Former national talk show host Dick Cavett invited social revolution into viewers’ homes courtesy of the 1960s icons he interviewed. And this Nebraskan who gave counterculture a mainstream platform stayed busy in the decades after his show ended – writing, performing and lending his stature as a television fixture in a formative era.
Now the 88-year-old can add “music video” to the list of conquered mediums. Cavett plays a starring role in a song named after him by New Jersey rocker Marc Ribler. It is the latest example of the enduring popularity of a man dubbed “the last of the great conversationalists.”
“I did talk about what was going on across a wider range of subjects than some talk shows.
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