OUR STORY BEGINS just after midnight, not so very long ago. The Dick Cavett Show is in full swing.

Seated on Cavett’s left is John Simon, The New York Critic. On Cavett’s right, in order of distance from him, are Little Richard, Rock and Roll Singer and Weirdo; Rita Moreno, Actress; and Erich Segal, Yale Professor of Classics and Author of Love Story. Miss,Moreno and Mr. Segal adored Love Story. Mr. Simon did not. Little Richard has not read it. ^