April 15, 2025 • 7 mins
Graydon Carter is quite aware that no matter how well planned a party is, it is always at risk of being ruined by an impolite guest. But of all the social faux pas he’s been privy to, which was the most out of line? On this week’s bonus episode of Table for Two, Carter joins host Bruce Bozzi and discusses his go-to variety of wine, the most beautiful person he’s ever met, and why the south of France is his favorite place in the world.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
Hey, everybody, it's Bruce.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Thanks for pulling up a chair for another bonus episode
of Table for two. Last week, we published our interview
with journalist, recent author, and former editor in chief of
Vanity Fair Great and Carter.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
He shared so many great stories.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
During our lunch, and he even had more fun tales
to tell during our lightning round. I hope you enjoy,
and we'll be back next week with our exciting season finale.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
So we're gonna do a little speed round here. Okay,
favorite year and why.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
In my life probably nineteen seventy eight when I came
to New York. I mean I was just so excited.
I mean, buddy, yes.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
There's buildings. Plus you're young. It's like everything's two ways,
a lot more in air. I mean, you know, we
take that all right.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
You you have to leave New York day and can
only take things you can carry with you.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
What are you bringing?
Speaker 3 (01:05):
I take my cameras. I have a couple of likea cameras,
and I would think something from my office. I have
this sort of wonderful old astroid that's shaped like a
giant champagne cork that I have.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
To love and probably take that, Okay, which I also
love in you book when you when you realize that
the marketing tool of creating ashtrays and things for people
to actually take.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
I still have.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Loafers or lace ups lace ups.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Most beautiful person you've ever met movie star wise male
and female.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
I met years ago when I was working at time.
I had covered something and I met Myrtle Loi. But
I was the most beautiful woman and she had exactly
the same thing she did in the Thin Men. She
has that sort of disease where she had millions of
tiny rakles. So if you saw her at eight away,
she looked exactly like thin Man Myrtle Oi, and she
was one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
I love that about you. I love that you're connected
to the past.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Great best well, best part you've ever best part you've
ever thrown doesn't have to be a vanity fair party.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Best part you've ever thrown.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
I did the dinner at the River Cafe in London.
That was pretty fabulous, and it was it was all
people from the British Theater and that was that was
pretty memorable.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Wine Red White Rose.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Well, we I pushed the season, but at both ends,
so I have to like Rose my friends, you know,
and it's a I'm assuming it's better for you, but.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
I'm gonna assume, yeah, you love the hotel to.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
Cop too expansive, But yes I did.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
We had a fun time in the lobby that day.
Good laugh in the lobby that day looking at all
the blonde women.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Yeah, yeah, No, no, I do like the hotel to cap.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Worst faux pas when hosting a dinner party.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Worst faux pas. Well, I mean this wasn't during a
dinner party. There's a during a dinner I had. I
was having a dinner in Canada and congratulated our waitress
on being pregnant. And you know, I think must have been.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
All do that once and that never ever again, ever again.
I mean, you're like, you can never recover.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
I can't watch. You didn't let me finished.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Worst faup when you were attending Identifi.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Oh god, I'm pretty well behaved nowadays.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Or someone attending your dinner.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
I mean, I think anybody who stays too long, like
we had a dinner. It's in my book for Margaret,
Princess Margaret, and she did you know New York dinner
parties sort of chop off around ten to fifteen and
people have to get to work and a living, and
she and nobody was allowed to leave until she left me,
actually a protocol, and she she stayed until about twelve thirty.
(03:55):
And people, no, no, it was like a hostile situation
for most of the gay than It was just the
looks on their face. And your friend Barry Dollar was
just because they kept saying, I gotta get out of here,
and I said, oh, no, no, no, please, just go at
the back door. If you're gonna leave, please.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
That is it's brutal, like you think you're going to
pass out. I've had that happen to us at our house,
and you're just like, oh my god.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
There's a natural time span. And then my father used
to come down. He was the same way and went
around ten, ten to fifteen. He'd he'd go to my
mother and say whisper quite loudly, so the guys can
hear Mark. We can't keep these good people any longer.
People started watching Your First Kiss, My First Kiss. I
(04:40):
played football and when I was in high school and
went out with one of the cheerleaders. All right, yeah, that's.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
A good memorn favorite place you've been in the.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
World, definitely the southern France and one aside from New York.
I do love. I just love the smell, I love
the light, I love the peacefulness. And people in the
southern France are much happier and friendlier than people in
northern France. It's like it's like different nations. And there's
just something about the sky and the size of the sky.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Anyway, edge of love it biggest embarrassment.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
Biggest embarrassment, Holy count there's so many. I mean one
time I was on a traveling hockey team and we
were in the Montreal subway station and I was leaning
over those the cheerleaders rolled down below, and all the
girls from the high school were down below, and I
leaned over my equipment bank accidentally and my my jock
(05:35):
strap fell out of the equipment bank and went down
on the floor, and you'd think of bomb. Atlantic women
were shrieking and I had to like go down the
stairs and pick up that would be I was like
it was on your teenage. I was sweating and it
was wet and the sort of splosh. See.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Now, if you were in a room with gay guys,
that would have been like the most exciting thing that
ever happened.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
To any of them. Thank you for joining.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
This has been a huge honor for me, and if
you're listening, please when the going was good and editor's
adventures during the last golden age of magazines, it's amazing.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Thank you for pulling up a chair.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
I love our lunches and never forget the romance of
a meal. If you enjoy the show, please tell a
friend and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. Table
for two with Bruce Bosi is produced by iHeartRadio seven
three seven Park and Airmail. Our executive producers are Bruce
Bosi and Nathan King. Our supervising producer is Dylan Fagan.
(06:47):
Our editors are Vincent to Johnny and Cas b.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Bias.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Table for two is researched and written by Jack Sullivan.
Our sound engineers are Meil B. Klein, Jess Krainich, and
Jesse Our music supervisor is Randall Poster. Our talent booking
is done by Jane Sarkin. Table for two Social media
manager is Gracie Wiener. Special thanks to Amy Sugarman, Uni Scherer,
(07:12):
Kevin Uvane, Bobby Bauer, Alison Kanter Graber. For more podcasts
from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio app. Apple podcast or wherever
you listen to your favorite shows.
Hey, everybody, it's Bruce.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Thanks for pulling up a chair for another bonus episode
of Table for two. Last week, we published our interview
with journalist, recent author, and former editor in chief of
Vanity Fair Great and Carter.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
He shared so many great stories.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
During our lunch, and he even had more fun tales
to tell during our lightning round. I hope you enjoy,
and we'll be back next week with our exciting season finale.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
So we're gonna do a little speed round here. Okay,
favorite year and why.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
In my life probably nineteen seventy eight when I came
to New York. I mean I was just so excited.
I mean, buddy, yes.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
There's buildings. Plus you're young. It's like everything's two ways,
a lot more in air. I mean, you know, we
take that all right.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
You you have to leave New York day and can
only take things you can carry with you.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
What are you bringing?
Speaker 3 (01:05):
I take my cameras. I have a couple of likea cameras,
and I would think something from my office. I have
this sort of wonderful old astroid that's shaped like a
giant champagne cork that I have.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
To love and probably take that, Okay, which I also
love in you book when you when you realize that
the marketing tool of creating ashtrays and things for people
to actually take.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
I still have.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Loafers or lace ups lace ups.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Most beautiful person you've ever met movie star wise male
and female.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
I met years ago when I was working at time.
I had covered something and I met Myrtle Loi. But
I was the most beautiful woman and she had exactly
the same thing she did in the Thin Men. She
has that sort of disease where she had millions of
tiny rakles. So if you saw her at eight away,
she looked exactly like thin Man Myrtle Oi, and she
was one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
I love that about you. I love that you're connected
to the past.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Great best well, best part you've ever best part you've
ever thrown doesn't have to be a vanity fair party.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Best part you've ever thrown.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
I did the dinner at the River Cafe in London.
That was pretty fabulous, and it was it was all
people from the British Theater and that was that was
pretty memorable.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Wine Red White Rose.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Well, we I pushed the season, but at both ends,
so I have to like Rose my friends, you know,
and it's a I'm assuming it's better for you, but.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
I'm gonna assume, yeah, you love the hotel to.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
Cop too expansive, But yes I did.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
We had a fun time in the lobby that day.
Good laugh in the lobby that day looking at all
the blonde women.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Yeah, yeah, No, no, I do like the hotel to cap.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Worst faux pas when hosting a dinner party.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Worst faux pas. Well, I mean this wasn't during a
dinner party. There's a during a dinner I had. I
was having a dinner in Canada and congratulated our waitress
on being pregnant. And you know, I think must have been.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
All do that once and that never ever again, ever again.
I mean, you're like, you can never recover.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
I can't watch. You didn't let me finished.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Worst faup when you were attending Identifi.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Oh god, I'm pretty well behaved nowadays.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Or someone attending your dinner.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
I mean, I think anybody who stays too long, like
we had a dinner. It's in my book for Margaret,
Princess Margaret, and she did you know New York dinner
parties sort of chop off around ten to fifteen and
people have to get to work and a living, and
she and nobody was allowed to leave until she left me,
actually a protocol, and she she stayed until about twelve thirty.
(03:55):
And people, no, no, it was like a hostile situation
for most of the gay than It was just the
looks on their face. And your friend Barry Dollar was
just because they kept saying, I gotta get out of here,
and I said, oh, no, no, no, please, just go at
the back door. If you're gonna leave, please.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
That is it's brutal, like you think you're going to
pass out. I've had that happen to us at our house,
and you're just like, oh my god.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
There's a natural time span. And then my father used
to come down. He was the same way and went
around ten, ten to fifteen. He'd he'd go to my
mother and say whisper quite loudly, so the guys can
hear Mark. We can't keep these good people any longer.
People started watching Your First Kiss, My First Kiss. I
(04:40):
played football and when I was in high school and
went out with one of the cheerleaders. All right, yeah, that's.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
A good memorn favorite place you've been in the.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
World, definitely the southern France and one aside from New York.
I do love. I just love the smell, I love
the light, I love the peacefulness. And people in the
southern France are much happier and friendlier than people in
northern France. It's like it's like different nations. And there's
just something about the sky and the size of the sky.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Anyway, edge of love it biggest embarrassment.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
Biggest embarrassment, Holy count there's so many. I mean one
time I was on a traveling hockey team and we
were in the Montreal subway station and I was leaning
over those the cheerleaders rolled down below, and all the
girls from the high school were down below, and I
leaned over my equipment bank accidentally and my my jock
(05:35):
strap fell out of the equipment bank and went down
on the floor, and you'd think of bomb. Atlantic women
were shrieking and I had to like go down the
stairs and pick up that would be I was like
it was on your teenage. I was sweating and it
was wet and the sort of splosh. See.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Now, if you were in a room with gay guys,
that would have been like the most exciting thing that
ever happened.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
To any of them. Thank you for joining.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
This has been a huge honor for me, and if
you're listening, please when the going was good and editor's
adventures during the last golden age of magazines, it's amazing.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Thank you for pulling up a chair.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
I love our lunches and never forget the romance of
a meal. If you enjoy the show, please tell a
friend and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. Table
for two with Bruce Bosi is produced by iHeartRadio seven
three seven Park and Airmail. Our executive producers are Bruce
Bosi and Nathan King. Our supervising producer is Dylan Fagan.
(06:47):
Our editors are Vincent to Johnny and Cas b.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Bias.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Table for two is researched and written by Jack Sullivan.
Our sound engineers are Meil B. Klein, Jess Krainich, and
Jesse Our music supervisor is Randall Poster. Our talent booking
is done by Jane Sarkin. Table for two Social media
manager is Gracie Wiener. Special thanks to Amy Sugarman, Uni Scherer,
(07:12):
Kevin Uvane, Bobby Bauer, Alison Kanter Graber. For more podcasts
from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio app. Apple podcast or wherever
you listen to your favorite shows.
Host
Bruce Bozzi
Popular Podcasts
40s and Free Agents: NFL Draft Season
Daniel Jeremiah of Move the Sticks and Gregg Rosenthal of NFL Daily join forces to break down every team's needs this offseason.
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
The Bobby Bones Show
Listen to 'The Bobby Bones Show' by downloading the daily full replay.