When Updike and Cheever Came to Visit - Dick Cavett Blog - NYTimes.com

Writers Bloc: When Updike and Cheever Came to Visit - Dick Cavett Blog - NYTimes.com: "A recent obituary brought memories of one of the best of those times. Though a bit more genteel than my notorious Norman Mailer/Gore Vidal show, this one was no less thrilling.

“What if we could get John Cheever and John Updike?” someone said. “Together. On the same show!”

The fantasy came true."