FOCUS ON YOUTH {AMERICAN FOCUS}: DICK CAVETT (RADIO)
Summary
One in this series of interview programs, which profiles personalities and probes issues of national importance. In this installment, Garth Ancier and a panel of students interview talk-show host Dick Cavett, who discusses the following topics, among others: how his education at Yale prepared him for his career; his feeling of being a midwestern outsider when arriving at Yale; whether he would exclude interview subjects on an ideological basis; his ambivalence about appearing on television; his early pursuit of an acting career; the "false genuine-ness" cultivated by politicians; the trend in public broadcasting toward more commercial programming; his approval of contentious, edgy shows, such as one he moderated featuring Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer; what historical figures he would like to interview; network interference regarding guest bookings; an interview he did with Gerald Ford; whether interviewing celebrities becomes tedious; the irrational nature of television salaries and success; and the seeming invulnerability of Johnny Carson's preeminence in the field of television interviewers. Includes public service announcements.
(This program is later called "American Focus.")
Details
- NETWORK: Syndicated
- DATE: August 22, 1976
- RUNNING TIME: 00:30:00
- COLOR/B&W: N/A
- CATALOG ID: R85:0700
- GENRE: Radio - Talk/Interviews
- SUBJECT HEADING: Biography; Interviews; Television personalities
- SERIES RUN: Syndicated - Radio series, 1974-
- COMMERCIALS:
- Radio - PSA - 4H agricultural clubs
- Radio - PSA - Fuel conservation
- Radio - PSA - The Chipmunks for forest fire prevention
CREDITS
- Garth Ancier … Host, Interviewer
- Dick Cavett … Guest
- The Chipmunks … Talent, Forest fire prevention public service announcement
- Johnny Carson
- Gerald Ford
- Norman Mailer
- Gore Vidal