Reply #6: He's a Good Guy.

[MarianJack]

He was, however, no match for Johnny Carson. There is no shame in this. After all, for 30 years, nobody was.

One of his favorite stories from his show was one where he didn't come across looking too good. He had James Earl Jones on when "The Great White Hope" came out. During the interview he asked Jones if he should refer to him as the great black, negro or colored actor (remember this was circa 1969-70. Until the late 60's "black" was considered an insult and "negro" or "colored" more acceptable). Jones, according to Cavett, looked at him and, in that Jones VOICE, said "Why don't you just say N****R?". His point was why any label at all?

I did see the Kerry/o'neill debate when it first happened and Kerry did absolutely MANHANDLE him.