OFFBEAT: Dick Clark honored with 2-hour NYE tribute tonight

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OFFBEAT: Dick Clark honored with 2-hour NYE tribute tonight

Dick Clark, who died in April 2012, began hosting ABC's annual New Year's Eve TV specials in 1977.

OFFBEAT: Actor Robert Mitchum's egg nog recipe? Yep, it's available...

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Still revolutionary: Paul Revere and the Raiders to play Blue Chip Casino

Singer Paul Revere still remembers how he, along with his namesake band Paul Revere and the Raiders, managed to get a guest spot on the popular 1960s campy series "Batman."

OFFBEAT: Jackson Cirque du Soleil show heart-pounding

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OFFBEAT: Chicago polka legend Eddie Blazonczyk Sr., 70, gone too soon, but music remains

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Dick Clark's Malibu 'Flintstone' home

Dick Clark's Malibu 'Flintstone' home has a cave-like interior.

Dick Clark's 'Flintstone' Malibu home

Dick Clark's 'Flintstone' Malibu home features a rock exterior.

OFFBEAT: Dick Clark's 'Flintstones' house in Malibu on the market

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The Cast of "The Other Half" NBC Talk Show in 2001

Mario Lopez (left to right) is shown in a 2001 promotional photo with Dick Clark, Danny Bonaduce and Dr. Jan Adams for their daytime talk show series "The Other Half."

LOCAL SCENE: The day Dick Clark changed my life

Baby boomers have lost a little bit more of their collective youth with the death of "America's oldest teenager" Dick Clark, who suffered a massive heart attack on Wednesday.

Clark celebrates 40 years rocking New Year's Eve

Forty years ago, Dick Clark's New Year's Eve special was created to give young people an alternative to a seasonal institution, bandleader Guy Lombardo.

Old VHS Tapes Yield Rare TV Moments

George Jen, of Valparaiso, recently discovered his father's stored VHS tape collection from the 1970s and 1980s, include some rare local broadcast finds, such as this preserved tape from Christmas 1978 which includes Dick Clark's annually broadcasted New Year's Eve TV special.

Channeling local holiday TV memories: Valpo man helps website capture fun small screen moments

George Jen says his father, George Sr., was really excited about the early Christmas gift he bought the family in 1977.

OFFBEAT: 'Memphis' rates as best new musical in 2011 for Broadway in Chicago

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OFFBEAT: Elizabeth Taylor a movie star icon remembered for her many lives and accomplishments

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OFFBEAT: Legendary Chicago-based polka band comes to end

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DeMotte doll doctor restores voices to pull-string chatterboxes

Scratch a female boomer, find a girl loyal to her favorite doll, her childhood playmate and confidante. And DeMotte doll collector-restorer Terri Crane is happy to coordinate reunions between buyers and long-lost dolls.