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Groucho was a prolific writer with "a genuine intellect," according to Cavett, despite not finishing public school. His proudest achievement was having a book of his letters published at the Library of Congress.

After Jack Paar left and before Johnny Carson replaced him, "The Tonight Show" had a fleet of guest hosts, including Groucho Marx, who brought on Dick Cavett as one of his writers. "I wondered if he would use anything I wrote," said Cavett of that ...

ABC aired "The Dick Cavett Show" three times a week during primetime, considered an unusual schedule at the time. "In fact, when Groucho came on, he said, 'You know you need a secretary to know when this show is on,'" said Cavett.

Check out our playlist inspired by American Masters – Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On and learn more about the songs that have defined Sainte-Marie’s life and career. It's My Way "It’s My Way" is the title track on Buffy Sainte-Marie’s first album, released in 1964. ...

The winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, three National Book Awards and the Pulitzer Prize, Saul Bellow transformed modern literature. He illuminated 20th-century American life through philosophical depth and a wild sense of humor. Some of the greatest American writers alive today credit him ...

In this odd pairing, legendary singer, dancer and bandleader Cab Calloway starred in these surreal Betty Boop cartoons to promote his music, "Minnie the Moocher" and "The Old Man of the Mountain." Before the popularization of television, cartoons in the 1920s and 30s were theatrically ...

Dick Cavett remembers his friendship with Groucho Marx, from the moment they met to the "magical hours" they spent together on television. A few thoughts on a favorite subject: Good news. The expert author and producer/director of first-rate, much acclaimed film and television, Robert S. ...

Foreword written by singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Excerpted from the book, "Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography," written by Andrea Warner. "Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography" is available for purchase here. When I started out in the sixties there weren’t many women writing music, but Buffy Sainte-Marie ...

Writer Alex Frank on how Buffy Sainte-Marie's groundbreaking electronic album, "Illuminations," upended expectations for the Indigenous folk star. For musicians of the 1960s, there was what seems an insatiable creative struggle to break free from the image and idea of how they were first presented to ...

Buffy Sainte-Marie is a living legend and a musical genius. But she’s also “Buffy who?” to a lot of people who have never heard of her before. Her name belongs alongside the likes of Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, but Sainte-Marie has been deeply unappreciated ...