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
humorists
Great humorists are great insulters.
long mad lists
I have a long list of things that make me mad.
copies copy dressing evidence jack
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.
diary kept older wish
Don't you wish you could have been a little older and kept a diary of all those meetings?
amazed talking versed
I was just talking to someone who is technically versed and he was amazed at the quality,
accepted american-entertainer maybe nixon richard rock side understood
For some reason, I was accepted by the rock folk. Maybe they understood that they and I were on the same side of the Richard Nixon question.
checked distressed failed gentlemen hear lyrics pointed television terribly
That was a real contribution to television, ... It was pointed out to me after the show by a terribly distressed gentleman. He checked everything. It's as if he checked the lyrics for 'Tea for Two' and failed to check that. I don't know if they had lyrics with them, but he didn't hear it.
great rock
I don't know who said, 'Dick would be great with rock people,'
animal winning hunting
The idea that hunting is one against one is ludicrous. It's one animal versus the hunter, the manufacturer of the rifle, the bullet maker, the designer and manufacturer of the telescopic sight, the auto manufacturer who made the car the hunter got to the edge of the wild in, the maker of his waterproof shoes, the various manufacturers of his mittens, glasses, overcoat - and that's only the beginning of the list. The "sportsman" who shoots an animal should then make a speech, like the actor who wins an Oscar does, thanking the multitudes behind the scenes who made this "victory" possible.
lennon programs watched
I watched one of the Lennon programs yesterday,
cane moving stage
Really? Going on stage with a cane and moving the way you do?
act cops eye kept nasty nixon time
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.
aged composer heard point somebody widow
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.
empty future half
I don't see the future as bright, language-wise. I see it as a glass half empty - and evaporating quickly.