The people claiming Cavett was boring just do not understand the value of intellect in the spoken word. Cavett was a master of engaging all kinds of great people and letting them be their best - a rare talent - particularly by today's standards.

@marcelbas

Жыл бұрын

True. Cavett is just humbly offering his guest the opportunity to shine, unlike today's hosts whose egos are all over the place.

@MudTheGamer

Жыл бұрын

People claiming that Cavett was boring might as well claim that Groucho was boring. Those people are either dimwits or trolls. Cavett was a master of his art and, likely, the most natural talkshow host ever.

@Rob_Kates

Жыл бұрын

Groucho recognized the comedic talent of the young Cavett, and he appeared on his show several times.

@johnpendarvis7885

Жыл бұрын

Median IQ in America has been in steep decline since the sixties.

@LyleFrancisDelp

Жыл бұрын

Very well put.

At 80 years old, Groucho still had that quick wit and fast comeback. Fascinating to watch him take whatever is said to him and have him spin it into comic gold right before your eyes. Amazing.

@AmericansAgainstBush

Жыл бұрын

And oddly more charming & sexy than most, love this clip so much!! 💯💛⭐️👏👏❣️❣️

@GoldLeafPress

6 ай бұрын

Looking more like a 60 year old here

Groucho was an absolute master of comic improv. And he was almost 80 in this interview. What a treasure.

@mmortal03

4 жыл бұрын

And Dick Cavett was just on Colbert last night, fifty years later, age 83.

@josemeda4592

3 жыл бұрын

@@mmortal03 Didn't know he was still living.

@AceripXF

3 жыл бұрын

@@josemeda4592 who?

@AceripXF

3 жыл бұрын

@@josemeda4592 if ur talking about groucho hes not lol hed be over 100 yrs old

@lunastarr1925

3 жыл бұрын

80??? he doesnt look 80 at all...

Groucho walked in and said "This is my show now"

Groucho's timing was impeccable.

@alexrodriguez9441

4 жыл бұрын

Michael O'Regan it should be... his pecking was untimeable.

@mollydooker9636

4 жыл бұрын

Groucho was a genius. I used to watch his films as a kid in Ireland in the 70’s with my dad. His timing was incredible. Thanks.

@wildzwaan

4 жыл бұрын

@@mollydooker9636 *70s

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexrodriguez9441 well done

@jurjenvanderhoek316

3 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed, timing is a very important aspect of humor

Just for the record: Dick Cavett had some of the most classic moments on TV, ... EVER. amazing career.

@philiphalpenny9761

5 жыл бұрын

You should be his agent, Leonardo...

@LazyIRanch

5 жыл бұрын

I'm just rediscovering him. I remembered him from my childhood in the 60's and 70's, but thought he was boring then! HA! I just didn't understand very much back when. I still don't, but I know slightly more now.

@tchrisou812

5 жыл бұрын

@@LazyIRanch lol

@mdaddy775

5 жыл бұрын

@@LazyIRanch He's extremely boring but gets the best from his guests lol

@elizabethhestevold1340

4 жыл бұрын

At one time was his Green Room assistant. Fun🇺🇸🇩🇰🦅💌

Dick was just like the chillest host ever. One of my all time favorites

cavett has interviewed history itself

@SylentEcho

3 жыл бұрын

and it's criminal, that people of my generation haven't even heard of him.

@romo2674

3 жыл бұрын

@@SylentEcho We are a few, even younger, indeed.

@joejoelesh1197

3 жыл бұрын

He interviewed so much of history, he became history himself. I wish we had real interviewers like him around today.

@baldilocks1914

3 жыл бұрын

If you look at the list of people he’s interviewed is incredible.

@emiliohernandez7224

3 жыл бұрын

@@joejoelesh1197 There are some, but not as great as Dick, the problem is that this interview are now some kind of forced laughs interrupting the guest

Alan Alda's character on MASH owed everything to Groucho. His delivery, sense of humor, timing...is all Groucho.

@hyzercreek

4 жыл бұрын

@Rolf Jander The carrot was not a cigar. It actually was taken from a scene in a Clarke Gable movie, he was eating carrots and talking with his mouth full. The movie was "It happened one night or evening or something" This is according to Chuck Jones

@kevinr.3542

4 жыл бұрын

@dino macioci alda had some funny moments on mash and he paid tribute to the comedy greats. Sure everyone knows mash got too preachy and serious later, but it was still pretty solid. This is coming from a 34 year old who has only experienced mash through Sunday afternoon reruns, which I originally found to be the most boring TV watching ever. Until I finally watched it and realized it was funny. That dated theme song doesn't help it's cause tho. I think I associated it with rainy days as a kid. Bcuz why else would a kid be inside watching mash unless it was raining or they were grounded.

@jazzmanchgo

4 жыл бұрын

John Astin's Gomez Addams owed a lot to Groucho, as well.

@nataliedelagrandiere4022

3 жыл бұрын

@lord of the flys You are right. I hated MASH. It was boring.

@acousticshadow4032

3 жыл бұрын

Explains why I could never stand Alda on MASH. He always came off 'put on' & less than believable.

Was there ever such a calm, measured, polite interviewer as Cavett?

@capitanfuturo594

2 жыл бұрын

Dick Cavett was the best interviewer in America TV history.

@TREVASLARK

Жыл бұрын

In the English language, no.

@NoOne-kr4jc

Жыл бұрын

@@TREVASLARK Wait what? haha

A comic genius who doesn't disappoint. Apparently effortless with the stories and gags.

Dick knew right off the bat that he was just along for the ride, and he was sharp enough to keep his trap shut and let Groucho go at it.

Groucho Marx: one of the sharpest wits of the 20th Century.

@philiphalpenny9761

5 жыл бұрын

Cavett in a later interview with Groucho asked him" did you have understudies, when you were onstage. What did you do if one of you were sick?" Groucho "we used to throw up". Priceless!

Groucho was truly the happy hysterical cynic. *great wit. impeccable delivery and timing.*

One of my favorite Grouchoisms is: "While on safari in Africa I once shot an elephant in my pajamas. How the elephant got in my pajamas I'll nevah know!"

@ztahs

4 жыл бұрын

We tried to remove the tusks but they were too firmly embedded. Of course, in Alabama the Tuscaloosa.

@stringthing593

4 жыл бұрын

He was once giving an after dinner speach and he saw a former wife enter the room.He announced "Marx spots the ex" lol

@tracylemme1375

3 жыл бұрын

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

@sivakumarvakkalanka4938

3 жыл бұрын

@@stringthing593 True story ? I thought I had read/heard everything about Groucho... havent read this before. Hilarious, if true.

@JohnDoe-ne4kg

3 жыл бұрын

Seems to be all just dad jokes and slightly fiddling with sentence-endings .. trite.

Groucho Marx (and his brothers) were simply hilarious... very sorely missed today.

@hyzercreek

3 жыл бұрын

Big brother Karl was not so funny

@warrengwonka2479

3 жыл бұрын

If you thought Harpo didn’t speak you were never near him when he missed a short putt on the golf course.

@Losrandir

Жыл бұрын

​@@warrengwonka2479 Wasn't that croquet though? Remember that game vividly from his great autobiography

@JJONNYREPP

10 ай бұрын

roucho talks about Irving Thalberg & Margaret Dumont. no, I ain't conceding defeat... just pointing out his nibs had a problem: his anecdotal evidence far more superior re: humour and mirth making than the films he starred in. I allus wanted to hear about that woman who never could comprehend why she was in those films...

“I’m on at nine central time”. “Oh, I wouldn’t go that far”. 🤣🤣🤣 What a turn of phrase he had! Never at a loss for the bon mot!

@jamesagwe2981

5 жыл бұрын

Don rickles vs Groucho Marx

@lindanicola

4 жыл бұрын

@@jamesagwe2981 I was thinking the exact same thing.

@nataliedelagrandiere4022

3 жыл бұрын

You are right about the "bon mot". What a great comedian!

@dallastexan3551

Жыл бұрын

brilliance

Undoubtedly one of, if not the best comedian(s) to walk the face of this planet! Modern comedy can’t even touch what the Marx Brothers had!

I think what makes cavett so great is he doesn't interrupt the comedic timing or thought processes of his guests.

This is funny on so many levels, Dick plays the perfect foil for Groucho to do his stuff , Groucho goes so far and then dials it back

I worked as a Page on his show then and was at that show. Remember it well. Groucho was - grouchy back stage!!

@acousticshadow4032

3 жыл бұрын

Groucho lived just 8 more years, and I believe he may have slid into some form of dementia. You probably saw him in phase one.

Amazing that he was born in 1890.

@ryanpoggioli8602

5 жыл бұрын

If you really want your mind blown look up a 1956 interview with a man who witnessed the assassination of President Lincoln in 1865. Absolutely crazy to think of all the change that man saw in his lifetime!

@LazyIRanch

5 жыл бұрын

My Grandfather was born in the 1880's. I loved to hear him talk about how things were when he was a child and a young adult. He was one of 12 children born to German immigrants. He had this wonderful dialect unique to S. Texas German descendants that is sadly dying out now. He told us how excited and amazed he was to read in the paper about how two brothers, who built bicycles, created a flying machine. I was 7 years old and had just learned about the Wright Brothers in school, so I was fascinated to hear his memories. The following year, 1969, my GrandDaddy was with us to witness that "Small step for Man..." when astronauts walked on the Moon. He passed in 1970. The things he witnessed over his lifetime boggles the mind!

@LazyIRanch

5 жыл бұрын

@@ryanpoggioli8602 I saw that too! I think it was a game show, "I've Got a Secret"? Something like that. It affected him his whole life, he was just a boy. Fascinating.

@ryanpoggioli8602

5 жыл бұрын

It must've been overwhelming for him to witness all that radical change! I feel that his generation witnessed more change in their lifetime than any generation before or since. Born during a time when everyone got around via horse & buggy and electric light was unheard of to live to see the advent of television and space travel. Absolutely amazing!

@apexone5502

5 жыл бұрын

@@ryanpoggioli8602 agreed. Folks of his era, who lived long enough, really saw the before and after of modern living. It's crazy.

This was great! Groucho always makes me laugh. And you can't stop him.

Dick Cavett is wonderful, so gentle and light with absolute no agent other than to let his guests shine. Groucho was amazing - hilarious and charming ... Classic American TV.

He never stops, never! He's like the jackhammer of jokes

Spent my childhood waiting for marxs brothers films to come on our black n white tv ,pure genius

@zapkvr

Ай бұрын

The Paramount movies were great. The MGM movies, not so much.

Part of his genius is that he manages to be pretty raunchy - without one swear word and without being overly suggestive.

Genius like this will NEVER be replicated

It's one thing to be quick. But to be quick _&_ sharp, that's rare. And presenting as a lovely man despite claims of perpetual ill-temper.

@bluemooninthedaylight8073

5 жыл бұрын

He had his bad days like anyone else. No one's perfect. Funny as all get out and that cannot be disputed.

@kanyewest6539

5 жыл бұрын

sometimes mean is funny - patrice o'neil. another great

@NxDoyle

5 жыл бұрын

@@kanyewest6539 Yes indeed.

@rickrick5041

4 жыл бұрын

Rick Ross I don’t believe that or anything else that is true. Also Rick Ross is no Rick Rick

@DJRitty

3 жыл бұрын

Eddie Murphy.

Back in the days, when Groucho was still fit and well. His movies, where among the greatest comedies ever. He was almost without equal.

@trevormiles5852

3 жыл бұрын

@lord of the flys one of his movies is..Duck Soup and an other is Night at the Opera. For those that do not know.

The TRUE Master at work.

This is Cavett at his best-when he has to interrupt least and just support the great talent....

I never watched Dick Cavett since most of his shows happened before I was born, but I can't help but feel that I missed out. He's such a great interviewer and he's quite congenial.

@steffenhammerby4181

3 жыл бұрын

Cavett at 84 is actually still active as a producer but not sure if he has made any talkshows lately

@TheWelwyn21

2 жыл бұрын

You didn't miss out, I thought our English interviewers were shyte he's on another level of shyte

I just had to click for that title alone

Just look at this. All they have to do is let him in. Then he takes over the entire show and keeps the audience in stitches for as long as they let him. Like pushing a button and off he goes. Man, was he a genius!

He was such a riot.

He is sharp as a tack

Groucho Marx is 79 here. Amazing.

@acousticshadow4032

3 жыл бұрын

He would turn 79 on Oct 02 of 1969 - almost 79 here

@KebabMusicLtd

3 жыл бұрын

@@acousticshadow4032 'almost???' He is 78 until his birthday. Do you have your birthday party four months before your birthday? Do you celebrate Christmas on 4th July? Did you get married when you were 17 years and 08 months old?

@acousticshadow4032

3 жыл бұрын

@@KebabMusicLtd Tell ya what I don't do. I don't act like a pigheaded punk on YT. He was close enuff to 79 --- punk. 😎

The way he delivers those improvised jokes is just brilliant.

@zapkvr

Ай бұрын

Yeah, they arent improv.

I've never seen such effortless comedy.

Dick Cavett was the best interviewer in America TV history. And Groucho was a genius.

so funny looking at another era featuring another era...in this era...

@julianbufarull7602

4 жыл бұрын

And imagine watching this video in 2055. There you'll have one more era on top.

@Qulopuaa

4 жыл бұрын

Ask your grandparents about the old people they meet when they were young and maybe they can tell about people who were born more than 100 years ago and as for missed opportunis you might get only 1 chance and you remember this in about 50 years when your grandchildren ask about stories.

Can we just stop for a moment and realize and appreciate that Groucho was born in the 1800s???!!!! Wow. This is history right here....

Greatest long form interviewer in the history of television.

Groucho was ON this night

The seamless piano fills at 0:52 waiting for the audience were very nicely done

That is a dapper hat for a sophisticated gentleman.

Cavett was such an amazing host. And he has quite an impressive list of guests. He always managed to make his guests feel comfortable. Which brought out the best of them.

@nataliedelagrandiere4022

3 жыл бұрын

Not always.

@edwardcairejr.3599

3 жыл бұрын

Check out the Cavett interviews with Mailer and Vidal appearing simultaneously.

Some of the best content on YT involves Cavett and Groucho.

Dick in Stitches is an awesome band name

thanks for all the joy you put into the world.

What a man so hilarious yet totally natural pity its not many like him about,

A much welcomed laugh from one of the MASTERS of comedy. A welcome release from all the doom and gloom that the whole world is experiencing at the moment. Bravo!

Only time I've ever seen George Burns curse was in reference to a Groucho Marx joke.

Groucho is a Legend. Great interview. Cavett has a humble demenour.

He’s so witty and quick I wonder if he could have applied his brain to other things and been just as brilliant.

One of the greatest comics ever no one was or is better

Love the story about Mom and lunch, very simple but endearing.

Bill Buckley was trying to prove on his show who the greater genius was, as he did with all who were on his show. Groucho was his guest. Groucho never bit and held his own, while being the nicest guest he could be. He allowed Buckley's self inflation while being quite humble himself, and never let Buckley's demonstration of lexical fog faze him a bit. Groucho was genius. I miss Groucho.

The title gave me goosebumps in all the wrong places.

"She was an old babe... around 24"... BWAHAHAHAHHAA

@painkiller1968

4 жыл бұрын

lol you mean

@daviddeegrollert706

3 жыл бұрын

@The Pixal King: The Marx Brothers had a 5th brother, he was the first born but also died quick after birth. Groucho was asked once what he died of and he said: "old age". 🤣🤣🤣

@thepixalking6589

3 жыл бұрын

@@daviddeegrollert706 LOL, that guy is epic.

Hilarious. His comedic timing is awesome. And do you know I've never seen any of his movies? Now on my list.

What a unique individual. It must have been amazing to meet him and talk with him. The world seems so mundane now.

The cigar still has the wrap on it...lol...😎🙏👀

@jonnamechange6854

4 жыл бұрын

It was on loan from Jimmy Savile

@Superfly1503

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonnamechange6854 Jimmy Saville wishes

I have always loved this show!

Love this guy. His brand of humor is timeless. ;) "Thank you priests, for all the joy you've taken out of the world." LOL

Such intelligent comedy from a superbly intelligent man! I grew up watching all the Marx Brothers movies. Some of my first memories in the 70’s and early 80’s is sitting at my dads house watching Duck Soup on our old Hitachi VHS player, on our 12” color crt tv

The priest joke about taking joy out of the world was the best.

@eminusipi

3 жыл бұрын

As someone who went to Catholic school I can say he was right on target!

Groucho what a huge master of commedy. Amazing interview here.

Groucho and Dick Cavett - what a delight.

That draft joke was absolute brilliance!!!

The title is hilarious

Excellent!

Legend!!!

Legend one in a million this is comedy

I love how he did stand up, sitting down. He totally dominated the interview, and yet no matter what Dick Cavett interjected with, he had a quick and clever response. What a mind.

LMAO...oh that is fabulous!

Groucho is the most recognized, funniest, and famous comedian and also the most popular comedian.

Timing, timing...... Timing... Shout out to the legend

Legend Both of them

Entertainers were _so_ different back then. And I'm not just talking about Groucho but even the host as well. They're all just so reserved. And it seems what was considered "comedy" back then would be considered very light comedy by today's standards.

Some say Robert dinero hasn’t stopped doing a Groucho Marx impression since he first saw him.

There is no other comedian in the world that is as funny as Groucho Marx. Groucho is the comedy master.

Hard to believe Groucho was 78 years old when this aired

@acousticshadow4032

3 жыл бұрын

Closer to 79, actually.

@KebabMusicLtd

3 жыл бұрын

@@acousticshadow4032 He is 78 until his birthday. Do you have your birthday party four months before your birthday? Do you celebrate Christmas on 4th July? Did you buy alcohol when you were 20 years and 08 months old? There are 12 months between birthdays not 08

@choons

3 жыл бұрын

@@acousticshadow4032 Soooo....78?

@acousticshadow4032

3 жыл бұрын

@@choons No, I'm much younger than that.

The master 😆

Going by that voice and those mannerisms and the love of golf I'm convinced that Groucho is Dean Martin in a Groucho mask

love him.

Gilbert Gottfried’s impression of Elderly Groucho is so spot on!

He's so witty and quick on his feet. How does this man do it

Oh, Groucho! What a legend!

Brilliant.

Imagine what a joy it would have been to participate in a private dinner party with Groucho. He was truly a latter-day Oscar Wilde.

Legendary ‼️🤩👍🏼

This must have been around the time of Groucho's Carnegie Hall performance I had that on record and I listened to it so many times that I had it memorized. He's around 80 in this clip and still had it.

This was Groucho’s best appearance on Cavett.

,,,,, just perfect.

Legend. They don't build them like that anymore.

80 years and his mind was as sharp as it was 60 years prior.

everytime i saw ur show i was eating oatmeal OMG LOL!

Charisma. Both guys.