Tennessee Williams On His Obsession With Death | The Dick Cavett Show

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  • @averytaylor2001
    @averytaylor2001 Před 2 lety +87

    Can you believe conversations like this used to happen?! Now we have Jimmy Fallon 🥺

    • @kingy002
      @kingy002 Před 2 lety +14

      Fallon, Letterman, Kimmel, Ferguson, Winfrey, DeGeneres....they are all the same sadly.

    • @barflytom3273
      @barflytom3273 Před 2 lety +3

      avery taylor. ı get what you are saying but this is pretty bad too. you don't just make conversation when you have a guest like Tennessee Williams. what a waste.

    • @user-nq9gz4xf7f
      @user-nq9gz4xf7f Před 8 měsíci +1

      Dick Cavett was the best, still alive i think. His interviews are a treasure.

    • @kingy002
      @kingy002 Před 8 měsíci

      @@user-nq9gz4xf7f His CZcams channel is superb

    • @jackyoung2110
      @jackyoung2110 Před 3 měsíci

      @@kingy002 at least Ferguson is funny

  • @Sameoldfitup
    @Sameoldfitup Před 3 lety +81

    “Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams.......................

    • @Mike-rw2nh
      @Mike-rw2nh Před 2 lety +10

      The above is such an eloquent description of psychological time.

    • @ChefSheefluciano
      @ChefSheefluciano Před 5 měsíci

      🧐🧐🧐🤦🏾🤦🏾damn,he's right.

    • @Lyndanet
      @Lyndanet Před 5 měsíci

      great quote!

  • @superfuzzymomma
    @superfuzzymomma Před rokem +14

    People of 2023, please take a glimpse at intelligent, civil conversation.

  • @catsonnets
    @catsonnets Před 3 lety +33

    My favorite playwright. The man wrote beautifully.

    • @kelman727
      @kelman727 Před 3 lety +2

      Until the booze destroyed his talent.

    • @davidcawrowl3865
      @davidcawrowl3865 Před 3 lety +3

      The Glass Menagerie can still leave me shaken (the stage).

    • @CuckLordSinbad
      @CuckLordSinbad Před 2 lety

      @@kelman727 did he not drink throughout all his writings? or when did he start really boozing?

    • @101......
      @101...... Před 2 lety

      @@CuckLordSinbad "Write Drunk and Edit Sober." forgot about the author's name who quote that. Was it Hemingway?

  • @101......
    @101...... Před 2 lety +28

    Dick Cavett really did interviewed with some of the most iconic and influential people of the 20th century. Could you believe it? _Tennessee Williams_ , He's up there along with two other greatest American playwrights of that century - _Eugene O'Neill_ and _Arthur Miller._
    I kind of consider these interviews as modern historical artefacts.

  • @tp8773
    @tp8773 Před 4 lety +46

    what a fantastic voice

  • @OctPSfever
    @OctPSfever Před 2 lety +6

    Love to be his friend in another world...

  • @sisterearthful
    @sisterearthful Před 4 lety +21

    I enjoyed watching Dick Cavett chat with Tennessee William's obsession with the brass bed, etc. Dick Cavett always seemed to make his guests feel comfortable.

  • @isabelnunes6334
    @isabelnunes6334 Před 3 lety +20

    Dick has had amazing interviews with th most iconic people of the XX century.

  • @davidcawrowl3865
    @davidcawrowl3865 Před 3 lety +5

    "You said you had comes to terms with death...What did that for you?". The perfect question from the perfect interviewer.

  • @ancientname
    @ancientname Před 4 lety +42

    Tennessee is engaging without even trying. It's as easy for him as drinking a cup of water.

  • @theaterobscura
    @theaterobscura Před 3 lety +12

    I visited a museum in NOLA, and the highlight was a section that stated "There really was a street car named 'Desire'" and displayed photographs of said streetcar in use, in addition to biographical info on Williams.

    • @christineleblond7777
      @christineleblond7777 Před 3 lety +1

      I’ve seen a pic of the street car on CZcams with the name Desire on it. Not sure where . I think it was a video in Tennessee Williams.

  • @jadezee6316
    @jadezee6316 Před 3 lety +16

    how wonderful...for someone to have lived with that court yard as part of their life....no one takes the time to appreciate such a thing anymore.......every loss just makes life worse.....

    • @kingy002
      @kingy002 Před 2 lety +1

      "no one takes the time to appreciate such a thing anymore". What a bizarre comment.

    • @geneobrien8907
      @geneobrien8907 Před rokem +1

      @@kingy002 It seems that with too many people, their first instinct is to be didactic. They don't think before speaking or typing, they create a strawman or a fictitious scenario and sermonize about it as if they were an authority.

  • @clintonsmith5163
    @clintonsmith5163 Před 3 lety +8

    I believe the pirate that Cavett was referring to was Dominique You (1775-1830.)

  • @thomaspiccirillo6820
    @thomaspiccirillo6820 Před 4 lety +20

    I WENT TO HIS MEMORIAL ON MARCH 25,1983 AT THE SCHUBERT THEATRE-JESSICA TANDY DID THE MOON LAKE CASINO MONOLOGUE-"TENN" WAS WELL LOVED BY BROADWAY -IT WAS A GREAT TRIBUTE TO A GREAT WRITER -RIP THOMAS LANIER WILLIAMS

  • @user-nq9gz4xf7f
    @user-nq9gz4xf7f Před 8 měsíci +2

    I love his accent, is it affected or a true southern accent, i suppose that accent is lessened nowadays. He was a rare bird. He lived to be 71 despite severe alcoholism.

  • @taylorh1020
    @taylorh1020 Před 4 lety +61

    It's sad that he didn't get to be buried at sea, but was in fact buried under the religion he just said he didn't believe in and is now resting in St. Louis.

    • @Powertuber1000
      @Powertuber1000 Před 4 lety +1

      Which cemetery in St Louis?

    • @taylorh1020
      @taylorh1020 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Powertuber1000 It's the Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis

    • @Powertuber1000
      @Powertuber1000 Před 4 lety +4

      @@taylorh1020 Thanks, I live about 20 miles away.

    • @taylorh1020
      @taylorh1020 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Powertuber1000 That's cool! I've been there a few times and had NO idea. Even if he isn't happy at least it's a cool fact for people that live in the Midwest.

    • @thehouseofcm
      @thehouseofcm Před 4 lety

      But then people wouldn't be able to visit his grave.

  • @jm-rf7kl
    @jm-rf7kl Před 4 lety +27

    That's the New Orleans I'd like to visit.

    • @trishachamberlain5692
      @trishachamberlain5692 Před 4 lety +6

      j m sorry. Katrina took that away. Gentrification has also obliterated that city. Progress, a sometimes awful concept.

    • @Plantlady70
      @Plantlady70 Před 4 lety +3

      It’ still exists. Come see us.

    • @themysteriousdomainmoviepalace
      @themysteriousdomainmoviepalace Před 3 lety +1

      @@trishachamberlain5692 Its funny how these disasters often result in new building projects.... wars too.

  • @lepetitchat123
    @lepetitchat123 Před 2 lety +7

    "His brother Dakin Williams arranged for him to be buried at Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri, where his mother is buried"
    Too bad his wishes were not respected

  • @pattiwinn5217
    @pattiwinn5217 Před 2 lety +3

    American Icon

  • @bytheway1031
    @bytheway1031 Před rokem +2

    Tennessee Williams🎂03-26-2023

  • @roxanneandrew530
    @roxanneandrew530 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Imagine being ten years old and watching The Dick Cavett and Merv Griffin Shows interview all these important people?

  • @timothystephenson2498
    @timothystephenson2498 Před 2 lety

    2:12, Sounded like he said, "Sex and the city,'' like the show. What a strange, but yet interesting man this was. I discovered him through a caricature character of him through watching the show King of The Hill on June 16th, 2022, at around 6:07AM, which was precisely the time that I wrote this comment as well, yes. Have a wonderful day, and a happy life, my dear.

  • @Gannooch
    @Gannooch Před 2 lety +3

    have nothing against the other celebs that were on this show but is this channel ever going to show the Dick Cavett shows where he interviews Jackie Gleason or Art Carney? How about any Honeymooners actors that were part of the main cast? These are rarities much like the other ones.

  • @NxDoyle
    @NxDoyle Před 4 lety +10

    How could Tennessee Williams not have known about Delphine Lalaurie's house on Royal?

  • @Krawberry
    @Krawberry Před 4 lety +3

    This has to be where Seth Macfarlane got the voice for Stewie

  • @kyilmaz2
    @kyilmaz2 Před rokem +1

    I love Dick Cavett for bringing Tenesee WIlliams to me...who I never heard before. I watch Dicks interviews with interesting people on you tube. For some reason Verizon Fios took the channel that had dick on off....and court TV...bad moves Verizon Fios.

  • @tp8773
    @tp8773 Před 4 lety +12

    Tennessee sorta sounds like a southern Bob Dylan

  • @michelez715
    @michelez715 Před 3 lety +9

    Too much Cavett, not enough Tennessee.

    • @peterdavino4408
      @peterdavino4408 Před 3 lety +1

      @michelle/ twas always the case. He just can't stop editorializing.

  • @Frankincensedjb123
    @Frankincensedjb123 Před 4 lety +16

    Why people focus on life when we're dead for an eternity is beyond me.

    • @JBJB-uk7xu
      @JBJB-uk7xu Před 4 lety

      Wow! I thought I was the only one who felt that way.

    • @thomaspiccirillo6820
      @thomaspiccirillo6820 Před 4 lety +2

      Frankincensed I AGREE BUT FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN CAN TRIGGER SUCH AN INFINITE INSECURITY

    • @bradpenley
      @bradpenley Před 4 lety +1

      Out of sight, out of mind. Some people only see to the end of the visible. God is good.

    • @kelman727
      @kelman727 Před 4 lety +8

      bradpenley
      Religions are advertising agencies for a product that doesn’t exist.

    • @QuadMochaMatti
      @QuadMochaMatti Před 4 lety +1

      @@bradpenley Dog is good. god is nothing.

  • @thefakenewsnetwork8072
    @thefakenewsnetwork8072 Před 2 lety +3

    Long live democratic socialism and freedom

  • @kristofthibaud8491
    @kristofthibaud8491 Před rokem

    Dick needs a new Ken Doll hairdo

  • @danielwhittaker695
    @danielwhittaker695 Před 4 lety +9

    WHAT A DAMN LEGEND!!!!! BUT I SWEAR IN MY 17 YEARS ALIVE I DONT THINK IVE EVER SEEN A MORE DRUNK MAN IN MY LIFE HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @blanchefan
      @blanchefan Před 4 lety +3

      I don't think Tennessee was drunk here. I think he was bored with Cavett's lackluster questions. I was.

    • @mrogrady2227
      @mrogrady2227 Před 3 lety +6

      Jesus christ....you obviously haven't seen many drunk people then 🙄

    • @jefolson6989
      @jefolson6989 Před 2 lety

      He is sober compared to some interview he did. One with Studs Terkel, Tennessee gets drunker and drunker, you can hear the ice in the glass and the pour. By the end he was too slurred to continue.

    • @sharksport01
      @sharksport01 Před 2 lety

      17 and ignorant

  • @blanchefan
    @blanchefan Před 4 lety +14

    Dick Cavett, who has conducted some fine interviews (like K. Hepburn) was certainly not up to par here. Cavett might as well have been talking with his Aunt Tillie or someone--rather than America's master playwright. He certainly didn't do any homework. Oh well, I'm glad Tennessee looked good and seemed to enjoy himself.

    • @user-bx9dd7bd2t
      @user-bx9dd7bd2t Před 3 lety +2

      I disagree respectfully,
      I thoroughly enjoyed
      this conversation.
      and it's incisive
      entertaining conversational
      easy going style
      ,that Mr.Cavett,deploys,
      he allows the playwright
      to be open and candid
      and relaxed enough
      to reveal sides
      of his character
      and personality,in.a
      free flowing manner.
      Hands down he remains
      the interviewer,
      that can carefully
      and entertainingly,
      make a interview
      informative and entertaining.
      He had,and still,
      doesn't
      have peers of his caliber.I
      Im only happy to have seen,
      heard and appreciated
      the rarified artistry
      that Mr.Cavett has done
      to enrich a few moments
      of our time,
      in a most satisfying way.
      A true artist and raconteur.
      🙏🇺🇸📺🎤🏆

    • @blanchefan
      @blanchefan Před 3 lety +4

      @@user-bx9dd7bd2t I too am an admirer of Dick Cavett. It's just that I'm a much greater admirer of Tennessee Williams, and would liked to have heard more from him about his art. But there are time limitations; I guess they both did the best the could under the circumstances. By the way, I hope you've seen the long interview Cavett did with K. Hepburn. He worshiped her, and it may be his finest interview. She was brilliant and witty and funny. It's in two parts, both done in 1973.

    • @user-bx9dd7bd2t
      @user-bx9dd7bd2t Před 3 lety +1

      @@blanchefan
      Well said,
      enjoy your spring,
      and God Bless.🙏

  • @belamoure
    @belamoure Před 4 lety +8

    Bland interview another missed targets.

  • @somethingyousaid5059
    @somethingyousaid5059 Před 4 lety +19

    So what did Tennessee?
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    The same thing that Arkansas.
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    • @danielwhittaker695
      @danielwhittaker695 Před 4 lety

      i thought he saw a William...........

    • @vijaynair2403
      @vijaynair2403 Před 4 lety +1

      My question is, what did Delaware to the game?
      I heard it was a New Jersey.

    • @somethingyousaid5059
      @somethingyousaid5059 Před 4 lety

      Ha ha. That's pretty good. I hadn't heard that one before.

  • @martitinkovich4489
    @martitinkovich4489 Před 2 lety +1

    Nothing in this interview indicating William's obsession w/ death. What claptrap these titles are.