Once describing the appeal of his eponymous show in a 2011 appearance on Charlie Rose, Dick Cavett volunteered somewhat coyly that it was the nature of its conversations.
Declining the shrewd analysis once given by a highbrowed European-that Cavett's was the only intelligent late-night talk show of that golden age-Cavett's own modesty obfuscates a very sound and true verdict.
Groucho, being an eternal favorite of Cavett's, owed the talk show host for, if not revitalizing, then at least sustaining his career and legacy-the two struck up a friendship that lasted until Groucho's death in 1977.
Cavett plugged this interview in a promotional to the show many years later as "The last edge of Groucho's prime." Hailed as an "American institution" by then, Groucho appeared from behind a moving set piece to the music of "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" in an almost absurdly over-the-top entrance that was quintessential of his character.
After Cavett's show had ended, Dick and Marlon decided to go to a restaurant in Chinatown for dinner.
I'm fully aware that in trying to encapsulate what made Dick Cavett's show so great, I have done a disservice by ignoring so many pivotal moments.
Cavett's show succeeded-flourished even-because, as the host put it, it was done during a time when legends still walked among men.
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-last-intellectual-late-night-talk-show/
Declining the shrewd analysis once given by a highbrowed European-that Cavett's was the only intelligent late-night talk show of that golden age-Cavett's own modesty obfuscates a very sound and true verdict.
Groucho, being an eternal favorite of Cavett's, owed the talk show host for, if not revitalizing, then at least sustaining his career and legacy-the two struck up a friendship that lasted until Groucho's death in 1977.
Cavett plugged this interview in a promotional to the show many years later as "The last edge of Groucho's prime." Hailed as an "American institution" by then, Groucho appeared from behind a moving set piece to the music of "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" in an almost absurdly over-the-top entrance that was quintessential of his character.
After Cavett's show had ended, Dick and Marlon decided to go to a restaurant in Chinatown for dinner.
I'm fully aware that in trying to encapsulate what made Dick Cavett's show so great, I have done a disservice by ignoring so many pivotal moments.
Cavett's show succeeded-flourished even-because, as the host put it, it was done during a time when legends still walked among men.
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-last-intellectual-late-night-talk-show/
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