The Dick Cavett Show — Season 6
16 episodesFirst aired 21 September 1971
E6John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Sept 19711h 30m
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
Feb 1972
- E9
John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Robert Citron, Stan Freberg
Sept 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.
- E19
Fred Astaire
Oct 19711h 30m
Host Dick Cavett welcomes solo guest singer-dancer-actor Fred Astaire.
- E21
Mort Sahl, B.B. King, Don Meredith, Veruschka von Lehndorff
Mar 1972
Dick Cavett hosts; guests include model Veruschka von Lehndorff, blues musician B.B. King, humorist Mort Sahl, and football sportscaster Don Meredith.
- E23
Woody Allen
Oct 19711h 30m
Host Dick Cavett welcomes solo guest director Woody Allen who plays the clarinet.
- E34
Don Rickles, Beverly Sills, Phyllis Kirk, Earl Wilson
Apr 1972
- E39
Bette Davis
Nov 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.
- E42
George Harrison, Mick Jones, Gary Wright & Wonderwheel, Ravi Shankar
Nov 19711h 30m
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests singer-songwriter-musician George Harrison, musician Ravi Shankar and Gary Wright & the Wonderwheel.
- E55
George Burns, author Adelle Davis and The Smothers Brothers
Dec 19711h 30m
- E56
Groucho Marx, Erin Fleming
Dec 19711h 30m
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
Jun 1972
- E79
Frank Capra, Mel Brooks, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich
Jan 19721h 30m
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests directors Mel Brooks, Frank Capra, Robert Altman and Peter Bogdanovich.
- E100
John Huston
Feb 19721h 30m
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guest director John Huston.
- E170
John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Shirley MacLaine
May 19721h 30m
E174Alfred Hitchcock
Jun 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".
