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Dick Cavett

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November 19, 1936 in Gibbon, Nebraska, The United States

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Richard Alva "Dick" Cavett is a former American television talk show host known for his conversational style and in-depth discussion of issues. Cavett appeared on a regular basis on nationally-broadcast television in the United States in five consecutive decades, the 1960s through the 2000s, a feat matched only by Johnny Carson. (Larry King's television talk programs in the 1960s and 1970s were limited to broadcast on local stations in Miami, WPST and WTVJ.)

In recent years, Cavett has written a blog for the New York Times, promoted DVDs of his former shows, and hosted replays of his classic TV interviews with Groucho Marx, Katharine Hepburn and others on Turner Classic Movies channel.

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Books by Dick Cavett

Average rating: 3.65 · 298 ratings · 72 reviews · 16 distinct works

	Talk Show 3.56 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Cavett by Dick Cavett, Christopher Porterfield 3.78 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1974	My rating:
	Talk Show, Enhanced Edition: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets 3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Eye on Cavett by Dick Cavett, Christopher Porterfield 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1983	My rating:
	Talk Show: Confrontations Pointed Commentary and Off-screen Secrets 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Memoirs of an Elusive Moth: Disappearing Nightly with Harry Blackstone and his Show of 1001 Wonders by Dick Cavett, David Parr 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	The Family Audio Bible by Dick Cavett, Marsha Mason, Andrew McCarthy 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	The Family Audio Bible: 36 Classic Excerpts from the NRSV Bible by Dick Cavett (Narrator), Marsha Mason (Narrator), Martha Plimpton (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Love, Groucho: Letters From Groucho Marx To His Daughter Miriam by Miriam Marx Allen (Editor), Dick Cavett (Foreword by) 3.71 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	My rating:

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“Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.”
― Dick Cavett

tags: censorship , profanity

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“The idea that hunting is one against one is ludicrous. It's one animal versus the hunter, the manufacturer of the rifle, the bullet maker, the designer and manufacturer of the telescopic sight, the auto manufacturer who made the car the hunter got to the edge of the wild in, the maker of his waterproof shoes, the various manufacturers of his mittens, glasses, overcoat--and that's only the beginning of the list. The "sportsman" who shoots an animal should then make a speech, like the actor who wins an Oscar does, thanking the multitudes behind the scenes who made this "victory" possible.”
― Dick Cavett

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“It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear. ”
― Dick Cavett

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