Daytime, primetime, then late-night talk and variety show. Often there was only one guest (GA Gov. Lester Maddox walked out angrily during one interview). Cavett was intelligent and witty, perhaps too much so for television.
Episodes:
2. Tony Randall, Tony Bennett, Muhammad Ali, Gore Vidal, Angela Lansbury, The Lemon Pipers
Aired: Jun 10, 19683. Victor Buono, Dudley Moore, Joan Rivers, Lana Cantrell, Harry Blackstone Jr.
Aired: Jun 13, 19684. Melina Mercouri, Dionne Warwick, Rex Reed
Aired: Jul 5, 19685. Billy Vera, Barbara Walters, Jack Doroshow, Senator Charles Percy
Aired: Jul 8, 19687. Gladys Knight and the Pips, Barbara Cook, David Schoenbrun, Ed Dunn, Irwin Corey
Aired: Jul 10, 19688. Mary Pangalos, Rodney Dangerfield, Peter, Paul and Mary, Senator Joseph Tydings
Aired: Jul 11, 19689. Sheila MacRae, James Wechsler, Cashman, Pistilli & West, Jeremy Slate
Aired: Jul 16, 196810. The Box Tops, Maharana of Udaipur, Mayor John Lindsay, Glynis Johns, Elliott Arnold
Aired: Jul 17, 196811. Jo Anne Worley, Robert Humphrey, William Accorsi, Jonathan Kozol
Aired: Jul 18, 1968Ray Charles' first appearance on The Dick Cavett Show followed the release of...
12. Lainie Kazan, Alan Alda, Cousin Brucie, Fred Papert
Aired: Jul 19, 196813. Henry Morgan, Roz Kelly, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Hazel Scott, Stephen Birmingham
Aired: Jul 22, 196814. Kenneth DeMilt, Julie Gregg, Caroline Bird, Hubert Humphrey
Aired: Jul 23, 1968Cavett interviews Eddie Murphy in this episode from 1985.
15. Ramsey Clark, Joel Grey, James M. Gavin
Aired: Jul 24, 196831. Chris and Peter Allen, Dwight Macdonald, Claire Bloom, Norman Mailer
Aired: Sep 27, 1968Main Cast
Appearances