i thought you’d never ask

i mean, really, dick cavett — just great. i just keep thinking about this:

“Sometimes you don’t want to be recognized, and just enjoy a museum or an art gallery. And now, it’s always, ‘Can we take a selfie?’”

Mr. Cavett could tell his fans to stick their smartphones where the moon don’t shine, of course. But he usually complies.

“Or I say, ‘I thought you’d never ask,’” he said. “To make the people standing by laugh.”