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“The altercation, which Slate television critic Troy Patterson detailed in 2007, got its start off-camera when Norman Mailer head-butted Gore Vidal in the green room. But the physical violence between the public intellectuals had nothing on the rhetorical violence.” — Slate.  

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   The real takeaway here is I love you Dick Cavett

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