Dick Cavett on Hulu

[Dana Jean]

For those of you who have Hulu, they have finally released Dick Cavett's old shows and I really recommend them.

These are little pieces of history. Discussions with movers and shakers of the times, from all walks of life and they spoke their mind. No game playing like interviews are today. These are pretty honest moments.

In fact, Stephen King is interviewed SEason 4, episode 3 along with George Romero Peter Straub and Ira Levin. I'm skipping ahead to watch that one.

 

[pegasus216]

I remember one of his shows, he had Janis Joplin on there. I'd love to see that again.

 

[GNTLGNT]

...he was an excellent interviewer, no artifice and he had the knack for asking the right thing and then getting the hell out of the way....

 

[Dana Jean]

I remember one of his shows, he had Janis Joplin on there. I'd love to see that again.

I just watched one of her appearances.

 

[Dana Jean]

...he was an excellent interviewer, no artifice and he had the knack for asking the right thing and then getting the hell out of the way....

Yes, he remained calm and just let the chips fall as they may. And if he needed to, he would throw in a zinger.

 

[Tery]

His conversations with Grouch Marx are legendary.

 

[AchtungBaby]

I love his interview with John and Yoko.

 

[blunthead]

For those of you who have Hulu, they have finally released Dick Cavett's old shows and I really recommend them.

These are little pieces of history. Discussions with movers and shakers of the times, from all walks of life and they spoke their mind. No game playing like interviews are today. These are pretty honest moments.

In fact, Stephen King is interviewed SEason 4, episode 3 along with George Romero Peter Straub and Ira Levin. I'm skipping ahead to watch that one.

Good idea. He had everybody on his shows. Not long ago I watched an interview with Alfred Hitchcock. His show was the best way to get to know a celebrity for him/herself and I think that was his primary purpose, for the goodness in his guests to be exposed.

 

[Grandpa]

He was a gymnast in high school, if I remember right, and he interviewed Kurt Thomas one night. Cavett did a little bit on the horse, and then Thomas took over with a bit of a routine, including the Thomas Flair, and Cavett apologized for wiping a tear from his eye at the time.

The secretary I had at the time scoffed when I related it, in a "give me a break" mood. I said, no, it was appreciation of athletic virtuosity. I sympathized entirely.

Cavett and, yeah, Carson were class acts whose caliber we probably shall not see again. The world calls for something else now.