A little off-topic, but I was reading something about Agnes
Moorehead the other day which said that she and Elizabeth
Montgomery hit it off beautifully. It didn't say what she
thought of Dick York, but apparently she didn't care for Dick
Sargent; she said he was "in his own little world". I can tell
you that I think she and Dick York played off each other better
than she and Dick Sargent.
I also have to mention a story which I may have told before:
in 1967 ABC had a daytime talk and gossip show, "Dateline:
Hollywood" (where America first saw Rona Barrett, who did the
gossip segment and eventually became hostess). But at the
time this story takes place, Joanna Barnes was the show's hostess;
taping an interview with Ms. Moorehead, they got into a shouting
match and from what I've read they must have come close to punching
each other out. ABC refused to air the show. Fast forward a couple
of years: Ms. Moorehead is on "The Dick Cavett Show" and he can't
be polite enough (just as he called Alfred Hitchcock "Mr. Hitchcock"
instead of "Hitch," as many who knew him called him). I don't know
what that says, except perhaps as a reflection of the personalities
of two different talk-show hosts, but certainly a distinguished actress
like Agnes Moorehead deserved the treatment she got from Cavett
(and I would hope that if I had ever had a chance to interview her or Maurice
Evans, I would treat them the way Cavett would).
Moorehead the other day which said that she and Elizabeth
Montgomery hit it off beautifully. It didn't say what she
thought of Dick York, but apparently she didn't care for Dick
Sargent; she said he was "in his own little world". I can tell
you that I think she and Dick York played off each other better
than she and Dick Sargent.
I also have to mention a story which I may have told before:
in 1967 ABC had a daytime talk and gossip show, "Dateline:
Hollywood" (where America first saw Rona Barrett, who did the
gossip segment and eventually became hostess). But at the
time this story takes place, Joanna Barnes was the show's hostess;
taping an interview with Ms. Moorehead, they got into a shouting
match and from what I've read they must have come close to punching
each other out. ABC refused to air the show. Fast forward a couple
of years: Ms. Moorehead is on "The Dick Cavett Show" and he can't
be polite enough (just as he called Alfred Hitchcock "Mr. Hitchcock"
instead of "Hitch," as many who knew him called him). I don't know
what that says, except perhaps as a reflection of the personalities
of two different talk-show hosts, but certainly a distinguished actress
like Agnes Moorehead deserved the treatment she got from Cavett
(and I would hope that if I had ever had a chance to interview her or Maurice
Evans, I would treat them the way Cavett would).
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