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Series Name:   American Bandstand
(Bandstand [1952-1957])
Format:TV Series
IMDB:IMDB Page
Years:1952 - 1989
Country:  USA
Language:English
Genre:Music
Rating:9.0  Rate
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Community: 10 Have Seen, 2 Wishlist
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Selected CastBob Horn as Host (1952-1956)
 Dick Clark as Host (1956-1988)
 David Hirsch as Host (1989)


Notes

Initially aired locally in Philadelphia from 1952-1957 (during which time original host Bob Horn was fired after being arrested for DUI and Dick Clark began his long TV-hosting career). Clark hosted the series from 1956, though to its move to a national broadcaster in ABC in 1957, through its move to first-run syndication in 1987, and until 1988 when its syndication run ended. David Hirsch was appointed Clark's successor when the series began a brief run on the USA cable network in 1989.

Clark attempted to revive the series in the mid-2000s but these plans were preempted when he suffered a stroke. Instead, one aspect of the planned series was developed as So You Think You Can Dance, making that show technically a spin-off of American Bandstand.

On DVD & Blu-ray World

DVD

American Bandstand Collection 1957-1966 - Bootleg - Chile
DVD

American Bandstand The Good Old Years - Bootleg - Chile


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Comments and Reviews
 
BigBadBluesMan
4th Jul 2015
 
 

 
23skidoo
18th Jun 2015
 Wikipedia has a sobering statistic. Of the more than 3000 episodes broadcast, apparently less than 900 survive. Although the show was notorious for requiring lip-synching of most songs (Clark wanted things to sound as close to the original record as possible), there's still a lot of musical history to be had from exploring Bandstand. Amazingly, two legends AB never got to perform were Elvis and the Beatles (though Clark did phone interviews with both and did air some of the the early musical "short films" (pre-video) the Beatles put out in the late 60s.
 


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