I'm the swiveling chairs
Let's Be The Dick Cavett Show
by Anonymous | reply 89 | July 11, 2025 1:46 AM |
I'm the 1970's
by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 9, 2025 3:31 PM |
I'm the parade of professional sports figures who hit on Dick backstage.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 9, 2025 3:35 PM |
I'm actual listening
by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 9, 2025 3:37 PM |
I’m Dick’s many pregnant pauses.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 9, 2025 3:42 PM |
I’m Candide
by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 9, 2025 3:44 PM |
I'm Janis Joplin
by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 9, 2025 3:45 PM |
That's not very specific, r5.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 9, 2025 3:47 PM |
I'm Sly Stone, incoherently high as a kite
by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 9, 2025 4:08 PM |
I'm deadpan delivery.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 9, 2025 4:10 PM |
I’m the smoking.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 9, 2025 4:19 PM |
I’m the caftans.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 9, 2025 4:19 PM |
I’m Better Davis eating ice.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 9, 2025 4:19 PM |
*Bette
by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 9, 2025 4:20 PM |
I'm droll well-read intelligence, ensuring the guest luminaries know they'll have a good conversation, vanishingly rare on TV. This quality stands up more than well enough to be enjoyed decades later.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 9, 2025 4:36 PM |
Sure, Dick.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 9, 2025 5:01 PM |
I’m Penis Cavett.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 9, 2025 5:11 PM |
I’m Delia Deetz who was never invited to be on the show.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 9, 2025 5:11 PM |
I’m Jack Paar saying, “Bitch stole my act!”
by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 9, 2025 5:13 PM |
I have a friend whose voice sounds just like chat show host Dick Cavett.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 9, 2025 5:16 PM |
I’m a gay man
by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 9, 2025 5:39 PM |
I'm Kate Hepburn showing up for a rehearsal the day before taping. I soon begin bossing people around and end up doing the full interview in rehearsal day - a two parter, no less!
by Anonymous | reply 21 | July 9, 2025 5:40 PM |
I'm the host. I represent myself as a self-deprecating intellectual but actually I'm a talentless celebrity-chasing douche.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 9, 2025 5:40 PM |
I am no George Plimpton!
by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 9, 2025 5:47 PM |
I'm Groucho Marx
by Anonymous | reply 24 | July 9, 2025 6:35 PM |
[quote] I’m a gay man
Hi Dick!
by Anonymous | reply 25 | July 9, 2025 7:09 PM |
I’m Gilbert Gottfried doing an impersonation of Groucho’s cringe interview years later.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | July 9, 2025 7:10 PM |
I'm Richard Pryor keeping quiet while Dick tells me his thoughts on race and writing for a black man
by Anonymous | reply 27 | July 9, 2025 7:26 PM |
R7 - R5's post is very specific.
IFKYK
by Anonymous | reply 28 | July 9, 2025 7:31 PM |
R28 Theme music.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | July 9, 2025 7:38 PM |
R29 - I know, I was pointing out to R7 that R5's post was specific if you know (you know) the theme music.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | July 9, 2025 7:50 PM |
I'm glitter and be Gay
by Anonymous | reply 31 | July 9, 2025 8:47 PM |
I’m Bette Davis’s cigarettes and mod outfits.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | July 9, 2025 8:55 PM |
I’m the lack of screaming and whooping from the audience.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | July 9, 2025 9:00 PM |
I'm the smoking and drinking
by Anonymous | reply 34 | July 9, 2025 9:10 PM |
I'm Lauren Bacall and I am the only one with balls on this stage
by Anonymous | reply 35 | July 9, 2025 9:10 PM |
I'm the shades of brown all over the set, with a pop of orange.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | July 9, 2025 9:26 PM |
Vintage Dick and James Lipton Actors Studio interviews are the best!
by Anonymous | reply 38 | July 9, 2025 9:28 PM |
I'm Cavett's British counterpart Robin Day
by Anonymous | reply 39 | July 9, 2025 10:01 PM |
I’m homophobia. I’m everywhere!
by Anonymous | reply 40 | July 9, 2025 10:06 PM |
I’m Truman Capote who always made Dick nervous and defensive.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | July 9, 2025 10:08 PM |
I’m the weirdly uneven monologue.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | July 9, 2025 10:10 PM |
I'm The Carol Burnett Show
by Anonymous | reply 43 | July 9, 2025 10:15 PM |
I’m the cat litter he’d have to promote as the show’s sponsor.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | July 9, 2025 10:16 PM |
I'm Dick's one night stand with Janis Joplin.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | July 9, 2025 10:21 PM |
Janis was a man?
by Anonymous | reply 46 | July 9, 2025 10:29 PM |
I’m Jimi Hendrix and I’m tripping.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | July 9, 2025 10:54 PM |
I'm the interesting array of guests that he had on his show who were allowed to interact with each other
by Anonymous | reply 48 | July 9, 2025 10:55 PM |
What r22 said
by Anonymous | reply 49 | July 9, 2025 10:57 PM |
Was he really a douche?
by Anonymous | reply 50 | July 9, 2025 11:01 PM |
I’m Yoko Ono enjoying my 30 seconds of depth.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | July 9, 2025 11:13 PM |
I'm an overly full ashtray after Bette leaves the set.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | July 9, 2025 11:17 PM |
I'm J.I. Rodale, and boy, am I tired.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | July 9, 2025 11:17 PM |
I'm a very pompous Gore Vidal.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | July 9, 2025 11:23 PM |
I'm James Earl Jones, really pissed off after Dick made that "calling a spade a spade" crack.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | July 10, 2025 1:40 AM |
I'm the cheap and tacky coffee table carried off the set by indifferent stagehands when Katharine Hepburn complained about me. The hideous shag carpet quickly followed.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | July 10, 2025 1:56 AM |
Did Carrie Cavett ever make an appearance?
by Anonymous | reply 57 | July 10, 2025 1:58 AM |
I’m Dick, dropping names left and right. “As Laurence Olivier once told me . . .”
I’m Dick’s favorite joke—“Spiro Agnew is an anagram for ‘grow a penis.’ “ He was still telling it on talk shows when half the audience probably didn’t know who Spiro Agnew was.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | July 10, 2025 2:04 AM |
I'm Delia. I'm a flake. I have always been a flake. If I insist on frightening people, I should do it with my sculpture.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | July 10, 2025 2:08 AM |
I always wanted to fuck Cavett. The elfin look, the wit, the woopsy-doopsy haircut. And the well-modulated voice crooning, "Fuck me, Daddy. Fuck me hard."
by Anonymous | reply 60 | July 10, 2025 2:11 AM |
I'm a wry riposte!
by Anonymous | reply 61 | July 10, 2025 2:24 AM |
I'm Grace Slick, giving Cavett major attitude for some reason.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | July 10, 2025 1:13 PM |
She was a Finch girl. She saw right through Dick.
That’s the reason.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | July 10, 2025 3:24 PM |
I'm Groucho Marx. Dick worshiped me and gave me full rein of the show when I guested. Even though I tended to ramble in my later years, I still kept them laughing.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | July 10, 2025 3:34 PM |
I'm Dick Cavett's mysterious wife.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | July 10, 2025 4:14 PM |
I’m the handbag the ladies bring out, as if they might have to purchase a train ticket or something.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | July 10, 2025 4:16 PM |
I’m John Lennon in army fatigues.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | July 10, 2025 4:23 PM |
I’m the unmistakable message that the host is better than you.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | July 10, 2025 4:25 PM |
I'm Joan Collins
by Anonymous | reply 69 | July 10, 2025 5:16 PM |
I’m the groovy trousers
by Anonymous | reply 70 | July 10, 2025 5:53 PM |
I'm the awkward pauses.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | July 10, 2025 6:28 PM |
I'm the civilized and productive political discussions between Republican and Democrats.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | July 10, 2025 6:50 PM |
I'm Dick telling Bette Davis that, yes, I'm thrilled you're attracted to me and have agreed to be on my show but, no, I won't be penetrating you at your hotel afterwards.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | July 10, 2025 6:57 PM |
I'm Dick telling Lester Maddox to get the hell off his stage.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | July 10, 2025 8:59 PM |
And I'm Lily Tomlin leaving the stage to Dick and Chad Everett.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | July 10, 2025 9:09 PM |
We're Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara, and John Cassavetes misbehaving and acting like jerks.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | July 10, 2025 9:22 PM |
I’m drunk
by Anonymous | reply 79 | July 10, 2025 11:25 PM |
I'm Janis Joplin. I had an affair with Dick!
by Anonymous | reply 80 | July 10, 2025 11:36 PM |
I’m witty banter
by Anonymous | reply 81 | July 11, 2025 12:10 AM |
"Why don't you fold it five ways and put it where the moon don't shine?"
by Anonymous | reply 82 | July 11, 2025 12:38 AM |
[quote]I'm Kate Hepburn showing up for a rehearsal the day before taping. I soon begin bossing people around and end up doing the full interview in rehearsal day - a two parter, no less!
"Can we have a stationary table? NObody listens to me."
by Anonymous | reply 83 | July 11, 2025 12:55 AM |
^^ the mask slipped that day and we saw capital c Cunt
by Anonymous | reply 84 | July 11, 2025 12:57 AM |
I’m the segment in which Dick takes off his shirt and pants and shows us his tight little body while he exercises.
See what you missed, R60?
by Anonymous | reply 85 | July 11, 2025 1:02 AM |
At 1:48 when the trainer tells Cavett to take off his pants: "Cavett c'mon show us Dick willya?!"
by Anonymous | reply 86 | July 11, 2025 1:06 AM |
Could that trainer be any more gay? What year was this?
by Anonymous | reply 87 | July 11, 2025 1:08 AM |
I forgot Joe Piscopo used to be hot.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | July 11, 2025 1:09 AM |
He used to be cute before he went full muscle freak
by Anonymous | reply 89 | July 11, 2025 1:46 AM |