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The Dick Cavett Show

Season 1979 1979

  • 1979-01-01T05:00:00Z on CNBC
  • 45m
  • 4d 17h 15m (151 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Talk Show
The Dick Cavett Show most often refers to the shows on ABC-TV that Dick Cavett hosted between 1968 and 1975 in New York. The show ran opposite NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. In addition to the usual monologue, Cavett opened each show reading selected questions written by audience members, to which he would respond with witty rejoinders. Typically each show had several guests, but occasionally Cavett would devote an entire show to a single guest. These shows helped showcase Cavett's skills as a host who could attract guests that otherwise might not do interviews, at the expense of some of the excitement that might ensue from the multiple-guest format. While Cavett and Carson shared many of the same guests, Cavett was receptive to rock and roll artists to a degree unusual at the time, as well as authors, politicians, and other personalities outside the entertainment field. The wide variety of guests, combined with Cavett's literate and intelligent approach to comedy, appealed to a significant enough number of viewers to keep the show running for several years despite the competition from Carson's show.

151 episodes

Season Premiere

1979-01-01T05:00:00Z

1979x01 William Gibson

Season Premiere

1979x01 William Gibson

  • 1979-01-01T05:00:00Z45m

1979-01-02T05:00:00Z

1979x02 Ralph Fasanella

1979x02 Ralph Fasanella

  • 1979-01-02T05:00:00Z45m

1979-01-05T05:00:00Z

1979x04 Sen. William Proxmire

1979x04 Sen. William Proxmire

  • 1979-01-05T05:00:00Z45m

1979-01-08T05:00:00Z

1979x05 Lauren Bacall

1979x05 Lauren Bacall

  • 1979-01-08T05:00:00Z45m

1979-01-10T05:00:00Z

1979x06 Russell Baker

1979x06 Russell Baker

  • 1979-01-10T05:00:00Z45m

1979-01-10T05:00:00Z

1979x07 Muhammad Ali

1979x07 Muhammad Ali

  • 1979-01-10T05:00:00Z45m

1979-01-11T05:00:00Z

1979x08 Isaac Stern

1979x08 Isaac Stern

  • 1979-01-11T05:00:00Z45m

1979-01-15T05:00:00Z

1979x09 Arno Penzias

1979x09 Arno Penzias

  • 1979-01-15T05:00:00Z45m

1979-01-16T05:00:00Z

1979x10 Heath Brothers

1979x10 Heath Brothers

  • 1979-01-16T05:00:00Z45m

1979-01-17T05:00:00Z

1979x11 Clive James

1979x11 Clive James

  • 1979-01-17T05:00:00Z45m

1979-01-19T05:00:00Z

1979x12 Otto Bettman

1979x12 Otto Bettman

  • 1979-01-19T05:00:00Z45m

1979-01-22T05:00:00Z

1979x13 James P. O Donnell

1979x13 James P. O Donnell

  • 1979-01-22T05:00:00Z45m

1979-01-24T05:00:00Z

1979x14 Harold Clurman

1979x14 Harold Clurman

  • 1979-01-24T05:00:00Z45m

1979-01-25T05:00:00Z

1979x15 C.P. Snow

1979x15 C.P. Snow

  • 1979-01-25T05:00:00Z45m

1979-02-02T05:00:00Z

1979x18 Jerzy Kosinski Part 1

1979x18 Jerzy Kosinski Part 1

  • 1979-02-02T05:00:00Z45m

1979-02-05T05:00:00Z

1979x19 Jerzy Kosinski Part 2

1979x19 Jerzy Kosinski Part 2

  • 1979-02-05T05:00:00Z45m

1979-02-06T05:00:00Z

1979x20 Anthony Quayle

1979x20 Anthony Quayle

  • 1979-02-06T05:00:00Z45m

1979-02-07T05:00:00Z

1979x21 James Galway

1979x21 James Galway

  • 1979-02-07T05:00:00Z45m

1979-02-08T05:00:00Z

1979x22 Christopher Isherwood

1979x22 Christopher Isherwood

  • 1979-02-08T05:00:00Z45m

1979-02-09T05:00:00Z

1979x23 Grace Paley

1979x23 Grace Paley

  • 1979-02-09T05:00:00Z45m

1979-02-15T05:00:00Z

1979x27 Twyla Tharp

1979x27 Twyla Tharp

  • 1979-02-15T05:00:00Z45m

1979-02-16T05:00:00Z

1979x28 George Bailey

1979x28 George Bailey

  • 1979-02-16T05:00:00Z45m

1979-02-20T05:00:00Z

1979x29 Muhammad Ali Part 1

1979x29 Muhammad Ali Part 1

  • 1979-02-20T05:00:00Z45m

1979-02-20T05:00:00Z

1979x30 Muhammad Ali Part 2

1979x30 Muhammad Ali Part 2

  • 1979-02-20T05:00:00Z45m

1979-02-21T05:00:00Z

1979x31 Shelby Foote

1979x31 Shelby Foote

  • 1979-02-21T05:00:00Z45m

1979-02-23T05:00:00Z

1979x32 Will D. Campbell

1979x32 Will D. Campbell

  • 1979-02-23T05:00:00Z45m

1979-02-28T05:00:00Z

1979x35 Neil Simon

1979x35 Neil Simon

  • 1979-02-28T05:00:00Z45m

1979-03-01T05:00:00Z

1979x36 Jacques Cousteau

1979x36 Jacques Cousteau

  • 1979-03-01T05:00:00Z45m

1979-03-12T05:00:00Z

1979x37 Barbara Jordan

1979x37 Barbara Jordan

  • 1979-03-12T05:00:00Z45m

1979-03-13T05:00:00Z

1979x38 Quentin Crisp

1979x38 Quentin Crisp

  • 1979-03-13T05:00:00Z45m

1979-03-14T05:00:00Z

1979x39 Barbara Cartland

1979x39 Barbara Cartland

  • 1979-03-14T05:00:00Z45m

1979-03-16T05:00:00Z

1979x40 Imogene Coca

1979x40 Imogene Coca

  • 1979-03-16T05:00:00Z45m

1979-03-19T05:00:00Z

1979x41 Marilyn Horne

1979x41 Marilyn Horne

  • 1979-03-19T05:00:00Z45m

1979-03-26T05:00:00Z

1979x45 Anita O'Day

1979x45 Anita O'Day

  • 1979-03-26T05:00:00Z45m

1979-03-28T05:00:00Z

1979x46 Peter Ustinov

1979x46 Peter Ustinov

  • 1979-03-28T05:00:00Z45m

1979-03-30T05:00:00Z

1979x47 Hanna Gray

1979x47 Hanna Gray

  • 1979-03-30T05:00:00Z45m

1979-04-03T05:00:00Z

1979x49 Virgil Thomson

1979x49 Virgil Thomson

  • 1979-04-03T05:00:00Z45m

1979-04-04T05:00:00Z

1979x50 Sophia Loren

1979x50 Sophia Loren

  • 1979-04-04T05:00:00Z45m

1979-04-06T05:00:00Z

1979x51 Calvin Trillin

1979x51 Calvin Trillin

  • 1979-04-06T05:00:00Z45m

1979-04-10T05:00:00Z

1979x52 Gore Vidal

1979x52 Gore Vidal

  • 1979-04-10T05:00:00Z45m

1979-04-11T05:00:00Z

1979x53 Stephen Spender

1979x53 Stephen Spender

  • 1979-04-11T05:00:00Z45m

1979-04-16T05:00:00Z

1979x54 A. Bartlett Giamatti

1979x54 A. Bartlett Giamatti

  • 1979-04-16T05:00:00Z45m

1979-04-18T05:00:00Z

1979x55 Kurt Thomas

1979x55 Kurt Thomas

  • 1979-04-18T05:00:00Z45m

1979-04-23T05:00:00Z

1979x56 Jonathan Miller

1979x56 Jonathan Miller

  • 1979-04-23T05:00:00Z45m

1979-04-25T05:00:00Z

1979x57 Carol Burnett

1979x57 Carol Burnett

  • 1979-04-25T05:00:00Z45m

1979-04-27T05:00:00Z

1979x58 Tom Conti

1979x58 Tom Conti

  • 1979-04-27T05:00:00Z45m

1979-04-30T04:00:00Z

1979x59 David Halberstam

1979x59 David Halberstam

  • 1979-04-30T04:00:00Z45m

1979-05-02T04:00:00Z

1979x60 Anne Jackson

1979x60 Anne Jackson

  • 1979-05-02T04:00:00Z45m

1979-05-03T04:00:00Z

1979x61 Antony Tudor

1979x61 Antony Tudor

  • 1979-05-03T04:00:00Z45m

1979-05-04T04:00:00Z

1979x62 Virgil Thomson

1979x62 Virgil Thomson

  • 1979-05-04T04:00:00Z45m

1979-05-07T04:00:00Z

1979x63 Fritz Molden

1979x63 Fritz Molden

  • 1979-05-07T04:00:00Z45m

1979-05-08T04:00:00Z

1979x64 Frank Garcia

1979x64 Frank Garcia

  • 1979-05-08T04:00:00Z45m

1979-05-09T04:00:00Z

1979x65 Bob Hope, Honi Coles

1979x65 Bob Hope, Honi Coles

  • 1979-05-09T04:00:00Z45m

1979-05-11T04:00:00Z

1979x66 Art Buchwald

1979x66 Art Buchwald

  • 1979-05-11T04:00:00Z45m

1979-05-14T04:00:00Z

1979x67 Victor Borge

1979x67 Victor Borge

  • 1979-05-14T04:00:00Z45m

1979-05-15T04:00:00Z

1979x68 Bruno Bettleheim

1979x68 Bruno Bettleheim

  • 1979-05-15T04:00:00Z45m

1979-05-16T04:00:00Z

1979x69 Robin Williams

1979x69 Robin Williams

  • 1979-05-16T04:00:00Z45m

1979-05-18T04:00:00Z

1979x70 Lewis Mumford

1979x70 Lewis Mumford

  • 1979-05-18T04:00:00Z45m

1979-05-19T04:00:00Z

1979x71 Eudora Welty Part 1

1979x71 Eudora Welty Part 1

  • 1979-05-19T04:00:00Z45m

1979-05-20T04:00:00Z

1979x72 Eudora Welty Part 2

1979x72 Eudora Welty Part 2

  • 1979-05-20T04:00:00Z45m

1979-05-21T04:00:00Z

1979x73 Ralph Nader

1979x73 Ralph Nader

  • 1979-05-21T04:00:00Z45m

1979-05-22T04:00:00Z

1979x74 Walter Kerr, Lee Irwin

1979x74 Walter Kerr, Lee Irwin

  • 1979-05-22T04:00:00Z45m

1979-05-25T04:00:00Z

1979x75 Liz Hardwick

1979x75 Liz Hardwick

  • 1979-05-25T04:00:00Z45m

1979-05-28T04:00:00Z

1979x76 Lukas Foss

1979x76 Lukas Foss

  • 1979-05-28T04:00:00Z45m

1979-05-29T04:00:00Z

1979x77 Rex Harrison

1979x77 Rex Harrison

  • 1979-05-29T04:00:00Z45m

Rex Harrison reminisces about his technique "in My Fair Lady," recounts the production woes of "Cleopatra," and recites poetry.

1979-05-30T04:00:00Z

1979x78 Max Gordon

1979x78 Max Gordon

  • 1979-05-30T04:00:00Z45m

1979-05-31T04:00:00Z

1979x79 Edward Albee

1979x79 Edward Albee

  • 1979-05-31T04:00:00Z45m

1979-06-04T04:00:00Z

1979x80 John Leonard

1979x80 John Leonard

  • 1979-06-04T04:00:00Z45m

1979-06-05T04:00:00Z

1979x81 Gerald R. Ford

1979x81 Gerald R. Ford

  • 1979-06-05T04:00:00Z45m

Gerald Ford discusses losing the 1976 election, pardoning Richard Nixon, and the memories in his autobiography, "A Time to Heal."

1979-06-06T04:00:00Z

1979x82 Oscar Peterson

1979x82 Oscar Peterson

  • 1979-06-06T04:00:00Z45m

1979-06-12T04:00:00Z

1979x84 Bernard Knox

1979x84 Bernard Knox

  • 1979-06-12T04:00:00Z45m

1979-06-14T04:00:00Z

1979x85 Glenda Jackson

1979x85 Glenda Jackson

  • 1979-06-14T04:00:00Z45m

1979-06-15T04:00:00Z

1979x86 E.L. Doctorow

1979x86 E.L. Doctorow

  • 1979-06-15T04:00:00Z45m

1979-06-25T04:00:00Z

1979x90 Arthur Miller

1979x90 Arthur Miller

  • 1979-06-25T04:00:00Z45m

1979-06-28T04:00:00Z

1979x91 Barry Commoner

1979x91 Barry Commoner

  • 1979-06-28T04:00:00Z45m

1979-06-29T04:00:00Z

1979x92 Alan Arkin

1979x92 Alan Arkin

  • 1979-06-29T04:00:00Z45m

1979-07-03T04:00:00Z

1979x93 Mortimer Adler

1979x93 Mortimer Adler

  • 1979-07-03T04:00:00Z45m

1979-07-04T04:00:00Z

1979x94 Milos Forman

1979x94 Milos Forman

  • 1979-07-04T04:00:00Z45m

1979-07-06T04:00:00Z

1979x95 Vincent Scully

1979x95 Vincent Scully

  • 1979-07-06T04:00:00Z45m

1979-07-09T04:00:00Z

1979x96 George Burns

1979x96 George Burns

  • 1979-07-09T04:00:00Z45m

1979-07-10T04:00:00Z

1979x97 Lewis Thomas

1979x97 Lewis Thomas

  • 1979-07-10T04:00:00Z45m

1979-07-13T04:00:00Z

1979x99 Frank Snepp

1979x99 Frank Snepp

  • 1979-07-13T04:00:00Z45m

1979-07-17T04:00:00Z

1979x100 Leon Edel

1979x100 Leon Edel

  • 1979-07-17T04:00:00Z45m

1979-07-20T04:00:00Z

1979x102 Walter Terry

1979x102 Walter Terry

  • 1979-07-20T04:00:00Z45m

1979-07-23T04:00:00Z

1979x103 Joe Emmerz

1979x103 Joe Emmerz

  • 1979-07-23T04:00:00Z45m

1979-07-25T04:00:00Z

1979x104 LETTERS

1979x104 LETTERS

  • 1979-07-25T04:00:00Z45m

1979-08-06T04:00:00Z

1979x105 Bob Hope, Honi Coles

1979x105 Bob Hope, Honi Coles

  • 1979-08-06T04:00:00Z45m

1979-10-01T04:00:00Z

1979x106 William Styron

1979x106 William Styron

  • 1979-10-01T04:00:00Z45m

1979-10-04T04:00:00Z

1979x108 John Schlesinger

1979x108 John Schlesinger

  • 1979-10-04T04:00:00Z45m

1979-10-10T04:00:00Z

1979x109 Nadine Gordimer

1979x109 Nadine Gordimer

  • 1979-10-10T04:00:00Z45m

1979-10-12T04:00:00Z

1979x110 John Cleese

1979x110 John Cleese

  • 1979-10-12T04:00:00Z45m

1979-10-16T04:00:00Z

1979x112 Stanley Kauffmann

1979x112 Stanley Kauffmann

  • 1979-10-16T04:00:00Z45m

1979-10-17T04:00:00Z

1979x113 Brian Aherne

1979x113 Brian Aherne

  • 1979-10-17T04:00:00Z45m

1979-10-18T04:00:00Z

1979x114 SJ Perelman

1979x114 SJ Perelman

  • 1979-10-18T04:00:00Z45m

1979-10-19T04:00:00Z

1979x115 Geoffrey Wolff

1979x115 Geoffrey Wolff

  • 1979-10-19T04:00:00Z45m

1979-10-22T04:00:00Z

1979x116 Dudley Moore

1979x116 Dudley Moore

  • 1979-10-22T04:00:00Z45m

1979-10-23T04:00:00Z

1979x117 Sarah Caldwell

1979x117 Sarah Caldwell

  • 1979-10-23T04:00:00Z45m

1979-10-24T04:00:00Z

1979x118 Paul Theroux

1979x118 Paul Theroux

  • 1979-10-24T04:00:00Z45m

1979-10-25T04:00:00Z

1979x119 Chuck Jones

1979x119 Chuck Jones

  • 1979-10-25T04:00:00Z45m

1979-10-26T04:00:00Z

1979x120 J.P. Donleavy

1979x120 J.P. Donleavy

  • 1979-10-26T04:00:00Z45m

1979x121 Frederick I. Ordway III

  • 1979-10-29T05:00:00Z45m

1979-10-30T05:00:00Z

1979x122 Joseph Wambaugh

1979x122 Joseph Wambaugh

  • 1979-10-30T05:00:00Z45m

1979-11-01T05:00:00Z

1979x123 W. Hugh Thomas

1979x123 W. Hugh Thomas

  • 1979-11-01T05:00:00Z45m

1979-11-05T05:00:00Z

1979x124 Hal Holbrook

1979x124 Hal Holbrook

  • 1979-11-05T05:00:00Z45m

1979-11-06T05:00:00Z

1979x125 Richard L. Strout

1979x125 Richard L. Strout

  • 1979-11-06T05:00:00Z45m

1979-11-09T05:00:00Z

1979x127 Richard Gilman

1979x127 Richard Gilman

  • 1979-11-09T05:00:00Z45m

1979-11-12T05:00:00Z

1979x128 Bernardo Bertolucci

1979x128 Bernardo Bertolucci

  • 1979-11-12T05:00:00Z45m

1979-11-13T05:00:00Z

1979x129 Mary Soames

1979x129 Mary Soames

  • 1979-11-13T05:00:00Z45m

1979-11-14T05:00:00Z

1979x130 Yehudi Menuhin

1979x130 Yehudi Menuhin

  • 1979-11-14T05:00:00Z45m

1979-11-16T05:00:00Z

1979x131 A. L. Rowse

1979x131 A. L. Rowse

  • 1979-11-16T05:00:00Z45m

1979-11-19T05:00:00Z

1979x132 Marsha Mason

1979x132 Marsha Mason

  • 1979-11-19T05:00:00Z45m

1979-11-20T05:00:00Z

1979x133 Norman Mailer

1979x133 Norman Mailer

  • 1979-11-20T05:00:00Z45m

1979x135 Antony Armstrong- Jones

  • 1979-11-23T05:00:00Z45m

1979-11-28T05:00:00Z

1979x137 Maria Tallchief

1979x137 Maria Tallchief

  • 1979-11-28T05:00:00Z45m

1979-11-30T05:00:00Z

1979x138 Jesse Jackson

1979x138 Jesse Jackson

  • 1979-11-30T05:00:00Z45m

1979-12-03T05:00:00Z

1979x139 Alberta Hunter

1979x139 Alberta Hunter

  • 1979-12-03T05:00:00Z45m

1979-12-06T05:00:00Z

1979x140 Henry Kissinger

1979x140 Henry Kissinger

  • 1979-12-06T05:00:00Z45m

1979-12-10T05:00:00Z

1979x141 Margot Fonteyn

1979x141 Margot Fonteyn

  • 1979-12-10T05:00:00Z45m

1979-12-18T05:00:00Z

1979x144 Dore Schary

1979x144 Dore Schary

  • 1979-12-18T05:00:00Z45m

1979-12-19T05:00:00Z

1979x145 Diana Rigg

1979x145 Diana Rigg

  • 1979-12-19T05:00:00Z45m

1979-12-24T05:00:00Z

1979x147 Waverly Consort

1979x147 Waverly Consort

  • 1979-12-24T05:00:00Z45m

1979-12-25T05:00:00Z

1979x148 Bishop Paul Moore

1979x148 Bishop Paul Moore

  • 1979-12-25T05:00:00Z45m

1979-12-26T05:00:00Z

1979x149 Sandy Duncan

1979x149 Sandy Duncan

  • 1979-12-26T05:00:00Z45m

1979-12-28T05:00:00Z

1979x150 Benny Goodman

1979x150 Benny Goodman

  • 1979-12-28T05:00:00Z45m
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