About this season
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
Episodes (16)
6. John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Aired 21 September 1971 • 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes his only guests singer-songwriter John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
8. Lillian Gish, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Julius Baker, Satchel Paige, Salvador Dali
Aired 11 February 1972
9. John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Robert Citron, Stan Freberg
Aired 24 September 1971 • 90 min
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.
19. Fred Astaire
Aired 13 October 1971 • 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes solo guest singer-dancer-actor Fred Astaire.
21. Mort Sahl, B.B. King, Don Meredith, Veruschka von Lehndorff
Aired 3 March 1972
Dick Cavett hosts; guests include model Veruschka von Lehndorff, blues musician B.B. King, humorist Mort Sahl, and football sportscaster Don Meredith.
23. Woody Allen
Aired 20 October 1971 • 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes solo guest director Woody Allen who plays the clarinet.
34. Don Rickles, Beverly Sills, Phyllis Kirk, Earl Wilson
Aired 13 April 1972
39. Bette Davis
Aired 17 November 1971 • 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.
42. George Harrison, Mick Jones, Gary Wright & Wonderwheel, Ravi Shankar
Aired 23 November 1971 • 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests singer-songwriter-musician George Harrison, musician Ravi Shankar and Gary Wright & the Wonderwheel.
55. George Burns, author Adelle Davis and The Smothers Brothers
Aired 15 December 1971 • 90 min
56. Groucho Marx, Erin Fleming
Aired 16 December 1971 • 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests actor-comedian Groucho Marx, actress Debbie Reynolds, comedian Dan Rowan and Erin Fleming.
68. Sen. Edward Kennedy, Charlotte Curtis, Al Green
Aired 19 June 1972
79. Frank Capra, Mel Brooks, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich
Aired 21 January 1972 • 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests directors Mel Brooks, Frank Capra, Robert Altman and Peter Bogdanovich.
100. John Huston
Aired 21 February 1972 • 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guest director John Huston.
170. John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Shirley MacLaine
Aired 11 May 1972 • 90 min
174. Alfred Hitchcock
Aired 8 June 1972 • 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".