Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets by Dick CavettMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
The other night watching TV, we caught a clip of Cavett exhibiting his sparkling wit and cris enunciation. Neither of us could place his name, so impressed with his performance and seeking to make amends, I took in this audiobook expertly narrated (with impressions), a collection of his New York Times postings. Really an early blog, Cavett comes across as amused by "comments" and "emails" coming in reaction to his observations on the 2008 McCain - Obama election race, depression, and more being mostly recollections of interviews on his show. This includes the semi-apocryphal Jerome Rodale episode and the onscreen death more remembered than seen. In these recollection, Cavette reveals himself to be very well read, very broad in interest and in awe of such varied contacts as Bobby Fischer and John Wayne. The poignant recollections of the troubled chess Grandmaster make nice commentary to Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness.
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