To the editors:

Jonathan Rosenbaum screwed up in his review of the movie Cross My Heart [“A Time to Lie,” November 20]. Rick Moranis, not Martin Short, portrayed the unctuous and egocentric Dick Cavett on SCTV, including the SCTV skit in which Cavett interviewed himself, which was one of the most brilliantly conceived, written, and performed moments in the history of television. Short was probably backstage at the time, playing Kate Hepburn rearranging her privates.

President, Committee to Discredit Dick Cavett, Martin Short, and Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago