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Richard Alva "Dick" Cavett (/ˈkævᵻt/; born November 19, 1936) is 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.
In recent years, Cavett has written 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 classic TV interviews with Groucho Marx, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland, Marlon Brando, John Lennon and others on Turner Classic Movies channel.
Cavett was born in Nebraska, but sources differ as to the specific town, locating his birthplace in either Gibbon, where his family lived, or nearby Kearney, the location of the nearest hospital. Cavett himself, in an interview with Carol Burnett on The Dick Cavett Show, stated that Gibbon was his birthplace. His mother, Erabel "Era" (née Richards), and his father, Alva B. Cavett, both worked as educators. When asked by Lucille Ball on his own show about his heritage, he said he was "Scottish, Irish, English, and possibly partly French, and, and uh, a dose of German." He also mentioned that one grandfather "came over" from England, and the other from Wales. Cavett's grandparents all lived in Grand Island, Nebraska. His paternal grandparents were Alva A. Cavett and Gertrude Pinsch. His paternal grandfather was from Diller, Nebraska and his paternal grandmother was an immigrant from Aachen, Germany. His maternal grandparents were the Rev. R.R. and Etta Mae Richards. The Rev. Richards was from Carmarthen, Wales, and was a Baptist minister who served parishes across central Nebraska. Cavett himself is an agnostic.
The Dick Cavett Show was the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks, including:
Cavett taped his programs in New York City.
The Dick Cavett Show most often refers to the shows on ABC-TV that Dick Cavett hosted between 1968 and 1975 in New York. The first daytime show featured Gore Vidal, Muhammad Ali, and Angela Lansbury. ABC pressured Cavett to "get big names," although subsequent shows without them got higher ratings and more critical acclaim.
Dick, Dicks or Dick's may refer to:
Actors: Kathleen Quinlan (actress), Rolfe Kent (composer), Diane Lane (actress), Tim Robbins (actor), Lolita Davidovich (actress), David Seltzer (writer), Sean O'Bryan (actor), James Urbaniak (actor), Dick Cavett (actor), Robert Curtis Brown (actor), James Gandolfini (actor), Don McManus (actor), Emilio Rivera (actor), Deborah Ricketts (miscellaneous crew), Steve Gehrke (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Damian Chapa (writer), Damian Chapa (actor), William Knight (actor), Art Roberts (actor), Damian Chapa (producer), Damian Chapa (director), Alison Lees-Taylor (actress), Carmen Perez (actress), Andray Johnson (actor), Natasha Blasick (actress), Kristoffer Kjornes (actor), Leslie Garza (actress), Leslie Garza (producer), Harwood Gordon (actor), Jesse Wang (actor),
Genres: Biography,Actors: Matt Frewer (actor), Michael Kopsa (actor), Garry Chalk (actor), Michael Eklund (actor), L. Harvey Gold (actor), Terence Kelly (actor), Billy Crudup (actor), Michael Adamthwaite (actor), Dave Cote (actor), Billy Crudup (actor), Mark Acheson (actor), Jay Brazeau (actor), Fulvio Cecere (actor), Tom McBeath (actor), Colin Lawrence (actor),
Plot: A group of heroes, forced into retirement a decade before are called together once again to investigate the murder of one of their own. What they discover is an age-old conspiracy to change the balance of power in a world not different from our own.
Keywords: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, abuse, acquaintance-rape, afghanistan, airship, alternate-historyActors: Wes Craven (writer), Wes Craven (writer), Nan Martin (actress), Patricia Arquette (actress), Zsa Zsa Gabor (actress), Robert Shaye (producer), Wes Craven (producer), Priscilla Pointer (actress), Dick Cavett (actor), John Saxon (actor), Robert Englund (actor), Craig Wasson (actor), Laurence Fishburne (actor), Frank Darabont (writer), Wes Craven (writer),
Plot: Picking up where the original Nightmare left off, Nancy has grown up and become a psychiatrist specializing in dream therapy. She meets a group of children at a local hospital facing Freddy Krueger, the same demon she once encountered in her sleep. One of them is Kristen, who has the power to draw other people into her dreams. Working with a male doctor assigned to the case, Nancy helps the kids realize their special abilities within the nightmare world. When Freddy captures one of her charges, she leads a rescue attempt into Krueger's domain, in hopes of putting his spirit to rest once and for all.
Keywords: 1980s, auto-salvage-yard, back-from-the-dead, bare-chested-male, begins-with-a-quote, blood-spatter, body-in-a-trunk, boy-with-glasses, breaking-a-mirror, breaking-through-wallActors: F. Murray Abraham (actor), John Cassavetes (actor), Seymour Cassel (actor), Dick Cavett (actor), Joe Santos (actor), Alexis Smith (actress), Richard Donner (director), Joseph Wiseman (actor), Mike Kellin (actor), Richard Jordan (actor), June Havoc (actress), Pete Hamill (writer), Pete Hamill (writer), Fredd Wayne (actor), Paul Leaf (producer),
Plot: The story of three people - a press agent, a private detective and a nightclub owner - whose careers require them to spend most of the night awake and on the prowl. In the pilot episode, Carmine manages to rescue Smitty's night club from being demolition and manages to resurrect a fading star's acting career.
Keywords: actress, comeback, film-within-a-film, nightclub, press-agent, private-detective, unsold-tv-series-pilot
Hosts Brendan and Rico of The Dinner Party Download sit down with guests Jessica Williams (“The Daily Show”), legendary talk-show host Dick Cavett and musical guest Emmy the Great for a party to end all parties. Watch the entire show: http://wny.cc/4mWQty
From the almost mythical presence of Groucho Marx and a surprisingly pleasant sit-down with Bobby Fischer to the unique intelligence of John Lennon, the legendary host has shared the stage with some of the most distinctive figures of the 20th century
One of my favourite interviews with Frank Zappa.
Sir Noel Coward appeared on The Dick Cavett Show on ABC-TV on February 11, 1970. Here are excerpts from that.
Hosts Brendan and Rico of The Dinner Party Download sit down with guests Jessica Williams (“The Daily Show”), legendary talk-show host Dick Cavett and musical guest Emmy the Great for a party to end all parties. Watch the entire show: http://wny.cc/4mWQty
From the almost mythical presence of Groucho Marx and a surprisingly pleasant sit-down with Bobby Fischer to the unique intelligence of John Lennon, the legendary host has shared the stage with some of the most distinctive figures of the 20th century
One of my favourite interviews with Frank Zappa.
Sir Noel Coward appeared on The Dick Cavett Show on ABC-TV on February 11, 1970. Here are excerpts from that.
Dick Cavett interviews SNL writer Conan O'Brien and LN head writer Steve O'Donnell, who's on to promote the show's Top Ten book. Broadcast on Cavett's CNBC talk show on January 15, 1991, but perhaps taped weeks if not months earlier. Thanks to Jim C. for the tape. Note: Broadway Video blocked an earlier version of this because it included a clip from SNL (Tom Hanks and Jon Lovitz ogling women on the street). So that's been edited out here.
I'm hanging around that same old scene
My girlfriend Betsy she's just fourteen
There's nothing better for me to do
I'm living on dog food
Dog food is so good for you
It makes you strong and clever too
Dog food is a current craze
Eat some every day
I chew up my "Sunday Mirror"
I read about the rich I fear
Dog food is my whole life
Dog food composes my wife