Talk:The Buddy Deane Show

Should there be any reference to the new DVD special in which old Buddy Deaners appear and are interviewed? --75.172.93.132 (talk) 10:08, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This phrase, "The racial integration of a take-off of the show, dubbed the The Corny Collins Show, provides the backdrop to the 1988 John Waters movie Hairspray starring Divine and Ricki Lake..." is quite difficult to understand in one reading. Is it dubbed The CCS because of the racial integration? Is the show even real? (Obviously we find out later on, but it should be made clearer.)

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The article on Buddy Deane contains errors.

The line 'Bandstand was blacked out on WJZ in Baltimore because they showed black dancers' is wrong. Both programs were aired LIVE at the same time each day. THAT'S why Bandstand was never shown.

Bandstand went national a month prior to the debut of Buddy's program. 'The Buddy Deane Show' was the brainchild of new channel 13 station manager Joel Chaseman. Joel and Buddy worked together as DJ's on WITH and Chaseman's savvy assessment of Deane's talent provided the impetus for the show, and not 'race'.

Blacks were given a day once a month and not every other Friday. It was called 'Guest Day' and Buddy brought in local black radio personalities to co-host the show with him.

Buddy's philosophy on race in 1963 Baltimore was that he was paid to deliver an audience and it was WJZ's decision as whether or not to integrate the show. He personally was respected and admired by black performers and personalities while he in turn appreciated and respected them, including Maurice 'Hot Rod' Hulbert...whom Buddy recruited out of Memphis for hiring at WITH.

No less a black icon than James Brown stated publically that Buddy Deane was the first white DJ to put him on TV.

Can someone clarify why the show was cancelled? Was it because the show refused to integrate, so the station cancelled it? Or the station refused to integrate and people and/or the government got involved? Or is it because the show integrated and people in Baltimore didn't like it? It's very unclear. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.63.254.245 (talk) 04:04, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

September 2014 Cleanup

This article is thinly-sourced, and instead contains what appear to be reminiscences of viewers. To make it encyclopedic, I am removing several large phrases that express deep personal POVs, like "In its day, the show was as central to the popular cultural fabric of Maryland as eating crabs, watching the Orioles, the Colts, and the Preakness, or crossing the Bay Bridge to go to Ocean City on Summer weekends." and "Deane played a more eclectice mix than Dick Clark" KevinCuddeback (talk) 15:38, 18 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]