Truman Capote on Taking Intelligence Tests in His Youth | The Dick Cavett Show
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- Опубликовано: 3 дек 2020
- Dick Cavett questions French actress Jeanne Moreau and Oscar-winner American film actor Lee Marvin about watching their own movies and American Novelist Truman Capote about his youth.
Date aired - October 9th 1970 - Truman Capote, Lee Marvin and Jeanne Moreau
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Dick Cavett has been nominated for eleven Emmy awards (the most recent in 2012 for the HBO special, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again), and won three. Spanning five decades, Dick Cavett’s television career has defined excellence in the interview format. He started at ABC in 1968, and also enjoyed success on PBS, USA, and CNBC.
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Want to see more of Truman Capote on the Dick Cavett Show? Here he questions French actress Jeanne Moreau! ruclips.net/video/qE0-6eXOocI/видео.html
I love how Dick gives his guests so much space to open up and talk. A lot of interviewers like the sound of their own voice too much.
Very true. People consider h stern a great interviewer but he constantly interrupts his guest which derails their train of thought.
Definitely
your thinking of Michael Parkinson, Piers Morgan (like the sound of their own voice)
And if anyone should like the sound of their own voice it ought to be Dick Cavett.
He was also really down to earth he would call up to his guests and socialise with them
Wow. A show with an open conversation between Truman Capote, Jeanne Moreau, and Lee Marvin. Incredible.
Best talk show ever
I grew up watching this. I always say, "Back in the '70s, they'd have real conversations and have people like Truman Capote on..."
Awesome I miss those talk shows loved Truman Capote
I am always struck by the fact that Truman Capote was a childhood friend of Harper Lee and that the character of Dill Harris, in To Kill a Mockingbird, was based on him.
He said she was so nervous about living up to it that she decided not to write another novel.
God damn PSH did an amazing job channeling Capote's mannerisms and the manner of speech. Wow.
I thought I was watching Phillip during this!
Was thinking the same. He nailed it.
Right?! I am watching Capote right now and he is incredible !
You should see Tom Hollander in “Feud: Capote VS the Swans”. Even better than Hoffman (who was excellent) in my opinion.
I can't imagine what Capote had to endure in Alabama because of the way he was. He kinda repackaged it as a funny story but there's hurt and resentment hidden behind the façade.
What do you mean, the way he was?
@@cappystrano1 soft-spoken, genteel, feminine , "four-eyed", educated beyond belief. Not masculine in a traditional sense.
@@KamradO interesting take on it. Cheers
@@KamradO you're kidding! LOL
do you mean his penchant for smoking sauseges was not appreciated?
RIP Lee Marvin (February 19, 1924 - August 29, 1987), aged 63
RIP Truman Capote (September 30, 1924 - August 25, 1984), aged 59
RIP Jeanne Moreau (January 23, 1928 - July 31, 2017), aged 89
You will be remembered as legends.
Je l’adore
@@davidanthonystone5165 How did Lee Marvin die so young?
@@jeffryphillipsburns He was a heavy smoker and drinker. Too sad, he was a legendary actor.
@@jeffryphillipsburnsI was gonna ask the same question lol.
Dick Cavett was great, you feel he's desperate to interrupt but too scared to. He was such a class act, and so funny. Lee Marvin clearly 'got' Truman. Very entertaining.
I could listen to Truman Capote talk all day, such an interesting guy.
Do you not like the sound of his voice though?
What did he say here, that was interesting?
@@NotUrBiz ... Answer ::: Everything !!
He was an INCREDIBLE Writer.."Other Voices Other Rooms" is an astounding writing achievement. Top 5 on my list, right along with Joseph Conrad.. Yes that good !
Philip Seymour Hoffman was his twin. Wonderful proformance
Yeah, I bet you could..
I'd welcome another Dick Cavett personae, but I doubt if one exists, or if it could even generate interest to air. One of 20th century's greatest interviewers!
Some of the best podcast hosts out there take a Cavett approach and it’s so refreshing. TV? Forget it.
I was just thinking that he was one of the worst!
@@VideoAmericanStyle which ones? They arent really A class.
But i think lots of podcasts seem similar because his show was always quiet and laid back
I prefer Tom Snyder
Podcasts have taken over tv. A lot of good podcasts
An era of true discourse that needs to be revived
Forget it people are too dumb now.
Well Charlie Rose was on TV until not long ago. But he was not a good person when off camera so we can't have nice things.
Capote's lisp was always engaging because his intellect and charm was so naturally crafted.
How do you craft something naturally?
@@charcolew by digging deep into the soul, accepting the flaws, weaknesses, recognizing the strengths and gifts and using these to hone one's success.
No, it's just annoying. Sounds like that cartoon bulldog.
He chose to speak like that. because.. he was a very femenine man.. and he.. wikes de attention
Not really.
Delighted that you're releasing these bits of footage. Listening to actual personalities rather than "fabrications" converse is a delight. And I'll have to read up on Capote, I knew he was intelligent, but didn't realize he was at that level.
You're not as smart as you think you are.
@@prezidenttrump5171 You're correct.
When he said his was in the 180's I thought WOW! The I.Q. tests they've developed up to that point had a ceiling of 200. I guess even the test makers figured that would test high enough. Absolutely incredible. I read somewhere when interviewing the 2 killers for the book "In Cold Blood", he didn't use a tape recorder b/c he knew he had around 80-85% recall of the conversations, so "Why bother?"
I’m not surprised. I think his intelligence helped him find his way and kept him alive. He lived at a time when existing must have been extremely difficult.
Read his autobiography.
I used to watch this show. That was back before children and young adults were addicted to electronics.
Many people back then read books and talked to one another. Talk shows were the rage.
Dick Cavett had just 1 guest at various times. It was cool to listen to Katharine Hepburn for an hour.
what a rare treat.. Truman Capote surprised me with a real common place intelligence with incredible depth to his being. Same with Lee Marvin
He's making this up. IQ screening tests don't work that way and nobody was doing that kind of research. I believe he moved to NY with his family.
Mr. Capote has a very interesting way of speaking. Quite engaging.
Truman could have been, a quirky; yet hysterically funny standup comic.
He could have been. The tone of some of his reminisces are not too far way from shaggy dog stories.
Extraordinarily interesting, and of historical importance in the literary field .........
Dick Cavett is a legend!
the stories people tell about themselves often tell more about the person than the story.
Child Guidance @ BCH
Too bad we never hear from artists, writers, or other intellectuals on talk shows anymore.
Too controversial
There is, they’re just not mainstream like it was, because fewer people give a crap about higher thinking anymore
Hundreds of them on Podcasts, which are talk shows. You just need to seek them out.
Truman Capote here looks and sounds like Anthony Hopkins being voiced by Marlon Brando
I was just thinking of Brando, especially Kevin Spacey's impression of him on Inside the Actors' Studio.
I once saw a clip of Tennessee Williams terribly, terribly drunk. He could give Truman a run for his money in the bar. Tennessee was slurring and his tongue was no longer cooperating with him. The thing is, I can't find that clip anywhere now and I think I might have dreamed it.
Truman was the model for Dill in To Kill A Mockingbird.
apparently they knew each other as kids, a block away. both also knew they were going to be writers, even as kids. !!
@@dwightstjohn6927 yes that’s why she used him as Dill.
Its so funny to see the 3 together because they had nothing in common.
The show was set up this way! It made for interesting conversation. 😊
I completely adore Truman Capote what an amazing human 1000s times more intelligent than you or me And the fact that a sensitive soul like lee Marvin was nervous in his presence is all you need to know
I wonder how Jeanne Moreau and Lee Marvin felt sitting there with Truman Capote who said on Johnny Carson that all actors were dumb? 😄
No doubt they considered the source and dismissed it as the trite it was.
I'd love to see those tests
Moreau smoked like a chimney and lived to be 89! Some good genes!
Truman Capote and Lee Marvin on the same show. One would think stark opposites, but an interesting mix indeed.
2Majesties, Capote really had old Lee chuckling over the tetanus/lockjaw joke.
Lee Marvin had a rough exterior but a soft heart.
TRUMAN CAPOTE! THE BEST! 🐯🐯🐯🔱🔱🔱
Truly!
that's what idiots say
@@mariusjns Stupid Ignorant Hicks Like You Need Not Apply !! Stick with People Magazine with Pictures.. Lol.
Hardly
Truman was so smart that he was bored with school, then after a while had to numb himself for anxiety purposes...self medication, then all the prescribed medicines from doctors, he was an addict. I feel like there are many people out in the world like this...but they have never been given an IQ test.
My god, what a sofa, what a group, what a show! Only Graham Norton comes close on BBC but he's all comedy.
Honest story:
I took IQ tests in college and scored extremely well. Made nearly no difference in my life as it never translated into money-making activities, art, writing, or so on.
There are a people a helluva lot smarter than me, and they succeed. There are people who aren't very smart at all, but have good personal appeal and they succeed.
There are quite a few "me" out there, more than a few just end up homeless. Intelligence not applied well yields nothing.
Yes no matter how smart you are if you never apply yourself and put out effort you will not be successful.
Success is the amount of joy you feel
🌟 💃 🌟 ⚘ 🌟 ❣ 🌟
@@zovalentine7305 I think 'A Course in Miracles' might appeal to you.
That was my brother. Always the smartest person in the room. Valedictorian effortlessly. Reading was his first of only a few loves. He sacrificed everything to read everything. Nice guy. Not materialistic. Honest. Not emotional. Never amounted to anything.
@@Dentropolis Sounds like he actually amounted to being a decent human.
I wish I were alive to meet Truman Capote 😊
Dick Cavett....the best!
Love the way Capote snuck in the IQ thing to brag about how intelligent he is.
Why not?
He loved to brag but in a nice way.
There is no doubt in my mind he was lying, much the way Trump lied about his own IQ being genius level....
@@maskedmarvyl4774 I don't know that he was lying. There have always been people with very high IQ's and he did have great ability
All you people here are IGNORANT BEYOND BELIEF !!! He was TOP Level Writer, Internationally famous. But he wrote stuff that YOU HICKS could not understand. Way, Way over your heads !
Having a high IQ is much more a curse than a blessing.
Not really, though I suppose for some it can lead to feeling a bit "set apart" from the majority of people. For the most part it simply increases your "options". You tend to understand things more quickly than most others. You have less of the "discomfort" that many people seem to feel when they are put in a situation where they are expected to learn new things.
That's true only if you don't apply your "gift" to anything useful or productive
Is it?
So I've heard... from afar.
How so? I would think it'd give you more options in life.
The deep laugh after the mousy voice 😅
She was awesome in Ever After
A stupendous writer and a great human being too. Sui generis in every sense of those words.
Have a drink for every time someone in the audience coughs - 2021 will get better.
Lee Marvin, Truman capote, Jeanne Moreau and Dick Cavett in one room! Wow just Wow! This is the kind of art we had in the past, what happened, what went wrong?
This makes me miss Philip Seymour hoffman.
Jeanne Moreau. One of the greatest actresses of all time.
Never heard of her.
derek poole I wish I could experience Jeanne Moreau for the first time again
@@obiwang5281 A good actress, weird Iv never heard of her.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascenseur_pour_l'%C3%A9chafaud_(soundtrack)
derek poole, Ever watch French films? From the 1960’s?
Truman Capote was super cool. Very interesting man.
Intelligence has many categories
Capote was right, 'lockjaw' is another word for tetanus. Which isn't what Dick was going for, he probably meant 'slackjawed.'
Are there even shows like this anymore where guests can actually talk at length about things?
No, nor guests who can actually talk.
I love saying again like “a-gain”
To think that this was TV when I was a youngster. Where did it go?
Y'all should hear Rich Little's impression of this queen. Absolutely hilarious!
It was brilliant. I remember it!
Shamefully, I didn't know about Capote until Hoffman played his character. There are some interesting cats out there worthy of attention.
Wow, he only interrupted once (by the slightly insulting "cheat" comment) during his two and half minute story. Nowadays, with a dozen questions and a commercial break, we might have heard about 30 seconds' worth of that story.
if he's fibbing or not , HIS WORK PROVES HIM A STUNNING GENIUS !
X X, All two of them, yes.
Wonder if that story is true
janets9179, He was known to really stretch the truth. For instance he once claimed that it was he who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird. I thought Harper Lee wrote that. : ).
@@Claytone-Records , she did , but maybe he was referring to the similar style that they shared , as in the way it was told , sounds very much like one of his stories - since they were childhood friends , and he is actually one of the characters in ' to kill a mockingbird ' , he may want to take credit for his contribution , as she to his work ?
@@Claytone-Records , look again !
Maureen just writing for trick or treat remembering breakfast at Tiffany's movie where Mr O'Shaughnessy was detained by sing sing..it appears it was him was the only one by Broadway show directors to source book wrong acclaimed family's house 🏡
Back when smoking was breezy entertainment.....
Ah poor fellow [trueman capote]
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 a part of the main cast?
Capote, good writer but good alcoholic also.
why do so many stars in these interviews sound soooooo doped up? like they're all on tranquilizers
gee, i wonder why
Honestly wonder whether Captote's story about his IQ tests are true. He's a literary genius for sure.
Will I ever get to know the theme played at the end? Please @TheDickCavettShow
Please will someone tell us? Is it Gerald Wilson?
@@turbotek-wj8vc Let's hope so!
@@cappystrano1 Thank you, I'll look for this, I need to hear the whole thing!
@@cappystrano1 I can't seem to find it...
@@arthurmorgan6594 me neither. But not giving up yet.
185 ??? That makes him a genius ! What an interesting man, regardless .
Monte Walsh. wow Truman shouldv’e written more screen plays.
what music was that playing at the end anyone?
The show's theme song played by the house band?
Unique character. Doubt we will see another. 🤔
I see for the first time someone who smoke cigarettes in the studio.
Oh, Dill.
I find with so many people of a higher intelligence, if you would, always say they were bored in school. A 185 at age 6, insane. My oldest daughter scored 156 which is super good almost genius. What an impressive man. Anyway, back to my point. Lol. Obviously, I'm no Truman Capote. 🤣 But the boredom steams from them already knowing the subject matter that is being taught and also that the maturity of these "geniuses" is surprised most students and maybe even some teachers. My score was not so impressive but I also haven't tested in almost 2 decades. At that point though, it was a 132. It may have dropped with age. 🤣 I'm hoping that isn't the case because I'd like to think I know a little more now than I did then. Ty for sharing.
Your IQ is well above average (100). Don't sell yourself short. You're no dummy!
boasting and taking time from the two other famous guests.
“Intelligence” is a military concept.
6:40 No, the answer is no, being probed was his lifelong dream up till that point! HAHAHAHA
So weird how commonplace cigarette smoking was.
I wonder how true that tale was.
Any fact checkers in those days?
nobody ends capote starts at 2-30
Put a mensa member in the bush and an aboriginal bushman in NYC and see who survives. Not to say there may not be aboriginal Mensa members (whom would survive anywhere!lol
In the book, "Guns, Germs, and Steel," Jared Diamond he makes a compelling argument that Aboriginal bushmen have higher average intelligence than Europeans.
@@johnelstad hey thanks, I’ll check it out!They taught me bush skills in the army. I have no doubt about their intelligence and would never want to oppose them in the field. I got an Australian friend that unfortunately doesn’t feel that way! Honestly he’s not that bright
@@johnelstad they had a program that gave Shamans in the Amazon laptops,when a tribal member collapsed in the middle of village, and one ran into the forest , grabbed some plants,and covered his chest with mud and the plants he gathered. It was foxglove, the derivative of digitalis.It’s documented in a pharmaceutical digest somewhere, They can’t explain that one!
I love TC, I respect his talent, but I don't believe a word of this.
I never heard of this French actress. I must look her up
Cali Den, See Jules and Jim by Truffaut, Chimes at Midnight and The Trial by Welles or the Fire Within by Malle. But probably most known for Jules et Jim. Enjoy.
If I had a 100£ for every time someone said they scored high on an IQ test, could afford to pay the national debt on the interest.
where dr phil got his notes
When people smoked on TeeVee!
a tremendous number of Hollywood and European stars died early from emphazema, throat and upper palette cancer, all directly related to smoking. And no, don't ask me why the Stones are still alive. A lot drank a lot, too. Veronica Lake died before 60. Heavy drinker all her life.
@@dwightstjohn6927 lung cancer too. The tobacco companies claimed smoking was actually good for you!
Liked himself, didn’t he…?
Wow l didn't know Phillip Seymour Hoffman was alive back then.. Lol
Is it me, or did people used to be more interesting?
Is it just Dick Cavett selecting these guests?
To imagine he died of ignorance is incomprehensible.
I don't know if it's the smoking, but Jeanne Moreau seems way past her then 42 years.
But when I saw the movie, it looked like Audrey Hepurn not only had Breakfast at Tiffany's, she hadn't eaten anything in a year OOOO I'm such a bitch.
I'm old but I have no idea who she is.
Jeanne Moreau, well known French actress.
Long live democratic socialism and freedom
is it any wonder why the hollywood is the way it is. please put a fence around it.
As opposed to what; cops, military, politicians....??
Hollywood; does not have the market cornered on degeneracy; not that, I even see it from Truman.
Like so many brainy people, he was odd.
i believe truman capote had an iq of 185......he certainly is the most perceptive person i am aware of......
He had no choice but to endure for as long as he could an absurd identity that was forced on him.
These people talking about how intelligent and great they are is insufferable
Jeanne Moreau have no french accent when she talck
1:13.always think this is a load of crap they work all their lives to get on the silver screen climbing over all their competitors at every opportunity and THEN they don't like watching themselves on the screen BULLCRAP
There are a few actors who don't like watching themselves, in some instances because they can't go back and correct mistakes they've made.
Discussions with no hard agendas. A lost thing
How did he score that hight, he said he cannot recite his ABC and wasn’t at all good at math. 🤔is this one of his big made up stories.
1st!!
Up her self.
ahaha
What? a “Talk Show”? A show where people have an actual conversation and not pedal their products or kiss ass? Well, that just won’t do. Now, get Britney Spears and Jimmy Kimmel on my TV like it’s supposed to be!