Midnight Mike
2009-12-05, 12:38 PM
The guy is an icon, but, I feel bad seeing the guy on the screen....
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When It's Time to Pass the Baton
Ten, nine, eight, seven ...
This New Year's Eve, Dick Clark will again be on TV, counting down the seconds to midnight. But in his slurred speech, the result of a 2004 stroke, some of us can't help but hear the countdowns in our own lives—to the end of our careers, to the difficulties of old age, to the decisions we must make about closing chapters that defined us.
Dick Clark has been hosting TV shows for more than 50 years, and some people wonder if it's time for him to retire.
Mr. Clark turned 80 this past Monday, and a lot of people consider him a hero for remaining on the job. They see him as a role model for resiliency, and a vital steward of New Year's Eve, a holiday designed to look back as well as forward. They ask: Why surrender Dec. 31 to the young?
Others argue that Mr. Clark has become an inappropriate symbol for what should be a happy celebration, because he reminds viewers of sadder things: the ravages of illness and the hazards of aging. He had his time, they say. He ought to let go of the baton and allow a younger generation to run with it alone.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... eerjournal (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703300504574568522666907890.html?m od=WSJ_hpp_sections_careerjournal)
When It's Time to Pass the Baton
Ten, nine, eight, seven ...
This New Year's Eve, Dick Clark will again be on TV, counting down the seconds to midnight. But in his slurred speech, the result of a 2004 stroke, some of us can't help but hear the countdowns in our own lives—to the end of our careers, to the difficulties of old age, to the decisions we must make about closing chapters that defined us.
Dick Clark has been hosting TV shows for more than 50 years, and some people wonder if it's time for him to retire.
Mr. Clark turned 80 this past Monday, and a lot of people consider him a hero for remaining on the job. They see him as a role model for resiliency, and a vital steward of New Year's Eve, a holiday designed to look back as well as forward. They ask: Why surrender Dec. 31 to the young?
Others argue that Mr. Clark has become an inappropriate symbol for what should be a happy celebration, because he reminds viewers of sadder things: the ravages of illness and the hazards of aging. He had his time, they say. He ought to let go of the baton and allow a younger generation to run with it alone.