I was talking about Dick's show interview that I mistakenly thought had the part about Maharishi confirming his single but not dating status. Larry was less provocative but was clearly not buying in to the holy routine. He was viewing Maharishi as a celebrity which was refreshing contrasted with Merv's fawning.
Another good interview was with Malcolm Muggeridge which they played on courses. He has a Monte Python worthy British accent and is obvously skeptical. --- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@...> wrote: > > 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 >
