Dr. Christiaan Barnard On Performing The First Successful Heart Transplant | The Dick Cavett Show

Dr. Christiaan Barnard discusses being the first practitioner of a successful human heart transplant, and the challenges he faced along the way.
Date aired - 5/4/1970 - Dr. Christiaan Barnard
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Dick Cavett has been nominated for eleven Emmy awards (the most recent in 2012 for the HBO special, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again), and won three. Spanning five decades, Dick Cavett’s television career has defined excellence in the interview format. He started at ABC in 1968, and also enjoyed success on PBS, USA, and CNBC.
His most recent television successes were the September 2014 PBS special, Dick Cavett’s Watergate, followed April 2015 by Dick Cavett’s Vietnam. He has appeared in movies, tv specials, tv commercials, and several Broadway plays. He starred in an off-Broadway production ofHellman v. McCarthy in 2014 and reprised the role at Theatre 40 in LA February 2015.
Cavett has published four books beginning with Cavett (1974) and Eye on Cavett (1983), co-authored with Christopher Porterfield. His two recent books -- Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets (2010) and Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic moments, and Assorted Hijinks(October 2014) are both collections of his online opinion column, written for The New York Times since 2007. Additionally, he has written for The New Yorker, TV Guide, Vanity Fair, and elsewhere.
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[@acchaladka]

As someone who likely faces transplant later in this life, thank you Dr Barnard and all the colleagues who made these medical miracles possible.

[@bengman1183]

One giant leap for man kind 😪🙏🏻

[@andrewsmith3257]

This scares me 10/10

[@andydixon2980]

Dick Cavett never comes across as arrogant, or rude to his guests. He's almost like a shy and inquistive schoolboy in his approach. That's not to put him down. I think he's excellent and I love watching his interviews. Oh and he very rarely interupts.

[@somethingyousaid5059]

Perception is relative. Some people _do_ perceive him as arrogant. Even so, my perception of him accords with yours.

[@peet315]

his interviews with black guests are hard to watch

[@rhondaorberson9664]

I agree with your assessment of his style and demeanor; his interview of Bette Davis is one of the best, if not the best, I've ever seen.

[@johni6099]

Very well put, Sir. I bought Dick's book after listening to "Groucho and Me".

[@porschefan17]

That’s because if you come across as genuinely nice, intellectually curious, engaging, and respectful from from a slight shy stance, it’s the best way to come across to any person you interview, let alone any business partner.

[@mt7able]

Its remarkable the types of intellectual and informative interviews that happened back then. I wonder if this could ever happen nowadays on a late night show.

[@Mnogojazyk]

Johnny Carson would also interview an intellectual now and again. Mr. Carson's interviews were not as deep as this one by Mr. Cavett of Dr. Barnard, but they did take place. I fondly recall watching interviews of one of Carson's favorite intellectual guest, British Shakespearean scholar A. L. Rowse.

[@wufongtanwufong5579]

@@Mnogojazyk Carson was restricted by time. He would do a "serious" interview. But he was only given ten or so minutes. Cavett would a hour allowing him time to an in-depth interview. I like both equally btw

[@MrKeychange]

It happens on podcasts; which most people never hear unfortunately.

[@thetruthexperiment]

I’m sure there’s a podcast out there for you. But no, TV is dead.

[@KygoCalvinHarris-xu4kv]

So different

[@ashishkiift]

What a bold doctor ready to take accountability of his mistakes and not at all hesitant in bestowing credit to his fellow doctors .. they don’t make like him any more .. thank you Dick Cavett !

[@giorgiomolinari973]

Esatto! Altro che le "Virostar" di oggi

[@revolutionnow5227]

South Africa we love you our beautiful land .

[@vivishanaidoo7797]

South African legend....the very handsome Christiaan Neethling Barnard

[@edp3202]

South African?

[@coreycox2345]

A pioneer, Vivisha Naidoo. He was vilified and stood up as a scientist. Admirable.

[@edp3202]

@@coreycox2345 why was he vilified?

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

@@edp3202 Yes he was South African.

[@edp3202]

@@kurtvonfricken6829 he was loved and hated though?

[@saberliberta]

Christiaan Barnard deserves to be remembered and for all times and all generations to come must offer him their gratitude. Thanks God Who gave knowledge to this honored man.

[@dividelnor8570]

Dr. Christiaan Barnard...history in the making.

[@fromthepeanutgallery1084]

I lived in Africa at the time. I remember seeing the newspaper in 1967 of Washkanski outside my grandfathers house in the Orange Free State. I was a lad of 10. I remember it as clear as day, that was over 50 years ago. So much has changed.

[@frikkiethirion8053]

Great interview. The audience is very quiet and attentive. What a contrast to todays hysterical crowds that drown out the speaker or performers.

[@Mnogojazyk]

Dick Cavett is my favorite interviewer from those years.

[@ronmackinnon9374]

And I believe him when he tells Barnard that he wasn't jealous of other talk show hosts, he knew what a valuable gig he had.

[@muthakhibryant5051]

I remember learning about him when I was really young, and it was so amazing to me that the first heart transplant was performed in South Africa

[@awesomed007]

South Africa has esoteric secrets ... in the end of world movie, it only remained!!! Cape of God Hope!

[@HeyYuh542]

@@awesomed007 What is the name of the movie?

[@awesomed007]

@@HeyYuh542 2012

[@djethrak4567]

Please let us acknowledge the man interviewing... very brilliant and constructive

[@George-rl3qx]

Very honest and courageous man.

[@rhondaorberson9664]

I feel as though Dr. Barnard did have some inkling as to the enormous strides that medicine would quickly make throughout the following decades when he quoted the old saying of "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step". The enthusiasm displayed in his voice made it obvious that he could already envision a world in which procedures that had once only been done in one's wildest dreams, could become commonplace.

[@569khalid]

Excellent comments by Dr.Christian Barnard.

[@sampielouw]

I'm always fascinated by what precisely motivates people to such medical greatness

[@jamesgoodman3705]

In this case, international fame 1000%. His transplant was an enormous failure and he likely knew the patient was going to die and suffer incredibly before it even began. This is why he did the operation in secret.

[@bengman1183]

For anybody who hasn’t seen or been to the actual place where the first heart transplant happened, If I could recommend any historical place on this planet. I would suggest you take a tour, it’s a very well put together medical and educational experience in my mother city❤️ its like being in the mission control room of nasa...ground breaking procedure and so much respect for this profound South African man ❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@donnabaardsen5372]

I've always loved Dick Cavett. He listens well and asks great questions. Dr. Barnard was an amazing, humble man. Both are brilliant in their own ways.

[@decompressionstop1464]

2:04 Dr. Barnard is speaking of Ignaz Semmelweis, born 1818 in Buda, Hungary, died 1865 in Vienna, Austria. Called the "Savior of Mothers", the Hungarian physician discovered the cause of puerperal (childbirth) fever and introduced the practice of asepsis.

[@ronmackinnon9374]

Is it true that he went mad due to rejection of his ideas?

[@jakechamberlain7619]

Nobody gonna mention he looks like a young Bob Odenkirk

[@edp3202]

Yes

[@eugeniopaganella4110]

E' molto emozionante vedere dei video del Professor Chris Barnard, risalenti all'epoca immediatamente dopo il primo trapianto. Nel video credo che avesse 47/48 anni massimo.....ed è proprio come mi è stato raccontato da persone a lui vicine....Un grande chirurgo ma soprattutto un grande persona, molto diversa da come sono i medici di oggi...che sembrano avere interessi che esulano dalla professione medica

[@nature2569]

He is very humble

[@tiffanygross8483]

This is my great uncle he was amazing & people hated him & sayed he was playing god

[@bluevol1976]

This is a wonderful, thoughtful interview. Love the candor and respect.

[@bernardhickman4918]

Just goes to show that south africa is the real pioneers of modern medicine

[@doctornov7]

Real questions, real answers.

[@abhishekpratap9647]

I want to be like Christian Bernard. He is my inspiration

[@berealistic]

honest brilliant

[@user-nw6qp1ki2n]

Dick Show never disappoints 💚💙💜👍🏻

[@TheSeanpatrickobrien]

My dick show is awesome

[@Dinnyi]

Legends

[@louisemc3680]

Very, very interesting

[@coilarn]

At first i though it was Bob Odenkirk (better call saul)! Haha! 🙂

[@brainflash1]

I'm amazed that Dr. Barnard had no qualms about admitting that they missed the pneumonia. Today he and his family would've been sued into oblivion for it.

[@spearfisherman308]

they at least prolonged the guys life.

[@revolutionnow5227]

@@spearfisherman308 prolonged by2 weeks .lol

[@spearfisherman308]

@@revolutionnow5227 yes but it was better than nothing and set the stage for saving and untold amount of lives.

[@MrKeychange]

@@revolutionnow5227 It also gave him a legacy. That's almost priceless.

[@ronmackinnon9374]

He was very up front about the fact that it wasn't easy to sue doctors in South Africa under the laws there, maybe it still isn't.

[@NxDoyle]

Costner + Odenkirk + Martin Short = Christiaan Barnard.

[@ridhopalakka1651]

he deserves Harper Avery Award 🤩

[@tiffanygross8483]

There is a museum in South Africa on his memory if u like to check out

[@Mr1930s]

Can the entire interview be uploaded?

[@ronmackinnon9374]

Near the end (16:21), Dick brings up the possibility of mechanical hearts - I believe the first attempt with one of those was in 1982, on a Mr. Barney Clark.

[@MrKeychange]

Dick Cavett's show should be mandatory curriculum in high school.

[@FairyFellersMasterStroke]

Is there an official DVD of Cavett interviews?

[@jeprice08]

16:47 - 17:04 That music seems to play at the end of every clip and I just want to know if it has a name or not because if it does, I'd like to find it on KZbin if I could. I like it that much.

[@decompressionstop1464]

The titles of the intro and ending theme songs of the Dick Cavett Show. www.classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themePages/dickCavett5.html

[@bradleyewoodworth]

Bob Odenkirk's doppelganger!

[@nasrullahstanikzai5842]

Nice

[@zangardo3937]

He sort of looks like Kevin Costner

[@imaanparker6661]

Kevin in movie .. the one and only Chris Barnard..

[@KygoCalvinHarris-xu4kv]

South African Kevin

[@tiffanygross8483]

My great uncle does not look like Kevin Costner lol but I gotta tell my aunt & uncle u guys are saying this lol first time im hearing he looks like Kevin Costner I’d least say Anthony Hopkins

[@Ckom-Tunes]

Dick Cheney owes this guy half his life!

[@colleennel7341]

His sister-in-law (first wife's sister) was married to my grandfather's cousin

[@MrHopeTelevision]

I wasn't the only one who saw Bob Odenkirk

[@thefeeling5177]

4 heartless people have clicked dislike.

[@bengman1183]

People can be like that mxm smh😤😒

[@johanmarais3417]

Proudly South African - Johan Marais South Africa

[@rameshk2850]

In india, we have one English story in school studies and it was written by Christian Bernard Lesson name:: " In celebration of being alive".. That story is about his accident...

[@KygoCalvinHarris-xu4kv]

The education is different everywhere, it's huge country But heroes should be celebrated worldwide

[@pierrepa8372]

what is that "GIW" for?

[@tatsat_mishra_]

💯

[@johnnyhammer]

Sigh. So sad to see what has happened to South Africa since.

[@bengman1183]

Yes it is sad, but it can only get better , we have always been a nation that can come through even during the darkest of times , chin up 🙌🏻

[@johnnyhammer]

@@bengman1183 On the contrary, my friend. The darkest days are on their way. Zimbabwe will look like an economic powerhouse in comparison. Orania is the only hope.

[@ateyourchips1164]

Its very sad

[@dreamdiction]

@@bengman1183 Your optimism is foolish. Every independent African country becomes a slum ruled by crime gangs.

[@ateyourchips1164]

@@johnnyhammer orania?

[@ronmackinnon9374]

He mentions the donor at 10:41 - Denise Darvall, 25, the victim of a car accident in Cape Town.

[@Gannooch]

I have nothing against the other celebs that were on this show but is this channel ever going to show the Dick Cavett shows where he interviews Jackie Gleason or Art Carney? How about any Honeymooners actors that were part of the main cast? These are rare much like all the other Dick Cavett interviews

[@belgianvanbeethoven]

Oh, he's south african, I already thought I heard some dutch accent in there

[@bengman1183]

Actually he’s Afrikaans which is a language that originated from the Dutch so you are not wrong🙂

[@belgianvanbeethoven]

@@bengman1183 Yes, I know, thanks

[@edp3202]

@@bengman1183 that's what I thought

[@edp3202]

Are original south Africans dutch, german, English......

[@tiffanygross8483]

@@bengman1183 he is not South Africa he lived there he was born in England just to help u tell the facts I’m his great niece

[@dmytrokotlan5707]

Why does he look to me like dr. Peter Vajkoczy, lol 😄?.... (brain surgeon in Charité Berlin)

[@Najib_Op]

Lol that channel name tho

[@calengr1]

13:39 no malpractice insurance

[@cromartie1984]

the smartest african man

[@SirViving]

Elon Musk is perhaps an even smarter African man

[@roshangeorge2127]

No

[@dmonarredmonarre3076]

Was he a Boer or a South African Englishmen? I can usually tell by their English if they can speak Afrikaans, but I cant make heads or tails here. His accent is so light.

[@Henry12341]

Swedish south african

[@tiffanygross8483]

Cause Jesus research in his great niece he was born in England when he was adult he lived in South Africa as a doctor he did the transplant & United States ask him come teach us in fact a Africa has a museum on his work there & England his home land speaks highly on him

[@tiffanygross8483]

@@Henry12341 lol no my great uncle was born in England he lives his adult hood & life in South Africa please ya all research before opening ur mouth lol his biography & so on available My great uncle didn’t pass until sept 2002

[@jonathansalkas775]

Looks like Bob Odenkirk

[@deliusmyth5063]

Thought it was Kevin Costner in the thumbnail.

[@ocarrier3918]

Dr Rene Favaloro was much like Dr Christiaan Barnard

[@archenema6792]

When historians chronicle the Great Cyborg War, this man will receive prominent mention as one of the progenitors of the movement to create the monsters.

[@TheSeanpatrickobrien]

Na

[@archenema6792]

@@TheSeanpatrickobrien Future cyborg spotted.

[@wwbenee]

It's truly amazing, everything the West and Western man has gifted the rest of the world. He should be thanked everyday for building, inventing and creating pretty much everything great, beautiful and sublime on this earth. Intelligent, benevolent and creative - he is the builder of the (modern) world.

[@bengman1183]

The west this ....the west that... what ever happened to the world progress, humanity or insanity 💊

[@DisputatiousOutrageous]

You're too late. Like a monarchist in the 1930s, the tides have already shifted against you long ago. Eurocentrism has the same fate as the Great Chain of Being, Geocentrism, and phrenology. We simply have no use for such narrow, insecure crutches. Racism, and other chauvinisms, ultimately are like autoimmune disorders. The body is attacking itself, one part of the human collective organism attacking itself. Feel better soon, I believe in you.

[@KygoCalvinHarris-xu4kv]

South Africa is literally the centre 🇿🇦 Anyway influence is everything east, west , north , south

[@KygoCalvinHarris-xu4kv]

​@@DisputatiousOutrageousBernard is south African, he maybe dutch originally but he's south African Asian centricism or African centricism won't save the world Fact is all three continents are connected by Israel

[@KygoCalvinHarris-xu4kv]

​@@DisputatiousOutrageousKZbin, gps, bifocals, swiveling chair, synthesizer,internet is American 🇺🇸 Refrigerator, tv is Scottish🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 X ray , video games, watch, printing press is German Dynamite, Spotify, Minecraft zipper, Celsius thermometer is swedish 🇸🇪 So these influence the entire world

[@awesomed007]

South Africa has esoteric secrets ... in the end of world movie, it only remained!!! Cape of God Hope!

[@jettjonrussell1986]

I don't care about him but i have to do a stupid science oral so I'm learning about him :(

[@thetruthexperiment]

The heart is different from a liver doc. Livers can regenerate. Hearts become permanently damaged when the blood supply is cut off for too long. Obviously if you do it first it will make headlines.

[@01995s]

The heart was rejected, times have evolved to understand what simple as washing your hands could be. This dr. Knew not too go to the asylum for what the time as well as he didn't fully understand.... good commentary.

[@patriot9455]

GM produced a mechanical heart .... unfortunately, it was made on the Chevy Vega assembly line, and no one who had driven a Vega was going to accept the heart made there. Then there was the problem of a product recall, which GM is famous for.

[@amycaprari9951]

I thought that was a young Kevin Costner.

[@ChaosReigns45]

Better Call Saul

[@edp3202]

Malpractice suits limits any medical discovery.

[@thetruthexperiment]

Now try it without antibiotics

[@MJ-kl8vi]

Saúl goodman

[@sabrilucas5022]

who knew his from South Africa

[@ateyourchips1164]

:D

[@waltdude]

The day my father killed himself.

[@kellywebster573]

walter barber: 😢😪🙏

[@proudlovia]

somebody should have performed a hair cut on him during surgery

[@nkosikhonantwanambi8601]

Look at him (Barnard), he's not even ashamed to take credit for a work he did not do....he never even give a mention of the name of the actual person who performed the heart transplant, Mr Hamilton Naki.

[@matchungo8048]

Just a reminder, Barnard did some sick experiments on dogs and pets. He was a bit of a monster.

[@ateyourchips1164]

Evidence?

[@matchungo8048]

Google Christian Barnard dog head transplant

[@mosesmanaka8109]

This American presenter is just jealous that the first heart transplant was performed by a white doctor from Apartheid South Africa.