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There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?

Dick Cavett

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Dick Cavett
Age: 87
Born: 1936
Born: November 19
Actor
Artistic Gymnast
Host
Screenwriter
Television Presenter
Writer
Gibbon
Nebraska
Richard Alva Cavett
Funny
Doe
Much
Streets
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Humor
Television
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