A review by claudiaswisher
Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks by Dick Cavett
4.0
My first audio book on Overdrive. I was terrified I wouldn't finish it before it was whisked off my phone.
I have been a loyal, enthusiastic, fan of Dick Cavett's since his first television shows...I followed him from network to network. I heard once he felt his key to success was his attempt to treat every guest with 'universal postive regard.'
But he could be opinionated, and got in trouble with the Nixon Whitehouse...but then, all the best folks did.
This book is a collection of columns for the NYT...read in his wonderful voice. You can tell the editors give him wide latitude...he writes about everything. His highjinks in Nebraska, his early career, and most amazing, his friendships with famous people. Meeting Stan Laurel, being invited to meet John and Yoko on 'the bed.' Muhammad Ali sleeping in his guest room. His stories of Groucho's last years are so bittersweet. He shares stories of Liz and Dick...he knew all my childhood heroes.
He reflects, he remembers, and he shares. I learned that his wife, Carrie Nye died and he has remarried. I hope he is happy. He has made so many people happy...people who wanted intelligent conversation on TV in the daytime. People who wanted to see brilliant talents talking to other brilliant talents.
This book reminds me why I love him, and how very much I love him
I have been a loyal, enthusiastic, fan of Dick Cavett's since his first television shows...I followed him from network to network. I heard once he felt his key to success was his attempt to treat every guest with 'universal postive regard.'
But he could be opinionated, and got in trouble with the Nixon Whitehouse...but then, all the best folks did.
This book is a collection of columns for the NYT...read in his wonderful voice. You can tell the editors give him wide latitude...he writes about everything. His highjinks in Nebraska, his early career, and most amazing, his friendships with famous people. Meeting Stan Laurel, being invited to meet John and Yoko on 'the bed.' Muhammad Ali sleeping in his guest room. His stories of Groucho's last years are so bittersweet. He shares stories of Liz and Dick...he knew all my childhood heroes.
He reflects, he remembers, and he shares. I learned that his wife, Carrie Nye died and he has remarried. I hope he is happy. He has made so many people happy...people who wanted intelligent conversation on TV in the daytime. People who wanted to see brilliant talents talking to other brilliant talents.
This book reminds me why I love him, and how very much I love him