Word: jessee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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To discover firsthand what it must feel like to be Dick Cavett, TIME arranged a turnabout show before an audience that had gathered to watch one of his regular programs. This time Cavett himself was the sole guest. His host was Correspondent Jesse Birnbaum, who has since become insufferably stagestruck...
Suddenly came the blast of a fanfare and the cry of an announcer: "It's the Jesse Birnbaum Show! Starring Jesse Birnbaum! Tonight, Jesse's guest?Amateur Magician Dick Cavett! Ladies and Gentlemen?Jesse Birnbaum!" Applause thundered. Music swelled. Performer nauseated. Assistant stage manager shoved him onstage.
D.C.: So you're Jesse Birnbaum. I'll be darned. [Laughter.] I've seen you night after night, and you look so wonderful. [Laughter.] And here I see you in person, and it's amazing what the camera does to people. [Laughter.]
D.C.: Yes, I had an astonishing career as an athlete. People are astonished to hear that I was an athlete in any sense, but I really was a gymnastics champion in high school, on the side horse, which some people confuse with the hobby horse in an attempt to get...
Rat-Tat-Tat. After the experiences of Newark, Detroit and other cities, blacks are painfully aware that riots can be disastrously counterproductive. Some time ago, Chicago's Rev. Jesse Jackson observed sardonically: "Blacks can't win a shooting war when they are talking about bang-bang and the...