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Cavett, Dick.
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Cavett, Dick -- Anecdotes.
Dick Cavett show (Television program)
Television talk show hosts -- United States -- Biography.
Television talk shows -- United States -- Biography.
Television personalities -- United States -- Biography.
Entertainers -- United States -- Biography.
Celebrities -- Anecdotes.
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Cavett, Dick.
Cavett, Dick.
Cavett, Dick -- Anecdotes.
Dick Cavett show (Television program)
Television talk show hosts -- United States -- Biography.
Television talk shows -- United States -- Biography.
Television personalities -- United States -- Biography.
Entertainers -- United States -- Biography.
Celebrities -- Anecdotes.
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Brief encounters [sound recording] : conversations, magic moments, and assorted hijinks /
Dick
Cavett
; foreword by Jimmy Fallon.
by
Cavett
,
Dick
.
Macmillan Audio, p2014.
Call #:
COMPACT DISC 791.45028 C381b
Subjects
Cavett
,
Dick
.
Cavett
,
Dick
--
Anecdotes
.
Dick
Cavett
show (Television program)
Television talk show hosts
--
United States
--
Biography.
Television talk shows
--
United States
--
Biography.
Television personalities
--
United States
--
Biography.
Entertainers
--
United States
--
Biography.
Celebrities
--
Anecdotes
.
ISBN:
9781427244253
Format:
[sound recording] :
Edition:
Unabridged.
Description:
7 compact discs (8 hrs.) : digital ; 12 cm.
Performers:
Read by the author.
Summary:
"
Dick
Cavett
is back, sharing his reflections and reminiscences about Hollywood legends, American cultural icons, and the absurdities of everyday life. The legendary talk show host introduces us to the fascinating characters who have crossed his path, from James Gandolfini and John Lennon to Mel Brooks and Nora Ephron, enhancing our appreciation of their talent, their personalities, and their place in the pantheon. We tag along as
Cavett
spends an afternoon with Stan Laurel at his modest apartment in Los Angeles, spars with Muhammad Ali at his training camp, and comes to know a young Steve Jobs
--
who woos him to be Apple's first celebrity pitchman. He also offers piquant commentary on contemporary politics, the indignities of travel, the nature of comedy writing, and the utter improbability of being alive at all. On his talk show,
Cavett
welcomed the leading figures from film, music, theater, literature, comedy, and politics, and engaged them in conversation that made viewers feel that the discussion was taking place in their own living rooms. Jimmy Fallon, the host of The Tonight Show, has called him "a legend and an inspiration" and has written a foreword that makes clear the debt that today's talk show hosts owe to
Dick
Cavett
. To spend a few minutes, or an hour, or even a whole evening with
Dick
Cavett
is an experience not to be missed, and now there's no reason to deny yourself. Enjoy the conversation!
Dick
Cavett
was the host of The
Dick
Cavett
Show on ABC and PBS. He is the author of the 2010 book 'Talk show: confrontations, pointed commentary, and off-screen secrets' and the coauthor of '
Cavett
' and 'Eye on
Cavett
.' He lives in New York City and Montauk, New York."--Publisher.
Genre:
Memoirs.
Adult books on CD.
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Macmillan Audio (Firm)
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