The Dick Cavett Show — Season 6

06 John Lennon & Yoko Ono

Sep 21, 19711h 30m

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

08 Lillian Gish, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Julius Baker, Satchel Paige, Salvador Dali

Feb 11, 1972

09 John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Robert Citron, Stan Freberg

Sep 24, 19711h 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.

19 Fred Astaire

Oct 13, 19711h 30m

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

21 Mort Sahl, B.B. King, Don Meredith, Veruschka von Lehndorff

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.

23 Woody Allen

Oct 20, 19711h 30m

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

34 Don Rickles, Beverly Sills, Phyllis Kirk, Earl Wilson

Apr 13, 1972

39 Bette Davis

Nov 17, 19711h 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.

42 George Harrison, Mick Jones, Gary Wright & Wonderwheel, Ravi Shankar

Nov 23, 19711h 30m

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

Dec 15, 19711h 30m

56 Groucho Marx, Erin Fleming

Dec 16, 19711h 30m

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

Jun 19, 1972

79 Frank Capra, Mel Brooks, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich

Jan 21, 19721h 30m

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

100 John Huston

Feb 21, 19721h 30m

Host Dick Cavett welcomes guest director John Huston.

170 John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Shirley MacLaine

May 11, 19721h 30m

174 Alfred Hitchcock

Jun 8, 19721h 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".