Quote Originally Posted by ElvisMerckx View Post
As a kid I always thought Bandstand felt dated and stale. I definitely preferred Soul Train.
I was going to say the same thing. I always thought he was stuck in the early '60s, and American Bandstand had the atmosphere of a dance party supervised by a high school principal. Never understood how the New Year's Eve thing made any sense. After the last time I saw him, seeing his obituary I was shocked at how much younger he was than I had thought