The Dick Cavett Show - Season 6

6. John Lennon & Yoko Ono

Aired: 9/21/1971

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

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

Aired: 2/11/1972

9. John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Robert Citron, Stan Freberg

Aired: 9/24/1971

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.

19. Fred Astaire

Aired: 10/13/1971

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

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

Aired: 3/3/1972

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

23. Woody Allen

Aired: 10/20/1971

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

34. Don Rickles, Beverly Sills, Phyllis Kirk, Earl Wilson

Aired: 4/13/1972

39. Bette Davis

Aired: 11/17/1971

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.

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

Aired: 11/23/1971

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

55. George Burns, author Adelle Davis and The Smothers Brothers

Aired: 12/15/1971

56. Groucho Marx, Erin Fleming

Aired: 12/16/1971

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

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

Aired: 6/19/1972

79. Frank Capra, Mel Brooks, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich

Aired: 1/21/1972

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

100. John Huston

Aired: 2/21/1972

Host Dick Cavett welcomes guest director John Huston.

170. John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Shirley MacLaine

Aired: 5/11/1972

174. Alfred Hitchcock

Aired: 6/8/1972

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".