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I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction is from another.

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Dick Cavett
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: November 19
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Artistic Gymnast
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Television Presenter
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Gibbon
Nebraska
Richard Alva Cavett
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