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
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.
writing thinking easy
I think I'd be pretty easy to write for.
art writing insult
I haven't ever found any great writing on that wonderful and often unappreciated art form, the insult.
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There was also evidence of misbehavior backstage, ... Stubbed-out joints, copies of Jack Kerouac, a copy of Ulysses in the detritus of the dressing room.
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That's a nightmare, ... Somebody will point out to the aged widow of some composer that they heard a snatch of (his) song. It can take time.
diary kept older wish
Don't you wish you could have been a little older and kept a diary of all those meetings?
assigned days five good guy lost pick saved shows
We were doing shows five days a week, so I assigned a guy to pick out the good stuff, ... We lost some shows, but saved hundreds.
cane moving stage
Really? Going on stage with a cane and moving the way you do?
great rock
I don't know who said, 'Dick would be great with rock people,'
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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.
finances people tend
Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the people who handle it know what they are doing.
bad felt george man sympathy
I felt bad when George Bush was booed. But only briefly. My sympathy for that man has a half-life of about four seconds.
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It's fun for me to go on other folks' talk shows. When you've endured the ups and downs and tensions and pitfalls of hosting, being a guest is a piece of angel food.