American Bandstand
Merry Go ‘Round
TV Flash files “Merry Go ‘Round” as hour 1801 of 2821 in the TV Flash guide — American Bandstand (1952–1989) on WFIL-TV/ABC, season 11, episode 5, aired 1967-10-07, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S11E05: listed hour 1801 of 2821 in the American Bandstand guide, hour 5 of 51 in season 11. It aired 1967-10-07 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Grass Roots / Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band” (S11E04). Next is “Brenton Wood / Ravi Shankar (Repeat from 9Sep67)” (S11E06). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Merry Go ‘Round sit in the American Bandstand guide?
S11E05 is listed hour 1801 of 2821 — hour 5 of 51 in season 11, season 11 episode 5.
When did American Bandstand S11E05 air?
Merry Go ‘Round aired 1967-10-07 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Clark's national ABC years: rate-a-record, the dance floor, a guest act paying court. The after-school machine is the point, not a plot.
In the series
Why this series still plays
American Bandstand is Dick Clark's after-school dance floor: kids rating records, stars paying court, payola-era survival skills. Watch it now as the machine that nationalized teen music culture — a Philadelphia floor that taught labels TV could sell singles overnight, and made the host a perpetual industry power broker.
Distribution first: local WFIL-TV Philadelphia, then national ABC from 1957. Dick Clark's after-school floor. **2,821 episodes, 33 seasons**, 1952–1989 in the long count. Kids on camera rating records, artists paying court (often lip-synced), Rate-a-record as participatory UI, dance crazes as the weekly SKU. That is not a sock hop. That is a distribution channel disguised as a dance floor. Rex can hymn the jukebox. The metric is overnight singles.
Filed against
- Dick Clark as Host
Dick Clark made American Bandstand an after-school dance floor with national reach — kids rating records, stars paying court, payola-era survival skills, a Philadelphia machine that taught labels television could sell singles overnight.…
Also in season 11
- S11E01 Ravi Shankar / Brenton Wood (series now in COLOR)
- S11E02 Brenda Holloway / Lewis & Clarke Expedition
- S11E03 Strawberry Alarm Clock / Steve Alaimo
- S11E04 The Grass Roots / Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
- S11E06 Brenton Wood / Ravi Shankar (Repeat from 9Sep67)
- S11E07 The Grass Roots (Repeat from 30Sep67)