Martin Schneider writes:

I have it running on my computer even as I post this, in my haste to alert you to it, but Dick Cavett, on the space The New York Times allots to him, has posted the full telecast of the October 14, 1981, program of his show, which featured two of America's finest writers, John Updike and John Cheever, in conversation together. Watch and be enthralled. (Here's the prior post, which led to this one.)

I don't think I've ever seen Updike on TV before. I find him very appealing; it's a shame he wasn't on television more during the 1990s. A commenter on the page notes that they discuss the New Yorker submission process, but I can't vouch for it. I look forward to the day that Jimmy Fallon invites Cormac McCarthy and Marilynne Robinson on for a chat. Until then, Cavett remains the undisputed champion! And even if he weren't, the decision to unite a purple jacket and a green shirt would make him champ anyway.

Addendum: The question pertaining to The New Yorker is in the very last minute—well worth a peek!