Clay Cole Has Died

Metro New Yorkers will remember Clay from television from 1959-1968. He hosted dance parties on WNTA-13 and WPIX-11 and remotes at Palisades Amusement Park.%0D\ %0D\ He died suddenly this morning at his Oak Island, NC home. He was 72.

• Wasn''t Corny Collins in Hairspray modeled after him, or I am thinking of someone else?

• Corny Collins was modeled after Baltimore''s Buddy Dean.\ \ I remember seeing Clay Cole''s picture in 16 Magazine way back when.

• I vaguely remember him.\ \ I also remember Sandy Becker and Bob McAllister (both hosted "Wonderama") and Paul Tripp ("Birthday House").

  Native NYer

• I remember him from my childhood and he was a nice and harmless presence, sort of like a Jewish Dick Clark type, but he was so bland I can''t think of another thing to say.

• Clay''s site.

  http://claycoleshow.com/

• Gay I believe. No details about a private life. I thought he was jewish too but he wasn''t

• I remember him; I really liked him. He seemed own to earth and friendly, down-to-earth, not patronizing or laughing at his audience, like Dick Clark. I hope he had a good life.%0D\ %0D\ I remember children''s host Claude Kirshner. Paul Tripp creeped me out as a child; he seemed to be an angry, twisted man. I read recently that he''d lied about his academic background.

• Clay Cole and Brian Kelly, the father on "Flipper," had a similar look.

• Palisades Amusement Park%0D\ %0D\ Swings all day and after dark.%0D\ %0D\ Ride the coaster%0D\ %0D\ Get cool %0D\ %0D\ By the waves %0D\ %0D\ in the pool%0D\ %0D\ You''ll have fun ...so%0D\ %0D\ Come on over!

• He died suddenly? He was 72 ferchrissakes!

• Loved his B&W show on channeh 11!

• There was a blond guy named Lloyd who had a show in the NY area as well. Can''t remember his last name.

• "I also remember Sandy Becker and Bob McAllister (both hosted "Wonderama") and Paul Tripp ("Birthday House")."%0D\ %0D\ OY, Paul Tripp and Bob McAllister, couldnt stand them. You negected to mention SONNY FOX -- the fox who once hosted Wonderama and Lets Have Fun. I don''t think Sandy Becker every hosted Wonderama.%0D\ %0D\ Chuck McCann on CH 11, Officer Joe with the 3 Stooges...Captain (something) McCarthy on CH 11 (used to see him on the commuter train in the 70s).

  Big Native New Yorker

• R12 - Lloyd THAXTON

• Clay becomes dust.

• There was no one like clay cole. If you didn''t know him personally\ Keep quiet. I did know him, and there was no one nicer or kinder.\ He was my friend, who did a lot for rock and roll..and those of us who\ Were in the business.

  Denise

• I enjoyed the Clay Cole show when I was a kid with my young aunt. He was so much fun to watch. I always wonder what became of him. I wish I could see these old program like his.

  Lydia%20%20New%20York%20city

• Wow, someone who no one has ever heard of, has died.

• I think he was the first to put the Stones on American TV. Very controversial at the time.

• I thought Lloyd Thaxton was on a local show in Los Angeles. "Lloyd Thaxton was an American writer, television producer, director, and television host best known for his syndicated pop music television program of the 1960s, The Lloyd Thaxton Show, which began as a local Los Angeles program on KCOP in 1961"

  Wicked Pedia

• He used to work for the Gilmores of Westport CT.

  Telstar