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He said, madam, the pennsylvania railroad will go to any length to avoid having differences between the passengers. perhaps it would be more to your convenience if we rearranged your seating. and as a small compensation, if you accompany me to the dining car, we'll give you a free meal. maybe we'll find a banana for your monkey. [ laughter ] >> i'm dick cavett. funnier than chet huntley, taller than mickey rooney and pure and honest as new jersey. >> the dick cavett show, you could get people like norman mailer and woody allen. >> my only new year's resolution this year, i think i'm going to t...

>> no, we lost the dining car, i hear. >> but even our car of the wheel. we just have to hope for the best. >> the night express to bagan. 600 kilometers of what will turn out to be kidney-softening travel by rail, but bagan, myanmar's ancient capital, i'm told, is a must see. >> the true old english experience. the engine is a french engine from the '70s. >> we've been told it's a somewhat uncomfortable ten-hour trip. so really the question on this end of the journey is come back on the trainer flying coffin. >> mishaps on both burmese planes and trains are not, shall we say, unheard of. >> t...

Terrorist on a paris-bound train. this is my favorite story because it illustrates two sides of a coin. one, it stopped incredible carnage, and two, it shows you that without the heroism, there would have been incredible carnage. this thug was on a watch list and it didn't matter. he roamed freely among the masses. my conclusion? we're sitting ducks for massacres unless we rethink security and surveillance. all right, degan, any thoughts on what i'm saying? i believe we have to treat this last act of heroism as something bad happened that no one died. >> rather than being worried about it, i'm...

Terrorist on a paris-bound train. this is my favorite story because it illustrates two sides of a coin. one, it stopped incredible carnage, and two, it shows you that without the heroism, there would have been incredible carnage. this thug was on a watch list and it didn't matter. he roamed freely among the masses. my conclusion? we're sitting ducks for massacres unless we rethink security and surveillance. all right, degan, any thoughts on what i'm saying? i believe we have to treat this last act of heroism as something bad happened that no one died. >> rather than being worried about it, i'm...

David -- or don, do you guys want to weigh in on this? do you agree about the seatbelts? >> oh yes. >> i don't. >> who doesn't? >> philly agrees with what is just been said. seatbelts on trains would be something basically ridiculous. they wouldn't be used. if you forced people to use them who's going to enforce that? someone who wants to go to the dining car, there are going to be certain situations where you say you can't go you have to sit here. i just don't think -- >> it's not like the airplane where everyone is taking off at the same time because are constantly getting on and -- i unders...