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  • Bob's fame rose until an unfortunate incident when he was a guest on the "Dick Cavett Show" and would not stop calling Cavett by his first name.

    dbqp: visualizing poetics 2009

  • The advent of the book "Cavett" (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973; perennially available on eBay) brought with it that mixed blessing known as the book tour.

    NYT > Opinion 2010

  • While Torre and Francona may not be the most eccentric public speakers on the planet—this isn't going to be like that Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett gab-fest—it could be a fascinating two-way conversation.

    A Broadway Show That Must Go On Jason Gay 2011

  • He complained publicly on TV shows, on "The Mike Douglas Show," on "The Dick Cavett Show," you know, these criminal enterprises that - too many people were coming to fix his phones down on Bank Street in the West Village and that there were strange men outside in suits who followed him around.

    Uncovering The 'Truth' Behind Lennon's FBI Files 2010

  • Dick Cavett, the Norma Desmond of TV talk, would dismiss her as a “know-nothing.”

    Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011

  • I discovered the author through his wildly quixotic chats with Seventies' talk show hosts--from Johnny Carson and Dick Cavett to David Frost and Jack Paar.

    Susan Dormady Eisenberg: Why Capote's A Christmas Memory Is an Enduring Gift for All Seasons Susan Dormady Eisenberg 2011

  • He complained publicly on TV shows, on "The Mike Douglas Show," on "The Dick Cavett Show," you know, these criminal enterprises that - too many people were coming to fix his phones down on Bank Street in the West Village and that there were strange men outside in suits who followed him around.

    Uncovering The 'Truth' Behind Lennon's FBI Files 2010

  • He complained publicly on TV shows, on "The Mike Douglas Show," on "The Dick Cavett Show," you know, these criminal enterprises that - too many people were coming to fix his phones down on Bank Street in the West Village and that there were strange men outside in suits who followed him around.

    Uncovering The 'Truth' Behind Lennon's FBI Files 2010

  • Where have Hefner supporters Dick Cavett and David Steinberg been for the last 30 years to not notice that Oprah, Chelsea Handler and the women on the View have retired them?

    Martha Rosenberg: Will Hugh Hefner Be Remembered as a Visionary or a Flesh Peddler? Martha Rosenberg 2011

  • I discovered the author through his wildly quixotic chats with Seventies' talk show hosts--from Johnny Carson and Dick Cavett to David Frost and Jack Paar.

    Susan Dormady Eisenberg: Why Capote's A Christmas Memory Is an Enduring Gift for All Seasons Susan Dormady Eisenberg 2011

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