Seasons & episodes
S6 · E19Fred Astaire 1971-10-13 · 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes solo guest singer-dancer-actor Fred Astaire.
S6 · E21Mort Sahl, B.B. King, Don Meredith, Veruschka von Lehndorff 1972-03-03
Dick Cavett hosts; guests include model Veruschka von Lehndorff, blues musician B.B. King, humorist Mort Sahl, and football sportscaster Don Meredith.
S6 · E23Woody Allen 1971-10-20 · 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes solo guest director Woody Allen who plays the clarinet.
S6 · E34Don Rickles, Beverly Sills, Phyllis Kirk, Earl Wilson 1972-04-13
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S6 · E39Bette Davis 1971-11-17 · 90 min
Dick interviews legendary actress Bette Davis. The two-time Oscar winner reads a scene (with Dick) from "Dark Victory" (1939) and sings, "They're Either Too Young or Too Old" and "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte". Reflecting on a 43 year career, Miss Davis comments on notables like Errol Flynn ("He thought I was a fool for working so hard") and Greta Garbo ("It's my dying ambition to meet her") and recites her favorite line: "I'd love to kiss you, but I just washed my hair." Also Whitney Stine, author of a recent Davis biography.
S6 · E42George Harrison, Mick Jones, Gary Wright & Wonderwheel, Ravi Shankar 1971-11-23 · 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests singer-songwriter-musician George Harrison, musician Ravi Shankar and Gary Wright & the Wonderwheel.
S6 · E55George Burns, author Adelle Davis and The Smothers Brothers 1971-12-15 · 90 min
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S6 · E56Groucho Marx, Erin Fleming 1971-12-16 · 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests actor-comedian Groucho Marx, actress Debbie Reynolds, comedian Dan Rowan and Erin Fleming.
S6 · E68Sen. Edward Kennedy, Charlotte Curtis, Al Green 1972-06-19
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S6 · E79Frank Capra, Mel Brooks, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich 1972-01-21 · 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests directors Mel Brooks, Frank Capra, Robert Altman and Peter Bogdanovich.
S6 · E100John Huston 1972-02-21 · 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guest director John Huston.
S6 · E170John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Shirley MacLaine 1972-05-11 · 90 min
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S6 · E174Alfred Hitchcock 1972-06-08 · 90 min
Dick Cavett spends 90 minutes with legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock in a 1972 interview. Hitch discusses cinema, his life and career, and explains how he pulled off some "ingenious" special effects in his movies. He also discusses actors, screen violence and how he enjoys watching an audience "dipping their toe in the cold water of fear." Included are clips from his films "Psycho," "The Birds" & "Frenzy".
S7 · E7Jack Benny, Bill Cosby, Joe Frazier, Phil Silvers 1973-02-21
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S7 · E77Marlon Brando 1973-06-12 · 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests actor Marlon Brando, tribal leader Sam Cagey, Dr. Wallace Heath, Dennis Limberhand and Mervin Wright.
S7 · E78Ray Charles 1973-01-26 · 90 min
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S7 · E80Ray Charles, John Lindsay, Dr. Samuel Rosen 1973-07-09 · 90 min
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S8 · E6Katharine Hepburn, Part 1 1973-10-02 · 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests Academy Award winning actress Katharine Hepburn in Part One of a two-part interview.
S8 · E7Katharine Hepburn, Part 2 1973-10-03 · 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guest legendary actress Katharine Hepburn in Part 2 of his interview.
S9 · E1Paul Simon, Anthony Burgess, Barbara Howar, Jerzy Kosinski 1974-09-05 · 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests singer-songwriter Paul Simon, poet-playwright Anthony Burgess, actress Barbara Howar, novelist Jerzy Kosinski and the Jessy Dixon Singers.
S9 · E7David Bowie 1974-12-05 · 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests British actor Roy Dotrice and rocker David Bowie. Highlights: David performs "1984" and "Young Americans." Dick interviews David, then David performs "Footstompin'." The other number "Can You Hear Me" was not televised. Dotrice presents portions of his one-man show "Brief Lives" in which he portrays 17th century diarist John Aubrey.
S9 · E92Brian De Palma, Martin Scorsese 1978-06-15
De Palma and Scorsese on Welles and Hitchcock
S10 · E1Alan King, Jack Douglas, Reiko Douglas, Kamarr 1985-09-10 · 90 min
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S10 · E2Nancy Friday, Zamfir, Anthony Burgess 1985-09-14 · 90 min
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