Round 3: Tossup 5

June Squibb and this man are the only people to narrate their Criterion Closet video while sitting down. This man chose Zsa Zsa Gabor as his scene partner who is slaughtered by Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3. (15[1])This man wrote the line “here they are, Jayne Mansfield” for Jack Paar. A character played by this man acerbically says “Delia, you are a flake” to the host of a dinner party whose patrons dance to a calypso song. The poor box office for the film (*) Husbands was partially due to this man’s run-in with its three drunk stars, including (10[1])John Cassavetes. (10[1])Public knowledge of the private life of Katharine Hepburn mostly stems from her impromptu interview with this man, who hosted Salvador Dali’s (10[1])anteater and the debate between Lester Maddox and Jim Brown. (10[1])For 10 points, the Vidal–Mailer feud climaxed violently on what man’s 1970s talk show? ■END■

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