The Dick Cavett Show: Season 6
Season 6 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Dick Cavett Show Season 5.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
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John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Sep 21, 1971 · 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes his only guests singer-songwriter John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
Lillian Gish, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Julius Baker, Satchel Paige, Salvador Dali
Feb 11, 1972
John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Robert Citron, Stan Freberg
Sep 24, 1971 · 90 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 app
Fred Astaire
Oct 13, 1971 · 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes solo guest singer-dancer-actor Fred Astaire.
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.
Woody Allen
Oct 20, 1971 · 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes solo guest director Woody Allen who plays the clarinet.
Bette Davis
Nov 17, 1971 · 90 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 "
George Harrison, Mick Jones, Gary Wright & Wonderwheel, Ravi Shankar
Nov 23, 1971 · 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests singer-songwriter-musician George Harrison, musician Ravi Shankar and Gary Wright & the Wonderwheel.
Groucho Marx, Erin Fleming
Dec 16, 1971 · 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests actor-comedian Groucho Marx, actress Debbie Reynolds, comedian Dan Rowan and Erin Fleming.
Frank Capra, Mel Brooks, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich
Jan 21, 1972 · 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests directors Mel Brooks, Frank Capra, Robert Altman and Peter Bogdanovich.
John Huston
Feb 21, 1972 · 90 min
Host Dick Cavett welcomes guest director John Huston.
Alfred Hitchcock
Jun 8, 1972 · 90 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 "i