The Dick Cavett Show - Comic Legends
Release Date: 02/21/06
List Price: $39.98
Before there was Dick Cavett the talk show host, there was Dick Cavett the comedian. Cavett's early career as a writer for Jack Paar and Johnny Carson naturally led him into the world of stand-up comedy, where his contemporaries were the likes of Woody Allen and Bill Cosby. Cavett would later welcome both to The Dick Cavett Show. But Cavett's comedian guests were by no means limited to his contemporaries. Cavett developed warm personal relationships with people like Groucho Marx, Bob Hope and Jack Benny. These great raconteurs and storytellers had some of their finest moments in Cavett's studio, where they found a unique forum that didn't necessarily require them to be funny. But of course they simply couldn't be anything else.
Disc 1
1. September 5, 1969 - Groucho Marx
2. September 19, 1969 - Woody Allen, Ruth Gordon, Gina Lollobrigida
3. October 4, 1972 - Bob Hope
4. Bonus - June 10, 1968 Here's Dick Cavett - Groucho Marx, Bob Hope, Woody Allen, Pat McCormick, Jack Burns, Debbie Drake
5. Bonus - Cavett Remembers The Comic Legends
Emmy Award-winning director Bob Weide (Curb Your Enthusiasm) talks to Dick Cavett about the legendary comedians who appeared on The Dick Cavett Show.
6. Bonus - Alternate Opening For The September 5, 1969, Groucho Marx Episode
Disc 2
1. October 20, 1971 - Woody Allen
2. April 6, 1970 - Mel Brooks, Rex Reed, Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin, Dr. Aaron Stern
3. November 10, 1971 - Bill Cosby
4. Bonus - Outtake Segment From October 20, 1971, Woody Allen Episode
5. Bonus - August 6, 1968 - Joanne Carson Interview
Disc 3
1. January 27, 1973 - Jerry Lewis
2. May 25, 1971 - Groucho Marx, Truman Capote, Jim Fowler
3. February 21, 1974 - Carol Burnett
4. Bonus - November 20, 1966 - Dick Cavett on The Ed Sullivan Show
5. Bonus - The Dick Cavett Show Promo - May 25, 1971
Disc 4
1. February 21, 1973 - Jack Benny, Bill Cosby, Joe Frazier
2. December 15, 1971 - George Burns, The Smothers Brothers, Adelle Davis
3. March 7, 1974 - Lucille Ball
4. Bonus - Cavett Backstage
Dick Cavett takes a behind-the-scenes look at The Dick Cavett Show and his early days as a writer and comedian with veteran comedy writer Tom Whedon (father of Buffy's Joss Whedon) and Bob Weide.
5. Bonus - The Dick Cavett Show Promo - February 21, 1973
6. Bonus - The Dick Cavett Show Promo - December 15, 1971
  
|
