Lester Maddox Storms Off The Show | The Dick Cavett Show

Governor Lester Maddox walks off in this iconic moment from The Dick Cavett Show.
Date aired - 18 December 1970 - Lester Maddox
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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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[@khamaribooker9740]

These older shows r so much better than these new fake ones

[@drphot6050]

Agreed young queen!

[@johnnydtw3509]

You are beautiful 😘

[@MikeJones-dm7kq]

Dude... that’s thirsty

[@elcheapo9444]

Your kids will say how good the shows were in 2019.

[@shmac96]

Couldn't agree more!

[@robertjones8260]

"If I called any of your admirers 'bigots', who are NOT 'bigots', I apologize." I am CRYING 😂🤣😂😭😭😭

[@Ryanthemusician]

that was a (BAR) lol

[@robertjones8260]

@@michaelfedak2144 You guys are hilarious.

[@robertjones8260]

@@michaelfedak2144 You’re literally siding with a man who called himself a segregationist. You’re ridiculous.

[@badboy14132]

​@@robertjones8260 He knows very well who he's siding with. Let him die on his hill if he likes the altitude so much. @Michael Fedak An actual debate is judged on the content of what is being said, and not in interrupting other debaters or being loud. If you live under a rock and you watched the video, it's so easy to side with Lester because of his voice and conviction, plus you rarely hear the others speak. Is there any merit to his beliefs? Sure. Is his beliefs right? No. Is what he is saying bullshit? Those who know the actual facts are the only ones who can tell. Lester Maddox is very similar to people who say "all lives matter", he actually says it during the full interview. To those people, saying "all lives matter" isn't racist because they see it as including "all lives". But, this very argument has been used time and time again to silence minority voices. Lester does it in the interview to Jim Brown. It has never been actually used to argue equality among all life. All lives only matter when black lives start to matter. If winning a debate means silencing or disregarding all other voices, then yes he did win the debate. If we stick to an actual definition of a debate, there wasn't a debate here. Just a rant by one man named Lester Maddox.

[@citizenphaid1880]

@@michaelfedak2144 what’s a race hustler when they’re at home 😂 At the end of the day Dick made a clever or genuine mistake in repeating the question and substituting bigots for admirers but Lester simply saw the opportunity to focus on that so he could play the victim rather than answer the question. He wasn’t offended by it as he knew it was true. He clearly knew that if he followed his tac of suggesting he was not a racist he’d have to acknowledge there were white bigots in Georgia and that would have upset a huge population of his admirers...who were bigots 😂

[@Jude1955]

I was a freshman in high school when we heard that Lester Maddox had walked off the Dick Cavett Show. I stayed up to watch it, and was thus sleep deprived the next day when I walked into World History. My teacher, Mr. Oshel, asked if anyone happened to see it, and the two of us spent the first half hour of class talking about it, while I quoted the best lines. Good old Dick Cavett. He got me out of most of what was surely a boring class lecture since Mr. Oshel was not a good teacher. I'm sure that everyone else in class was as bored with our discussion as I would have been with his lecture, but I remember it as great fun.

[@IVKulik]

beautiful memory

[@richarddillinger8768]

I believe that was Truman Capi sitting there on the other side. I’m kind of surprised even weigh in.

[@ron7628]

This is what you call a “REAL” reality show💯

[@n_v9386]

Keep in mind Jim Brown grew up in Jim Crowe Georgia - and the Gov. of Georgia is telling him to his face there are no bigots in Georgia. My man showed so much patience during this whole thing.

[@losermidgetslob3878]

He moved to NY when he was 8

[@JR-playlists]

Those same bigots are still in the USA, time to root them out, expose them for what they are and reject them.

[@jasonm921]

Jimmy Carter backed this guy in the ‘66 Governor’s race.

[@PhedelCastro]

@@JR-playlists 50 years ago?

[@kfreckle5453]

Goes to show how lie that governor is

[@trustjah]

"If I called any of your admirers bigots that are not bigots I apologize."

[@PhiladelphiaDon]

Ha! That was classic! Shalom

[@psm23formeethel17]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@AA-ek5kz]

This is the type of person the Lestor was, he was as racist as they come . kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXmxg2h9h7B2p8k

[@derrickrose5933]

I don't get how that line was so bad lol am I not understanding?

[@paulalba9244]

The look on Maddox' face was 😒😒

[@nick56677]

I love the randomness of the guests on this show😂. U have a pro-segregation Governor, a Hall of Fame NFL player, and a book author meditating and talking to himself in the other corner. Man this show is awesome🤣

[@dualfluidreactor]

Maddox wasn't a segregationist. In fact he was opposed to segregation.

[@TheLucastimm]

@@dualfluidreactor what do you mean? Lmao he was always a segregationist democrat

[@OrangeBoymusik]

Just like life.

[@nick56677]

@@TheLucastimm Dixiecrat is the term you're looking for.

[@JayJay-me8zk]

I wondered who the other guy was on the stage.

[@nick56677]

That roar from the crowd at 4:39 got under Lester's skin, and Jim knew it🤣

[@billhaywood3503]

the crowd were a bunch of elitist creeps Lenny Bruce would have destroyed them

[@Carobmoth]

I love Jim Brown's delighted laughter. He is sincerely entertained and isn't bothering to hide it.

[@ruthjeffery2539]

Didn't he play Spearchucker in MASH? Yes, he was enjoying it.

[@Cubs1719]

And Mr. Capote as well!

[@maidenless9504]

@@satireofcircumstance6458 very funny how your profile name is “the less deceived” yet you made such an assumption. As if Jim Brown was being more aggressive than the man literally yelling right beside him. The. Irony.

[@amanuelteshome8221]

@@satireofcircumstance6458 at least we know what side you would have been on 😂

[@rhondohslade]

@@ruthjeffery2539 I don't think it was Jim Brown who played Spearchucker Jones in the movie.

[@jonathanbussu6748]

Fallon and Kimmel would pull out cards and make them play a game.

[@loganholland3870]

@calvin shimoli No they just aren't funny, Im not a Trump guy and can objectively say their jokes are dead.

[@loganholland3870]

@calvin shimoli Lmaoo he the least funny out of any of the late night hosts(maybe Samantha B is equally worse). You can tell he was a diversity hire, #makelatenightgreatagain. Not a Trump guy, but these late night show hosts are remarkable unfunny.

[@DangerousDavies2008]

Yes the two Jimmy's don't stand up to Cavett and Carson. Their shows consist of dumbed down casual talk and unfunny skits. Whereas Carson mixed intelligent chat with sharp humour. And I'm not a jaded old dog I'm in my 30s. Also Conan is a standardbearer for Carson and Letterman.

[@will.a.benjamin]

Fallon and Kimmel are two of the worst talk show hosts ever.

[@ablueyedsissy59]

@ Jonathan Or a game of beer pong.

[@Sean_78]

Maddox found a way to evade answering the question by creating confusion. These people are the masters of tricknology. Nothing has changed. It’s how they stay ahead of their own game.

[@heiltd1286]

Understand that Maddox was walking a political tightrope in The South at the time. He wasn't really anti Black..He was a bit like Wallace in Alabama. He was out for the working class irrespective of race. He was a lot more principled and decent than the Republicans in The South now.

[@Steveross2851]

​@@heiltd1286I don't agree. Maddox acted here like the crude bully he always was. Today one mostly sees this kind of bullying tactics from left wing Governors.

[@dunbardunelm3924]

A masterclass

[@schoc13]

@@heiltd1286 Nah, I'm good

[@schoc13]

@@Steveross2851 TRUMP 2020! NOT!

[@yotube1ful]

That Dick Cavett dude showed an emotional intelligence and a intellectual honesty that is a marvel to behold. All the while remaining genuinely humble and engaged. Good on you man. You posses something I want to develop. It’s for me the height of intelligence

[@alexnegri921]

imagine having genuine, serious discourse and conflict like this on talk shows today. we need another host like Dick

[@robshapeshifter5853]

Agreed as well as Phil Donahue

[@DarqJestor]

Too many dicks on TV these days already

[@Steventhore]

Better than today for sure but still left leaning.

[@jriley-tv1on]

Not too mention the general population as a whole...

[@k-walk]

they would just publicly shame the guy for disagreeing with them on tv today...dick knew how to let them just make a fool of themselves instead 😂

[@mikehall7189]

The older chat shows are far superior because, unlike today, they didn’t tend to throw softball questions or try and crawl up their guests arses.

[@jamessandy5873]

Mike Hall: Not really true, Cavett was an exception to the rule

[@RealBondo]

This is why KZbin and podcasts are better than actual TV

[@taylorwilliamson9265]

Theyre great cause you never know when a fights coming 😂 they all try and act so proper until they feel the need to fight.

[@evanjordan3915]

This is so accurate - not sure why I laughed so hard though lol.

[@joelalexander5338]

Joe Battiloro Yup, the majority of the main stream media has been proven to be blatant liars that are pushing the racial divides, as well as a lack of freedom of speech. Political Correctness is a tool to destroy freedom and control the people and their opinions.

[@siyabongasikhakhane7707]

I love how Dick regained control of the situation.

[@rastrats]

7:30 Dick made a dick of himself. Good on the guy who walked out, when Mr. Cavett refused to properly apologize.

[@francoisbessing]

Love Dick's sense of humor and smiles. Would have been a great person to take to lunch.

[@Zinnober]

He used to write jokes for Groucho Marx. Imagine how funny that lunch would be… my god.

[@durandaldevil]

He ‘s still alive, so go ahead and invite him!

[@morningstarlovefe4162]

The host is so incredibly good with words. He does it in such as a relaxing and unforcefull way and it pierces the governor to his core

[@aggiepride982]

Dick Cavett was a great host

[@zachweaver3006]

Dick in my opinion was the greatest talk show host ever. Carson was great entertainment but in terms of profound content it doesn’t get better than cavitt.

[@morningstarlovefe4162]

@@zachweaver3006 you ain't lying

[@michaelmarks9002]

Dick was pure class and such a wise person

[@rhondohslade]

I loved watching Dick Cavett back then as a growing up and I love watching him now.

[@tyleranyways]

"Now wait a minute, I'll take you half seriously on this" 😭

[@DaemonWulf7]

which was a lot of credit on Dicks part. when you're deal with an obvious bad actor (or as we used to call them, bullshit artist) it's especially hard to take them at face value and not just make them swallow their teeth.

[@Jeff-bz6jp]

Having been born and raised in Georgia, by parents who had a Lester Maddox for President sign in their front yard in the late 1960s/ early 1970s, I've consciously resisted becoming Lester Maddox most of my life.

[@HAPPYTHELEAF]

how did that work out...

[@enbym1793]

Good on you!

[@emilkoch4098]

Jim Brown R.I.P. One of the all-time greats.

[@Logicc77]

"If I called any of followers bigots that are not bigots, I apologize." That was good

[@fernandoverde4652]

That was GREAT. 👏👍

[@timalexwar]

Actually no it isn't great . It's denying that he intentionally insulted those who supported Lester Maddox by calling them bigots. He won't admit that that is exactly what he intended. Cavett is a big liar and a phony; a little talentless man trying to be New York City cool.

[@davidec.4021]

@Tim Warner *found the bigot*

[@timalexwar]

@@davidec.4021 It doesn't take much when an ass like Cavett is so blatent!

[@huttermania]

He was miles ahead of the old man intellectually. I think that statement went over his head.

[@sammarks9146]

"If I called any of your admirers bigots who are not bigots, I apologize." Brilliant.

[@1024det]

Yeah hes being an ahole, still calling his admires bigots. Not sure why you support this passive aggressive behavior

[@sammarks9146]

@@1024det I fully support people who tell the truth.

[@number02120]

@@1024det go have a cry, racists and bigots can all go jump in a hole hahahaha

[@starlow9159]

Dan T snowflake

[@1024det]

Sebastian how am I supporting someone who sticks up for his people of his state a snowflake? You are the snowflake, idiot

[@AbdulBasit-in7hh]

Look how the hosts used to speak and ask questions. The poise. The language. The grace. Honestly this is the way all of us should speak and behave with one another. How did we lose this?

[@jpd3484]

FOX NEWS

[@TurnLeftNow]

Smartphones and cultural illiteracy

[@dyslexicbatnam1350]

Democrats

[@terri6854]

@dyslexicbatnam1350 You mean democrats in red states?

[@Dana-wq5tp]

We lost it mainly because of the dumbing down of this Country. As George Carlin once said, "there's a lot of stupid MF's out there."

[@rickhavingfun]

Cavett was a beast. Smart, quick witted, deft and charming, the guy could cut you to the bone before you even knew it was a fight.

[@jeremyadams1521]

“If I called any of your admirers bigots, who are not bigots, I apologize.” Legendary!!! Cavett is a boss

[@tertommy]

SCTV's Cavett best Cavetttttttttttt!

[@afrosweet]

Jeremy Adams This response of his had me rolling! Waaaayyyy too smooth of a comeback!

[@mrg6224]

He the goat

[@RehanSiddique]

what did he mean by that?

[@jeremyadams1521]

RehanSiddique That they are bigots lol

[@relyks8645]

I didn't realize that Dick Cavett was such a savage lol

[@arthurhogan3047]

Right, you don't go on his show if you ain't got your, you know what? Together. He was a controlled quiet assassin. A cool cucumber.

[@rogerringold616]

Bad boy....walked up on him, and stabbed him, then laughed while he bleed......DC...DickCavett.

[@nickbass0425]

Yea I never heard of him but I like this guy

[@michaelfedak2144]

He’s a liberal like the talk show men of today.

[@abloogywoogywoo]

He asked "Are we boring you, Mr. Rodale?" J. I. Rodale, an advocate of organic farming, had just died of a heart attack _during recording of the show._

[@rajun1231]

The decades that have past since this show aired leaves one thing to be said: Some things never change.

[@TheVanillatech]

More than three bro!

[@Charles-bp1iu]

Having white people and black people fight each other so they don't fight the rich..

[@Sum-Ting-Wong71]

Actually they have changed... drastically for the worse.

[@AdHocAtom]

The voters of GA are still morons? To be fair, that applies to nearly every American voter.

[@redbarchetta8782]

I loved Dick's answer. PERFECT.

[@skeeter197140]

"What we have here, is failure to communicate."

[@danielkaczmarski5688]

Lol

[@samsum3738]

Cool Hand Luke

[@garyenwards1608]

What we've got here is... failure to communicate.

[@zgs12212012]

Gary Edwards Some men you just can’t reach

[@garyenwards1608]

@@zgs12212012 Immma Reach you BRooo

[@louise2091]

Dick Cavett stayed so calm and grounded throughout this interview. He was so skilled.

[@artsomniacv-logcitybydanie1249]

It's funny because there are people that don't understand why and how he became a host/ interviewer He stays calm and his phonetics are a bit more than monotone and that less volume than most of his guests. I believe he more or less lets them control the conversation once the topic and subject are delivered. Good stuff

[@philabustahblue5532]

Cavett was a dweeb.

[@DarkSkinT]

He was horrible at interviews with black people

[@alexpollock6932]

He’s not dead

[@marcleblanc7021]

Dick Cavette, is a idot. The man is a governor and you treat and talk to him like a idiot. Then try with his other guest obviously very racist. Niether o e of them wanted to hear about others beening racist, only whites. I had never encountered racism till i started working for the rail road. Its so one sided against white people. Its fucking ridiculous. Every race has a employee group, they can join and meet up and do things. The whites are the only race that is not allow to have a employee network group. They say we not allowed to have one because it would be considered racist. WTF. Watching these interviews shows how true this is for a long time.

[@Dana-wq5tp]

The funniest moment out of this whole interview was at 6:27 where you can see Truman Capote on the verge of a complete meltdown as he babbles to himself quietly next to Dick.

[@sidvyas8549]

Camera didn’t know where to focus for a moment 😂

[@j.criquette3334]

I think you might be reading too much into that. The way I saw it is that he was counting off the "minute" that Maddox had just given Cavett to respond. Capote could appear to be in another world sometimes, until you realized he was just on to something you weren't at all aware of.

[@Dana-wq5tp]

@@j.criquette3334 Capote was a very strange man. I think I'll stick with my "meltdown" observation. (LOL)

[@j.criquette3334]

@@Dana-wq5tp Of course you will. I wouldn't expect anything less.

[@ilovebeinggay6794]

Apparently Truman was well-known for babbling incoherently while melting down next to Dick.

[@johnreynolds6369]

I only discovered Dick Cavett here on KZbin. From everything I’ve seen of him, he was a superb interviewer and very impressive man.

[@KeizerHedorah]

Watch his interviews with Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor lol

[@dafty9159]

"How much time do I have?" Jim Brown is so funny man

[@HaziboReviews]

Dafty this whole interview Jim brown just knew this man was beyond reasoning with. He was just there to laugh at racists

[@zp7741]

@@HaziboReviews funny comment

[@frederickdouglas2220]

Hazibo has come

[@robertsylvester3542]

A patient one at that :)

[@zeedevel7141]

Lestor Maddox was a DEMOCRAT Black People WAKE UP!!!!!!!

[@NevitablePinholeBurn]

Cavett is cooler than drinking a milkshake in a snowstorm.

[@erichimes3062]

Cooler den a king-sized igloo

[@eerievibes6854]

And I'm harder then a diamond in an icestorm

[@kelloggs5473]

Should I read Cavett’s books and online short stories about the clinical depression from which he suffered? It is hardly an issue during this video from December of 1970.

[@Spark-In-The-Dark]

Kelloggs, every intelligent person goes through depression if they make it far enough into life...

[@blueschewy2558]

Cool metaphor.

[@sylvialawrence4431]

Never missed Dick Cavett's show. Always a no-nonsense, direct host. I attended high school with one of his cousins. You could tell they were related. Even had the same kind, calming manner.

[@dougr.6734]

Cavett knew exactly what he was doing when he phrased the question in that manner. It was no accident and he was called out on it.

[@MitchSchulte1776]

What a genius

[@jennifermorales5463]

it’s 6am & I’m enjoying every minute of this tantrum 🤣

[@ohhappydaya]

🤣🤣 the governor cracks me up !! I watch this video annually

[@shakiragilchrist1541]

Guess what??? 3 days later.... it's 6am again!

[@majordobbins7511]

every minute

[@senseihndrxx]

It’s almost 4🤣🤣🤣

[@joeysanchez5926]

Yep

[@poco9964]

These are the kind of talk shows we need today.

[@Bangkok-ik1fp]

Can't. Anymore than airing reruns of All In The Family, Sanford and Son and many other shows. Americans can't laugh at themselves any longer.

[@SOUTHAFRICANKNIFEGUY]

I agree with you poco9964 instead what we have today is social media and shorts the new generation has yet to prove they have substance thank god I’m an old fart! I don’t want to live long enough to see the disintegration of intelligence in society but unfortunately it’s already happening

[@pennystocklocks]

Now we have Jimmy Fallon with his Games, Games, Games

[@Jgleason23]

Yes it would be so nice to see someone call out the hypocrisy of any dumb conservative governor

[@lsingstock1646]

I watch Cavett reruns every night on Decades.

[@willdotchill7607]

Cavett's quik, witty responses were on point! Even at the end when he said, Wait, I thought to myself , please do not ask the Governor to stay again, then he said, we have more time left!!!

[@v.michellej5982]

"Wait a minute! There's more time." PRICELESS ❤️

[@kimfortin8452]

I like the smerk on Jim Brown's face. He's loving this too much.

[@tedosmond413]

Gained a lot of respect for Jim Brown watching this and other video of him on Cavett show!

[@evanescenteuphoria8126]

Smirk.

[@tedosmond413]

@@K131399 go CSA!!!!

[@selap8682]

People like to call others names and get away with it. Then smirk. Jerks

[@JohnO318]

@@selap8682 Yep. He started the whole thing.

[@montecristo1845]

Making people uncomfortable is sometimes a good thing.

[@Skydv2005]

Can't expect change without it.

[@kentmartin6163]

Race baiting isn't good. It's very exploitive . You can't say dont judge a man by his skin color then bring it up every 5 minutes.

[@Skydv2005]

Fair assessment, however you have to get to that point before you can do addressing it. If you ignore a problem it persists.

[@thumbprint7150]

@Chris Russell Dishonest.

[@tscholent]

Skydv2005 Sorry Skydiver but it has been there for thousands of years and will persist to eternity...question is who are you going to protect when it gets physical

[@jairosantanafigueroa4139]

“Wait a minute, wait a minute. There’s more time.” Gotta love Cavett!

[@chels3120]

I can’t stop watching these videos!! So much better than reality tv shows.

[@jmjeffries2]

A super underrated part of this is Jim Brown saying "How much time do I have?"

[@kh23797]

JB knew he didn't need to lift a finger. He was taking Napoleon's advice: _Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake._

[@hals6118]

This clip shows what made Dick such a legendary host. His ability to be so reasonable and accommodating, yet totally excoriating of a fundamentally indefensible set of beliefs is really something to behold.

[@krisscriss7567]

“If I called any of your admirers bigots who are not bigots, I apologize.” That’s gotta be the most wildest shades you can throw at someone. Genius!!

[@killapapo773]

5:25😂Like how Jim moved his hand like don’t touch me before I knock you out.😂

[@Arthur_Pint]

One of the most striking aspects of the interview is that Maddox actually expected people to believe that blacks and whites in Georgia in 1970 lived and worked on a level playing field - unbelievable.

[@Barfbagdontsag]

Delusion makes you believe silly things.

[@Arthur_Pint]

@@purepit4ever1200 I'm not sure if it was ever a genuine assumption or just a pathetic lie by Maddox to excuse segregation, and to somehow make it sound civilised. After all, no sane person would say that Black people have full equality with whites today, never mind in 1970!

[@tg7112]

Same denial they still have now that's stopping any change from coming through.

[@joshuapittman4663]

@@Arthur_Pint today black people have LEGAL equality; however, full social equality is impossible since will always be racist people and as long as those people exist complete social equality will always be impossible. As for equality of opportunity, I think that's mainly dependent on location and your family and social status, but race can sometimes have to do with not having equality of opportunity. Equality of outcome shouldn't exist for anybody because the outcome should mainly be dependent on the person. In 1970, African-American 's in the South had no equality since 5 years prior they couldn't even eat in the same restaurant as a white person. And in the north, though it was closer to today, there where still issues pertaining to race. Glad that we've gotten as close to racial equality as we have, but socially there might be more to do.

[@Arthur_Pint]

@@joshuapittman4663 You make some very good points. Yes, the challenge now is for legal equality for black people to to translate to defacto equality in American society. Of course at the time of writing this comment, America is in the throws of a rigorous self-evaluation of Black equality in matters pertaining to policing, voting and other areas. That said, I would agree that overcoming those who hold racist attitudes (such the Maddoxs of this world) is still the greatest obstacle to full Black equality.

[@Bigervexpress]

They never let a show like this on tv today!!!!!! This is jus raw!!!!!!

[@crewshaw2122]

No he would get his ass kicked

[@tremason1531]

Anytime we hear the president talk we hear this & watch fox news they say things like this all the time, they just do it with a smile.

[@sonofthesun3672]

Yes they will bro but it's on KZbin now and social media.

[@andredupuis5461]

@@crewshaw2122 😂😂😂especially in south la

[@BatmanLampin]

Bro its pretty much the same as whats going on now. Its scary how much we haven't learned as a people all this time. The governer is pretty much saying "ALL lives matter" and Jim Brown is saying "BLACK lives matter". That substantive conversation gets sidetracked by the governors own emotions and the baiting of the host. Jim Brown and the governor would eventually realize they were saying the same thing if they had actually finished that conversation. Same thing in principle as today. I support Trump because I can see his overall agenda which is the greater good of ALL of America, not any single parts of it. So does Jim Brown ironically, as he was in the White House with Kanye. But two things cause a problem in today's conversation: 1. the media that purposely misleads to keep people divided(same like this host dictated the audience's reaction in this video); and 2. Trumps own emotions at times, which is his greatest strength and weakness. Crazy.

[@ExtremeBeatlesArchive]

When Truman Capote is speechless you know you've got something happening.

[@-Ready-Player-One-]

I would have loved to have met and been friends with Dick Cavett. He always had such an even temper in the most hostile of circumstances and always came back in the most articulate response in every situation. His wit was unmatched.

[@NPCSingularity]

All I hear is, “Is you is, or is you ain’t my constituents?”

[@winonahamilton6536]

🤣🤣🤣 "oh brother where art thou"

[@antonioduca9043]

Underrated comment XD

[@isaacjohnson8752]

These boys done desecrated a firery cross!

[@newpivot1]

I wonder if that governor was a member of a, "Certain secret society."

[@KingofCrusher]

haha that made me laugh so hard, excellent.

[@frankcramo4414]

It’s a shame more people don’t know about Dick Cavett. He was the epitome of cool and had true intellectual dialogue with his guests. Late night hosts of today don’t come close to what this man did on a nightly basis.

[@calisongbird]

Frank Cramo yeah but he famously embarrassed himself when interviewing black guests. Incredibly awkward and cringe. Look up the infamous interviews with Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy. He was one of those educated white liberals who thought he could not possibly be racist himself. But you’ll see it revealed in those interviews.

[@mitza420]

@@calisongbird his interview with Jimi Hendrix was fine to me

[@denisdaly1708]

Agree. And he let people talk.

[@denisdaly1708]

@@calisongbird I'll check those out, thanks.

[@literarylapsed]

I love these clips of Dick Cavett’s. But I also find Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers equally erudite and intellectually engaged. To each their own I suppose

[@handsomelyditto4215]

i love watching these old talk shows

[@paulodelorios8482]

I loved the Dick Cavet show. He interviewed the most interesting people. Now his show is really such gem!🥰

[@MariSooOGlam1016]

"wait a minute, wait a minute! There's more time!" 😂😂😂

[@beautifulleaves8616]

"If I called any of your admirers bigots who are not bigots, then I apologize" 😭I love the way he responded to that

[@beautifulleaves8616]

@S whatever it was it made me laugh😂...I dont really care about the politics behind it, but the joke was funny and he was speakin facts

[@slevemcdichael5274]

@S But... the people who supported him were against racial integration... that’s literally racist. The guy called anti-Jim Crow activists from the north bigots for trying to fight genuine discrimination. Is that not racist somehow?

[@mical7430]

Theres a whole song about this interview

[@beautifulleaves8616]

@@mical7430 ooouuu, really...do you know the name of it, it's ok if you dont though😊

[@noli.me.tangere]

Some day when someone calls you or your loved one an insulting name, I hope that's the same lame apology you get.

[@BILLY-px3hw]

This moment occurred years before the phrase, "You can't handle the truth", was in the public lexicon, this show was clearly ahead of it's time

[@1Mariachi]

Dick Cavett was (and still is) the best. Such a pleasure watching important topics run with a class and intelligence. Imagine that.. today's late shows as Corben, Fallon and other comedian crap who deliberately avoid important topics, because They don't have the courage, knowledge and skills to do this and really give something to audience.

[@thereisnosanctuary6184]

"If I called any of your admirers 'bigots' who aren't bigots, I apologize." Burnnnnn.

[@ag-bf3ty]

@Francis York I'm loving how you're directly implying that because Mr. Man Bun is anti-bigotry, he must be a liberal... What does that say about your view of conservatism? You kind of just burned yourself more than Cavett burned Maddox.

[@ag-bf3ty]

@Francis York Projection much? I don't feel like a victim at all. I was just laughing at your comment because of what you implied in it. But I do see a lot of 1st world problem snowflakes whining about how they cant say the n word anymore like the world has ended. That's an actual victim complex. Maybe you have me confused with them? Also you're telling me that a guy who famously kicked black people out of his restaurant, closed his restaurant rather than accept pro-integration laws, and then ran for office as a segregationist... he isn't a bigot? I mean we're not even talking about a contemporary figure here. This is a guy who is long dead, and lived throughout the civil rights movement on the segregationist side. It's ok to admit that pro-segregationists are bigoted you know... That's not a "libtard" thing to say. That's just bipartisan common sense.

[@ag-bf3ty]

@Francis York I said do you have me confused with "them." As in... people who are not necessarily you. I was giving you an example of people who DO actually have a victim complex. You said I have a victim complex when I don't... I'm not even black. And if you are taking offence to that comment about those snowflakes, that just tells me one thing... it exposes that you believe yourself to be in that camp if you're taking offence to the comment subconsciously. So again, you're kind of owning yourself...

[@jumpoff3967]

Francis York it’s hard for you people to acknowledge that historically and modernly we are the victims and even then we are still the 10th richest nation in the world(black America). Y’all be so mad when we state the facts about systemic racism go pick up a book.

[@thereisnosanctuary6184]

If you guys don't give each other a deep embrace, I'm going to delete this thread.

[@leonardohummel8658]

Cavett handled this soooo professionally. total respect.

[@caesar1700]

@@williamlacombe7791 lol

[@josiahmcgill638]

@@williamlacombe7791 shut the fuck up you fruitloop

[@naylik2562]

@@williamlacombe7791 find a hobby

[@patrickburton5870]

Professionally really? That's like saying Rachel Madcow is the upmost example of professional in journalism today. Where do you people come from?

[@FS4SS]

​@@williamlacombe7791 "people shouldn't be forced to live with people they don't want to live with." That premise is wrong. Because it's forcing an implied rationale to the real policy goal: "I want to be able to control the race of the people who live near me." That is actually what you are arguing. Don't couch it with language that makes it seem mutually beneficial. It's not.

[@curmudgeonextraordinaire1884]

Greatest interviewer of all time.

[@ksilent]

Great conversation

[@daviddrakeford9567]

I love the fact, this whole show he’s said things to bait Mr. Brown into reacting, it’s him that loses his composure & storms off the show!!

[@Veronica.John10-10]

Yeah that's what a narcissist does, just sayin.

[@Will-nb8qk]

That’s right! 😂

[@DaemonWulf7]

well Mr. Brown knew how he would have been portrayed had he acted half the child Maddox did.

[@OhNotThat]

The baiter becomes the baited. It was hilarious when he demanded Mr brown to APOLOGIZE too for laughing.

[@dannywhite3187]

Bullshit

[@callumjoyce1712]

"Did you have any problems with the white bigots because you did so much for the black man?" The tactful strategic brilliance of that question is awe inspiring

[@bwm_72]

Indeed. Notice how Maddox was stumped, and after Cavett "interpreted" the question, Maddox immediately attacked Cavett, and cowardly avoided Brown's question, acting like it was never asked and he was no longer sitting there next to him.

[@mythatsabigone2500]

Put something like this, exactly like this, on TV now and you'll see a Huge uptick in viewers ! All the guests are awesome in there own way and things can get a bit heated but we need this kind of human interaction on TV, now more than ever !

[@The8347135]

Cheeky way of saying you wanna bring back segregation, I guess

[@finderkeeperrrs]

@@The8347135 If that is what you got from this persons comment, then omg you sure are dumb.

[@richardk6196]

Dick was so far ahead of his time-Amazing!

[@TheGiank7]

"If I have unconsciously offended anyone then there's no need to apologize because it was an accident" How things have changed...

[@mozartwon2410]

Kuriboh they Changed by design

[@davidec.4021]

This is what this guy took from this interview *facepalm*

[@nicholasbullock1709]

Kella Kell let’s see how many public apologies we get this year.

[@nicholasbullock1709]

Apologize for your micro aggression, Dick! Doesn’t matter if you were aware or not. I was highly offended 50 years later. You owe me an apology or you’ll go home in an ambulance!

[@elisabethseaton6521]

@@nicholasbullock1709 got a little aggression going on there, yourself..the ambulance remark is a dead giveaway

[@em.142]

“Governor, I find you a most interesting man..” LMFAO

[@untalentedthe]

This Show truly was and is legendary to this day. Dick Cavett is the 007 of talk show hosts.

[@drumscape9241]

I can see Jim Brown & Cavett having a drink & a laugh in the green room directly after this.

[@drumscape9241]

@benicecunt o.k. Sometimes people can come together over a common enemy.

[@HaziboReviews]

I really hope they did that would be so good

[@irish-medi-weed-grower5240]

Unfortunately Cavett did not mix with blacks in real life and actually had a black butler and maid who he beat with a bull whip on a regular basis !

[@jackiepowell7513]

Yeah it was a set up and soohomoric!

[@coreymichael1880]

AND where is all your information to back this up?

[@mpweave]

Truman Capote's childlike glee at Maddox's self destruction is my favorite part of this.

[@liveclassictunes]

he was a fucking weirdo... childlike glee....LOL!!!!!!

[@maineiacial]

THANK YOU! i had vapor lock on who that was so went to comments for enlightenment!

[@mssarahrenee]

Oh that was him lol alright!

[@michaelr5187]

Dick Cavett was a beast and handled that perfectly.

[@terryhill4732]

I wish we had shows like this today in 2022 anyone else agree

[@rievans57]

Me 2!

[@c.sharon8038]

Lmaoooo Dick said, wait a min, there's more time!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@ZhuangzisDream]

What a romantic time when people had unscripted conversations on TV

[@puesvlguien]

ew y’all crushing over a racist

[@dickhead9214]

@@puesvlguien No we’re crushing over Dick Cavett

[@CarlaSophieMar]

Dick Cavett and Jim Brown were Class Acts!

[@aaronstielstra6055]

Sincere talk show business about issues and no superficial hysteria. Bravo. But WOW, that beard on Cavett.

[@briharrisWarhmmer40kfan]

Jim brown just chillin like the legend that he is

[@trentonmccall1045]

Jim Brown is the bigot who started the whole fight.. Cavett was just so eager to kiss his ass, that he jumped all over it.

[@KLASSCULTURE]

CHILL ✊🏾

[@trentonmccall1045]

Deirdre Helena Wells-Dziadkowiec you worry about you. I'll worry about me.

[@KLASSCULTURE]

@@trentonmccall1045 🤔 - I'll spell it out - JIM BROWN IS 'CHILL' ✊🏾- 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@trentonmccall1045]

Deirdre Helena Wells-Dziadkowiec my ancestors didn't have time to worry about what someone thought of us or what someone was doing for us. We were too busy building a nation for your people and the Irish to enjoy. You're the one who brought race into the mix. And I see that you're the one who is oh so quick to demean another person's ancestry. Try to win an argument ent on its merits.

[@rockugotcha]

Dick Cavett, what a classy, clever, eloquent, smooth-talking gentleman.

[@rasinshuriken]

Q

[@blunthonest1]

You mean a liar.

[@MuensterQ]

@@blunthonest1 what

[@richardzaccone]

The true use of the word Gentleman, today a man ran a van into a Florida church, poured gasoline and started a fire during Mass, the archdiocese referred to this person as a Gentleman! Idiocy!!!

[@AreMullets4AustraliansOnly]

And can we just say GORGEOUS

[@balthasardenner5216]

You can tell Truman just loves this.

[@glowstone6448]

I literally heard this exact conversation today. Literally today

[@heymike_49]

Truman Capote over there looking like he is about to be peaking on some LSD

[@sibsbubbles]

Haha. He looked to be both engaged and super disconnected simultaneously.

[@calebm9000]

That's absurd. He's obviously on coke.

[@folarinosibodu]

So that was Truman Capote

[@palmer77thomas]

Caleb nailed it! Capote's all Chachi haha

[@gentillygirl545]

God bless him.

[@bradleyparker4035]

"If Lester Maddox lives, something far better has died" - Hunter S. Thompson

[@chrisiceheart]

@Francis York Huh? Why do you think so?

[@chrisiceheart]

@Francis York Even if you're telling the truth, how does this make him a hero?

[@thevirus7368]

Hunter s Thompson, that bastion of morality lol 😆

[@dillonmacpherson3350]

@@thevirus7368 he's a doctor of journalism!

[@thevirus7368]

@@dillonmacpherson3350 I'm not on about that fella. I'm on about the other stuff.

[@cherylnance-ali5824]

I remember watching this with my father when I was a very young adult.

[@grantmillard8387]

What a transparent effort to avoid answering the question.

[@markwithers9468]

Lester Maddox, Jim brown ,Truman Capote, now that's an interesting panel of guests

[@mcgeheejs]

And they were all born in the deep south.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

Mark Withers Who was Jim Brown and Truman Capote? What was so special about them?

[@markwithers9468]

@@anti-ethniccleansing465 Jim brown is a hall of fame football player and Truman Capote was a famous film director

[@ridgerunner5772]

@@markwithers9468, Capote was a writer by trade and, a celebrity guest for over 25 years..... He was noted for his wit, mannerisms, and his keen ability to be a celebrity while being perpetually lazy...... He was Harper Lee's Dill Harris and, like Dill, he hid behind another name and, persona that included being openly gay, part time drug addict and full intoxicant..... Look up Jim Brown's tribute to white men who provided him inspiration, leadership and guidance while growing up with limited parental, male influence..... Lester was a Dixiecrat and the final wave of his time; much in the fashion of Senator Robert Byrd but, did not leave the coup. And, yes, what a wild line of people for any show......

[@scotthazelton4511]

@@markwithers9468 Jim Brown is up there with the greatest of the greats. Big actor too. Like Jim Thorpe, he excelled in several other sports, basketball, baseball, lacrosse, etc. Capote wrote In Cold Blood which turned into a new genre of narrative non-fiction.

[@nickmann2111]

Dick Cavett handles this so well. He doesn't get smarmy, doesn't try to get cheap laughs from the crowd, he accepts that he misspoke and tries to calmly resolve it and keep his guest on the show. Truly admirable.

[@lintonmcdonaldjr.7884]

No...he was yanking the bass out of the water to let him suffocate a little....lowered him back in the water briefly to give him the impression he could breathe freely...then yanked him back out to let him suffocate some more! All the the while he had Maddox with the hook embedded in his jaw....SAVAGE!

[@buckshotcheney1252]

He was being smarmy and condescending. Admittedly the governor was being unreasonable. But Dick knew what he was doing and he knew what he said. Hence why the condescending non-apology. But he did actually apologize the last time and the governor was just being unreasonable.

[@lintonmcdonaldjr.7884]

@@buckshotcheney1252 the last "apology" wasn't apology in the truest sense at all...but I do concur that Cavett knew EXACTLY what he was doing. What I admire most is that he did not bow to the so called governor.

[@PatoNani18]

@@lintonmcdonaldjr.7884 Of course it wasn't a "real" apology. No person with common sense would make a such a forced apologize to an ignorant and racist crybaby who doesn't who refused the answer the only interesting question he got asked by Brown: what did he do against his white bigots when who were angry of the black representation in the government?

[@katielehto2240]

@@lintonmcdonaldjr.7884 Omg do you actually think that way about fishing??

[@davidmcfaul7595]

“How much time do i have” Hahahahaha

[@comedywriter8408]

Jim Brown, an eloquent speaker and showed such class. Has my full respect and admiration.

[@realkoko-loco]

“If I called any of your admirers bigots who aren’t bigots, I apologize”. Damn-brilliant take down of a bigot. 👍👏🏻👍👏🏻👍👏🏻👍👏🏻👍👏🏻👍

[@marcofurtado5459]

@Francis York wow....

[@aidan7655]

Francis York lmao you support Maddox huh. Haha just keep insulting the “soyboys” and see how serious everyone else will take you

[@aidan7655]

drott150 tf does that have to do with this. Do you not agree that Maddox is a bigot?

[@pam0626]

How I wish Toni Morrison were sitting next to him. She would have given him quite an education in the most eloquent way.

[@andersonaldo1340]

Why is he a bigot? Or you just parroting some guy you seen on tv?

[@marianneevans9430]

That Dick Cavett was quick thinking, quick witted, and quick talking. This was fascinating.

[@JamesLee-rq4sy]

You should watch the interview with Enoch Powell. He agreed with Enoch Powell rather than making out he was the devil like some interviewers were at the time.

[@apiwesomadlaka572]

"Wiat a minute, wait a minute. There's more time" 🤣🤣🤣

[@BrianErwin]

"wait a minute, wait a minute, there's more time" 🤣

[@djprofittv9435]

Jim Brown is so damn smooth. He just sits back and laughs as the Governor loses his mind

[@Bigbaby071]

Great comment.. This is one of the funniest exchanges I ever seen on T.V - Dick also cracked me up, he handled the poor governor with a lot of class.. He wound him and baited him till the poor bald man had to run off stage. Wez no biggits in Joh-Jah

[@erichinkle7151]

True democrat same as they always been

[@nigel900]

He was a clever instigator.

[@djprofittv9435]

@@nigel900 no I think the Govenor continued to get mad and talk over him so Jim Brown let him make a fool of hiself. The dont argue with fools strategy

[@nigel900]

Just an observation...

[@salvatorecastellana6615]

When Lester Maddox landed back in Atlanta the next day, he was asked from a reporter about walking off the show. He said Cavett made him mad and he didn't know much about Jim Brown because he didn't like that type of music. True story!

[@lindahudson6826]

Confused him with JAMES Brown🤷🏽‍♂️….AND there’s NOTHING wrong with HIS music!!! Racist at his BEST!!!🤬👹😡

[@brittgray1324]

Sounds and acts like Trump. Can’t y’all see Trump doing this ?

[@blooter6360]

Ah man That was brilliant Love it

[@mrmisanthrope7613]

Best interviewer of all time!

[@mianoxid1548]

Even the most heated topics were handled with more restraint, and patience, than anything you see on air today. Dick Cavett was a helluva interviewer.