Dick Cavett has more about Arthur Godfrey. I'm not as familiar with Godfrey's work as Mr. Cavett is, which may be why my impression of Godfrey is nowhere near as favorable. There were a lot of flukes in radio and in the early days of television where folks of limited talent and charm were somehow in the right place at the right time to have grand careers and stardom. Can you say, "Ed Sullivan?" (And yes, that still happens…) Godfrey had an avuncular folksiness and I could understand audiences enjoying his company…but I always had the feeling that his presence on 93 shows a week, or however many he had, had a lot to do with him ingratitating himself with the ad agencies and sponsors. America was always watching him because they were always putting him on the air.