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About this book
The legendary talk show host's humorous reminiscences and pointed commentary on the great figures he has known, and culture and politics today.
For years, Dick Cavett played host to the nation's most famous personalities on his late-night talk show. In this humorous and evocative book, we get to hear Cavett's best tales, as he recounts great moments with the legendary entertainers who crossed his path and offers his own trenchant commentary on contemporary American culture and politics.
Pull up a chair and listen to Cavett's stories about one-upping Bette Davis, testifying on behalf of John Lennon, confronting Richard Nixon, scheming with John Updike, befriending William F. Buckley, and palling around with Groucho Marx. Sprinkled in are tales of his childhood in Nebraska in the 1940s and 1950s, where he honed his sense of comic timing and his love of magic.
Cavett is also a wry cultural observer, looking at America today and pointing out the foibles that we so often fail to notice about ourselves. And don't even get him started on politicians. A generation of Americans ended their evenings in Dick Cavett's company; Talk Show is a way to welcome him back.
"Do you know that age-old question, If you could have dinner with anyone in the world, living or dead, who would it be? Well, assuming Santa Claus is unavailable, my answer would be Dick Cavett. After reading Talk Show, you could just imagine what a conversation with him would be like: pleasant, insightful, and oddly erotic. Dick Cavett is a legend and an inspiration to me." —Jimmy Fallon
For years, Dick Cavett played host to the nation's most famous personalities on his late-night talk show. In this humorous and evocative book, we get to hear Cavett's best tales, as he recounts great moments with the legendary entertainers who crossed his path and offers his own trenchant commentary on contemporary American culture and politics.
Pull up a chair and listen to Cavett's stories about one-upping Bette Davis, testifying on behalf of John Lennon, confronting Richard Nixon, scheming with John Updike, befriending William F. Buckley, and palling around with Groucho Marx. Sprinkled in are tales of his childhood in Nebraska in the 1940s and 1950s, where he honed his sense of comic timing and his love of magic.
Cavett is also a wry cultural observer, looking at America today and pointing out the foibles that we so often fail to notice about ourselves. And don't even get him started on politicians. A generation of Americans ended their evenings in Dick Cavett's company; Talk Show is a way to welcome him back.
"Do you know that age-old question, If you could have dinner with anyone in the world, living or dead, who would it be? Well, assuming Santa Claus is unavailable, my answer would be Dick Cavett. After reading Talk Show, you could just imagine what a conversation with him would be like: pleasant, insightful, and oddly erotic. Dick Cavett is a legend and an inspiration to me." —Jimmy Fallon
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TelevisionTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- It’s Only Language
- Ghost Stories
- Basil Rathbone’s Mysterious Message
- Luck in the Afternoon
- Jet-lagged in the South China Sea
- What My Uncle Knew About War
- An Innocent Misunderstanding
- What Was He Thinking?
- Imus in the Hornets’ Nest
- When That Guy Died on My Show
- Back On with the Show
- An Author’s Nightmare
- A Life in Rim Shots
- No Gagging the Gags
- Sopranos Grief
- Virginity, Lost
- Cinema Days
- Is Bigger Really Better?
- Him, to Kick Around Again
- Witness for the…Who, Exactly?
- Hey, Listen! This One’ll Kill Ya!
- Hail, the Conquered Hero
- In This Corner, Norman Mailer
- When They Told Me Norman Wrote a Book…
- With Readers Like Y’all…
- A Potpourri of Pols
- Was It Only a Game?
- Bobby and You
- A Most Uncommon Man
- Uncommoner than Thou: Buckley, Part 2
- Candidate, Improve Your Appearance!
- Memo to Petraeus and Crocker: More Laughs, Please
- Petraeus, Custer, and You
- Liar, Liar, Pants Aflame
- Polygraphically Perverse
- À la Recherche de Youthful Folly
- Good to See You. Is It You?
- Smiling Through
- Smiling Through, Part 2
- What’s So Funny About Nebraska
- Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be…
- Cavett Dodges the Chair
- Experience 101
- ’Tis But a Man Gone…but What a Man
- Anger Mismanagement
- Fright Night
- The Wild Wordsmith of Wasilla
- How’s That Again, Guy?
- A Better Sort of Insult
- I’m Not Weeping; It’s an Allergy
- Writers Bloc: When Updike and Cheever Came to Visit
- Conjuring Slydini
- Seriously, What Are the Odds?
- Why Can’t We Talk Like This?
- Miller Talks Again
- Sky’s the Limit
- Who’s Afraid of Richard Burton?
- Richard Burton, Take 2
- Strange, Dear, but True, Dear
- A Third Bit of Burton
- Richard Burton: A Regretful Au Revoir
- Dangerous Substance: Sample with Care
- The Ghost Ship W.W.
- Almost Nothing About Tiger Woods
- Why, I Oughta…and I Did
- Awesome, and Then Some
- Oh, What a Lovely Mess!
- More Awesomeness, or John Wayne, Part 2
- Also by Dick Cavett
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Index
- Copyright