The Dick Cavett Show

The show was often unpredictable and produced some notoriously tense moments. Artist Salvador Dalí was behaving so eccentrically that at one point Cavett interrupted him by waving his hands in Dalí's face and saying "Boojie, boojie!" The audience broke up, and Dalí appeared at a loss. A female viewer in a DC hospital bed reportedly had to have her stitches partially resewn from laughing so hard. An interview with Norman Mailer was not going well. Mailer moved his chair away from the other guests (Vidal and ...

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Kerry was born on December 11, 1943 at the Fitzsimons Army Hospital in Aurora, Colorado outside Denver, where his father, Richard Kerry, a World War II Army Air Corps test pilot, had been undergoing treatment for tuberculosis. Kerry's family returned to their home state of Massachusetts two months after his birth. John Kerry - Family background. Kerry is the second child of Richard John Kerry and Rosemary Forbes Kerry. He has three siblings: Margery (1941), Diana (1947) and Cameron (1950). His immediate family members were obs ...

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John Kerry, John Kerry - Family history and childhood years, John Kerry - Family background, John Kerry - Childhood years, John Kerry - Boarding school 1957-1962, John Kerry - Yale University 1962-1966, John Kerry - Encounters with President Kennedy 1962, John Kerry - Military service 1966-1970, John Kerry - Commission training and tour of duty on the USS Gridley, John Kerry - Kerry's tour of duty as commander of a Swift boat, John Kerry - Return from Vietnam, John Kerry - Criticism of military service and awards, John Kerry - Anti-Vietnam War activism 1970-1971, John Kerry - Joining the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, John Kerry - Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Kerry - The protest at the U.S. Capitol, John Kerry - Media appearances, John Kerry - Operation POW, John Kerry - Early career 1972-1985, John Kerry - 1972 Campaign for Congress, John Kerry - Career in law and politics 1972-1985, John Kerry - Service in the U.S. Senate 1985-present, John Kerry - Meeting with Ortega, John Kerry - Iran-Contra hearings, John Kerry - Kerry and the George H. W. Bush administration, John Kerry - 1996 Senate re-election, John Kerry - 2000 presidential election, John Kerry - Fundraising issues, John Kerry - Kerry and Iraq, John Kerry - Sponsorship of legislation, John Kerry - Political chairmanships, John Kerry - Committee assignments, John Kerry - Issues and voting record, John Kerry - 2004 Presidential election, John Kerry - Career future, John Kerry - Personal life, John Kerry - Family, John Kerry - Religious beliefs and practices

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A painter who had also dabbled in piano, guitar and ukulele since childhood, Mitchell took her surname from a brief marriage to folksinger Chuck Mitchell in 1965. She performed frequently in coffee houses and folk clubs and became well known for her unique style of song writing and her innovative guitar style. Personal and often self-consciously poetic, her songs were strengthened by her extraordinarily wide-ranging voice (with a range in pitch at one time covering over four octaves) and unique guitar playing, tuning the instrument in unorth ...

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Joni Mitchell, Joni Mitchell - Early life, Joni Mitchell - 1970s success, Joni Mitchell - Jazz period, Joni Mitchell - Geffen era, Joni Mitchell - Turbulent 1990s, Joni Mitchell - I hate music: the 2000s, Joni Mitchell - Influence, Joni Mitchell - Discography, Joni Mitchell - Albums, Joni Mitchell - Compilations, Joni Mitchell - Singles

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Lillian Hellman appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1952. Asked to name names of acquaintances with communist affiliations, Hellman instead delivered a prepared statement, which read in part: To hurt innocent people whom I knew many years ago in order to save myself is, to me, inhuman and indecent and dishonorable. I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions, even though I long ago came to the conclusion that I was not a political person and could have no comfortable place in any political group. As a result, Hellman was blacklisted b ...

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Lillian Hellman, Lillian Hellman - Blacklist, Lillian Hellman - List of works

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In 1960, Cavett was living in a three-room, fifth-floor walk-up on West 89th Street in Manhattan for $51 a month. "I went bargain-hunting at a store with a GOING OUT OF BUSINESS sign over the door. They had been going out of business for some time. The words 'going out of business' were chiseled in stone—and the u's were v's." He auditioned for and got a role in a film made by the Signal Corps, but further jobs were not forthcoming. His Yale education would have been a meal ticket if he were going into law or fin ...

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Dick Cavett, Dick Cavett - Childhood, Dick Cavett - Yale, Dick Cavett - The Tonight Show, Dick Cavett - Stand-up comic, Dick Cavett - The Dick Cavett Show, Dick Cavett - Later experiences, Dick Cavett - Bouts with depression, Dick Cavett - Popular Culture

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Sly & the Family Stone - Pre-history. The Stewart family was a deeply religious middle-class African-American family from Dallas, Texas. K.C. and Alpha Stewart held the family together under the doctrines of the Church of God in Christ, and encouraged their musical expression. After the family moved to Vallejo, California (near Oakland and San Francisco), the youngest four Stewart children (Sylvester, Freddie, Rose, and Vaetta) formed "The Stewart Four", who released their own local 78 RPM single, "On the Battlefield of the Lord" b/w "Walking in Jesus' Name", in 1952. Eldest sister Loretta was ...

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Sly & the Family Stone, Sly & the Family Stone - History, Sly & the Family Stone - Pre-history, Sly & the Family Stone - Early years, Sly & the Family Stone - Sound philosophies and influence of early years, Sly & the Family Stone - Stand! 1969, Sly & the Family Stone - Internal problems and a change of direction, Sly & the Family Stone - 1970-1971 interim, Sly & the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On 1971, Sly & the Family Stone - Fresh 1973 and Small Talk 1974, Sly & the Family Stone - Dissolution, Sly & the Family Stone - Impact and influence of later material, Sly & the Family Stone - Sly on his own, Sly & the Family Stone - Epilogue, Sly & the Family Stone - Awards and tributes, Sly & the Family Stone - Reunion projects, Sly & the Family Stone - Personnel, Sly & the Family Stone - Discography, Sly & the Family Stone - Albums, Sly & the Family Stone - US and UK Top 40 Singles, Sly & the Family Stone - Other samples, Sly & the Family Stone - Notes

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Katharine Hepburn - Theater. Hepburn cut her acting teeth in plays at Bryn Mawr and later in revues staged by stock companies. During her last years at Bryn Mawr, Hepburn had met a young producer with a stock company in Baltimore, Maryland, who cast her in several small roles, including a production of The Czarina and The Cradle Snatchers. Hepburn's first leading role was in a production of The Big Pond, which opened in Great Neck, New York. The producer had suddenly fired the play's o ...

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Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn - Hepburn's early years, Katharine Hepburn - Hepburn's acting career begins, Katharine Hepburn - Theater, Katharine Hepburn - Film, Katharine Hepburn - Box office poison, Katharine Hepburn - Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn - The African Queen, Katharine Hepburn - Later Film Career, Katharine Hepburn - Hepburn's legacy, Katharine Hepburn - Trivia, Katharine Hepburn - Stage work, Katharine Hepburn - Filmography, Katharine Hepburn - 1930s, Katharine Hepburn - 1940s, Katharine Hepburn - 1950s, Katharine Hepburn - 1960s, Katharine Hepburn - 1970s, Katharine Hepburn - 1980s, Katharine Hepburn - 1990s, Katharine Hepburn - Further reading and reference list

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Lennon had a profound influence on rock and roll and in expanding the genre's boundaries during the 1960s. He is widely considered, along with songwriting partner Paul McCartney, as one of the most influential singer-songwriter-musicians of the 20th century. Many of the songs written exclusively or primarily by Lennon, however, are more introspective — often in the first person — and more personal than McCartney's. His most surreal pieces of songwriting, "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "I Am the Walrus", are fine examples of his unique s ...

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John Lennon, John Lennon - Youth, John Lennon - Role in the Beatles, John Lennon - More popular than Jesus controversy, John Lennon - Lennon and his family controversy, John Lennon - Lennon and Ono, John Lennon - The Break-up of The Beatles, John Lennon - Solo career, John Lennon - Murder, John Lennon - Memorials and tributes, John Lennon - Pseudonyms, John Lennon - Discography, John Lennon - Biographies and books, John Lennon - Trivia

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Lennon had a profound influence on rock and roll and in expanding the genre's boundaries during the 1960s. He is widely considered, along with songwriting partner Paul McCartney, as one of the most influential singer-songwriter-musicians of the 20th century. Many of the songs written exclusively or primarily by Lennon, however, are more introspective — often in the first person — and more personal than McCartney's. His most surreal pieces of songwriting, "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "I Am the Walrus", are fine examples of his unique s ...

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John Lennon, John Lennon - Youth, John Lennon - Role in The Beatles, John Lennon - More popular than Jesus controversy, John Lennon - Lennon and his family controversy, John Lennon - Lennon and Ono, John Lennon - The Break-up of The Beatles, John Lennon - Solo career, John Lennon - Murder, John Lennon - Memorials and tributes, John Lennon - Pseudonyms, John Lennon - Discography, John Lennon - Biographies and books, John Lennon - Trivia

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Sly & the Family Stone - Pre-history. The Stewart family was a deeply religious middle-class family from Dallas, Texas. K.C. and Alpha Stewart held the family together under the doctrines of the Church of God in Christ, and encouraged their musical expression. After the family moved to Vallejo, California (near Oakland and San Francisco), the youngest four Stewart children (Sylvester, Freddie, Rose, and Vaetta) formed "The Stewart Four", who released their own local 78 RPM single, "On the Battlefield of the Lord" b/w "Walking in Jesus' Name", in 1952. Eldest sister Loretta was ...

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Sly & the Family Stone, Sly & the Family Stone - History, Sly & the Family Stone - Pre-history, Sly & the Family Stone - Early years, Sly & the Family Stone - Sound philosophies and influence of early years, Sly & the Family Stone - Stand! 1969, Sly & the Family Stone - Internal problems and a change of direction, Sly & the Family Stone - 1970-1971 interim, Sly & the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On 1971, Sly & the Family Stone - Fresh 1973 and Small Talk 1974, Sly & the Family Stone - Dissolution, Sly & the Family Stone - Impact and influence of later material, Sly & the Family Stone - Sly on his own, Sly & the Family Stone - Epilogue, Sly & the Family Stone - Awards and tributes, Sly & the Family Stone - Reunion projects, Sly & the Family Stone - Personnel, Sly & the Family Stone - Discography, Sly & the Family Stone - Albums, Sly & the Family Stone - US and UK Top 40 Singles, Sly & the Family Stone - Other samples, Sly & the Family Stone - Notes

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Joplin was born at St. Mary's Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas. She grew up listening to blues musicians such as Bessie Smith, Odetta, and Big Mama Thornton and singing in the local choir. Joplin graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur in 1960 and went to college at the University of Texas in Austin, though she never completed a degree. While at Thomas Jefferson High School, she was mostly shunned, but found a group of boys who allowed her to tag along. One of those boys, a football player named Grant Lyons, played her the b ...

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Janis Joplin, Janis Joplin - Life and career, Janis Joplin - Big Brother and the Holding Company, Janis Joplin - Solo career and Woodstock, Janis Joplin - Death, Janis Joplin - Legacy, Janis Joplin - Criticism, Janis Joplin - Samples

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Mays' athleticism was evident from an early age. At high school he played quarterback on the football team, and was offered college scholarships in both football and basketball. Rejecting both, he began to play professionally as soon as he left school, playing briefly with the Chattanooga Choo-choos before returning to his home town to join the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League in 1947. Wisely, he eschewed signing a contract with the Barons. He was scouted by a number of major league teams, but in 1950 the New York Giants ...

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Willie Mays, Willie Mays - Mays as a player, Willie Mays - Career, Willie Mays - Retirement, Willie Mays - Regular season stats

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Sly & the Family Stone - Awards and tributes. Sly & the Family Stone were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. The members of the Family Stone were in attendance, but Sly was not. Just as the band took the podium to receive their awards, Sly suddenly appeared, to thunderous applause. He accepted his award, gave a quick speech, and disappeared from public view. In December 2001, Sly & the Family Stone were awarded the R&B Foundation Pioneer Award. Two Family Stone songs, "Dance to the Music" and "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)", are among The Rock and R ...

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Sly & the Family Stone, Sly & the Family Stone - History, Sly & the Family Stone - Pre-history, Sly & the Family Stone - Early years, Sly & the Family Stone - Sound philosophies and influence of early years, Sly & the Family Stone - Stand! 1969, Sly & the Family Stone - Internal problems and a change of direction, Sly & the Family Stone - 1970-1971 interim, Sly & the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On 1971, Sly & the Family Stone - Fresh 1973 and Small Talk 1974, Sly & the Family Stone - Dissolution, Sly & the Family Stone - Impact and influence of later material, Sly & the Family Stone - Sly on his own, Sly & the Family Stone - Epilogue, Sly & the Family Stone - Awards and tributes, Sly & the Family Stone - Reunion projects, Sly & the Family Stone - Personnel, Sly & the Family Stone - Discography, Sly & the Family Stone - Albums, Sly & the Family Stone - US and UK Top 40 Singles, Sly & the Family Stone - Other samples, Sly & the Family Stone - Notes

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(with U.S. chart positions) Joni Mitchell - Albums. Song to a Seagull (also known as Joni Mitchell) (1968) #183 Clouds (1969) #31 Ladies of the Canyon (1970) #27 Blue (1971) #15 For the Roses (1972) #11 Court and Spark (1974) #2 Miles of Aisles (live) (1974) #2 The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975) #5 Hejira (1976) #13 Don Juan's Reckless Daughter ...

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Joni Mitchell, Joni Mitchell - Early life, Joni Mitchell - 1970s success, Joni Mitchell - Jazz period, Joni Mitchell - Geffen era, Joni Mitchell - Turbulent 1990s, Joni Mitchell - I hate music: the 2000s, Joni Mitchell - Influence, Joni Mitchell - Discography, Joni Mitchell - Albums, Joni Mitchell - Compilations, Joni Mitchell - Singles

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Katharine Hepburn - 1930s. A Bill of Divorcement (1932) Christopher Strong (1933) Morning Glory (1933)—Academy Award for Best Actress Little Women (1933) Spitfire (1934) The Little Minister (1934) Break of Hearts (1935) Alice Adams (1935)—Best Actress nomination Sylvia Scarlett (1936) Mary of Scotland (1936) A Woman Rebels (1936)See also:

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Hepburn died on June 29, 2003, at 2:50 p.m., at Fenwick, the Hepburn family home, in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. She was 96. In honor of her extensive theater work, the bright lights of Broadway were dimmed for an hour. Her autobiography, Me: Stories of My Life, was published in 1991. The book Kate Remembered, by A. Scott Berg, was published just 13 days after her death. It documents the friendship between the actress and Berg. The book bills itself as an authorized biography, but that has been called into question by ...

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Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn - Hepburn's early years, Katharine Hepburn - Hepburn's acting career begins, Katharine Hepburn - Theater, Katharine Hepburn - Film, Katharine Hepburn - Box office poison, Katharine Hepburn - Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn - The African Queen, Katharine Hepburn - Later Film Career, Katharine Hepburn - Hepburn's legacy, Katharine Hepburn - Trivia, Katharine Hepburn - Stage work, Katharine Hepburn - Filmography, Katharine Hepburn - 1930s, Katharine Hepburn - 1940s, Katharine Hepburn - 1950s, Katharine Hepburn - 1960s, Katharine Hepburn - 1970s, Katharine Hepburn - 1980s, Katharine Hepburn - 1990s, Katharine Hepburn - Further reading and reference list

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It is sometimes claimed that Audrey Hepburn and Katharine Hepburn were sisters. The truth is they were only very distantly related, and certainly had never met before the former's rise to prominence. The closest relationship that has been identified for them is 19th cousin once removed. It has also been claimed that Audrey chose the last name Hepburn in honor of Katharine when she became an actress, however the record shows that it was part of her family name for ...

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Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn - Hepburn's early years, Katharine Hepburn - Hepburn's acting career begins, Katharine Hepburn - Theater, Katharine Hepburn - Film, Katharine Hepburn - Box office poison, Katharine Hepburn - Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn - The African Queen, Katharine Hepburn - Later Film Career, Katharine Hepburn - Hepburn's legacy, Katharine Hepburn - Trivia, Katharine Hepburn - Stage work, Katharine Hepburn - Filmography, Katharine Hepburn - 1930s, Katharine Hepburn - 1940s, Katharine Hepburn - 1950s, Katharine Hepburn - 1960s, Katharine Hepburn - 1970s, Katharine Hepburn - 1980s, Katharine Hepburn - 1990s, Katharine Hepburn - Further reading and reference list

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Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, to Dr. Thomas Norval Hepburn, a successful urologist, and Katharine Houghton, a suffragette and birth control advocate, who, along with Margaret Sanger, helped to found the organization that became Planned Parenthood. Hepburn's father was a staunch proponent of publicizing the dangers of venereal disease in a time when such things were not discussed, and her mother campaigned for birth control and equal rights for women. The Hepburns demanded frequent familial discussions on these topics and more, a ...

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Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn - Hepburn's early years, Katharine Hepburn - Hepburn's acting career begins, Katharine Hepburn - Theater, Katharine Hepburn - Film, Katharine Hepburn - Box office poison, Katharine Hepburn - Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn - The African Queen, Katharine Hepburn - Later Film Career, Katharine Hepburn - Hepburn's legacy, Katharine Hepburn - Trivia, Katharine Hepburn - Stage work, Katharine Hepburn - Filmography, Katharine Hepburn - 1930s, Katharine Hepburn - 1940s, Katharine Hepburn - 1950s, Katharine Hepburn - 1960s, Katharine Hepburn - 1970s, Katharine Hepburn - 1980s, Katharine Hepburn - 1990s, Katharine Hepburn - Further reading and reference list

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For a detailed discography, see Sly & the Family Stone discography. Sly & the Family Stone - Albums. 1967: A Whole New Thing 1968: Dance to the Music 1968: Life 1969: Stand! 1970: Greatest Hits 1971: There's a Riot Goin' On 1973: Fresh 1974: Small Talk 1975: High on You (credited only to "Sly Stone") 1976: Heard You Missed Me, Well I'm Back 1979: Back on the Right Tr ...

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Sly & the Family Stone, Sly & the Family Stone - History, Sly & the Family Stone - Pre-history, Sly & the Family Stone - Early years, Sly & the Family Stone - Sound philosophies and influence of early years, Sly & the Family Stone - Stand! 1969, Sly & the Family Stone - Internal problems and a change of direction, Sly & the Family Stone - 1970-1971 interim, Sly & the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On 1971, Sly & the Family Stone - Fresh 1973 and Small Talk 1974, Sly & the Family Stone - Dissolution, Sly & the Family Stone - Impact and influence of later material, Sly & the Family Stone - Sly on his own, Sly & the Family Stone - Epilogue, Sly & the Family Stone - Awards and tributes, Sly & the Family Stone - Reunion projects, Sly & the Family Stone - Personnel, Sly & the Family Stone - Discography, Sly & the Family Stone - Albums, Sly & the Family Stone - US and UK Top 40 Singles, Sly & the Family Stone - Other samples, Sly & the Family Stone - Notes

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Cavett then began a brief career as a stand-up comic in 1964 at the Bitter End in Greenwich Village, inauspiciously. His manager was Jack Rollins, who later would become famous as the producer of Woody Allen's films. Nightclubs in general were in a downturn at the time. "Somehow I don't think the caviar was the finest—I don't know much about caviar, but I do know you're not supposed to get pictures of ballplayers with it." Drunken female heckler: I pay your salary, buddy, with my hard-earned money.See also:

Dick Cavett, Dick Cavett - Childhood, Dick Cavett - Yale, Dick Cavett - The Tonight Show, Dick Cavett - Stand-up comic, Dick Cavett - The Dick Cavett Show, Dick Cavett - Later experiences, Dick Cavett - Bouts with depression, Dick Cavett - Popular Culture

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