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

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  • Опубликовано: 3 дек 2024

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  • @Sameoldfitup
    @Sameoldfitup 3 года назад +84

    “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 2 года назад +10

      The above is such an eloquent description of psychological time.

    • @ChefSheefluciano
      @ChefSheefluciano 8 месяцев назад +1

      🧐🧐🧐🤦🏾🤦🏾damn,he's right.

    • @Lyndanet
      @Lyndanet 8 месяцев назад +1

      great quote!

  • @averytaylor2001
    @averytaylor2001 3 года назад +93

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

    • @kingy002
      @kingy002 2 года назад +15

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

    • @barflytom3273
      @barflytom3273 2 года назад +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 11 месяцев назад +2

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

    • @kingy002
      @kingy002 11 месяцев назад

      @@user-nq9gz4xf7f His RUclips channel is superb

    • @jackyoung2110
      @jackyoung2110 6 месяцев назад

      @@kingy002 at least Ferguson is funny

  • @tp8773
    @tp8773 5 лет назад +46

    what a fantastic voice

    • @stjohnssoup
      @stjohnssoup 8 месяцев назад

      Marlon Brando copied it

  • @catsonnets
    @catsonnets 4 года назад +34

    My favorite playwright. The man wrote beautifully.

    • @kelman727
      @kelman727 3 года назад +2

      Until the booze destroyed his talent.

    • @davidcawrowl3865
      @davidcawrowl3865 3 года назад +3

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

    • @CuckLordSinbad
      @CuckLordSinbad 2 года назад

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

    • @101......
      @101...... 2 года назад

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

    • @degsbabe
      @degsbabe Месяц назад

      @@kelman727 Have you got anything worth destroying....?

  • @101......
    @101...... 2 года назад +29

    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.

    • @deirdre108
      @deirdre108 Год назад +3

      The Gore Vidal/Norman Mailer interview/slugfest was epic!

    • @ChefSheefluciano
      @ChefSheefluciano 8 месяцев назад +2

      I totally agree

    • @serafine4895
      @serafine4895 3 месяца назад

      @@deirdre108lol 😂😂

  • @superfuzzymomma
    @superfuzzymomma Год назад +15

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

  • @sisterearthful
    @sisterearthful 5 лет назад +20

    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 4 года назад +20

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

  • @OctPSfever
    @OctPSfever 2 года назад +6

    Love to be his friend in another world...

  • @davidcawrowl3865
    @davidcawrowl3865 3 года назад +5

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

    • @jimnewcombe7584
      @jimnewcombe7584 27 дней назад

      The perfect question? It barely makes sense! In fact the choice of words borders on the illogical. What did what for what?

  • @jadezee6316
    @jadezee6316 4 года назад +17

    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 2 года назад +1

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

    • @geneobrien8907
      @geneobrien8907 2 года назад +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.

  • @theaterobscura
    @theaterobscura 4 года назад +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 3 года назад +1

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

  • @ancientname
    @ancientname 4 года назад +41

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

  • @thomaspiccirillo6820
    @thomaspiccirillo6820 5 лет назад +21

    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 11 месяцев назад +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 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +1

      Which cemetery in St Louis?

    • @taylorh1020
      @taylorh1020 5 лет назад +2

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

    • @Powertuber1000
      @Powertuber1000 5 лет назад +4

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

    • @taylorh1020
      @taylorh1020 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад

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

  • @clintonsmith5163
    @clintonsmith5163 3 года назад +8

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

  • @RobboCombs
    @RobboCombs 2 месяца назад +1

    I am 77 America has slipped so far in my lifetime...I am a Vietnam Vet; when I got back home; I couldnt recognize America...

  • @lepetitchat123
    @lepetitchat123 2 года назад +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

  • @jm-rf7kl
    @jm-rf7kl 5 лет назад +26

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

    • @trishachamberlain5692
      @trishachamberlain5692 5 лет назад +5

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

    • @Plantlady70
      @Plantlady70 4 года назад +2

      It’ still exists. Come see us.

    • @themysteriousdomainmoviepalace
      @themysteriousdomainmoviepalace 4 года назад +1

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

  • @pattiwinn5217
    @pattiwinn5217 2 года назад +3

    American Icon

  • @bytheway1031
    @bytheway1031 Год назад +2

    Tennessee Williams🎂03-26-2023

  • @timothystephenson2498
    @timothystephenson2498 2 года назад

    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.

  • @roxanneandrew530
    @roxanneandrew530 Год назад +1

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

  • @Gannooch
    @Gannooch 3 года назад +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 5 лет назад +10

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

  • @Krawberry
    @Krawberry 4 года назад +3

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

  • @kyilmaz2
    @kyilmaz2 Год назад +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.

  • @michelez715
    @michelez715 4 года назад +10

    Too much Cavett, not enough Tennessee.

    • @peterdavino4408
      @peterdavino4408 3 года назад +1

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

  • @Frankincensedjb123
    @Frankincensedjb123 5 лет назад +16

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

    • @JBJB-uk7xu
      @JBJB-uk7xu 5 лет назад

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

    • @thomaspiccirillo6820
      @thomaspiccirillo6820 5 лет назад +2

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

    • @bradpenley
      @bradpenley 5 лет назад +1

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

    • @kelman727
      @kelman727 4 года назад +8

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

    • @ModMokkaMatti
      @ModMokkaMatti 4 года назад +1

      @@bradpenley Dog is good. god is nothing.

  • @tp8773
    @tp8773 5 лет назад +12

    Tennessee sorta sounds like a southern Bob Dylan

    • @ModMokkaMatti
      @ModMokkaMatti 2 года назад

      He just wants to lay on his big brass bed.

    • @sharksport01
      @sharksport01 2 года назад +2

      But Tennessee isnt a fraud.

  • @thefakenewsnetwork8072
    @thefakenewsnetwork8072 2 года назад +3

    Long live democratic socialism and freedom

  • @kristofthibaud8491
    @kristofthibaud8491 Год назад

    Dick needs a new Ken Doll hairdo

  • @blanchefan
    @blanchefan 4 года назад +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 3 года назад +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 3 года назад +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 3 года назад +1

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

  • @danielwhittaker695
    @danielwhittaker695 5 лет назад +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 4 года назад +3

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

    • @mrogrady2227
      @mrogrady2227 3 года назад +6

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

    • @jefolson6989
      @jefolson6989 2 года назад

      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 2 года назад

      17 and ignorant

  • @belamoure
    @belamoure 4 года назад +7

    Bland interview another missed targets.

  • @somethingyousaid5059
    @somethingyousaid5059 5 лет назад +19

    So what did Tennessee?
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    The same thing that Arkansas.
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    • @danielwhittaker695
      @danielwhittaker695 5 лет назад

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

    • @vijaynair2403
      @vijaynair2403 5 лет назад +1

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

    • @somethingyousaid5059
      @somethingyousaid5059 5 лет назад

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

  • @martitinkovich4489
    @martitinkovich4489 2 года назад +1

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