DICK CAVETT SHOW, THE {RICH LITTLE; JOHN HOUSEMAN} (TV)
Summary
One in this series of late-night talk/variety programs, hosted by Dick Cavett, featuring interviews with newsmakers and people in the political and cultural forefront. Highlights of this installment include the following: Cavett with a monologue; Rich Little with comic impressions of Jack Benny, Edith and Archie Bunker, President Richard M. Nixon, and others; two Bob and Ray routines, one with Ray interviewing Bob as the winner of New Jersey's most beautiful face contest, and the other with Ray interviewing a supermarket employee; and Little, as Johnny Carson, introducing Lola Falana, who sings her version of "She's a Lady." Next, Cavett interviews John Houseman about his book and his association with Orson Welles. Includes commercials.
(Cavett hosted several talk shows under the title "The Dick Cavett Show," which aired on ABC from 1969 to 1972, on PBS from 1977 to 1982, on the USA network from 1985 to 1986, and on CNBC from 1989 to 1995. During 1973 to 1975, the show aired irregularly as part of "ABC's Wide World of Entertainment." Other versions of "The Dick Cavett Show" include a variety series on CBS in 1975 and a talk show on ABC in 1986.)
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: March 9, 1972 11:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:26:09
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T82:0377
- GENRE: Talk/Interviews
- SUBJECT HEADING: Talk/Interview; Comedy
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1969-1972
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- John Gilroy … Producer
- Richard Romagnola … Associate Producer
- Michael Zannella … Associate Producer
- Arthur Forrest … Director
- David Lloyd … Writer
- Dick Cavett … Host
- Fred Foy … Announcer
- Lola Falana … Performer
- Rich Little … Guest
- Bob Elliott … Guest
- Ray Goulding … Guest
- John Houseman … Guest
- Jack Benny
- Richard M. Nixon
- Orson Welles