• Air date: 21 Sep '71 11 episodes
      The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
  • List of Episodes (11)
    • 6. John Lennon & Yoko Ono

      21 Sep '71
      Host Dick Cavett welcomes his only guests singer-songwriter John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
    • 19. Fred Astaire

      13 Oct '71
      Host Dick Cavett welcomes solo guest singer-dancer-actor Fred Astaire.
    • 23. Woody Allen

      20 Oct '71
      Host Dick Cavett welcomes solo guest director Woody Allen who plays the clarinet.
    • 39. Bette Davis

      17 Nov '71
      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,
    • 42. George Harrison, Mick Jones, Gary Wright & Wonderwheel, Ravi Shankar

      23 Nov '71
      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

      15 Dec '71
    • 56. Groucho Marx, Erin Fleming

      16 Dec '71
      Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests actor-comedian Groucho Marx, actress Debbie Reynolds, comedian Dan Rowan and Erin Fleming.
    • 79. Frank Capra, Mel Brooks, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich

      21 Jan '72
      Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests directors Mel Brooks, Frank Capra, Robert Altman and Peter Bogdanovich.
    • 100. John Huston

      21 Feb '72
      Host Dick Cavett welcomes guest director John Huston.
    • 170. John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Shirley MacLaine

      11 May '72
    • 174. Alfred Hitchcock

      08 Jun '72
      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".