
The Dick Cavett Show
Season 6
1971
E6 · 90 min
John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Host Dick Cavett welcomes his only guests singer-songwriter John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
E8
Lillian Gish, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Julius Baker, Satchel Paige, Salvador Dali
E9 · 90 min
John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Robert Citron, Stan Freberg
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.
E19 · 90 min
Fred Astaire
Host Dick Cavett welcomes solo guest singer-dancer-actor Fred Astaire.
E21
Mort Sahl, B.B. King, Don Meredith, Veruschka von Lehndorff
Dick Cavett hosts; guests include model Veruschka von Lehndorff, blues musician B.B. King, humorist Mort Sahl, and football sportscaster Don Meredith.
E23 · 90 min
Woody Allen
Host Dick Cavett welcomes solo guest director Woody Allen who plays the clarinet.
E34
Don Rickles, Beverly Sills, Phyllis Kirk, Earl Wilson
E39 · 90 min
Bette Davis
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.
E42 · 90 min
George Harrison, Mick Jones, Gary Wright & Wonderwheel, Ravi Shankar
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests singer-songwriter-musician George Harrison, musician Ravi Shankar and Gary Wright & the Wonderwheel.
E55 · 90 min
George Burns, author Adelle Davis and The Smothers Brothers
E56 · 90 min
Groucho Marx, Erin Fleming
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests actor-comedian Groucho Marx, actress Debbie Reynolds, comedian Dan Rowan and Erin Fleming.
E68
Sen. Edward Kennedy, Charlotte Curtis, Al Green
E79 · 90 min
Frank Capra, Mel Brooks, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests directors Mel Brooks, Frank Capra, Robert Altman and Peter Bogdanovich.
E100 · 90 min
John Huston
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guest director John Huston.
E170 · 90 min
John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Shirley MacLaine

E174 · 90 min
Alfred Hitchcock
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".