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<blockquote data-quote="texan" data-source="post: 1003645" data-attributes="member: 38206">On this day, 05 August 1957, It all began when a radio disc jockey working for WFIL Radio was pressed into hosting duties for a local, after-school dance show on WFIL-TV 6 in Philadelphia. Originally hosted by Bob Horn, the show was American Bandstand; the young, handsome DJ/host from Utica, New York was Dick Clark.And on this day in 1957, Dick Clark’s American Bandstand caught the attention of network executives&nbsp;at ABC-TV in New York, who decided to put the show on its afternoon schedule. However, the one thing they couldn’t do was disrupt an airing of the hugely popular Mickey Mouse Club at 5 p.m. What to do? Halfway through the American Bandstand show, Clark would tell listeners to come&nbsp;back for more of the show ... but “right now ... here comes the Mouse!” At that time, the network would cut away from Philadelphia and show Walt Disney’s Mouseketeers. Following the show ... American Bandstand would return for another 30 minutes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="texan, post: 1003645, member: 38206"] [B]On this day, 05 August 1957, It all began when a radio disc jockey working for WFIL Radio was pressed into hosting duties for a local, after-school dance show on WFIL-TV 6 in Philadelphia. Originally hosted by Bob Horn, the show was [I]American Bandstand[/I]; the young, handsome DJ/host from Utica, New York was Dick Clark. And on this day in 1957, [COLOR=#0000CD]Dick Clark’s [I]American Bandstand[/I] [/COLOR]caught the attention of network executives at ABC-TV in New York, who decided to put the show on its afternoon schedule. However, the one thing they couldn’t do was disrupt an airing of the hugely popular [I]Mickey Mouse Club [/I] at 5 p.m. What to do? Halfway through the [I]American Bandstand[/I] show, Clark would tell listeners to come back for more of the show ... but “right now ... here comes the Mouse!” At that time, the network would cut away from Philadelphia and show Walt Disney’s Mouseketeers. Following the show ... [I]American Bandstand[/I] would return for another 30 minutes.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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