Alfred Hitchcock was traumatized by his mother

ALFRED HITCHCOCK SAID: "I think my mother scared me when I was 3 months old. You see, she said BOO. It gave me the hiccups. And she apparently was very satisfied."

[@steverodgers8425]

It wasn't horror that made Hitchcock's films intriguing, it was suspense. He created the most out of unconventional circumstances.

[@TerrelleCheers1]

Suspense....🤔

[@Karmen2010]

I heard that he received a lot of complaints about Psycho and one guy wrote him and said his daughter refused to take a shower after watching it. His response: Run her through the car wash. I love Hitchcock!!!

[@evandetwiler2810]

Heidi Clark I like the one where the daughter was already afraid of the tub because of another film, and psycho made her afraid of the shower...so Hitchcock told him to bring her to the dry cleaners lol!

[@michaelangus5602]

@@evandetwiler2810 That's what he actually said 👏👏👏

[@matthewsamson4936]

Dry cleaners!!!

[@analogidc1394]

@@matthewsamson4936 Correct it was dry cleaners.

[@angloaust1575]

Unsavoury film glorifying murder To make a buck!

[@rickywaugh5297]

I'm not old enough to have seen "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" when it originally aired but I saw it on the early years of Nick at Nite. Since then I've always thought of him as the 20th century's answer to Edgar Allen Poe.

[@Karmen2010]

I'm not enough either but when I was little, I'd change the channel on Nick at Nite as soon as they played that music followed by his profile showing up on the screen. I love it now and my favorite is Into Thin Air starring his real life daughter who also had a role in Psycho. I love it how he mentions how well he thought the leading lady did without mentioning her relationship to him at the end of the episode. That was really sweet❤

[@esta1ful]

I am. We hadn’t seen anything like it before that. It scared the pants off me

[@lesternapoleongreen7543]

I could listen to him talk all day

[@geniusmchaggis]

me too! great deadpan with a fancy yet working class accent.

[@Jantv81]

genius mchaggis You should read too, (if you haven't yet) is Charlotte Chandler's bio on him called "Its Only a Movie."

[@geniusmchaggis]

sounds good janna! ill check it out.

[@geniusmchaggis]

hi jenna. 2 years later! ive found that book..have it on hold at my library...ill get back once ive read it!

[@davidlogansr8007]

genius mchaggis so, what was the upshot? The film is better than the book!

[@notimportant8806]

Hitchcock had a good sense of humor

[@matsp888]

Definitely.

[@andrewt836]

Humour 😁

[@rturae]

The disturbed often do

[@manjulavikas3443]

Yes, v witty with a dry sense of humor

[@ELLIOT1311]

Humour

[@emilydenis5401]

Hitchcock's just like "Here, let me stand here with no emotion or movement and manage to be the most fascinating geniuses in cinematic history"

[@e.erin.]

Here’s a fun little fact, which, I feel, wonderfully encompasses his level of genius. The 9-stroke drawing of his silhouette was created by, him. He liked to draw, and just doodled it on paper. It’s so simple, and became his unmistakable trademark. How brilliant.

[@CynicalLlort]

I love Hitchcock, what a genius.

[@tyrozone5]

He was born in the same place I was, Leytonstone

[@hotmagmagt9588]

@@tyrozone5 damn, that's awesome

[@Lampshade51]

The intro to the program was PRICELESS! Great job! Hitch: (returning from stabbing clip with knife) "Mr. Cavett is indisposed....." Hilarious!

[@eraguilar]

He was the most influential director in cinema history

[@chomsky88]

What I always found amazing about Hitchcock is that he would pretty much shoot the entire film in his head first before he got around to actually committing anything to film. Apparently there was very little for the editor to do at the end of the shoot. As for favourite movies, I'd choose 39 steps, The Lady Vanishes and The Man Who Knew Too Much from his British period and Strangers on a Train, Rear Window, North by Nortwest, and Psycho from his Hollywood movies.

[@DerrickthePinecone]

Hitchcock's humor really made him stick out more than any other film-maker THEN and even NOW, because humor can bring out more than one emotion and Hitch was able to "pun" his way into many different levels and layers that not many film-makers could, or can, which speaks volumes for the kind of man he was. Greatness.

[@cheeriosinabowl]

Alfred Hitchcock is an icon. A legend for all time. I always thought he would have made a great comedian too, since he has that deadpan look, which would crack people up. He had so many talents.

[@eraguilar]

The most influential director in cinema history

[@matchbox2482]

Kubrick??

[@user-wb1jw9xx7e]

Match Box both Kubrick and Alfred were masters in their field and both contributed to cinema but in different ways each

[@amt1ojha]

Kurosawa or tarkovsky or fellini ??

[@Karmen2010]

@@matchbox2482 Kubrick was a great director but sounded like a jerk. I'd say David Lynch should be mentioned for his originality despite how strange it was.

[@FormulaVase-kp3dc]

DW Grittith

[@Some0neSomewhere]

How he never won an Oscar is truly sad to me. Nominated 5 times. "Rebecca" (which was nominated for 11 Oscars) actually won for best picture in 1940 yet, though nominated for best director, Hitch didn't win. It's the only film since then to win best picture without having the director, any actor, or the writers win, too.

[@oski14es]

The intro is really creative and thrilling.... like a good Hitchcock scene.

[@stephenkane2464]

Absolutely golden on both accounts. We need more entertainers such as these today.

[@morbius109]

As a kid, I loved watching his show on A&E....every time he came on screen, I'd always say "Good evening" in sync with him, haha. A brilliant man.

[@yeshidoso8920]

morbius109 that's so sweet ♡

[@mark-j-adderley]

yes, I was booed at by my mother ; she's dead now.

[@kwesi01]

I think it shows great generosity of spirit, and an impish sense of fun, that Hitchock demonstrates here that he doesn't take himself too seriously. How easy it might have been to just sit back, play up an auteur's mystique, and watch the billions roll in (cough - Andy W...). A true genius, but with a common touch.

[@errolflynn6150]

I was ten years old when this first aired,...trippy.

[@TRICK-OR-TREAT236]

BEST DOUBLE CHIN IN THE BUSINESS !

[@queenbarnes86]

I remember when my mother was living we use to sit and watch all of Hitchcock films

[@4GUESTS]

oh damn, this ended way too soon. Oh well.

[@MajorazMasta]

6:21 Dick Cavett casually opens a momentary rift in spacetime.

[@sonofnyx9437]

Hitchcock: Good humour

[@BelatedCommiseration]

Hitch!!! You gotta love those lugubrious tones in their description of fear and suspicion and of course he was the master of re creating these emotions on film. With the limitations of what they could actually show back then throughout Hitch's career as a director its amazing, not just that his methods were effective, but that they still are and indeed films in the genre of vertigo and North by Northwest are classics that are still masterpieces. There was no one like Hitch!

[@0IDaveCouch]

I was six days old when this originally aired.

[@missc2742]

We laugh about the comment on his mother, but Hitchcock might have had some very serious mommy issues. His work reflects that- his doting on fear and attributing the pain of fear to all mother figures reflects that, too.

[@Jantv81]

Not exactly. For instance " Psycho" was based in part of Ed Gein.

[@eraguilar]

+Janna Watson very true

[@GreciaGuzman13]

ooooh Oedipus complex. very freudian

[@missc2742]

lol

[@El6Magico6Arlequin6]

+Janna Watson well, yes, but i think he means that hitchcock's films often depict a male character who is - in some way - antagonized by his mother (north by northwest, psycho, notorious, the birds). it's a theme that is recurrent throughout his work.

[@mikej.9339]

Great interview, thanks!

[@Onmysheet]

Great opening too.

[@brucekuehn4031]

One of the great showmen in the business besides his amazing understanding and mastery of the art of film. With his television show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, he became the most well-known director of the time. This was way before directors became celebrities in their own right. The line sketch of his face that was used on the TV show was a self portrait.

[@dggd]

Taped on my birthday and graduation year... Grew up on Hitchcock...much respect.

[@diego4493115]

''....somebody wants to be ripped....'' lol

[@MrBangal1]

It great to see this cinema legend giving a interview. He was truly before his time, and still is. He was genuius in all aspects of movie making. Note: If any of you want to see some of his great work go to (Hulu) Alferd Hitchcock Hour.

[@lynnturman8157]

I'm reading Truffaut's book on HItchcock. Fascinating.

[@krishnakumarimp4489]

Lynn Turman

[@lynnturman8157]

Krishnakumari M P what?

[@bobquem]

Man, thank you for taking the time to upload these vids. Mucho Gracias!

[@ptboat67]

Mr. Cavett, thank you for these wonderful, in depth interviews that allow the personalities of the lumiaries shine as they should. So many people watch these shows and lament the lack of great stars today, but what I really think they should lament is the unique interview form that you used in order to engage these people in real and unguarded conversation. To me, it is far more insightful that, to use an example after you and still in the past, a Barbara Walters interview.

[@jeprice08]

I counted the applause, 23 seconds! From 4:18 to 4:41. That's pretty good.

[@eraguilar]

He was the most influential director in cinema history

[@canalsoloparaverunvideodem8451]

I can totally visualize baby Hitchcock and that "boo" story. In fact I visualize him as a mini-sized version of how he looked here

[@sclogse1]

yeah, I hear it. I used to have a recording of alfred that was something like "If I could escape from this picture tube, I would." A random thing I recorded off his tv show. I used it to start up my Mac with.

[@buffalopauln]

I love his sense of timing and deadpan humour. Genius.

[@CanadianHickChick]

I love his movies. We watched Psycho in an English class last year and I absolutely adored it. What a great film, just the way he could tell a story was just outstanding.

[@Lightner445555555555]

Mr.Cavatt must feel very privilaged having so many great people on his show!!

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

LMAO I have no idea why Hitchcock's deadpan makes me laugh so much.

[@heartmoon2000]

Great Video! Thank You

[@LukeAmick94]

You know, I feel special. I'm only 13 years old, and yet I love classic films. I'm probably the only kid at my school that's even seen a Hitchcock film. I've seen Physco, The Birds, The Man Who Knew to Much, and The Number 17. I wish I could watch more like "North By North West" but classics are so hard to find nowadays. Well, at least we can watch this interview. Thanks for posting this.

[@JT-rx1eo]

And now that you are 26 years old, which Hitchcock movie is your favorite?

[@christineleblond7777]

Hitchcock's daughter,Pat, was in many of his movies and was a very good actress too. She just passed away in her 90s last year, I believe.

[@natefrmbklyn]

I grew up on his genre of thriller, and Alfred comes off so cool here. Love his Bea Arthur School of Non-Reaction, and lines like "Somebody wants to be ripped.."

[@jimmysudar]

i couldn't have said it any better. you are so right; i watched this one twice: it's so loaded with subtext and nuance.

[@onlythewise1]

i think Alfred showed up in the back ground in all of his movies

[@MoonLightHowl1]

being as it may, he's still a unique person with a significant particular appeareance

[@avidspots]

I wish they still had talk shows like these.

[@pronemanoldbutyoung5548]

I love to listen to Capote and Hitchcock and these creative people.

[@jimmyfigueras4476]

My fave talk show host

[@davidmdyer838]

I knew a guy who was killed by a lawnmower. It was a riding mower, he fell forward over the front of it and it ran him over.

[@lordjesuschristhavemercyon3251]

Aww, poor man.

[@americannapalm]

you have amazing observational skills!!!

[@honey5269]

Hitchcock was a genius with his film tricks.

[@liontiigerbear]

My fear of mice came from my mother, she used to over exaggerate her fear of them so as a child I thought they were something to be afraid of. Their very presence still makes me nervous but the fear is still there.

[@chloegilbert647]

"The Lodger" was a great movie.

[@JamesPopaloaf]

after he says good evening, he looks like a cheeky little fellow

[@lpdog82]

out of all his films the birds scared me the most when i was a kid, so many creepy scenes in that film that i never forgot

[@TwanJohn365]

Hitchcock never needed words to show his brilliance.

[@scootrnc]

More than anything, Hitch had an astonishingly fresh sense of humor. PSYCHO was an intentionally tongue-in-cheek shocker...most audiences realize that only after multiple viewings. THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!!!

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Richard Alva Cavett (/ˈkævɪt/; born November 19, 1936) is an American television personality, comedian and former talk show host. He appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States for five decades, from the 1960s through the 2000s.

[@satyammishra2090]

Date - (8 Jun. 1972)

[@BikiniDeathSquad]

love hitchcock's films and him as a personality

[@jackridger5803]

Words of wisdom. Such an amazing mind and man!

[@italaingore3041]

Lucio Fulci and Alfred Hitchcock are the grand-daddy master-pieces of cinema!

[@FlavioMarceloSousa35]

Magnificent director, fascinating personality.

[@gregdafaggot]

To Catch a Theif is amongst his best CG in that is to die for !!

[@jamlym4974]

This man had a very unsettling sense of humor.

[@recazdeef55]

He´s so cute! and i love listening to him

[@tylerrivas8542]

"good evening." Hitchcock: ....

[@Aloebunny]

Brilliant! What great time in the 70's!

[@naggedd]

alfred hitchcock knew what intrigued people, he knew what they wanted to see. he knew how to keep you, not waiting, but wanting to see what would happen next. that is why he's the greatest director ever if you ask me.

[@SRBOMBONICA86]

He is truly wonderful 😊

[@crystalheart9]

As a kid my family and I went to the theatre and saw Psycho. I was traumatized for a long time after seeing that. Truly I wish my parents hadn't taken me to see that movie.

[@phyllis9750]

I miss these old times. This man reminds me of the quality of everything we once had

[@MariPamJam]

Oh, That's were the famous violin screach came from.

[@harveyvargas5732]

YES, it did, I remember as a 14 yo. I watched it with a friend. When the man started walking up the stairs my mom said to me and chris (the friend) here it comes and yet we both literally jumped out of our seats in fear. I truly think that music had a lot to do with it. A true masterpiece.

[@scottabreitbarth]

Best entrance ever on any TV show.

[@MrDeCorey]

Rest in peace Alfred Hitchcock you did well.

[@LordMalice6d9]

I don't watch much television, especially now days seeing how far Hollywood and mainstream television has been selling out.

[@JarrodDellaChiesa]

That is one of my favorites!

[@SarahWinston615]

He seems like a funny guy. I wasn't expecting that.

[@TheDreadfulCurtain]

Great silhouette openinglol

[@MathieuDeflem]

Thanks!

[@iheartbillywilder]

best silhouette in the business.

[@moviefan700]

The Man...The Legend!

[@FungusMossGnosis]

I never thought I'd hear a worse impersonator of directors than Bogdanovich, but there you go. Thank you Mr. Cavett for teaching me something else new.

[@The_A_Cast]

6:54 I love Hitch’s smile!

[@corndogankles]

When my son was about 4-8 months old, he looked like Hitchcock. I wish I had seen this prior to his birth, so I could have said "boo" to him at 3 months old.

[@bellmeisterful]

He was said to be brutal to actors yet they would then say all the success they had was due to him back then. His genius.

[@usnavysailor2012]

@TRUBADORtv Well articulated, I could not agree more.

[@antonius_006]

What a great show !

[@pcno2832]

1:05 I think the Mike Douglas Show also had some goofy cartoon daisy-like flower in its logo; it must have been a side-effect of the hippy-flower-power trend of those years.

[@lordjesuschristhavemercyon3251]

Yeah, there's a video on youtube of Moe Howard on the Mike Douglas Show, and well the logo is there, the show is pretty funny though with Moe.

[@TheAathi6]

What is the music that comes at the beginning when Dick Cavett and Alfred Hitchcock appear in silhouette?

[@catholicpriest1]

Hitchcock directed movies from 1922 to 1976. Amazing!

[@Zumzizeroo17]

I love him! He's absolutely incredible and hilarious

[@Jantv81]

My main source from this book was that she personally knew Mr. Hitchcock for many years, and his family story was told to her through his other film friends and family.

[@amazeblaze]

okay that was a strange opening for a show. It reminded me of the vase you see two people in.

[@LordMalice6d9]

Hitchcock will always be remembered for effectively jump starting the slasher horror genre, Psycho was a masterpiece. If He is to be eternally remembered it will mostly be for that.