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Brief encounters : conversations, magic moments, and assorted hijinks / Dick Cavett ; foreword by Jimmy Fallon.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780805099775
- Physical Description: xiv, 267 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A New York Times book." Includes index. |
| Summary, etc.: | The former talk-show host and New York Times columnist draws on his extensive career to share reflections and reminiscences about Hollywood legends, American cultural icons, and everyday absurdities. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Cavett, Dick. Television personalities > United States > Biography. Entertainers > United States > Biography. Dick Cavett show (Television program) |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.
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Table of Contents
Brief Encounters : Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Foreword Jimmy Fallon | p. xiii | |
| Dreams, Let Up on Us! | p. 1 | |
| The Windows of the Soul Need Cleaning | p. 4 | |
| Art Did the Darndest Things ... to Your Jokes | p. 8 | |
| A. Godfrey: A Man for a Long, Long Season | p. 11 | |
| More of Our Man Godfrey | p. 15 | |
| Real Americans, Please Stand Up | p. 19 | |
| Dear Fellow Improbable ... | p. 23 | |
| Further Improbables | p. 27 | |
| The Titan and the Pfc. | p. 31 | |
| Match Him? Not Likely | p. 36 | |
| I Wrote It, Must I Also Hustle It? | p. 39 | |
| Lennon's Return | p. 42 | |
| A Bittersweet Christmas Story | p. 45 | |
| Sauce for the Goose? Take a Gander | p. 49 | |
| The Wrath of Grapes | p. 53 | |
| How Do You Open for a Mind-Reading Horse? | p. 57 | |
| My Life as a Juvenile Delinquent | p. 62 | |
| My Liz: The Fantasy | p. 67 | |
| In Defense of Offense | p. 71 | |
| The Week That Was | p. 75 | |
| The First Shall Be Last-or, Anyway, Second | p. 79 | |
| Waiting (and Waiting) in the Wings | p. 83 | |
| I Owe William Jennings Bryan an Apology | p. 87 | |
| Sorry, W.J.B., to Bring This Up Again | p. 93 | |
| Flying? Increasingly for the Birds | p. 97 | |
| The Great Melvino, or Our Mr. Brooks | p. 101 | |
| Tough Sell | p. 106 | |
| Up Against the Wall | p. 109 | |
| Last Nude Column (for Now, at Least) | p. 113 | |
| Deck the Halls with Boughs of Nutty | p. 116 | |
| Marlene on the Phone | p. 120 | |
| Should News Come with a Warning Label? | p. 125 | |
| Schooling Santorum | p. 128 | |
| Road to Ruin | p. 132 | |
| Groucho Lives! (In Two Places) | p. 137 | |
| They Dressed Like Groucho | p. 142 | |
| Pyramid Power, Over Me | p. 148 | |
| You Gave Away Your Babies? | p. 154 | |
| Vamping with Nora | p. 158 | |
| Comedy Pain and Comedy Pleasure | p. 162 | |
| The Fine Mess Maker at Home | p. 167 | |
| Can You Stand Some More Stan? | p. 173 | |
| How Are the Mighty Fallen, or Where's My Friend? | p. 177 | |
| Ali, Round Two | p. 181 | |
| Back When I Was Packing | p. 186 | |
| More on Guns, with Readers | p. 190 | |
| And the Oscar Doesn't Go to the Oscars | p. 194 | |
| Tonight, Tonight, Its World Is Full of Blight | p. 198 | |
| With Winters Gone, Can We Be Far Behind? | p. 203 | |
| Missing: Jonathan Winters. Badly | p. 207 | |
| Hel-LO! You're ... Who Again? | p. 214 | |
| Good Night, Sweet Soprano | p. 225 | |
| As Comics Say, "These Kids Today! I Tell Ya!" | p. 230 | |
| More Sex, Anyone? | p. 235 | |
| Tough Way to Lose a Friend | p. 239 | |
| Cavett on Booze, Again | p. 244 | |
| Only in My Dreams? | p. 249 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 255 | |
| Index | p. 257 |
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