The Dick Cavett Show — Season 6

Sep 21, 1971 · 1h 30m

Host Dick Cavett welcomes his only guests singer-songwriter John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

Feb 11, 1972

Sep 24, 1971 · 1h 30m

Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests comedian-voice actor Stan Freberg, politician Robert Citron. This episode also features three additional segments from John Lennon & Yoko Ono's appearance on September 11, 1971.

Oct 13, 1971 · 1h 30m

Host Dick Cavett welcomes solo guest singer-dancer-actor Fred Astaire.

Mar 3, 1972

Dick Cavett hosts; guests include model Veruschka von Lehndorff, blues musician B.B. King, humorist Mort Sahl, and football sportscaster Don Meredith.

Oct 20, 1971 · 1h 30m

Host Dick Cavett welcomes solo guest director Woody Allen who plays the clarinet.

Apr 13, 1972

Nov 17, 1971 · 1h 30m

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.

Nov 23, 1971 · 1h 30m

Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests singer-songwriter-musician George Harrison, musician Ravi Shankar and Gary Wright & the Wonderwheel.

Dec 15, 1971 · 1h 30m

Dec 16, 1971 · 1h 30m

Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests actor-comedian Groucho Marx, actress Debbie Reynolds, comedian Dan Rowan and Erin Fleming.

Jun 19, 1972

Jan 21, 1972 · 1h 30m

Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests directors Mel Brooks, Frank Capra, Robert Altman and Peter Bogdanovich.

Feb 21, 1972 · 1h 30m

Host Dick Cavett welcomes guest director John Huston.

May 11, 1972 · 1h 30m

Jun 8, 1972 · 1h 30m

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".