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What TV Show featuring clean-cut kids dancing to non-threatening, pseudo-rock and roll facilitated the promotion of squeaky clean values to counter parental concerns about the overt sexuality of rock and roll?

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Answer: Clark's American Bandstand

Explanation: American Bandstand was a show produced by Clark and ran from 1952 to 1989.

This show featured teenagers dancing to Top 40 music introduced by Clark.

American Bandstand premièred in late March 1950 as Bandstand on Philadelphia television station WFIL-TV Channel 6.

The show featured clean-cut kids dancing to non-threatening, pseudo-rock and roll facilitated the promotion of squeaky clean values to counter parental concerns about the overt sexuality of rock and roll.

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