maybe we'll find a banana for your monkey. [ laughter ] >> i'm dick cavett.han chet huntley, taller than mickey rooney and pure and honest as new jersey. >> on "the dick cavett show" you could get people like norman mailer and woody allen. >> my only new year's resolution this year, i think i'm going to try to sleep through the nixon administration. >> you would have authors on. you would have heavyweight boxers. there were conversations. >> when you mentioned the national anthem and talk about playing it in any unorthodox way, you immediately get a guaranteed percentage of hate mail from people who say how dare -- >> that is not unorthodox? >> it isn't unorthodox? >> no, no, i thought it was beautiful. there you go. >> i just thought anything that is interesting ought to have a place on a talk show rather than young pretty actresses who use the word "excited" in every sentence. you're not frequently seen on television. is that by choice? >> well, of course, it is the most impressive medium of all. it's the medium that will either save america or send it down

. >> cavett was one of the most important writers. she was given every award possible before she died. except for the nobel prize. she was known for some of her masterpieces, like the professor's house. in 1943, she had made a will which had a few restrictions including she did not want her letters to be published, or be quoted in whole or in part. she left behind 3000 letters that we know about now. the biggest collection was left here in nebraska. in her will, she left one more important thing. she left the discretion of her trusty whether or not to enforce her preference.

experiences that i found revelatory about the nature of faith and the power, the grip it has one night miss cavett came in with a boom box and denounced we were going to play musical chairs. he had chairs brought in and said the last person to be seated would get to stay. everyone else to a you are out of here you are washed out, send you to some far-flung posed to give credence to this he had airline ticket sprinted up in the travel office, moving vans brought around and this went on for hours at fights broke out, clothes were torn, shares were broken. these people were fighting to stay in the hole as they called the place. this was their chance at liberation. if you can understand that incorporate into your mind that they would rather stay in those quarters can be free to go about their lives you can see the grip that community has on us. >> host: robert is calling from seattle. you are on the air with author lawrence wright. >> caller: in 1976 i was a geologist, had join scientology previously, she was married and she and her husband were the founders of the church of scientology in honolulu. s

. >> cavett was one of the most important writers. she was given every award possible before she died. except for the nobel prize. she was known for some of her masterpieces, like the professor's house. in 1943, she had made a will which had a few restrictions including she did not want her letters to be published, or be quoted in whole or in part. she left behind 3000 letters that we know about now. the biggest collection was left here in nebraska. in her will, she left one more important thing. she left the discretion of her trusty whether or not to enforce her preference. they believed as an educational organization that she belongs to our shared heritage. announcer: an important historical figure in nebraska's history was solomon d butcher. >> he was a pioneering photographer in custer county in western nebraska. he took photos from 1887 until the early 1890's of homesteaders and was able to tell the majority of this important development of american history. i am going to show you when a my favorite images. it is the photograph o