About this season
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
Episodes (23)
1. Woody Allen, Anthony Quinn, Peter Ustinov, Cast of Hair, James Baldwin, Paul Weiss
Aired 16 May 1969 • 90 min
ABC Emmy Submission
2. Groucho Marx
Aired 13 June 1969 • 90 min
3. Beverly Sills, Drew Pearson, Natalie Wood, Pat McCormick
Aired 23 June 1969 • 90 min
4. Cleveland Amory, Ann Miller, Otto Preminger, Tiny Tim
Aired 24 June 1969 • 90 min
5. Woody Allen, Joe Frazier, John Hartford, Julie Harris, Tom Wicker
Aired 30 June 1969 • 90 min
6. Robert Downey Sr., Garson Kanin, Gwen Verdon, Jimi Hendrix
Aired 7 July 1969 • 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests director Robert Downey, dancer-actress Gwen Verdon, playwright Garson Kanin and musician Jimi Hendrix.
7. David Frye, Rex Reed, Dee Dee Warwick, Dionne Warwick, I. F. Stone
Aired 11 July 1969 • 90 min
8. Redd Foxx, Richard Attenborough, Patty Duke, James J. Kilpatrick
Aired 14 July 1969 • 90 min
9. Janis Joplin, The Committee, Michael Thomas
Aired 18 July 1969 • 90 min
10. Burt Lancaster, Ada Louise Huxtable, Tim Hardin
Aired 21 July 1969 • 90 min
11. Duke Ellington, Mary McCarthy
Aired 8 August 1969 • 90 min
12. Woody Allen, Carmen McRae, W. Averell Harriman
Aired 11 August 1969 • 90 min
13. Nicol Williamson, Arlo Guthrie
Aired 12 August 1969 • 90 min
14. Jack Benny
Aired 15 August 1969 • 90 min
15. Beverly Sills, Shirley Chisholm
Aired 18 August 1969 • 90 min
16. Jefferson Airplane, Joni Mitchell, Crosby & Stills, Grace Slick
Aired 19 August 1969 • 90 min
Taped the day after the Woodstock festival ended, host Dick Cavett welcomed several big name acts that had just performed there, some still covered with mud. Recorded 'in the round' with a youthful audience, this show is a true time capsule of the time. Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests Jefferson Airplane, singer Joni Mitchell and singer-musicians Stephen Stills and David Crosby. Highlights: Jefferson Airplane perform "We Can Be Together" and "Somebody to Love". Stephen Stills performs "4 + 20". Joni sings "Chelsea Morning".
17. Judy Collins, Wayne Morse
Aired 26 August 1969 • 90 min
18. Stanley Kramer, Dr. Paul Weiss, Voices of East Harlem
Aired 29 August 1969 • 90 min
19. Groucho Marx
Aired 5 September 1969 • 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests Groucho Marx. Highlights: Groucho reminisces with anecdotes, ad libs, and demonstrates his singing prowess...a style all its own performing "Lydia".
20. Eartha Kitt, Rex Stout, William Holden
Aired 5 September 1969 • 90 min
21. Robert Young, Ralph Nader, Jimi Hendrix
Aired 9 September 1969 • 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests actor and star of Marcus Welby MD Robert Young, consumer advocate Ralph Nader and musician Jimi Hendrix.
22. Joe Namath, Joan Rivers, Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Aired 16 September 1969 • 90 min
23. Woody Allen, Ruth Gordon, Gina Lollobrigida
Aired 19 September 1969 • 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests director Woody Allen, actress Ruth Gordon and film star Gina Lollobridgida.