On Jun 18, 2011, at 9:04 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: >> >> >>> But I "knew" it was Dick Cavett's show. Till I didn't. So that is what I >>> was googling. And stupid Google searched what I asked for instead of what >>> meant. Stupid Google! >> >> Curtis, I remember that show~~clearly. And it was totally fascinating... >> 2 old guys who had seen it all, from almost completely opposite >> sides of life (outwardly, at least) rapping. I also remember that >> question clearly and how uncomfortable I thought MMY looked. >> Sal > > Dick was clearly trying to provoke Maharishi into dropping the giggling holy > man persona. But you had to be more of an insider to see that switch. And it > happened from inside, not outside. He too much of a PR pro to let that > happen on screen.
Larry, not Dick. And he really wasn't giggling that I can remember, at all. I just thought the question was kind of tacky. I had heard Larry ask things like that of other people~~ personal questions that seemed more designed for gossip than anything else~~and figured his bosses backstage put him up to it for the sake of the audience, because Larry himself didn't seem all that comfortable with it either. Sal
