Dick Cavett: Brief Encounters

Socrates in the City

Society & Culture

4.7 • 537 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2019

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Host Eric Metaxas introduces special guest Dick Cavett — adding a musical tribute on a set that nods to the decades-long Dick Cavett Show — and converses with the TV talkshow legend about experiences that went into his book, BRIEF ENCOUNTERS. This Socrates in the City event took place on New York City’s Upper West Side in December 2014.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Socrates in the city.
0:06.1	Did you know that you were at a Socrates in the city event?
0:10.5	Did you care? Be honest.
0:12.8	You didn't care.
0:13.8	This is an exciting evening because Mr. Dick Cavett is going to be here.
0:21.3	Yeah.
0:22.8	I don't know about you, but I get very excited when I think about Dick.
0:27.8	And if he weren't caught in traffic on 44th Street and 6th Avenue,
0:31.4	I'd be in a great mood right now.
0:33.6	I know.
0:34.0	You're wondering, is he kidding?
0:34.8	Is he kidding?
0:36.7	I'm not, I'm kidding. He's back he's back here. He's right back here.
0:40.5	I'm thrilled that, uh, that he consented to come again to Socrates in the city. He's been here a bunch of times, but, uh, every time it's so awful that I know he won't come back.
0:52.0	But he comes back again and again and again. It really is a thrill for me that you're here and that he's here.
0:59.4	And let me say this.
1:00.2	Tonight's a particularly special evening because of the tree lighting, don't you think?
1:04.9	Gosh.
1:06.1	I just, I was actually worried that none of you would get here because of the traffic.
1:09.7	So thank you for planning ahead and taking the subway, whatever you did to get here.
1:14.0	Thank you.
1:15.1	And if you're late, I hate you.
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