KIDS/SNEAK PEEK : KIDS TELL CLARK DARNDEST THINGS.How does Dick Clark
Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark (born November 30, 1929) is an Emmy Award-winning American television, radio personality, game show host and businessman, he served as stay so youthful? Maybe it's a magic trick ... Or maybe it's that Clark rejuvenates himself by hanging out with the young, sort of an osmosis osmosis (ŏzmō`sĭs), transfer of a liquid solvent through a semipermeable membrane that does not allow dissolved solids (solutes) to pass. Osmosis refers only to transfer of solvent; transfer of solute is called dialysis. thing. After all, Clark has made a career of giving a microphone to teens (remember ``American Bandstand's'' parade of kids rating records? ``It's got a good beat ...''). And let's not Let's Not is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in Boston University Graduate Journal in December 1954. It was written for no payment as a favour to the journal, and later appeared in the collection Buy Jupiter. forget that he annually hosts the Miss Teen USA Miss Teen USA is a beauty pageant run by the Miss Universe Organization for girls aged 15-19. The reigning titleholder is Hilary Cruz of Colorado. The pageant was first held in 1983 and has been broadcast live on a succession of channels, most recently on NBC from 2003-2007. pageant. His new family-friendly video ``KidStuff! With Dick Clark'' (MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. Home Entertainment; $14.98) finds Clark once more posing questions to youngsters, although a younger crowd than the hipsters who frolicked on ``Bandstand.'' In ``KidStuff,'' Clark interviews students at Northridge's Casa Montessori Casa Montessori is a Montessori school in Marietta, Georgia. It goes from preschool to sixth grade. There are no school buses to get to school. The teachers at the school are all certified. school about an array of topics, from romance to their parents to their favorite jokes. The result is an update of the kind of kid interviews Art Linkletter Art Linkletter (born Gordon Arthur Kelly on July 17 1912 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada), was the host of two of the longest-running shows in United States broadcast history: House Party, which ran on CBS radio and television for 25 years, and pioneered in the 1950s and '60s. Funny. Silly. Sweet. ``Kids today are bright, quick and ready to catch anything we throw at them,'' says Clark. The video is produced by Clark's Burbank-based dick clark productions and MVP Home Entertainment, based in Canoga Park. For more information, call (800) 637-3555. New place to discover On Nov. 22, the Petersen Automotive Museum The Petersen Automotive Museum is located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. One of the world's largest automotive museums, the Petersen Automotive Museum is a non-profit organization specializing in the education and history of opens its new May Family Discovery Center, a 6,500-square-foot interactive exhibit that teaches kids the basic scientific principles behind the car. Funded by a $1 million grant from the May Family Foundation, the center includes an automobile simulator (the kind used in driver's training classes), a giant combustion engine (big enough for kids to become ``human sparkplugs'') and a ``gravitram,'' a maze involving billiard bil·liard adj. Of, relating to, or used in billiards. n. See carom. Adj. 1. billiard - of or relating to billiards; "a billiard ball"; "a billiard cue"; "a billiard table" balls. Admission to the Discovery Center is included with the cost of entrance to the automotive museum. Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and students with an ID, $3 for kids 5 to 12. Children under 5 are free. For more information, call (213) 930-2277. The Petersen Automotive Museum is at 6060 Wilshire Blvd., along Museum Row in Los Angeles. Moose and squirrel opera L.A. Opera will perform ``Les Moose: The Operatic Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle,'' a world premiere children's opera based on the popular Jay Ward cartoon characters, beginning Monday at 15 area elementary school campuses. ``Les Moose'' is the work of composer Alan Chapman, an Occidental College music professor and KUSC-FM radio host. It will be performed jointly by professional singers and children as part of L.A. Opera's In School Opera Program. At each campus, L.A. Opera artists and staff work with students to bring the production to life. The kids create costumes, assist with scenery design and perform as a chorus. By the end of the run on Nov. 24, more than 11,250 children will have seen the show - and many will have participated in it. A comedy, the opera tells the story of Rocky and Bullwinkle's attempts to keep the secret of mooseberry juice from dastardly das·tard·ly adj. Cowardly and malicious; base. das  tard·li·ness n. spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale. In the Valley, ``Les Moose'' will be performed at Riverside Drive Elementary School in Sherman Oaks on Nov. 14 and Vanalden Elementary School in Reseda on Nov. 20. Call (213) 972-7219 for more information. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: ``American Bandstand's'' Dick Clark chats with the children at Casa Montessori School in Northridge for his new ``KidStuff!'' video. |
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