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...months, with reruns and other NBC features filling the lulls between. In one eight week period, however, seven live shows will go on the air. "That's going to be rough," Franken said. "When we did four in a row, the last show--I think it was with Dick Cavett hosting--came out pretty poor...
...currently hopping-or dragging -from city to city to hustle their books. The stops include talk shows, newspaper interviews, luncheons and appearances in department stores to autograph hundreds of copies. "You find out just how many ways there are to spell Arlene," says Christopher Porterfield, co-author with Dick Cavett of Cavett...
...wanted to do a TV gig with Actress Mae West for years, recalled Nostalgia Hound Dick Cavett. "But she always resisted, especially talk shows, which she thinks destroy a star's mystique." Mae's mystique stayed fully intact last week, however, during a six-hour taping session for Cavett's April TV special, Backlot U.S.A. "This is the kinda room I like, wall-to-wall men," growled la West, surveying the 50 male extras hired for the session. Mae, 83, sang Frankie and Johnny and other oldies, hugged herself suggestively, and then fretted: "I hope the television...
...cult following. She made it a smash, her double-edged style and swift undercuts setting off SN's frenzied variety. Suddenly, everyone wanted to act as host: Richard Pryor, Elliott Gould, Buck Henry, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, the British satirists, and this week Dick Cavett. The writers, of course, want someone a little different: King Olav of Norway, Patty Hearst ("but we don't want to blow her defense"), Ernest and Julio Gallo with Cesar Chavez as their guest...
...social trends, or taste, or recognition of talent--but in the seventies little explaine the existence of the new stars except pure hype. And what's more, the stars all seemed to think they were so important: when David Bowie commanded an hour and a half alone on the Cavett Show, his stardom was infinitely more important than his particular brand of music. Rock seemed more and more the product of an industry that sold music to an inelastic market where quality did not affect demand, and that saw performers as an investment opportunity, like potato futures...