Cavett

Cavett, Dick and Porterfield, Christopher

ISBN 10: 0151161305 / ISBN 13: 9780151161300

Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1974

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[10], 373, [1] pages. Illustrations. Signed by both authors on fep. Sticker residue on DJ front flap. Richard Alva Cavett (born November 19, 1936) is an American television personality and former talk show host notable for his conversational style and in-depth discussions. He appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States in five consecutive decades, the 1960s through the 2000s. In later years, Cavett wrote a column for the online New York Times, promoted DVDs of his former shows as well as a book of his Times columns, and hosted replays of his TV interviews with Groucho Marx, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland, Marlon Brando, John Lennon, and others on Turner Classic Movies. In his capacity as talent coordinator for The Tonight Show, Cavett was sent to the Blue Angel nightclub to see Woody Allen's act, and immediately afterward struck up a friendship. Cavett continued with The Tonight Show as a writer after Johnny Carson assumed hosting duties. For Carson he wrote the line "Having your taste criticized by Dorothy Kilgallen is like having your clothes criticized by Emmett Kelly." He even appeared on the show once, to do a gymnastics routine on the pommel horse. After departing The Tonight Show, Cavett wrote for Jerry Lewis. Intermittently since 1968, Cavett has been host of his own talk show, in various formats and on various television and radio networks. Dick Cavett, renowned for his droll, acerbic wit, hosted various TV talk shows from 1968 to 1996, most notably on ABC from 1969 to 1974; a show that attracted top-notch guests, often a hipper cadre than appeared on the rival The Tonight Show hosted by Johnny Carson on NBC. DVDs available of selected Cavett shows from the late '60s and early '70s are time capsules of the arts, entertainment and politics of the era. Before that, Cavett was a writer for The Tonight Show and a stand-up comic. This 1974 book of self-reflections takes both the form of an interview (conducted by long-time friend and colleague, Christopher Porterfield) and biographical narratives written by Porterfield with Cavett's input. Nothing is sacred in Cavett; the talk ranges boldly and freely, as talk between friends often does, from the silly to the satirical and from the serious to the scatological.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cavett
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York
• Publication Date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151161305
• ISBN 13: 9780151161300
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Erich Hartmann (Front of Jacket Photograph)
• Edition: Second printing.
• Condition: Very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Censorship

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