Bring Back Cavett
I try hard not to be one of those people who opines about "the good old days", which weren't, or "in my day", which is a silly phrase, but... The art of conversation seems to be waning. Even the most basic of exchanges have been reduced to abbreviated text with no true inflection beyond preloaded emoticons. In my personal life I have been fortunate enough to occasionally have someone who shares my love of diverse topics in depth, often the twin taboos of politics and religion, but not nearly as much as I crave. Even topics such as entertainment have devolved to the simplistic, liked it or it sucked, you gonna eat the last slice of pizza? Not all people like conversation in their personal life so let's leave that domain and focus on the professional talker. We have a 24/7 media culture and hundreds of channels, not including radio. With all of that you would think a golden age of conversation would be upon us but it's not, it's virtually non-exist...