PLAYBOY CHANNEL INTERVIEWS {DICK CAVETT, ART BUCHWALD, GORE VIDAL} (TV)
Summary
Three segments from a series of interview programs with famous figures hosted by the Playboy Channel. Includes interviews with talk show host Dick Cavett, humorist Art Buchwald, and writer Gore Vidal. Playboy interviewed Cavett at the Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre in Jupiter, Florida, where he was performing in "Charley's Aunt." Topics of discussion include: Cavett's status as a "show-off"; the question of Cavett's height; his childhood relationships; his marriage to Carrie Nye and the pros and cons of marriage in general; the influence of art and other comedians on him; and his musical experience. Buchwald was interviewed in Beverly Hills. Topics include: his childhood in a Seventh-Day Adventist home and his decision to "get even" with life using humor; his "fantasies" and how he feels they have largely been fulfilled; his love of tennis; the social role of media in Washington D.C.; his opinions on political figures of the day and on President Richard Nixon; the problem of inflation and recession; ways to circumvent secretaries on the telephone; and issues involving sex and women in Washington. Vidal was interviewed at his house in California. Topics include: his reluctance to discuss his private life; the influence of his grandfather, Senator Thomas Gore; how he considers himself an "intellectual elitist"; his opposition to sexism and relationships with women; Vidal's thoughts on bisexuality and the "totalitarian" measures taken by the government against it; and his opinions on the United States Presidents of recent memory.
Details
- NETWORK: Playboy Channel
- DATE: November 30, 0197
- RUNNING TIME: 0:44:36
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:29717
- GENRE: Talk/Interviews
- SUBJECT HEADING: Talk/Interviews
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Dick Cavett … Guest
- Art Buchwald … Guest
- Gore Vidal … Guest
- Thomas Gore
- Richard Nixon
- Carrie Nye