Why don t they ever show the American Bandstand footage?
Bill Griggs answers this one: “During the 1970s, Dick Clark told me to my face that “someone” had stolen the Holly-Valens-Bopper clips from his film vault. He didn’t say missing, and he didn’t say 1960s, he said stolen. Shortly after he had told me that, the Bopper footage showed up on the “Best Of Bandstand” video. Shortly after that, the intro to the Valens footage showed up in “La Bamba”. Taylor Hackford has stated that the he and the cast had seen the entire Valens clip while the movie was being made. During the 1960s, “American Bandstand” featured some flashbacks to the 1950s with vintage tapes. Although I did not see this at the time, I’ve heard from SEVERAL people that saw Buddy Holly and the Crickets in one of these flashbacks. I fully believe that the tape of this was never put back where it belonged and is still sitting with the 1960s show where it was last used. The other problem is that Dick clark Productions charges $10,000 per minute for use of its tapes. That is the reas
