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Season 12 (PBS)(1978-79)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox,
references:
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NYT and Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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PBS 11pm
12.01 [1268] The Dick Cavett Show
02Oct1978 PBS Mon 6:30pm [Cincinnati Enquirer]
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
composer Andre Previn
12.02 [1269] The Dick Cavett Show
02Oct1978 11:00pm
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actor Robert Morley who discusses his life and career.
12.03 [1270] The Dick Cavett Show
03Oct1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
novelist Joyce Carol Oates
12.04 [1271] The Dick Cavett Show
04Oct1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Broadway stage director Richard Maltby
12.05 [1272] The Dick Cavett Show
05Oct1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
French cancer authority Dr. Lucien Israel
12.06 [1273] The Dick Cavett Show
06Oct1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Texas Governor John Connally
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12.07 [1274] The Dick Cavett Show
09Oct1978 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actor James Mason
12.08 [1275] The Dick Cavett Show
10Oct1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
photographer James Van Der Zee
12.09 [1276] The Dick Cavett Show
11Oct1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
John Ehrlichman, former assistant to Richard Nixon,
discusses his novel "The Whole Truth" (Part 1 of 2).
12.10 [1277] The Dick Cavett Show
12Oct1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
John Ehrlichman, former assistant to Richard Nixon,
discusses his novel "The Whole Truth" (Part 2 of 2).
12.11 [1278] The Dick Cavett Show
13Oct1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
historian-author Barbara Tuchman
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12.12 [1279] The Dick Cavett Show
16Oct1978 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
director Robert Altman
12.13 [1280] The Dick Cavett Show
17Oct1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Chef Julia Child
12.14 [1281] The Dick Cavett Show
18Oct1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
author Quentin Crisp
12.15 [1282] The Dick Cavett Show
19Oct1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
comedian-actor Chevy Chase
12.16 [1283] The Dick Cavett Show
20Oct1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
author Emily Hahn
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12.17 [1284] The Dick Cavett Show
23Oct1978 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actor Robert Morley
12.18 [1285] The Dick Cavett Show
24Oct1978
Host Dick Cavett
Topic: "Cocaine"
Guests
Dr. Peter Bourne
Dr. Lester Grinspoon
and Leslie Fuller (Part 1 of 2).
12.19 [1286] The Dick Cavett Show
25Oct1978
Host Dick Cavett
Topic: "Cocaine"
Guests
Dr. Peter Bourne
Dr. Lester Grinspoon
and Leslie Fuller (Part 2 of 2).
12.20 [1287] The Dick Cavett Show
26Oct1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
violinist Itzhak Perlman
12.21 [1288] The Dick Cavett Show
27Oct1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Dr. Lucien Israel author of "Conquering Cancer".
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12.22 [1289] The Dick Cavett Show
30Oct1978 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
journalist Calvin Trillin
12.23 [1290] The Dick Cavett Show
31Oct1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actress Mary Martin
12.24 [1291] The Dick Cavett Show
01Nov1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
anthropologist Dr. Richard Leaky
12.25 [1292] The Dick Cavett Show
02Nov1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
author Anthony Hopkins
12.26 [1293] The Dick Cavett Show
03Nov1978 [rerun 09Apr79]
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Maureen Howard author of "Bridgeport Bus", "Before My Time"
and "Facts of Life".
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12.27 [1294] The Dick Cavett Show
06Nov1978 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Irish flautist James Galway
12.28 [1295] The Dick Cavett Show
07Nov1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
author Barry Holston Lopez
12.29 [1296] The Dick Cavett Show
08Nov1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actress Ingrid Bergman (Part 1 of 2).
12.30 [1297] The Dick Cavett Show
09Nov1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actress Ingrid Bergman (Part 2 of 2).
12.31 [1298] The Dick Cavett Show
10Nov1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
author George Bailey
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12.32 [1299] The Dick Cavett Show
13Nov1978 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
director Alan J. Pakula
12.33 [1300] The Dick Cavett Show
14Nov1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Emlyn Williams, actor, dramatist, author and playwright of "Night Must
Fall"
and "The Corn is Green" talks about his career and his current New York
based one-man show "The Playboy of the Weekend World" (Part 1 of 2).
12.34 [1301] The Dick Cavett Show
15Nov1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Emlyn Williams, actor, dramatist, author and playwright of "Night Must
Fall"
and "The Corn is Green" talks about his career and his current New York
based one-man show "The Playboy of the Weekend World" (Part 2 of 2).
12.35 [1302] The Dick Cavett Show
16Nov1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actress Sylvia Syms
12.36 [1303] The Dick Cavett Show
17Nov1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
cartoonist David Levine
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12.37 [1304] The Dick Cavett Show
20Nov1978 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
journalist William F. Buckley Jr.
12.38 [1305] The Dick Cavett Show
21Nov1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Jan Morris, a tanssexual and award-winning journalist.
12.39 [1306] The Dick Cavett Show
22Nov1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Army General James M. Gavin (Part 1 of 2).
12.40 [1307] The Dick Cavett Show
23Nov1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Army General James M. Gavin (Part 2 of 2).
12.41 [1308] The Dick Cavett Show
24Nov1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Soap Opera creator Agnes Nixon
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12.42 [1309] The Dick Cavett Show
27Nov1978 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Gunter Grass, poet, novelist and playwright.
12.43 [1310] The Dick Cavett Show
28Nov1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
A.L. Rowse, writer and Shakesperean authority (Part 1 of 2).
12.44 [1311] The Dick Cavett Show
29Nov1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
A.L. Rowse, writer and Shakesperean authority (Part 2 of 2).
12.45 [1312] The Dick Cavett Show
30Nov1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
cartoonist Jules Feiffer
12.46 [1313] The Dick Cavett Show
01Dec1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
writer-director Susan Sontag
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12.47 [1314] The Dick Cavett Show
04Dec1978 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
author John Cheever
12.48 [1315] The Dick Cavett Show
05Dec1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
psychologist Dr. Robert Coles (Part 1 of 2).
12.49 [1316] The Dick Cavett Show
06Dec1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
psychologist Dr. Robert Coles (Part 1 of 2).
12.50 [1317] The Dick Cavett Show
07Dec1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actor Bruce Dern
12.51 [1318] The Dick Cavett Show
08Dec1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
poet Allen Ginsburg
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12.52 [1319] The Dick Cavett Show
11Dec1978 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Edward O. Wilson socio-biologist and author of "On Human Nature".
12.53 [1320] The Dick Cavett Show
12Dec1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Marvin Harris, anthropologist and author of "Cannibals and Kings".
12.54 [1321] The Dick Cavett Show
13Dec1978 [Courier News]
Host Dick Cavett
Guests
Edward O. Wilson and Marvin Harris.
12.55 [1322] The Dick Cavett Show
14Dec1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
author John Updike (Part 1 of 2).
12.56 [1323] The Dick Cavett Show
15Dec1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
author John Updike (Part 2 of 2).
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12.57 [1324] The Dick Cavett Show
18Dec1978 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Topic: "Words: How Legitimate is Black English?"
Guests
authors Geneva Smitherman, James Sledd,
J.L. Dillard and critic John Simon (Part 1 of 2).
12.58 [1325] The Dick Cavett Show
19Dec1978
Host Dick Cavett
Topic: "Words: Usage and Abusage"
Guests
Wayne O'Neil, professor of Humanities and Linguistics at M.I.T.
Stuart Flexner, author of "I Hear America Talking"
and critic John Simon (Part 2 of 2).
12.59 [1326] The Dick Cavett Show
20Dec1978
Host Dick Cavett
Topic: "Words at Play"
Guests
author Willard Espy
and actor, word buff Tony Randall.
12.60 [1327] The Dick Cavett Show
21Dec1978
Host Dick Cavett
Topic: "Words: Language of Politics"
Guests
William Sapphire, Resident Conservation columnist for the NY Times
and Frank Mankiewicz, President-National Public Radio.
12.61 [1328] The Dick Cavett Show
22Dec1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
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12.62 [1329] The Dick Cavett Show
25Dec1978 PBS Mon Christmas Day
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Professor Peter Schickele
12.63 [1330] The Dick Cavett Show
26Dec1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Sir Frederick Alfred Laker, better known as Freddie Laker of Laker Airways.
12.64 [1331] The Dick Cavett Show
27Dec1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guests
Political cartoonists Bill Mauldin,
Pat Oliphant and Edward Sorel (Part 1 of 2).
12.65 [1332] The Dick Cavett Show
28Dec1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guests
Political cartoonists Bill Mauldin,
Pat Oliphant and Edward Sorel (Part 1 of 2).
12.66 [1333] The Dick Cavett Show
29Dec1978
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
writer John Irving
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12.67 [1334] The Dick Cavett Show
01Jan1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
playwright William Gibson
12.68 [1335] The Dick Cavett Show
02Jan1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
artist Ralph Fasanella
12.69 [1336] The Dick Cavett Show
03Jan1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guests
actress Lilli Palmer
and her husband author Carlos Thompson (Part 1 of 2).
12.70 [1337] The Dick Cavett Show
04Jan1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guests
actress Lilli Palmer
and her husband author Carlos Thompson (Part 2 of 2).
12.71 [1338] The Dick Cavett Show
05Jan1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Senator William Proxmire (Dem-Wisconsin)
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12.72 [1339] The Dick Cavett Show
08Jan1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actress Lauren Bacall (Part 1 of 2).
12.73 [1340] The Dick Cavett Show
09Jan1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actress Lauren Bacall (Part 2 of 2).
12.74 [1341] The Dick Cavett Show
10Jan1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Russell Baker columnist for the New York Times.
12.75 [1342] The Dick Cavett Show
11Jan1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
violinist Isaac Stern
12.76 [1343] The Dick Cavett Show
12Jan1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Literary agent Irving Paul Lazar whose clients include
Neil Simon, Truman Capote, Noel Coward, Ruth Gordon,
Billy Wilder, Richard M. Nixon and Orson Welles.
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12.77 [1344] The Dick Cavett Show
15Jan1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Dr. Arno Penzias Nobel Prize winner for Physics.
12.78 [1345] The Dick Cavett Show
16Jan1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guests
Jazz musicians Jimmy and Percy Heath
12.79 [1346] The Dick Cavett Show
17Jan1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
author and critic Clive James (Part 1 of 2).
12.80 [1347] The Dick Cavett Show
18Jan1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
author and critic Clive James (Part 2 of 2).
12.81 [1348] The Dick Cavett Show
19Jan1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Otto Bettmann, curator of the Bettmann Archive.
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12.82 [1349] The Dick Cavett Show
22Jan1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
James P. O'Donnell author of "The Bunker".
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12.83 [1350] The Dick Cavett Show
23Jan1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
director Harold Clurman (Part 1 of 2).
12.84 [1351] The Dick Cavett Show
24Jan1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
director Harold Clurman (Part 2 of 2).
12.85 [1352] The Dick Cavett Show
25Jan1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
British writer, scientist, novelist C.P. Snow
12.86 [1353] The Dick Cavett Show
26Jan1979 [Courier News]
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
University of Chicago's historian Hanna Gray
and the first woman president of the University.
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12.87 [1354] The Dick Cavett Show
29Jan1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
author and literary critic Malcolm Cowley
12.88 [1355] The Dick Cavett Show
30Jan1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actress Lillian Gish
12.89 [1356] The Dick Cavett Show
31Jan1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actor Bruce Dern
12.90 [1357] The Dick Cavett Show
01Feb1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Kermit Schafer ("Mr. Blooper") producer
and amasser of verbal goofups.
12.91 [1358] The Dick Cavett Show
02Feb1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
director Jerzey Kosinski (Part 1 of 2).
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12.92 [1359] The Dick Cavett Show
05Feb1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
director Jerzey Kosinski (Part 2 of 2).
12.93 [1360] The Dick Cavett Show
06Feb1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actor Anthony Quayle
12.94 [1361] The Dick Cavett Show
07Feb1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
flautist James Galway
12.95 [1362] The Dick Cavett Show
08Feb1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
author Christopher Isherwood
12.96 [1363] The Dick Cavett Show
09Feb1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
writer Grace Paley
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12.97 [1364] The Dick Cavett Show
12Feb1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guests
painter Vera Stravinsky
and author Christopher Isherwood (Part 1 of 2).
12.98 [1365] The Dick Cavett Show
13Feb1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guests
painter Vera Stravinsky
and author Christopher Isherwood (Part 1 of 2).
12.99 [1366] The Dick Cavett Show
14Feb1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guests
Twyla Tharp
and Dance Company (William Whitener,
Anthony Ferro, Sara Rudner
and RoseMarie Wright) perform (Part 1 of 2).
12.100 [1367] The Dick Cavett Show
15Feb1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guests
dancer-choreographer Twyla Tharp
and Dance Company (Part 2 of 2).
12.101 [1368] The Dick Cavett Show
16Feb1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
George Bailey author of "The Germans".
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12.102 [1369] The Dick Cavett Show
19Feb1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guests
boxer Muhammad Ali (Part 1 of 2)
The Olympia Serenaders
and Michel de Repentigny.
12.103 [1370] The Dick Cavett Show
20Feb1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guests
boxer Muhammad Ali (Part 2 of 2)
12.104 [1371] The Dick Cavett Show
21Feb1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
author Shelby Foote
12.105 [1372] The Dick Cavett Show
22Feb1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guests
basketball players Julius Erving
and Pete Maravich.
12.106 [1373] The Dick Cavett Show
23Feb1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
author Will D. Campbell
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12.107 [1374] The Dick Cavett Show
26Feb1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actress Lillian Gish
12.108 [1375] The Dick Cavett Show
27Feb1979
Host Dick Cavett
Topic: "How Prisoners Help Reform Prisoners".
Guests
Arnold Shapiro
and Frank Bindhammer.
12.109 [1376] The Dick Cavett Show
28Feb1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
playwright Neil Simon.
12.110 [1377] The Dick Cavett Show
01Mar1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau (Part 1 of 2).
12.111 [1378] The Dick Cavett Show
02Mar1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau (Part 2 of 2).
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12.112 [1379] The Dick Cavett Show
05Mar1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actress Katharine Hepburn (Part 1 of 5).
12.113 [1380] The Dick Cavett Show
06Mar1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actress Katharine Hepburn (Part 2 of 5).
12.114 [1381] The Dick Cavett Show
07Mar1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actress Katharine Hepburn (Part 3 of 5).
12.115 [1382] The Dick Cavett Show
08Mar1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actress Katharine Hepburn (Part 4 of 5).
12.116 [1383] The Dick Cavett Show
09Mar1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actress Katharine Hepburn (Part 5 of 5).
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12.117 [1384] The Dick Cavett Show
12Mar1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan.
12.118 [1385] The Dick Cavett Show
13Mar1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
writer Quentin Crisp
12.119 [1386] The Dick Cavett Show
14Mar1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
novelist Barbara Cartland
12.120 [1387] The Dick Cavett Show
15Mar1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actor Vittorio Gassman
12.121 [1388] The Dick Cavett Show
16Mar1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
comedienne Imogene Coca
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12.122 [1389] The Dick Cavett Show
19Mar1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Opera singer Marilyn Horne
12.123 [1390] The Dick Cavett Show
20Mar1979
Host Dick Cavett
"Sports Writers Panel"
Guests
sportswriters Dick Young (New York Daily News)
David Israel (Chicago Tribune)
Furman Bisher (Atlanta Journal/Constitution)
and Morris Siegel (Washington Star) (Part 1 of 3).
12.124 [1391] The Dick Cavett Show
21Mar1979
Host Dick Cavett
"Sports Writers Panel"
Guests
sportswriters Dick Young (New York Daily News)
David Israel (Chicago Tribune)
Furman Bisher (Atlanta Journal/Constitution)
and Morris Siegel (Washington Star) (Part 2 of 3).
12.125 [1392] The Dick Cavett Show
22Mar1979
Host Dick Cavett
"Sports Writers Panel"
Guests
sportswriters Dick Young (New York Daily News)
David Israel (Chicago Tribune)
Furman Bisher (Atlanta Journal/Constitution)
and Morris Siegel (Washington Star) (Part 3 of 3).
12.126 [1393] The Dick Cavett Show
23Mar1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Joseph Heller author of "Good as Gold".
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12.127 [1394] The Dick Cavett Show
26Mar1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
singer Anita O'Day (Part 1 of 2).
12.128 [1395] The Dick Cavett Show
27Mar1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Anita O'Day sings "I Can't Get Started" (Part 2 of 2).
12.129 [1396] The Dick Cavett Show
28Mar1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actor, writer, producer Peter Ustinov (Part 1 of 2).
12.130 [1397] The Dick Cavett Show
29Mar1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actor, writer, producer Peter Ustinov (Part 2 of 2).
12.131 [1398] The Dick Cavett Show
30Mar1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Renaissance Historian Hanna Gray.
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12.132 [1399] The Dick Cavett Show
02Apr1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actress Jane Fonda
12.133 [1400] The Dick Cavett Show
03Apr1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
composer Virgin Thomson
12.134 [1401] The Dick Cavett Show
04Apr1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actress Sophia Loren (Part 1 of 2).
12.135 [1402] The Dick Cavett Show
05Apr1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actress Sophia Loren (Part 1 of 2).
12.136 [1403] The Dick Cavett Show
06Apr1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
journalist Calvin Trillin, best known for his "U.S. Journal"
articles in the New Yorker magazine, joins Dick Cavett
for the second time this season.
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[--] The Dick Cavett Show
09Apr1979 PBS Mon [repeat from 03Nov78]
Maureen Howard author of "Facts of Life"
12.137 [1404] The Dick Cavett Show
10Apr1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
author and playwright Gore Vidal
12.138 [1405] The Dick Cavett Show
11Apr1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
writer Stephen Spender (Part 1 of 2).
12.139 [1406] The Dick Cavett Show
12Apr1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
writer Stephen Spender (Part 1 of 2).
12.140 [1407] The Dick Cavett Show
13Apr1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
psychologist Dr. Stanley Milgram.
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12.141 [1408] The Dick Cavett Show
16Apr1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
A. Bartlett Giamatti, President of Yale University
and Professor of English Renaissance literature (Part 1 of 2).
*Note: Served as Major League Baseball Commissioner 1989
serving only five months before his death.
Father of actor Paul Giamatti.
12.142 [1409] The Dick Cavett Show
17Apr1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
A. Bartlett Giamatti, President of Yale University
and Professor of English Renaissance literature (Part 1 of 2).
12.143 [1410] The Dick Cavett Show
18Apr1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Kurt Thomas, contender for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team of gymnasts.
12.144 [1411] The Dick Cavett Show
19Apr1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
author Eudora Welty (Part 1 of 2).
12.145 [1412] The Dick Cavett Show
20Apr1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
author Eudora Welty (Part 2 of 2).
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12.146 [1413] The Dick Cavett Show
23Apr1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actor, writer and director Jonathan Miller (Part 1 of 2).
12.147 [1414] The Dick Cavett Show
24Apr1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actor, writer and director Jonathan Miller (Part 2 of 2).
12.148 [1415] The Dick Cavett Show
25Apr1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
comedienne-actress Carol Burnett who co-starred with
Dick in Robert Altman's new movie "Health" (Part 1 of 2).
12.149 [1416] The Dick Cavett Show
26Apr1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
comedienne-actress Carol Burnett who co-starred with
Dick in Robert Altman's new movie "Health" (Part 2 of 2).
12.150 [1417] The Dick Cavett Show
27Apr1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actor Tom Conti
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12.151 [1418] The Dick Cavett Show
30Apr1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
author David Halberstan (Part 1 of 2).
12.152 [1419] The Dick Cavett Show
01May1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
author David Halberstan (Part 2 of 2).
12.153 [1420] The Dick Cavett Show
02May1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actress Anne Jackson
12.154 [1421] The Dick Cavett Show
03May1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
choreographer Antony Tudor
12.155 [1422] The Dick Cavett Show
04May1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
composer Virgil Thomson
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12.156 [1423] The Dick Cavett Show
07May1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Fritz Molden author of "Exploding Star".
12.157 [1424] The Dick Cavett Show
08May1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
magician Frank Garcia
12.158 [1425] The Dick Cavett Show
09May1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
entertainer Bob Hope (Part 1 of 2)
12.159 [1426] The Dick Cavett Show
10May1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
entertainer Bob Hope (Part 2 of 2)
12.160 [1427] The Dick Cavett Show
11May1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
humorist Art Buchwald
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12.161 [1428] The Dick Cavett Show
14May1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
pianist Victor Borge
12.162 [1429] The Dick Cavett Show
15May1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
comedian-actor Robin Williams (Part 1 of 2)
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12.163 [1430] The Dick Cavett Show
16May1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
comedian-actor Robin Williams (Part 2 of 2)
12.164 [1431] The Dick Cavett Show
17May1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
psychologist Dr. Bruno Bettleheim
12.165 [1432] The Dick Cavett Show
18May1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
philosopher Lewis Mumford
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12.166 [1433] The Dick Cavett Show
21May1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
consumer advocate Ralph Nader
12.167 [1434] The Dick Cavett Show
22May1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Walter Kerr, drama critic of the New York Times
and author of "The Silent Clowns" (Part 1 of 3).
A retrospect of Charlie Chaplin.
12.168 [1435] The Dick Cavett Show
23May1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Walter Kerr, drama critic of the New York Times
and author of "The Silent Clowns" (Part 2 of 3).
A retrospect of Buster Keaton.
12.169 [1436] The Dick Cavett Show
24May1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Walter Kerr, drama critic of the New York Times
and author of "The Silent Clowns" (Part 3 of 3).
A retrospect of Harold Lloyd and Harry Langdon.
12.170 [1437] The Dick Cavett Show
25May1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Elizabeth Hardwick author of "Sleepless Nights".
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12.171 [1438] The Dick Cavett Show
28May1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
conductor-composer Lukas Foss.
12.172 [1439] The Dick Cavett Show
29May1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actor Rex Harrison (Part 1 of 2).
12.173 [1440] The Dick Cavett Show
30May1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actor Rex Harrison (Part 2 of 2).
12.174 [1441] The Dick Cavett Show
31May1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
playwright Edward Albee (Part 1 of 2).
12.175 [1442] The Dick Cavett Show
01Jun1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
playwright Edward Albee (Part 2 of 2).
==================================
12.176 [1443] The Dick Cavett Show
04Jun1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
John Leonard, writer and critic for The New York Times
author of "Private Lives in the Imperial City".
12.177 [1444] The Dick Cavett Show
05Jun1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
former President Gerald R. Ford.
12.178 [1445] The Dick Cavett Show
06Jun1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson
12.179 [1446] The Dick Cavett Show
07Jun1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guests
William Masters and Virginia Johnson, co-founders and directors
of the Masters and Johnson Institute (Part 1 of 2).
12.180 [1447] The Dick Cavett Show
08Jun1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guests
William Masters and Virginia Johnson, co-founders and directors
of the Masters and Johnson Institute (Part 2 of 2).
==================================
12.181 [1448] The Dick Cavett Show
11Jun1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Bernard Knox, expert on Greek classics (Part 1 of 2).
12.182 [1449] The Dick Cavett Show
12Jun1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Bernard Knox, expert on Greek classics (Part 2 of 2).
12.183 [1450] The Dick Cavett Show
13Jun1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actress Glenda Jackson (Part 1 of 2).
12.184 [1451] The Dick Cavett Show
14Jun1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actress Glenda Jackson (Part 2 of 2).
12.185 [1452] The Dick Cavett Show
15Jun1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
E.L. Doctorow author of "Ragtime",
"Drinks Before Dinner" and "Loon Lake".
==================================
12.186 [1453] The Dick Cavett Show
18Jun1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Jessica Mitford author of "The American Way of Death"
12.187 [1454] The Dick Cavett Show
19Jun1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guests
baseball players Mickey Mantel, Hank Aaron
Leo Durocher and Tom Gorman (Part 1 of 3).
12.188 [1455] The Dick Cavett Show
20Jun1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guests
baseball players Mickey Mantel, Hank Aaron
Leo Durocher and Tom Gorman (Part 2 of 3).
12.189 [1456] The Dick Cavett Show
21Jun1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guests
baseball players Mickey Mantel, Hank Aaron
Leo Durocher and Tom Gorman (Part 3 of 3).
12.190 [1457] The Dick Cavett Show
22Jun1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guests
playwright Tennessee Williams
==================================
12.191 [1458] The Dick Cavett Show
25Jun1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
playwright Arthur Miller (Part 1 of 3).
12.192 [1459] The Dick Cavett Show
26Jun1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
playwright Arthur Miller (Part 2 of 3).
12.193 [1460] The Dick Cavett Show
27Jun1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
playwright Arthur Miller (Part 3 of 3).
12.194 [1461] The Dick Cavett Show
28Jun1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
environmentalist Barry Commoner
12.195 [1462] The Dick Cavett Show
29Jun1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
actor Alan Arkin
==================================
12.196 [1463] The Dick Cavett Show
02Jul1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Mortimer Adler author of "Aristotle for Everybody or Difficult Thought Made
Easy" (Part 1 of 2).
12.197 [1464] The Dick Cavett Show
03Jul1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Mortimer Adler author of "Aristotle for Everybody or Difficult Thought Made
Easy" (Part 2 of 2).
12.198 [1465] The Dick Cavett Show
04Jul1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Milos Forman director of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Hair".
12.199 [1466] The Dick Cavett Show
05Jul1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
architect Vincent Scully (Part 1 of 2).
12.200 [1467] The Dick Cavett Show
06Jul1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
architect Vincent Scully (Part 2 of 2).
==================================
12.201 [1468] The Dick Cavett Show
09Jul1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
comedian-actor George Burns
12.202 [1469] The Dick Cavett Show
10Jul1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Biologist Lewis Thomas discusses cancer research.
12.203 [1470] The Dick Cavett Show
11Jul1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guests
pianist Mischa Dichter
and violinist Pinchas Zukerman (Part 1 of 2).
12.204 [1471] The Dick Cavett Show
12Jul1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guests
pianist Mischa Dichter
and violinist Pinchas Zukerman (Part 2 of 2).
12.205 [1472] The Dick Cavett Show
13Jul1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
former CIA analyst Frank Snepp.
==================================
12.206 [1473] The Dick Cavett Show
16Jul1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Leon Edel critic and author of "Bloomsbury: A House of Lions" (Part 1 of 2).
12.207 [1474] The Dick Cavett Show
17Jul1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Leon Edel critic and author of "Bloomsbury: A House of Lions" (Part 2 of 2).
12.208 [1475] The Dick Cavett Show
18Jul1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guests
tap dancer Honi Coles and the Copasetics
(Leslie Gaines, Ernest Brown, James R. Brown and Charles Cook)
formed in memory of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (Part 1 of 2).
12.209 [1476] The Dick Cavett Show
19Jul1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guests
tap dancer Honi Coles and the Copasetics
(Leslie Gaines, Ernest Brown, James R. Brown and Charles Cook)
formed in memory of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (Part 2 of 2).
12.210 [1477] The Dick Cavett Show
20Jul1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
Dance critic Walter Terry
==================================
12.211 [1478] The Dick Cavett Show
23Jul1979 PBS Mon
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
sailor Joe Emmerz (Part 1 of 2).
12.212 [1479] The Dick Cavett Show
24Jul1979
Host Dick Cavett
Guest
sailor Joe Emmerz (Part 2 of 2).
12.213 [1480] The Dick Cavett Show
25Jul1979
Host Dick Cavett
Dick takes time to answer viewer mail
and reflect on the past season.
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
26Jul1979 [repeat]
Frank Garcia
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
27Jul1979 [repeat]
Jules Feiffer
==================================
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
30Jul1979 [repeat] PBS Mon
Robin Williams (Part 1 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
31Jul1979 [repeat]
Robin Williams (Part 2 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
01Aug1979 [repeat]
Bob Hope (Part 1 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
02Aug1979 [repeat]
Bob Hope (Part 2 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
03Aug1979 [repeat]
Jonathan Miller (Part 1 of 2)
==================================
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
06Aug1979 [repeat] PBS Mon
Jonathan Miller (Part 2 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
07Aug1979 [repeat]
Eudora Welty (Part 1 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
08Aug1979 [repeat]
Eudora Welty (Part 2 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
09Aug1979 [repeat]
John Updike (Part 1 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
10Aug1979 [repeat]
John Updike (Part 2 of 2)
==================================
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
13Aug1979 [repeat] PBS Mon
Ingrid Bergman (Part 1 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
14Aug1979 [repeat]
Ingrid Bergman (Part 2 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
15Aug1979 [repeat]
Lilli Palmer (Part 1 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
16Aug1979 [repeat]
Lilli Palmer (Part 2 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
17Aug1979 [repeat]
Sophia Loren (Part 1 of 2)
==================================
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
20Aug1979 [repeat] PBS Mon
Sophia Loren (Part 2 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
21Aug1979 [repeat]
Anita O'Day (Part 1 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
22Aug1979 [repeat]
Anita O'Day (Part 2 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
23Aug1979 [repeat] [1hr presentation]
Muhammad Ali, Michel deRepentigny
and The Olympia Serenaders.
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
24Aug1979 [repeat]
Isaac Stern
==================================
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
27Aug1979 [repeat] PBS Mon
Stephen Spender (Part 1 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
28Aug1979 [repeat]
Stephen Spender (Part 2 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
29Aug1979 [repeat]
A.L. Rowse (Part 1 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
30Aug1979 [repeat]
A.L. Rowse (Part 2 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
31Aug1979 [repeat]
Christopher Isherwood
==================================
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
03Sep1979 [repeat] PBS Mon
Peter Ustinov (Part 1 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
04Sep1979 [repeat]
Peter Ustinov (Part 2 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
05Sep1979 [repeat]
Kurt Thomas
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
06Sep1979 [repeat]
Julius Erving and Pete Maravitch
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
07Sep1979 [repeat]
Sportswriters David Israel,
Furman Bisher and Morris Sim (Part 1 of 3).
==================================
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
10Sep1979 [repeat] PBS Mon
Sportswriters David Israel,
Furman Bisher and Morris Sim (Part 2 of 3).
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
11Sep1979 [repeat]
Sportswriters David Israel,
Furman Bisher and Morris Sim (Part 3 of 3).
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
12Sep1979 [repeat]
Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron,
Leo Durocher, Tom Gorman (Part 1 of 3).
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
13Sep1979 [repeat]
Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron,
Leo Durocher, Tom Gorman (Part 2 of 3).
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
14Sep1979 [repeat]
Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron,
Leo Durocher, Tom Gorman (Part 3 of 3).
==================================
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
17Sep1979 [repeat] PBS Mon
John Connally
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
18Sep1979 [repeat]
John Ehrlichman (Part 1 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
19Sep1979 [repeat]
John Ehrlichman (Part 2 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
20Sep1979 [repeat]
William Safire
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
21Sep1979 [repeat]
William Proxmire
==================================
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
24Sep1979 [repeat] PBS Mon
Rex Harrison (Part 1 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
25Sep1979 [repeat]
Rex Harrison (Part 2 of 2)
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
26Sep1979 [repeat]
William Gibson
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
27Sep1979 [repeat]
Tennessee Williams
[--] The Dick Cavett Show
28Sep1979 [repeat] PBS Fri
Harold Clurman
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