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"Who Is Dick Clark" Is Happening On Twitter, Of Course

By  Jen Chung
Published Apr 17, 2012 11:00 PM
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After the "Who is Paul McCartney" and "The Titanic was real?!" Tweets, it's time to check in with today's Twitterverse-meets-history moment with Dick Clark's death. And, yes, there are those who don't know about Clark, but to be fair, some aren't American and Clark was an American pop culture figure. And the young aren't as familiar with him, because he's only really been on TV lately as the New Year's Rockin' Eve host—and in limited segments. It's the Baby Boomers and Generation X-ers who remember him on American Bandstand or Pyramid or TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes (kids, that was like Punk'd), because he hasn't been on TV as regularly. Anyway, we bring you the various modes of Who Is Dick Clark tweets:

WHO IS DICK CLARK

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But is someone living in Nigeria supposed to know who Dick Clark is?

Self-Aware "I don't know who Dick Clark is" Tweets

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Dick Clark know-it-alls

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Dick Clark at Coachella

People hate your Dick Clark hologram jokes

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