Dick Cavett
Dick Cavett
Richard Alva "Dick" Cavettis an American television personality and former talk show host notable for his conversational style and in-depth discussions. Cavett appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States in five consecutive decades, the 1960s through the 2000s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth19 November 1936
CityGibbon, NE
CountryUnited States of America
party thinking people
If (O.J. Simpson) is acquitted, I will renounce my citizenship. And if I converse with him at a cocktail party, I will say, 'Well, there are so many people here who haven't murdered anyone. I think I'll go talk to them.' I'll also riot.
block writing giving
I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away anything you might conceivably use yourself caused a block. I did it, but it remained hard when it had once been easy.
writing people able
The trick to writing for people is, you have to be able to turn them on in your head. And know how they'd word something or how they'd inflect it.
eye administration nasty
The Nixon administration kept a nasty eye on our show... Cops would come by - often just in time to see the act they wanted to see.
men people assuming
Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing.
house lines rats
Once I left out what I then considered my best line because there was a suspected column rat in the house.
book intellectual trying
I would not ever try to be a show intellectual, which I was accused of doing a while on ABC. I thought you were supposed to read the guests' books.
age
Can you picture yourself at the age 60 doing what you do now?
thinking surprise reactions
I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction is from another.
writing thinking easy
I think I'd be pretty easy to write for.
thinking remembers-everything youth
In relative youth, we assume we'll remember everything. Someone should urge the young to think otherwise.
home ideas dentistry
Home schooling as an idea is on a par with home dentistry.
trying bags sleazes
Every time I nostalgically try to regain my liking of John McCain, he reaches into his sleaze bag and pulls out something malodorous.
loss losing problem
I have a disturbing problem with losing things. My vulnerability to loss-distress could properly be labeled not only inordinate, but neurotic.