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Dick Cavett Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Dick Cavett.

Results 1 - 20 of 53 in Dick Cavett

  1. Obituary: Charles Joffe, film producerRead the original story

    Tuesday Jul 15 | International Herald Tribune

    ... Joffe, which booked Lenny Bruce's first act in New York in the 1950s. The agency later mentored, among others, Dick Cavett, Robert Klein, Tom Poston, Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Martin Short and Martin Mull. The firm, founded by Jack Rollins, later ...

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  2. Charles Joffe - comedy managerRead the original story

    Monday Jul 14 | San Francisco Chronicle

    (07-14) 04:00 PDT Los Angeles -- Charles H. Joffe, a manager of comic talent who helped guide the careers of Dick Cavett, Robin Williams, Billy Crystal and Woody Allen and co-produced nearly all of Allen's films, died Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai ...

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    Related Topix: Woody Allen, Pop/Rock, University of Nebraska System, Hospital Administration, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, City University of New York System

  3. Charles H. Joffe, talent manager, producer, 78, diesRead the original story

    Saturday Jul 12 | Daily Herald

    Charles H. Joffe, a legendary manager of comic talent who helped guide the careers of Dick Cavett, Robin Williams, Billy Crystal and Woody Allen and co-produced nearly all of Allen's films, died Wednesday at ...

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  4. 'Father of soul' on stage, film

    Friday Jul 4 | Baltimore Sun

    ... best known for playing Victor Laszlo in Casablanca . The program includes some appearances by Charles on The Dick Cavett Show . Tickets are $8. Information: 410-385-2638 or andiemusiklive.com 'Rebel' at the Charles The Charles Theatre's Saturday ...

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    Related Topix: Blues, Black Entertainment, Ray Charles, James Dean, Entertainment, Owings Mills, MD

  5. Cranky Hanke's Screening Room: Film clips in hellRead the original story

    Friday Jun 27 | Mountain Xpress

    ... failure. (Hey, I was 18 and very determined.) What I got instead was bleed-through from a Tampa station of The Dick Cavett Show with Peter O'Toole promoting The Ruling Class . The first thing I saw was "The Varsity Drag," which caused me to stop in ...

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    Related Topix: Gothic, Orson Welles, Mystery Movies, Citizen Kane, Drama

  6. George Carlin Dies at 71Read the original story

    Jun 24, 2008 | New York Magazine

    ... publicity and Carlin plenty of, well, wanted publicity. (A few days after the arrest, Carlin appeared on The Dick Cavett Show , entering to the tune of "On Wisconsin," and referred for a time to the seven dirty words as the "Milwaukee Seven.") The ...

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  7. George Carlin Dies

    Jun 23, 2008 | The American Mind

    ... Carlin, who recently turned 70. He began calling the words "the Milwaukee Seven." When Carlin appeared on "The Dick Cavett Show" shortly after his arrest, he walked out to the sounds of "On, Wisconsin!" He told a Milwaukee Journal reporter 15 years ...

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  8. The daily dish... a spicy serving of celebrity newsRead the original story

    Jun 21, 2008 | Buffalo News

    ... stem. Carson died three months later at the age of 19. Battling depression Funny man and former talk show host Dick Cavett came home to Lincoln, Neb., to talk about depression, what he called "the worst agony devised for man." The 71-year-old Cavett ...

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    Related Topix: Steve Carell, Lincoln Metro, Entertainment

  9. Dick Cavett to share experience with depression

    Jun 14, 2008 | KHGI

    Longtime television talk show host and Nebraska native Dick Cavett will share his experience with depression during an upcoming summit on the disease.

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  10. Charmed circle: A famed husband and wife team bring world-class talents to a local chamber seriesRead the original story

    Jun 6, 2008 | The Independent

    ... is the Avery Fisher Recital Award. She has also appeared on The Tonight Show , The Today Show and The Dick Cavett Show , and has performed with such luminaries as Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman and Mstislav Rostropovitch. Both Laredo and Robinson tour ...

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  11. View from the 'Top'

    Jun 5, 2008 | The Post and Courier

    ... The Moving Sidewalks, Billy Gibbons' pre-ZZ Top band, opens for Jimi Hendrix, who will later remark on "The Dick Cavett Show" that Gibbons is one of his favorite guitarists. 1969: ZZ Top forms, records the song "Miller's Farm" and releases the ...

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    Related Topix: Frankston, TX, Beaumont, TX, Beaumont Metro, Life, Holidays, Labor Day

  12. In TreatmentRead the original story

    Mar 21, 2008 | Glodderby

    ... to make the act of listening interesting and compelling to viewers. In particular, he watched old tapes of "The Dick Cavett Show." "I looked at the way he interviewed people, he said. "He was never overawed, never judgmental. He was sometimes ...

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    Related Topix: In Treatment, Entertainment, Television

  13. Saturday Night Live-Complete Second Season

    May 24, 2008 | Buy.com

    ... The Kinks, Carlos Santana and Tom Waits and classic appearances by hosts Lily Tomlin, Norman Lear, Steve Martin, Dick Cavett, Jodie Foster, Candice Bergen, Ralph Nader, Fran Tarkenton, Sissy Spacek, Elliott Gould and Shelly Duvall . "...far more ...

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  14. Unsung - Features: LIVIN', LOVIN', OVERDUBBIN' ... Sly Stone: The Slippery One Who Got AwayRead the original story

    May 31, 2007 | Julian Cope presents Head Heritage

    "Counterpoint is the answer." -Sly Stone on The Dick Cavett Show, 1971 Originally a mischievous ad-lib thrown into the end of a verse of "Sing A Simple Song" with a chuckle by Sly & The Family Stone bassist ...

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    Related Topix: Sly Stone, Funk

  15. Cavett: Polygraph TrickRead the original story

    May 9, 2008 | The New York Times

    ... chairman of the Senate Watergate Committee hearings that undid Richard Nixon. R.I.P., Senator. The host of "The Dick Cavett Show" - ' which aired on ABC from 1968 to 1975 and on public television from 1977 to 1982 - ' Dick Cavett is also the ...

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  16. TV EyeRead the original story

    May 7, 2008 | The Austin Chronicle

    ... of really wonderful clips. One features a young Hugh Hefner getting slammed by feminist Susan Brownmiller on The Dick Cavett Show (1970). Hefner is positively flustered, and it seems quaint, by today's standards, that Cavett apologizes to Hefner for ...

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    Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Brothers & Sisters, Television, Human Sexuality, Gay/Lesbian

  17. Photo Flash: What's My Line? On Stage LiveRead the original story

    May 1, 2008 | BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content

    ... celebrity "Mystery Guest" will also appear. Past New York Mystery Guests have included MOBY, David Cross , Dick Cavett , and George Wendt . Departing from the 30-minute format of the original TV series, the 80-minute stage version also features live ...

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    Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Comedy, Best Week Ever, Entertainment, Television

  18. Jimi's ax lives in Times Sq.

    Apr 30, 2008 | New York Daily News

    Hendrix's white Gibson SG guitar, played during his appearances on "The Dick Cavett Show" in 1969, will be on display at the restaurant until June.

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  19. Dick Cavett to judge Nebraska comedy festival contestRead the original story

    Apr 30, 2008 | USA Today

    Comedian Robert Klein and talk-show host Dick Cavett will be among those at a comedy festival being held in Norfolk, Neb., June 17-22. The first Great American Comedy festival will be held at the Johnny Carson ...

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  20. Dick Cavett will help judge comedian contest at Nebraska comedy festivalRead the original story

    Apr 29, 2008 | The Canadian Press

    - Comedian Robert Klein and talk-show host Dick Cavett will be among those at a comedy festival being held in Norfolk from June 17 to 22. The first Great American Comedy festival will be held at the Johnny Carson Theater. The event was ...

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    Related Topix: Norfolk, NE, Travel