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The Dick Cavett Show Season 6

September. 21,1971

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The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

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The Dick Cavett Show Season 6 Full Episode Guide

Episode 174 - Alfred Hitchcock

First Aired: June. 08,1972

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".

Episode 170 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Shirley MacLaine

First Aired: May. 11,1972

Episode 100 - John Huston

First Aired: February. 21,1972

Host Dick Cavett welcomes guest director John Huston.

Episode 79 - Frank Capra, Mel Brooks, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich

First Aired: January. 21,1972

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

Episode 68 - Sen. Edward Kennedy, Charlotte Curtis, Al Green

First Aired: June. 19,1972

Episode 56 - Groucho Marx, Erin Fleming

First Aired: December. 16,1971

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

Episode 55 - George Burns, author Adelle Davis and The Smothers Brothers

First Aired: December. 15,1971

Episode 42 - George Harrison, Mick Jones, Gary Wright & Wonderwheel, Ravi Shankar

First Aired: November. 23,1971

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

Episode 39 - Bette Davis

First Aired: November. 17,1971

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.

Episode 34 - Don Rickles, Beverly Sills, Phyllis Kirk, Earl Wilson

First Aired: April. 13,1972

Episode 23 - Woody Allen

First Aired: October. 20,1971

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

Episode 21 - Mort Sahl, B.B. King, Don Meredith, Veruschka von Lehndorff

First Aired: March. 03,1972

Dick Cavett hosts; guests include model Veruschka von Lehndorff, blues musician B.B. King, humorist Mort Sahl, and football sportscaster Don Meredith.

Episode 19 - Fred Astaire

First Aired: October. 13,1971

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

Episode 9 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Robert Citron, Stan Freberg

First Aired: September. 24,1971

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.

Episode 8 - Lillian Gish, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Julius Baker, Satchel Paige, Salvador Dali

First Aired: February. 11,1972

Episode 6 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono

First Aired: September. 21,1971

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