Eye on Cavett

by Dick Cavett, Christopher Porterfield

The popular talk show host holds forth on a variety of topics--including the denizens of the movie and theatre worlds, literary luminaries, his native Nebraska, and public television--and through diverse lenses discloses something of himself

Genres: Nonfiction

250 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Carolyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really only for Cavett fans. The same sort of memoir as _Cavett_ but not nearly as good. In this one Dick has become much more self-conscious, and his co-author, Christopher Porterfield (friend from Yale) has no identified voice. I am a Cavett fan, but after three in a row, I'm through reading books by or about him for the foreseeable future.

[Bob Box · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read in 1984. The talk show host forth on a variety of topics.