midnight. and they threw it out a window on unsuspecting people on the street. more than a million revellers will be packing into times square to watch the ball drop money night and a billion more will be watching from home. the 2013 sign is already situated on top of one times square. seven feet tall. after four decades of deck clark helping america ring in the new year, 2013 will be the first celebration following his death. the special waterford crystal with his name engraved on it will be in the ball this year. we spoke with dick clark s wife who says she remembers watching the weather report this time of year since she knew they would be outside for so many hours. always looked forward to their new year s eve kiss. i started to separate the only way i can deal with this, is i think of the television dick clark, not my husband. then i can deal with it. if i have to think of that s my husband, he s not here, that s hard. depending who you ask, 13 is lucky to some. unlucky it oth
new year s eve after september 11th and in new york city and times square, it was scary place to be and i was the guy out in the crowd. it was mario lopez and i, we were there in times square with half a million of our favorite people, and deck clark was there, and i remember the first year after september 11th and i said to dick, before we started the show, are you scared and he said, scared of what? they haven t gotten us yet. they will not get us tonight. stuart: he was new year s eve for tens of millions of americans. guest: absolutely. and the proof was in who showed up on new year s eve in times square. there are, here is a secret. there are very few new yorkers in times square. they are people from all over the country. and all over the world. and they come, they did come to
even when you are 40 years old. your tv appeal is slipping and the next thing you know you are not hosting anymore. it can happen. even deck clark came out and said part of the keefe is knowing when it s time to leave. some folks are saying it is time for him to leave. other folks say it was handled outrageously even if that is the case. i think it s outrageous. it s terrible. but it s not surprising. because the tv executives like corporate executives. painting by numbers, they squeeze you until you no longer produce any money for them. then they to us out like a used condom. it s very common. i think that s the case here. they did it to mike douglas. they did it to johnny carson. 22 years on the air. he gave them 25% of their gross