Where the Action Is
Where the Action Is is a music-based television variety show that aired in the United States from 1965 to 1967.[1] It was carried by the ABC network and aired each weekday afternoon. Created by Dick Clark as a spin-off of American Bandstand, Where the Action Is premiered on June 28, 1965. The show was another step in the then-current trend of entertainment programs that targeted the teenage audience by focusing on pop music, following in the footsteps of Shindig! (premiered in the fall of 1964, also on ABC) and Hullabaloo (premiered January 1965 on NBC). Dick Clark's voice could be heard doing the artist introductions, and he sometimes did filmed interviews.
For other uses, see Where the Action Is (disambiguation).Where the Action Is
Musical Rock 'N' Roll Variety
Dick Clark (also host-announcer)
United States
25 Minutes (1965)
30 Minutes (1965-1967)
June 28, 1965 –
March 31, 1967
Font inspired by the show's name[edit]
By the late 1990s, Alaimo worked in the recording industry with typeface enthusiast Jeff N. Levine, who noticed an interesting typeface spelling out the show's title on a photo album Steve kept from those years. The typeface was similar to "Caruso Roxy", a psychedelic-style typeface by Victor Caruso.[3] Tracing the letters which existed on that page, and creating his own characters for those that were missing, the font was digitized by Brad O. Nelson of Brain Eaters Fonts and released as freeware under the name "Action Is". The font became a favorite, and was nicknamed "the Austin Powers font" after the movie and because of its quirky 60's-70's appeal. The typeface was popular throughout the 2000s, and many still use it today. The font even spawned an extension version also done by Jeff Levine, dubbed "Groovy Happening JNL", which sold well on MyFonts.[4]