"American "culture" today isn't a whole lot better..."

So true. I avoid most  of it.

Apr 19, 2012 -- 3:14PM, mytmouse57 wrote:

New Year's Eve will never be the same.

Hasn't been the same since he had his stroke, was just kind of sad.

Apr 19, 2012 -- 12:25PM, Merope wrote:

Apr 18, 2012 -- 10:10PM, Do_unto_others wrote:

Confirm or deny: Was Clark the model for Corny Collins in John Waters' Hairspray?

Good question :-)  Not sure.  I'll have to do some checking.  It's been a long time since I saw Hairspray.

According to Wikipedia, The Corny Collins show was based on The Buddy Deane Show which was based on Bandstand. It was local in Philadelphia:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairspray_(1988_film)

The Buddy Deane Show:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Buddy_Deane_Sh...

So I would fathom that Corny Collins was based on Buddy Deane.

 Irene.