# Weird Interview: Dick Cavett and Cassavettes, Gazzara, Falk

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 23, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-interview-dick-cavett-and-cassavettes-gazzara-falk/603843 "2011-11-23T03:44:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-interview-dick-cavett-and-cassavettes-gazzara-falk/603843/1 "2011-11-23T03:44:52Z")

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They were supposed to be there to talk about their recently completed movie [Husbands (1970)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065867/). Cavett drops a couple of hints indicating he thinks they’re drunk. Regardless of the reason, they come off at best as incredibly boorish:  
[- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NiThZ8tJLI) I’ve never been much of a Cavett fan, but he really held it together despite the odds.

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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-interview-dick-cavett-and-cassavettes-gazzara-falk/603843/2 "2011-11-23T18:00:42Z")

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Ben Gazzara and Gena Rowlands did the play “Love Letters” at a theater where I worked.  
Both were quite nice, especially Gena, but I don’t think I ever saw Ben without a drink in his hand. Before and after the show, he always had some mixed drink in a glass and would knock one back after another.  
He was never (obviously) drunk on stage though.

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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-interview-dick-cavett-and-cassavettes-gazzara-falk/603843/3 "2011-11-23T18:21:36Z")

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This is an absolutely epic crew - I only wish they collaborated on more things as a group. _Husbands_ is utterly brilliant - one of the best movies I have ever seen in my life. I loved that clip (I’d seen it many times before.)

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**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-interview-dick-cavett-and-cassavettes-gazzara-falk/603843/4 "2011-11-23T21:31:16Z")

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OMFG I am going to watch the shit out of this interview ASAP. I’m almost done as co-writer of a book on Cassavetes, and, it goes without saying, Falk, Gazzara, and even humble John are tops actors. Thanks!