Talk Show by Dick Cavett Paperback Book

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Author: Dick Cavett

Narrator: Cavett, Dick

Format: Unabridged-CD

Publisher: MacMillan Audio

Published: Nov 2010

Genre: Literary Collections - Essays

Retail Price: $39.99

Discs: 7

Synopsis

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.

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BookLender review by Janice on 2011-10-03 16:34:37

I never watched his talk show he was a little bit before my time, but I was interested to hear some of his stories about the people listed in the description. Unfortunately, those people take a back seat to Mr. Cavett, who only brings them up to illustrate how wonderfully witty and erudite he is. He has to be the most conceited man in the world, and that is not an easy title to obtain. UGH! I kept listening because I thought “Somewhere in here that has to be a good story about someone other than him.” Well, my patience was rewarded. The last story about John Wayne was worth the torture. If you rent this book, be sure to listen to that last story on the last disc. It is worth more than all the rest of them put together.