{"id":15,"date":"2008-12-02T11:00:42","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/?p=15"},"modified":"2018-09-10T16:09:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T20:09:09","slug":"best-of-the-best-dick-cavetts-comedian-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/video\/all-interviews\/best-of-the-best-dick-cavetts-comedian-hero\/15\/","title":{"rendered":"Dick Cavett&#8217;s Comedian Hero"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-15-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/14\/files\/mel-dickcavett.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/14\/files\/mel-dickcavett.mp4\">https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/14\/files\/mel-dickcavett.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><strong>Dick Cavett<\/strong>: I had written to him.\u00a0 And he asked me to come out.\u00a0 When the door opened, there was someone and it wasn&#8217;t quite Stan Laurel.\u00a0 And then I noticed one ear.\u00a0 And then it became Stan Laurel as I went back to the face.\u00a0 And he had&#8211; I never knew if the speech impediment was his character&#8217;s speech or his own.\u00a0 But he had what I think is called a bilateral sibilance.\u00a0 So that it came, &#8220;Well, that&#8211; it certainly is nice to meet you.&#8221;\u00a0 And then spent two enchanted hours with Stan Laurel. 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