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
gun done way
There are online forms you can fill out to send to your lawmakers, demanding that nothing - nothing at all or in any way - be done about any guns whatever, anywhere.
stars people brain
Statistically, I'd say comedy writers are perhaps the sanest category of show people. And why not? They make big money, and although it's not an easy trade - particularly when you're at your galley oar five days a week - it's easier on the nerves and the psyche than living with the brain-squeezing pressure and cares of being the Star.
night laughing advantage
I did standup while still working for Johnny Carson in the mid-'60s, thus gaining the advantage of at least getting laughs from him about how I hadn't the night before.
ego comedian needs
Comedians are sometimes resentful of their writers. Probably because it's hard for giant egos to admit you need anyone but yourself to be what you are.
guy appearance shows
When I'm doing an appearance somewhere and taking questions from the audience, I can always count on: 'Tell about the guy who died on your show!'
fun
It's no fun being a specimen.
shows show-business
I'm not all that enthralled by show business, and I'm not that much of a highbrow.
father phones grades
By the time I was in the fourth grade, I sounded exactly like my father on the phone.
thinking television way
You would have to be naive to think you can appear on television and not have the material edited in some way.
brain able television
It's a tribute to the human brain that anyone is able to function out there on television in a talk situation that is entirely artificial.
gun trying president
Nobody is going to try to confiscate guns, although some Web sites know better: President Obama, they are certain, wants to.
men tough weeping
A grown man, weeping, is a tough thing to see.
moments comic reports
Every comic can report a few 'gift from the gods' moments.
voice feelings mind
I have a feeling that about 90% of my life has been shaped by my voice, both as an embarrassment and as an advantage. There was always the terrible incongruity of this deep voice barreling out of this little body. Somewhere in the back of my mind I was aware that it was ludicrous, that it took on an importance that wasn't really there.