I actually had the honor of meeting Mr. Cavett in the men's restroom of an Applebee's food chain establishment in Santa Rosa, CA and found him to be on the contrary rather terse and if we're being totally honest here: downright cagey. To my profound disappointment he showed little of his trademark wit during out interaction (despite me really teeing him up) and he refused to shake my hand (multiple times).
Griffin Taylor Seems like it fits the over-the-top, unreciprocated come-on when women are around: masculinity issues. It is a disappointment though, for anyone who's ever seen his intellectual brilliance in action.
Griffin Taylor I don't think so. He was primarily a talk show host; might of gotten a bit part in one or two productions, but not much more than an extra. It would surprise me that Kirk Douglas would be lacking in the social skills area. Michael Douglas is his son and they've both had leading roles in scads of movies. Ben Hur comes to mind.
One hour and eleven minutes plus commercials. I could never imagine a talk show pulling this off with one guest these days given most people's short attention spans. .
@@January. it’s right up there with my other favorite comedy of all time Blazing saddles but there’s something about play it again Sam that it’s just off the charts hilarious. I mean the whole movie is him striking out with women in various ways but the one liner he comes out with are just priceless and Tony Roberts with his whole telephone thing Diane Keaton it’s all really perfect and it’s such a cool time warp of 1972 in San Francisco with the fashions, etc.
Woody Allen is very self deprecating about his clarinet playing, but he is actually very, very good. He said around 2012 that he was not a good player, but he must have been brilliant by then.
Many thanks for publishing this. Got me through one of the strangest May 1sts that I ever saw. It's midafternoon in southern Indiana and the sky is so overcast that it's very dark outside. What the? It rained hard briefly several hours ago, but it is not raining now.
Genetically, men have the hair pattern of their maternal grandfather. At around the age of 25, the type of testosterone changes to a type that causes them to follow their grandfather's hair pattern...
Thank you, a great interview. I had just watched "Whatever Works" and only realized by Woody's playing that he must perform the clarinette in most of his movies.
He's actually a really accomplished player! He has composed and played a lot of tunes in his films I think. It's like his secret other life. Paul Reiser too - he even wrote and played the theme song for Mad About You!
Cavett did not rule. Carson owned the time slot by a ratio of five to one. Cavett was one of the courtiers; Carson was king. Cavett was interesting; Carson got watched.
"Cavett was interesting; Carson got watched." How perfectly that sums up the nature of popularity. You don't have to be the most interesting, the most creative, the smartest, etc etc to be the most popular. You have to be a lot closer to the middle of those categories to appeal to the widest audience as most people are, by nature, mediocre. By the way, this is not meant as an insult to Carson.
Two very different people playing to extremely different audiences. Well...some of us watched both. There is nothing quite like either of them today, alas, but thanks to this odd medium we can appreciate them anew while people, whose parents were not yet even zygotes at the time, can discover them.
I love these old interviews with entertainers that are truly unique and legendary. Great channel. Did your parents our yourself have this show on VHS or something. Very cool and retro. Nobody in these videos are talking about facebook or their Twitter feeds. Nobody even has a phone in there pocket. Pong was probably the top selling console lol
jose chocoza Just so you know, it’s really kinda considered derogatory to refer to them as “Jew decedents”. It would be better to say “Jewish”. For instance, you wouldn’t say; “so-and-so is a Jew doctor”; it would be: “So-and-so is a Jewish doctor”. Although why mention the doctor’s religion or ethnicity at all, really. Woody Allen’s accent is old school Brooklyn, like I said. Nothing to do with his “religion”.
When I look at a show like Cavett's, from around this time, I can't help but feel that networks weren't fully seized of the possibilities that color TV brought. "Say, how about we make everything shades of brown?"
Does anyone think that, when he starts the intro on James Bonds most loathed class of wood wind, he's gonna get a serious 'Tears for Souvenirs' vibe kicking off?
Please do not confuse possessing genius with being a great person. He is a comedic and directorial genius. Do you think that Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Picasso, Beethoven or Willie Shakespeare were the most well-rounded hunmanists of all time?
Laughs. In responce to humanists i agree. You should see thus emanuel. I am not in appearance nothing of interest or alarm. And. I freely, can and DO, walk among you without notice. Its a great trait. Buddah, left fathers palace, as did i. And there's nothing to assimilate that I am that man. Unless one looks carefully, one will see the scars and marks that so long ago, branded me woody on the cross. Unless of course, Soloman (son of man)..he also befell the road to poverty over riches. Now, as a voice crying out in the wilderness,your home of America the American revolution, battle of the wilderness that was to come. Think on this. I spoke Aramaic. The land of milk and honey America the pecularities of this name is also paramount. Signs and wonders. Aramaic-America. Here's wisdom. Every eye shall see me. (eye-PHONES). RU-vid.= you to be. ..WOE WOE WOE...WWW. I come quickly. .COM. sees the signs. Soon. A great earthquake comes children. Be prepared. I stand up soon. And a mighty sign comes all who receive this warning. You see a night illuminated by an unnatural light. Be prepared for the Angels mounting on your dark luna, 440,000 will ascend upon the earth. And you will see a great War begun. Behold. I am. I was. and I come quickly. WATCH. - Jess Saes UV ( JesUs saVes)
All these years later Woody Allen still plays at his favorite haunts. I heard him being interviewed by Alec Baldwin ‘Here’s the thing’ Podcast …. He’s a little bit more reserved nowadays, but still very interesting.
the clothing, the hairstyles, the fact almost everyone was thin back then (not just not fat, but not worked out) and also the video quality from the 70s give that overall impression.
Being an adult was something the culture valued back then. Childhood wasn’t an exalted status before the 90s. Therefore, people didn’t work to look as young as possible. The way we want to be seen today is wholly the result of advertising over the past 30 years and boy has the culture paid a price! I know so many 30 year old children today!
I kow Allen really well from albums and movies but never seen this. This is really great to see friends working the medium to have a chat - many of theAllen jokes I know and seeing Cavett tee them up is cheesy as I look now, but I love seeing that he does it - their implied certainty on stuff like cholesterol and Freud is dated IMO
Tyler; I finally got the name. I can't believe I didn't recognize the all time classic, "Till We Meet Again", as jazz version. That may be why I liked this version right away.
(9:40) - Woody's casual comment that he would much rather die on a show in a prime-time slot than on one such as this, which aired late at night, and had, by all accounts, pretty dismal ratings, seems to have passed this audience completely by. This interview is chock-full of nuggets like that. I have lost count the number of times I have rewound this particular tape. >
I think Woody wanted to play it seriously the first time around too,but the audience couldn't contain themselves from laughing & he rolled with it. Edit: he mentions this himself at 1:02:00
