Word: laughter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...laugh at them all once again. And husbands would fight with their tired wives, children holler, and everyone dozed off on champagne as they prepared to withdraw from town. But now, with two more years also gone from sight, it seems somehow more difficult to maintain the derisive laughter...
...They can't tell you're crocked . . . oh, are we on? [Laughter...
...anything odd about that (BEGINNING TO REMOVE HIS TIE). It seems to me that the fact a person would go into this business probably means (UNBUTTONING HIS SHIRT) that he has a certain desire to exhibit himself. [Laughter and applause.] But the thing that I find unusual about it is that you go into a business like a talk show and find yourself talking to people about things (THE SHIRT IS COMPLETELY UNBUTTONED) that you wouldn't talk about in real (BARING HIS CHEST). That's the irony it ... [Laughter and wild applause.] I'm sorry...
...weren't listening. [Laughter.] The answer is that show business is full of paradoxes, and one of them is that shy people go out into the spotlight...
...want to thank Dick Cavett for being our guest this evening . . . (SUDDENLY THE STAGE MANAGER PRODUCES A HASTILY MADE CUE CARD; THERE'S NO RECOURSE EXCEPT TO READ IT.)Tomorrow my guests will be Greta Howard Hughes, Charlie Chaplin ?and Bozo, the Wonder Chimp! [Applause and laughter.] Say good night, Dick...