with some cutting jokes,”
Hitchcock said
Cavett even sang
“Don’t Fence Me In” with
Swedish pop group
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But Cavett first made
his mark on broadcasting
a writer, said Larry
Walklin, a University of
Nebraska-Lincoln profes
sor of broadcasting.
Cavett started out writing
for Jack Paar,
M e r v
Griffin,
Jerry
Lewis and
fellow
Nebraskan
Johnny
Carson.
“What he attracts is
a sort of intellectual
humor crowd,” Walklin
Despite
fame,
Cavett true
to roots
By Diane Broderick
Senior editor
With a psychedelic introduction
featuring crazy daisies in trademark
1970s colors, “The Dick Cavett Show”
combined a fairly straight-laced inter
viewer with notables of the time.
John Lennon and Ybko Qno, Alfred
Hitchcock, Janis Joplin, Katherine
Hepburn, Marlon Brando and Orson
Welles all rubbed elbows with the native
Nebraskan from Gibbon during his late
night talk show that emphasized high
brow humor.
His technique allowed the intervie
wees a certain amount of free reign. In
Welles’ interview, the genius of cinema
gave a monologue of more than 10 min
utes in length, something not too com
mon in today’s talk-show realm.
Hitchcock’s appearance began with
a take on his trademark silhouette, with
Cavett joining in on the joke. Hitchcock
then insinuated, taking a knife out of his
pocket and wiping it clean, that Cavett’s
life had come to its end. “We’ll be back
— said. “The better-educat
ed people probably appreciate his
humor very much.”
Cavett began his own series of talk
shows in 1969, with “The Dick Cavett
Show” on ABC. Different forms of this
program have aired on CBS, USA and
CNBC.
Though Cavett attended Yale
University for his college education, he
received an honorary degree from UNL
in the early 1980s. Walklin said he sat on
the platform with Cavett before he
received his award.
The higher-ups told Cavett not to
make remarks when he received his
degree, Walklin said. “He said, ‘I’m
supposed to not say anything. What do
you think?”’ Walklin said.
Walklin said he thought the audi
ence would appreciate a few words.
“Right there where he was sitting,
he made up some things to say,” Walklin
said, which offered the audience some
excitement
“He’s very loyal to Nebraska, very
willing to participate,” Walklin said.
Cavett is a member of die Nebraska
Broadcasters Association Foundation
President’s Club, said Dick Palmquist,
the executive director of the association.
Financial contributions of at least
$ 1,000 constitute entry to die group.
In addition, Cavett is a member of
the association’s 62-member hall of
fame, along with such notable
Nebraskans as Tom Brokaw and
Carson. Cavett was inducted in 1991,
and the award was presented to him over
the phone, Palmquist said.
No stranger to cameos, Cavett has
appeared in several films, including
“Beetlejuice,” “Forrest Gump” and
“Annie Hall,” as well as episodes of
“Cheers” an4 “The Simpsons ” He
made his'Bioadway debut in 1977 in a
leading role in “Otherwise Engaged,” a *
British comedy.
He has been nominated for 11
Emmy Awards and has won three.
Throughout his successes,
though, Cavett has fought a
few battles.
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Despite periods of depression,
Cavett has continued his work in broad
casting and owns a production company
in New York, Walklin said.
And Cavett’s voice is now associat
ed with the University of Nebraska,
thanks to a series of spots that run during
Nebraska football games and other tele
vised university sporting events.
These 30-second spots have infor
mation about fee university’s academic
program, said UNL spokeswoman
Phyllis Larsen, and they were started
about two years ago.
Despite the fact that fee ‘70s glitz
and glamour aren’t evident in Cavett’s
new endeavor, his characteristic intelli
gence and charm retain his classic high
brow appeal.
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Spanish artists honor
films with ‘street art’
MADRID, Spain (AP) - There is
something unnerving about the huge
hand-painted posters of movie stars
mounted outside the cinemas on
Madrid’s Gran Viaboulevard.
Julia Robots’ nose looks a little too
squashed, Robert DeNiro’s brow too
furrowed and Catherine Zeta-Jones’
cleavage just a shade too deep.
While Raul Rivera admits that his
paintings of some of film’s most famous
faces might fall short of perfect like
nesses, he insists they have a human
touch that is lacking in large promotion
al photographs.
“What we do is not just publicity, it
is art, it is street art,” Rivera said of die
giant paintings that can reach up to 968
square feet “The other stuff is not spe-~
cial, it is so programmed.”
Rivera, ^0, belongs to one of the
only two remaining workshops dedicat
ed to a tradition that dates back to when
the first ornate motion picture palaces
sprang up along the Gran Via some 60
years ago.
Rivera started as an apprentice at
16. His favorite subject is Clint
Eastwoqd’s craggy face.
During a typical week, Rivera said,
the Gran Via cinemas send out the faint
ed publicity of their, films on Tuesday,
giving the workshop just three days to
paint the posters and get diem installed
u
What we do is not just
publicity, it is art, it is
street art!'
Raul Rivera
artist
on Thursday night for Friday openings.
When die film finishes its run, the
paintings are returned to the workshop,
and the canvas is washed clean for the
next assignment
The City Council is considering
banning the posters because they block
the view of some of the city’s most inter
esting facades.
One idea floated in the council is to
leave tire buildings free for public con
templation during the day by allowing
the cinemas to project publicity onto
them at night.
Rivera is confident the poster art
will triumph over architectural purity in
the battle to define the identity of the
Gran Via- literally translated as Great
Way- that sweeps east to west through
central Madrid.
“Everyone says that the paintings in
Madrid are unique,” he said.
CONGRATULATIONS \\
SCOTT JOBMAN
acott Jooman is a graduating student in chemical
engineering. Leaving die University of Nebraska-Lincoln
in December, Scott will begin his new career for Archer
Daniels Midland Company. Scott will be working in
soybean processing in North Kansas City, Missouri.
ADM the world’s largest agri-processing company and is
. based in Decatur, Illinois. ADM is continuing to expand
throughout North America as well as in China, Europe and
South America.
ADM processes com, soybeans and other oil seeds and
produces high fructose com syrup, citric acid, Vitamin C,
Vitamin E, TVP©, vegetable oil, lecithin, ethanol, as well
as many other products.
Scott found out about ADM s career opportunities from
career services and scheduled an interview with ADM. He
interviewed in Decatur, toured production facilities, and
was then hired as a production assistant.
Scott will begin training for a period of six to twelve
months. During this time he will work with different
technicians and engineers as well as leam about the entire
process of production at the plant. He wanted the chance
to have hands-on experience. Scott is eagerly awaiting his
new career at ADM.
We look forward to Scott joining us.
WELCOME TO ADM
Jason Stahr is a graduating senior in Mechanized Systems Management and has chosen a
career at Archer Daniels Midland Company in grain terminal operations management.
ADM is one of the largest grain and food processing companies in the
world. Based in Decatur, Illinois, ADM is continually expanding
throughout die United States as well as.in China, Europe, Mexico, and
South America.
Jason found out about ADM’s career opportunities from career services * r« e f
on campus and scheduled an interview with ADM. After completing a °
two-stage interview process, Jason was offered a position as a grain
terminal operations management trainee. In January, he will begin a 12- *
month hands-on training program that will expose him to all aspects of
ADM and grain terminal operations management. tf
ADM is looking forward to having Jason join our team. 9 >>
