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Here's another gem - Nabokov and Lionel Trilling on an almost comedically highbrow TV show shortly after Lolita was published:

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/a_baboon_of_genius_naboko...

Nabokov's manner on 1950s American TV is delightful, even if he is reading from index cards. "I leave the field of ideas to Dr. Schweitzer and, uh, Dr. Zhivago."



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