3 - Dick's Latest Venture: Krispy Kreme (0:50)

COMMENT: Listen to Dick grinning and laughing at his latest venture into overseas franchises of Krispy Kreme Donuts. I swear, it sounds like he's laughing at us thinking about the millions of dollars that's pouring into his pocket. This was before the company was public about their financial problems.

MP3 - New Year's Rockin Eve on ABC - Why do it? (0:35)
MP3 - New Year's Rockin Eve on ABC - Why don't you stop? (0:10)

COMMENT: DIck pretends to tell us the real reason he's done "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" for 32 years.

MP3 - "How do you stay so youthful?...Being paid to talk." (0:18)

MP3 - "Being paid to talk" (0:02)

COMMENT: Who's paying him to talk like that? They're not getting their money's worth.

MP3 - "What is a Producer?" (0:13)

COMMENT: A good sound bite to have for some.

I AM BEING PAID TO DO THIS
Dick Clark has had Diabetes for over ten years and never announced it to the public...until somebody offered him money.

MP3 - "I am getting paid for this..." FULL (0:13)
MP3 - "...that's not the important thing." LINE (0:03)