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
mistake book made
A biggest mistake I made when I started doing a talk show was I thought you had to read the books.
long mad lists
I have a long list of things that make me mad.
mean successful comedian
Obviously those who burn to be professional jesters mean that they want to be successful comedians . And those are always an elite, microscopic portion of the population . But oh, how they try.
hard-work lawyer humans
Lawyers work hard and, like us, they're human, many of them.
swimming class yale
There were several things a Yale freshman was supposed to be able to do. You had to demonstrate in the Olympic-size Yale pool that you could swim 50 yards or be inducted into swimming class.
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.
thinking surprise reactions
I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction is from another.
practice ideas chocolate
I am always shocked that there are still a handful of defenders of the dubious practice of abstinence, surely the worst idea since chocolate-covered ants.
fun men amusing
William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others.
too-much sensible knows
I live a sensible life. You know, I don't take on too much.
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.
father phones grades
By the time I was in the fourth grade, I sounded exactly like my father on the phone.
humorists
Great humorists are great insulters.
years knowing soul
Coming up through the ranks of any calling can be rough, but that battered soul who survives the early years of courting the comic muse comes close to knowing what only the soldier knows: What combat is like.