TALK SHOW

Writer and stand-up comedian Dick Cavett recycles old material from columns he has written and comments about some of his memorable television shows. Much of his humor relies on our knowledge and memories of such personalities as Groucho Marx, Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, and Richard Nixon. The loose transitions from one story to another make no attempt to be a book but rather serve as something to entertain on-the-go listeners stuck in heavy traffic or having a root canal. Cavett slurs his speech and mumbles the last word or three of most sentences, often discarding the words most necessary to understand a joke. Still no one but Cavett could narrate this material because his familiar personality makes it all work. J.A.H. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine [Published: JANUARY 2011]