Charlie Rose

cavyherd  10/31/2011 11:40 AM Report

Wow. Forty years later, and he still makes me weak in the knees.

Yes, Mr. Rose, please do have Mr. Cavett back! I miss his show dearly.

ShalomFreedman  02/18/2011 09:18 AM Report

Charlie Rose is a 'mensch' in his offering to give Dick Cavett an hour with a guest of his choice. I have noticed that precisely this ability to show an extra bit of consideration and understanding of a guest often characterizes Rose's non- political interviews. In the political interviews this generally positive quality can be a detriment.

As for Cavett it is difficult not to feel great liking, respect and sympathy for him. A genuine American original, and despite his saying otherwise a person of great intelligence.

blank  02/17/2011 04:42 AM Report

notice how he's thinking of one word but then a different word will come out that's the kind of stuff these medications will do to you like zyprexa will do that things like lithium will make you feel like you're made out of styrofoam risperdol is a trip abilify will send painful lightning bolts through the center of your brain i wouldn't recommend any of them they'll try to tell you that it's not symptoms of the medication but symptoms of your mental disorder but there are a lot of people who like to take them and it seems to help them also in my going on about how awful medication is i've inadvertently convinced a bunch of different people to stop taking medication and then watched them go insane and just go totally crazy so i try not to talk about it too much to me it's not the answer i think psychotherapy and just regular therapy help way more and being healthy and getting exercise and just every little thing adds up to a big picture not feeling pain that's the most important thing nothing else matters pain killers are a waste you will get addicted and not treat the problem i don't believe in psychiatric medication risperdol costs $1000 per month so they have a lot of incentive to keep people on these medications most psychiatrists are retarded and pointless anyway they don't have a clue but are down to give you drugs if you want them the trick is to find a very intelligent therapist and then it's okay even if you become their therapist and they just talk to you the whole time i don't mind listening to what people are going through and because they are getting paid i don't feel guilty about talking about what i'm going through but i don't have a therapist as of now but don't listen to what anybody says everybody is crazy if you can prove that you're not violent and a threat to society or yourself they tend to be more understanding and work with you about whether you want to or not want to take medication i've never tried electro shock therapy and i would be hesitant to do something like that though it seems like some people get struck by lightning and they still survive sometimes just to be okay with things and not put pressure on yourself is the best i think like okay today might not be going well and i don't need to put pressure on myself to make tomorrow go well i can learn to be okay with things not going well that works better if you don't have some serious chronic debilitating problem that completely destroys your life and drives you insane and to just be okay with that not being the case is a big step because it sucks also not having hiv and things like that are good and often times i think like it's okay that other people are taking risks but i don't feel like i've missed out in life in that sense like things will be okay and when the time is right life will be good like sometimes when things that you took for granted disappear you realize how nice just being alive and being okay is like for me i just learned to get by on like how blanche said or something about the kindness of strangers that's how it's been for me i think that life could be better i think things are just easy the walls and all the fake and pretending that everybody does in life i think life could be a lot simpler if people just got to a level of simplicity instead of everybody trying to control everybody else or people trying to be other people and also to just not be too judgmental and be open minded things life is really messed up but it doesn't have to be bad

like i just wrote that it doesn't mean anything this is really what i'm trying to say

___________ are in a relationship with their fans and i represent the fan i don't want to be that person anymore i just want to go to the hospital and try to get better because i'm really messed up like life is very difficult it's not all about emotions reality can get very severe and they want to treat everything with psychiatric medication and most of the time i feel like the $1000 a month the psychiatric medication would cost maybe if they just gave me the money each month i would have less of a problem i could see a real doctor or treat myself but it does help a lot of people so i'm not getting into this (i really believe health care should be separate from income because once you lose your health your income is gone)

i think empathy the ability to imagine yourself in somebody else's shoes goes a long way and then it doesn't end up causing severe problems it's not about how much you can try to hurt somebody and then the more they can take the better they are like that's some type of proof of something when just basic simple logic is all anything takes i think people who are fake are a waste of time and the fakeness it's like vodka it looks like water and makes you want to throw up that's why i think acting and movies and hollywood is a waste i think they are just happy cuz they have a lot of money and they are free if you give the average person money they would do a lot more with it instead of capitalizing on the sick twisted destructive mentality that plagues the world and feeds on itself

that isn't true i think being fake is okay but why be fake with yourself i would rather be content with life instead of trying to get through my entire life trying to distract myself from one moment to the other so when i see people who are truly content i look up to to them this is in contrast to the people who try to pretend that they are content which for my own purposes is a waste of time because i'm not trying to pretend to be content i don't want to be like you are destroying the world by doing this and you most likely would be just as happy if you did things this way and you wouldn't be destroying the world but who's to say what makes people happy i just want to live my life and do the best i can it would not make me happy to feel like i was destroying the world i don't see it as a right that i have that and that i would get a rush of adrenaline by taking that power into my own hands and doing so or does anybody really think that that's what they are doing or are people just lost in their own minds dealing with their own delusions vaguely based on what's going on around them like everything is just a dream

that's why i think some type of awareness of your surroundings is important

sorry this was another just write as fast as you can whatever comes to mind don't pay attention i was in a good mood but when i read it it sounded like i was in a bad mood and complaining about something but i wasn't it's just life and then i added i still feel optimistic like at least things will be better

this is not a good message but i'm going to post it anyway sometimes just the act of existing helps sometimes just to sit and be silent in some place and just to do things words are overrated sometimes everything i think words are something people are forced to do to create an idea of something else it's still a translation like computer beeps and code most of the time i'm tired of life and i don't feel like going on and i use words to distract myself from that i think things are messed up but if i didn't think things were messed up then things maybe would be fine but you can't choose what you think i know i've been through life and i know what doesn't work

so at this point i think if people could go to the hospital and be free to be themselves that would be the best and i can't understand why there are so many people against the idea of that occurring and for what reason it's called i don't believe in the existence of an idealistic situation and if you don't believe in the possibility then you never even try to make it happen and then it won't that is the likelihood i just dream about things at some point i have to come to terms with what is really going on with my life

for me it's scary to take a medication where i try to say one word and some completely different word comes out of my mouth i know for a fact that i don't exist in reality i'm on a mission it's called the great escape from my life the great escape from everything just to go into my imagination and live there instead which will be based on the real world i know money minus fame will do it because i suffer from paranoia delusions that's the only time i ever cross back over to thinking that things are okay to tune out and do nothing for extended periods of time to formulate ideas and make them happen it's not a big issue life is free it's not about is it fair you can create a system where everybody is okay but people don't want to do it so it will never happen so in that case i just want to lose myself into my imagination and not be hit with reality every other second

i just read that it was like getting hit cold but it's like when i was writing it i was spaced out and drifting so you can see how the effect is just not in sync with anything that's why i say look things will be okay just do this and then somebody is like no that's not true so then i'll be like okay then i guess it's not true i still thought it would have been true i just trust that whatever happens things will be okay and maybe they don't end up okay but at least i felt like things were going to be okay and that's just the best i can hope for i try to stay true to myself rather than follow a stereotypical template that society creates cuz i feel like that's cheap i always feel like things could be better it's risky cuz by deviating most people make things worse but i do feel like i've been through life somewhat and i know what doesn't work

you can see it's just a puzzle words are meaningless really it's just about going through life

fredgleeck  02/17/2011 04:24 AM Report

As someone who has done over 2,000 interviews, I still learned a few VERY valuable pointers from Dick. And, despite his protestations to the contrary, I still view him as an "intellectual" talk show host. To me, that's a PLUS and not a MINUS! Too bad we don't have anyone like him on TV today. http://www.FredGleeck.com

SharkswithfrikingLazers  02/16/2011 09:46 PM Report

Loved the Honesty:

Regarding Dick Cavett's dull head period:

CHARLIE ROSE: So how did you come out of it?

DICK CAVETT: Psychopharmacology, ECT, and shrinks.

(LAUGHTER)

CHARLIE ROSE: Those three things.

DICK CAVETT: Those three things.

Carrie Fisher greeted me she said "Hey, fellow ECT club," (electroconvulsive therapy club)

This confession was both shocking to me and cathartic. Thank you for the information. By the way, David Letterman isn't "dull head"; he is black hole and he told Barbara Walters he takes medication for it.

doodah  02/16/2011 05:27 PM Report

I like the Bob Hope story, "Hey, was that You?!". .. That happens to me all the time.

earl_olson  02/16/2011 03:32 PM Report

Please do have Dick Cavett on for the hour. He's got great stories.