There's controversy brewing that the late Dick Clark somehow operated with an anti-gay agenda when he hosted American Bandstand. I've been critical of my former boss in the past, but only because his company promised me money for work I performed but failed to pay me once the work was completed (twice). He was as tight with money as they come. However, his offices were as gay-friendly as I've ever worked. The shows of his I worked on all had openly gay men and women in the crew as well as performing on stage.
Of course Bandstand couldn't openly have homosexual dancers in the 1950s and 1960s... no show on TV at that time could. You might as well say the Dick Van Dyke show rooted out gays. But instead of framing this story about two Bandstand dancers speaking openly about what it was like to work in that repressive era in broadcasting, people in media want to target a dead man. I have no reverance for the dead, but if you are going to target Dick Clark, do so because he died owing me $3,000 and not because of a trumped up story about him leading "anti-gay witch hunts." -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
