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Season 6

30 episodes · 1971

  1. 1

    Sandy Duncan/Ralph Nader/Bobby Fischer

    90 min

  2. 2

    Stanley Calkins/David Epstein/Mort Sahl/Alexis Smith

    90 min

  3. 4

    John Lennon/Yoko Ono

    67 min★ 7.3

  4. 5

    John Lennon/Yoko Ono

    66 min

  5. 6

    John Lennon & Yoko Ono

    Sep 21, 197190 min

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

  6. 7

    Robert Altman/Mel Brooks/Peter Bogdanovich/Frank Capra

    59 min★ 8.5

  7. 8

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

    Feb 11, 1972

  8. 9

    John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Robert Citron, Stan Freberg

    Sep 24, 197190 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.

  9. 15

    Yul Brynner/Bernie Parrish/Gay Talese/

    90 min

  10. 19

    Fred Astaire

    Oct 13, 197190 min

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

  11. 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.

  12. 23

    Woody Allen

    Oct 20, 197190 min★ 8.2

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

  13. 34

    Don Rickles, Beverly Sills, Phyllis Kirk, Earl Wilson

    Apr 13, 1972

  14. 35

    Elsa Lanchester/Jeanette Rankin/Alexis Smith/Gloria Swanson

    90 min

  15. 39

    Bette Davis

    Nov 17, 197190 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.

  16. 40

    Bette Davis

    64 min★ 9.3

  17. 42

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

    Nov 23, 197190 min

    Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests singer-songwriter-musician George Harrison, musician Ravi Shankar and Gary Wright & the Wonderwheel.

  18. 44

    George Harrison/Gary Wright and Wonderwheel/Ravi Shankar

    64 min★ 7.6

  19. 48

    John Lennon/Yoko Ono/Shirley MacLaine

    66 min★ 7.4

  20. 54

    George Burns/Adelle Davis/The Smothers Brothers

    66 min

  21. 55

    George Burns, author Adelle Davis and The Smothers Brothers

    Dec 15, 197190 min

  22. 56

    Groucho Marx, Erin Fleming

    Dec 16, 197190 min

    Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests actor-comedian Groucho Marx, actress Debbie Reynolds, comedian Dan Rowan and Erin Fleming.

  23. 60

    Joan Baez/Jack Douglas/John Harris/Jackie Robinson

    90 min

  24. 62

    Episode 62

    90 min

  25. 68

    Sen. Edward Kennedy, Charlotte Curtis, Al Green

    Jun 19, 1972

  26. 79

    Frank Capra, Mel Brooks, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich

    Jan 21, 197290 min

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

  27. 99

    Bill Cosby

    64 min

  28. 100

    John Huston

    Feb 21, 197290 min

    Host Dick Cavett welcomes guest director John Huston.

  29. 170

    John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Shirley MacLaine

    May 11, 197290 min

  30. 174

    Alfred Hitchcock

    Jun 8, 197290 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".