Lester Maddox Storms Off The Show | The Dick Cavett Show

[@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 😂

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@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

[@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!

[@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 😒😒

[@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.

[@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.

[@emilkoch4098]

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

[@LEM19284]

A real G.O.A.T

[@leslieswiman4813]

👍👍👍

[@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.

[@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.

[@poco9964]

These are the kind of talk shows we need today.

[@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.

[@lsingstock1646]

​@@SOUTHAFRICANKNIFEGUY Cavett reruns are on Decades every night

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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."

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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?

[@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?

[@DavidDiMuzio]

Thank you Revisionist History for turning me on to this. So interesting. Some of best TV I've ever seen.

[@tonytemple6798]

Man fr tho and to think it was no it your face 24 7 think of how glued to the tv you would be

[@dangerouslytalented]

So many ways to analyse this. He actually raised more questions than he answered

[@stop.juststop]

@@dangerouslytalented who?

[@dangerouslytalented]

y tho? Malcolm gladwell from Revisionist History

[@lennyo7696]

David DiMuzio lol Revisionist History brought me here too

[@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.

[@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!

[@larrytate4586]

I would enjoy knowing what Capote said of this.

[@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.

[@gooselangston3722]

Dick Cavett is the best talk show host ever (no question). His long-form interviews predated the podcast by 40 years; and he was ALWAYS respectable and highly moral.

[@newsboirecords514]

I've always felt this while watching old Cavett clips, but when you compare it to the modern-day podcast, now I REALLY feel that vibe.

[@jefffoster8614]

@ You don't even know what a Marxist is. Did you know Marx retired to England, the most capitalist country of his day??

[@elisabethseaton6521]

@206- Sea I thought that was a tongue in cheek remark and you took it seriously

[@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.

[@RonHamill818]

I saw this show the night it originally aired and happened to be audio taping the whole show which I still have. After Maddox leaves and after the commercial break Cavett explains that he went outside to try and convince the Governor to come back into the studio, he did not come back. At one point Cavett, Brown and Capote all sit there and talk about Maddox and his restaurant. Truman Capote then muses that once he went to the restaurant and had the fried chicken then saying something like "it wasn't bad...........but it wasn't finger licking good" I believe the Cavett people put these clips out on KZbin to generate interest for licensing possibilities. We are lucky to be able to see them. I've been waiting for this show for years.

[@777Outrigger]

If I remember right, Dick Cavett did get him back on a later show. And on that show, right after Maddox sat down, Cavett got up and walked out on him. Maddox then got up and asked the band to play a song, then he lead the audience in a sing-song. Cavett came back out, laughing his derriere off. Maddox had won that round.

[@brinsonharris9816]

TheBrabon1 Spot on. Cavett also never seemed to consider himself a celeb and wisely let his guests do most of the speaking because the audience wanted to hear from John & Yoko, Janis Joplin, Capote, etc. His real talent was drawing out the real person being interviewed, not their carefully crafted media persona.

[@rickvassell8349]

3 against one, at least better than msnbc.

[@BRM202]

upload it

[@garyrustin3854]

Dick is a Dick.

[@demijebus6831]

This was just extraordinary. If only modern talk shows and news would aspire to do this well.

[@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.

[@Blutszauger]

Capote was thoroughly entertained.

[@scotthazelton4511]

I bet he was.

[@rjlchristie]

@Kitten Lyric "Look at him shaking his hand" I think he was counting down the the 60 second deadline.

[@yomasane3670]

Having been born in the south Truman Capote had first hand knowledge of the racial divisions there. He was the inspiration for the "Dill" character in "To Kill A Mockingbird''.

[@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath]

Yoma Sane Capote was despicable for what he did to the two condemned murderer$ for fame and fortune.

[@yomasane3670]

@@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath ?

[@erikjansen8597]

Maddox grandstanded to avoid the question. That is all this is.

[@docvaliant721]

Can you listen. He says black and white racist have been a issue for him. Thats a answer. Maybe one to true for you to hear.

[@erikjansen8597]

@@docvaliant721 Was not the question about whether he had any trouble from the White Bigots who supported him because he was so welcoming of Blacks at the Governor's mansion? Did he not use his offense at Dick Cavett's generalization of his supports to avoid answering that simple question?

[@erikjansen8597]

@XBOXRULES Thank you for the spelling correction.

[@KuroNekoExMachina]

^

[@olrikparlez3152]

@dez Jours Easy man...I've supported many of yr comments but that one sounds like something from Trumpland in its level of hate and logic. What's up with that?

[@Dalsemien]

I like how Cavett stood his ground. That person was clearly a small-minded man who was used to ordering people around, a could not take when someone stood up to him.

[@nala3038]

Dalsemien I heard a lot of stories about Maddox, this video proved all those stories to be true

[@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!!

[@Born2Win7774]

All of this! All of it! Just to not answer Jim's question. I love it!

[@thsenator267]

It's how Jim Brown casually removed the governor's hand from his arm at 5:25 for me. ✊🏽🙏🏽

[@prof.ballabypikkalbhattham4507]

"You don't own me"

[@ember-brandt]

Yesss

[@iamdevilboy5976]

Yes 🙌🏼 I saw that, Maddox was disrespectful and Brown is like distance please.

[@mrm64]

lol "don't touch me"

[@bullybully]

THEY FEEL ENTITLED

[@ExtremeBeatlesArchive]

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

[@DRock6906]

Did you notice how he tapped dance for 3 minutes or so talking about an "apology" while side-stepping the actual question? He knew EXACTLY what Jim Brown meant and he knew EXACTLY what Dick Cavett meant. He just couldn't afford to give them an answer on national TV. That's Politics 101.

[@ridingsman9384]

Funny watching him though, before he scuried off. Imagine having an a ideology where such a comment could stump you, shameful.

[@DRock6906]

People like you KILL me with that "He did more for blacks" BS. First of all, I was a 13 year old kid when my family and I LIVED in Atlanta, Ga. in 1973. Governor Maddox was out of office by that time but he was still heavily talked about in the public. And I VIVIDLY remember the adults saying nothing but negative shit about the man. AND HE DIDN'T DO ANYMORE FOR BLACK PEOPLE THAN ANY OTHER POLITICIAN OF THAT ERA. The things he did do were mandatory and not out of the goodness of his heart. Plus he was a FLAMING racist! The only thing missing from his outfit on The Dick Cavett show was a white sheet with two eye holes in it. You are defending this guy like you were around in 1970 and actually knew about him and his politics. When in reality, you know nothing about this man other than what you've seen in this video. I don't ASSUME things about Lester Maddox. I KNOW the negative things about him. Make sure you know what you're talking about before you post something on social media young man.

[@-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.

[@shifusage7299]

LMFAO "wait a minute wait a minute, there's more time" dude would've been the ultimate troll nowadays

[@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.

[@NuclearSantiago]

I haven't laughed this hard in awhile.

[@shogun8dchosen172]

Mr Brown has so much integrity and discipline and Mr Cavett should be commended for this.... classic show

[@shogun8dchosen172]

Randummm I don’t think any hookers were thrown that day...😏

[@C716]

man with a tan who thinks like the clan

[@nelsonvargas7821]

Jim Brown , and Dick Cavett look super cool with a beard .

[@robert1340]

Nelson Vargas Cavett looked like a 12 year-old child with that “beard”.

[@richardcourchene7477]

and the astonishing return of Jim Brown - Classic mid 90s Simpsons

[@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

[@geekay1349]

Jim Brown's question sparked a reaction in the governor that produced the TRUTH as opposed to the line of BS he was spewing earlier

[@isynciswim7382]

Gee Kay the moral of the story is that you can never please the black people and you should shun them bc they always want more.

Leftists can't handle the whole truth. Neither can most conservatives.

[@JohnJohnson-my8zg]

@@isynciswim7382 basically

[@JohnJohnson-my8zg]

@@AA-ek5kz you're a sad little boy. Bet life has been cruel to you

[@AA-ek5kz]

@@JohnJohnson-my8zg You are reflecting, that was your own pathetic life.

[@richardk6196]

Dick was so far ahead of his time-Amazing!

[@tiagoribeiro885]

Cavette is way more interesting and funny than any other host. Combined, I mean Capote there

[@stop.juststop]

He just really wanted to avoid Jim Brown's question, didn't he?

[@drew-shourd]

great point....

[@Hygienist-]

Yeah, he was so preoccupied with Cavett’s wording of the question, but completely ignored Brown, who made his wording quite clear. Evasive.

[@DaveMiller2]

Damn right he did. Cavett made the PERFECT apology.

[@amandaplease4888]

ths y he startd the fight.

[@justinharrison5138]

So a man has to publicize criticism recieved for good deeds for them deeds or that criticism 2 be true?

[@citizenk.6989]

This guy reminds of Elmo Fod in bugs bunny cartoon🤣🤣🤣I'm hunting wabbits

[@codyleslie478]

"Elmo Fod" wtf??? Its "Elmer Fudd"

[@Imdatninja18]

@@codyleslie478 😂😂 stop prob auto correct

[@markbeckens]

@@Imdatninja18 well auto correct also has an edit function, if you made a mistake in the first place.

[@northside3701]

😂😂😂😂

[@joecool9739]

"Elmo Fod" Thats how Elmer Fudd pronounces his own name

[@michaelraadgep]

Dick Cavett was a beast and handled that perfectly.

[@halodude7239]

He wouldn't have gotten so offended if it wasn't true

[@SuperJoshuaAguilar]

@Joey Doherty Well we also need proper context. Was he actually a bigot? Did his policies enforce bigotry?

[@calisongbird]

Joey Doherty you’re the one with faulty logic, dude. It’s only offensive if the person it’s directed at is NOT a racist. But generally speaking, where there’s smoke, there’s fire.

[@BayouBarbie504]

A hit dog will holler. If someone says something about you that's not true, although you may be taken aback, you wouldn't be offended. However, if someone calls you out on something you know is true but, you try to appear as it's not, you WILL be offended. Period.

[@calisongbird]

Sandi Richard exactly!

[@MavrikUSMC]

If you're not offended being called a racist, you must not know how much of an insult it is.

[@mariocuevas4139]

“What do you mean outrages moments?” 🤦‍♀️😂

[@caltwomey3214]

“Wait a minute, wait a minute, there’s more time” 😂😂😂

[@MikeGervasi]

DIck Cavett was the best host hands down. The cool musicians loved him and his "square" act made him acceptable to the older crowd.

[@andan04]

Jim Brown's amusement amuses me. He knew what a clown he was sitting next to.

[@kamuelalee]

@jack brandt Perhaps, but Maddox was a staunch segregationist and was most assuredly not a friend of the Black community of Georgia.

[@tonshaad1230]

@Adam Baxter you saying that like it's a bad thing. Trump is NOT racist but Maddox WAS -- refusing service to blacks in Georgia.

[@andan04]

@jack brandt So, what, you're interpreting Brown's obvious amusement here as admiration of Maddox's histrionics? And you don't believe Brown's question to him was a pointed one intended to puncture all of his boasting of his civil rights record? Because I'm not seeing it that way. At all.

[@kawasakiwhiptwo5821]

Cavett's not an idiot. He knew the Gov. has friends who are biggots, and some who are not. And Dick just had the balls to let him know that he knew that.

[@belliose]

Jim Brown's a clown and a bigot.

[@johnryman-f3c]

Truman Capote loves it..Dick Cavett lives in one of the huge mansions at the end of Long Island, the 4 sisters houses. saw him once at Sag Harbor, grocery, nodded and he looked away..a real elite sub noble, snob, a Brit term from the 20's when nouveau riche were sending their children to Eton

[@lorenzacoleman9210]

Maddox just didn't want to answer the question.

[@docvaliant721]

He did. He said he had problem from racist white and black.

[@daviedovey]

He was too thick plus the Klan would've lynched him if he hadn't.

[@naylik2562]

@XBOXRULES when you don't have an argument, always insult someone in a manchild way. It always work

[@Caligula138]

I thought Cavett handled the rephrasing of his own apology quiet well... the governor didnt.

[@benbirch2393]

No, he didn't... he was being deliberately disingenuous

[@benbirch2393]

@꧁Tricky DN꧂ nice try, but unless you are very low IQ you can't fail to spot his weasley word play and entendre.

[@jada90]

@@benbirch2393 Just like how Dick said he didn't know how seriously to take the governor, he didn't know how seriously to take the apology. The fact is the governor was being a fucking idiot who then gave an ultimatum. Dick didn't owe him or anyone else anything, and I think the phrasing of his apology was absolutely perfect. He did apologize for any accidental misleading of public opinion, but he didn't let the governor treat him like a doormat, which was what the governor was trying to do. The fact that Dick's apology was entertaining, and perhaps a bit humorous, does not subtract any sincerity from it. In other words, the statement was simultaneously a sincere apology and a recognition that the governor was off his fucking rocker and Dick wasn't going to lay down and take it.

[@bobedwards7455]

@@benbirch2393 Nice try, but unless you're of a very low IQ you can't fail to spot his weaselly avoidance of Mr. Browns and Mr Cavetts questions, while another obvious sign would be the misspelling of simple words.

[@EPA18]

@@benbirch2393 I think was rather obvious that Cavett and Jim Brown had a confrontational mindset with Maddox, and that's why Maddox became so defensive. Look at what started this. Jim Brown said "white bigots" and Cavett characterized it as "white admirers.". This is just what today's Democrats and liberal press do to President Trump! I can understand Maddox's exasperation.

[@freddylubin]

I remember this show. Cavett was required viewing for anyone who was hip.

[@mikefad]

Do you mean people who considered themselves 'hip'?

[@tjcassidy2694]

@Tim G What happened two months later?

[@robert1340]

TJ Cassidy It may have been when he attempted to kill himself.

[@michaelpreston233]

David Frost was at the Top then . We need these guys more than ever, An''d 60 minutes ''

[@skiprope536]

Groovy man! Peace! Back then you could say..What a fine looking PIECE of ass! And no one would be offend. Total compliment.

[@quantumshock6620]

Dick: There is something likable about you [even] at your most outrageous moments... Lester: Whatcha mean "outrageous moments?"

[@arshanmostafavi9621]

That governors accent makes me want to go out and vote.

[@sirlenzomccloud3356]

😂

[@voteforme8764]

@haitipi when did he say anything about being for or against republicans?

[@redheadguy1951]

@haitipi Maddox was a Dixiecrat - a morphed leftover of the Reconstruction Democratic Party after the Civil War - remember, the Republicans were the bad guys until Eisenhower forced integration and the beginning of the end of Jim Crow. Among the Democrats, Roosevelt and even Eleanor began the Democrat's change to the party it is today. By Nixon, Dixiecrats had started to switch to Republican while Regan looked the other way, and then Newt Gingrich sealed the takeover of the Republican Party, paving the road for Trump The kinder and gentler Bushes were bumps in the road. There is no resemblance at all between the party of Lincoln and Eisenhower and the Republicans of today - none whatsoever.

[@markmiller1212]

Thats not a run of the mill accent. That is a true georgia accent.

[@Bogles69]

@@redheadguy1951 you're an idiot. there was no swap. the dems have always been the racists.

[@aaronstielstra6055]

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

[@johnnydancer4695]

That's why Cavett was one of the best talk show hosts in TV history - surely there's space for this kind of show today?

[@jabbahursty]

nobody can speak in our corporate controlled world

[@DavidGriffin-ww2fk]

There should be shows like this but the corporate controlled media wouldn't allow it.

[@TheHoopyscoopy]

A conversation like this can't happen anymore because there are too many spineless, self hating white people trained by media to kiss black butt at all cost.

[@sunshine45986]

He was on against Johnny Carson, way out of his league.

[@jamesanthony5681]

Johnny Dancer As Dick Cavett said to someone who posed a similar question to him a few years ago: "Today, who would be the equivalent of an Orson Welles? Or Katharine Hepburn? Or Groucho Marx?" Could you imagine a 1 hour sit down talk with, say, Harrison Ford? or Gwytheth Paltrow? Answer: Nope!

[@arianprofit]

He reminds me of a good Dana Carvey character. Lol

[@TheDizzleHawke]

Arian Profit Lol. He sounds like Ross Perot! “Can I finish?”

[@newsduke]

Ross Perot with a little dash of Grumpy Old Man thrown in.

[@KatieRaeRae]

I thought the same thing the minute he opened his mouth.

[@jerryroach881]

Dam I didn't even think that.but he did sound like a 1970,s Dana c.I like that one.

[@KatieRaeRae]

@Barrier Boy I would definitely watch that movie.

[@cherylnance-ali5824]

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

[@debbutcher9087]

Cavett looks like he's turning into a wolfman.

[@kamuelalee]

Wolfman Dick! Bite that segragationist governor in the buttocks!

[@debbutcher9087]

Cavett now looks like Boris Karloff in The Mummy.

[@dackmont]

Fitting look for Cavett in this clip. Stayed on point like a predator. Yet perfectly civil.

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

Beware the full moon !

[@gaylesmith2987]

Deb Butcher Too effin’ funny. I almost peed my pants.

[@BrianErwin]

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

[@kbmvsvnjv7757]

I'm a 90s baby and I feel like they had much better content on TV back then

[@tropicblu]

Maddox is right...pay attention and watch it again and listen to the words. Maddox is 100% right

[@paulneal7495]

Wow. This looks so different in retrospect.

[@george8136]

There is so many Lester Madoxx's on youtube comments

[@SELBYTODD369]

What are you trying to say boy?

[@george8136]

@@SELBYTODD369 what shut ya ass up

[@goodlookinghonkey8382]

And soo many niggas that believe Africa didn't sell them. I do declare

[@SELBYTODD369]

@@george8136 I'd love to see you try to make me boy, until then shut your stupid, uneducated mouth

[@wufongtanwufong5579]

Look at this idiot. @mathew lawton trying to make out that all of a sudden everyone in the republican party upped and swaped with everyone in the democrat party. Even though the democrats are doing exactly the same thing today, that they were doing in the 1800's, the early 1900's, the mid 1900's the 1960's and 70's. @mathew lawton own up to your racist ways.

[@Movalpanzer1]

"All of you!" That's microaggression if I've ever heard one.

[@lonestar6709]

Damn, Jim Brown is one cool cat. _"How much time do I have?"_ Maddox was lucky Jim is such a gentleman. I've seen him score a touchdown with three guys hanging off him!

[@itdontmeannothingnotathing3385]

What are you talking about Jim Brown the gentleman that beat up his wife?.

[@drott150]

Lucky? You mean lucky Brown didn't do this to him? kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5XWiGqlhM2Ia5o

[@GetToDaChoppa-k5r]

That Lester guy has a big head, literally and figuratively.

[@gentlemendontspit7831]

Lester Maddox was like a child in a man's body. He also had a very dangerous mind.

[@anthonyantmanedwardsisbett8197]

Samuel Byrne Chandler barely a man’s body either.

[@chermainebigby5238]

U got that right

[@ernestolombardo5811]

Sounds like your typical "maga" bigot... I mean fanatic... I mean adherent.

[@michaelferguson9642]

Ernesto Lombardo if you weren’t so blinded by your ignorance you would notice that 95% of republicans are nothing like this guy

[@RC-pb9gs]

@@michaelferguson9642 Then why do so many of these types rise to the top of the Republican party?

[@fonso1030]

Capote was in his own world 😂😅

[@hakaishin757]

“To catch a racist” should be the name of the show 😆

[@scotthazelton4511]

Hakaishin Vegeta 🤣

[@zionstayfit920]

Dead ass

[@GuyFromTheSouth]

"Racist" means nothing anymore. That word has been used so much it lost its meaning. Ppl just roll their eyes to that word now.

[@bl6797]

Yes a true democrat. The party of bigots.

[@isynciswim7382]

No need to look too far Dick is the racist

[@phunboom]

It's always amusing to see someone losing it.

[@mrmisanthrope7613]

Best interviewer of all time!

[@grantmillard8387]

What a transparent effort to avoid answering the question.

[@okiedokey9962]

Sounds like he squirreled out of answering the question. Let him leave.

[@andipandi5641]

nothing wrong with squirrels - they innocently squirrel away their nuts.. you must be mixing them up with the animal that blusters and obfuscates - whatever that might be - oh yes - a Trump..

[@scotthazelton4511]

Having light skin was very important to him. Having white skin though paled in importance to having dark skin. He was just a good-ole POS.

[@GuyFromTheSouth]

Its a loaded question. Any way he answers it will suggest his admirers are biggots.

[@Ugly_Scallywagg]

Okie Dokey my thoughts exactly. Made a bigger deal about the framing of it, than actually what was asked.Says more about the governor that anyone else

[@Muhammad-sx7wr]

@@andipandi5641 Be careful now he might just reach down and Trump grab you.

[@carolo6430]

Dick was so smart. The way he apologized without doing it was artful!

[@SassyFontaine]

Btw, those other two "dudes" are Jim Brown and Truman Capote. Awesome clip.

[@morehyeshiahtorahlessons5545]

I wondered who the other dude was...

[@C716]

@Bob Wehadababyitsaboy Yeah, rudeness is always the best way to go.

[@barryrichman9424]

Nick Roop.....thank you Captain Obvious. Now here’s a cookie, go away !

[@C716]

@@barryrichman9424 ooohh yes sir...... thank you for your permission

[@C716]

@Bob Wehadababyitsaboy I NEVER said inferior..... wow,, what assumptions

[@youssef491]

He knows they are true bigots that's why he's being so defensive

[@BowlinJosh]

You're wrong. He truly believes he isn't, that's why he's being so defensive. Make of that what you will.

[@BigBingFan]

Look at BLM--WHO are the bigots exactly?

[@Katyperryspenis]

Pot callin the kettle black

[@Tehkia02]

Exactly

[@Fabianwew]

@@BowlinJosh He also took offense at the notion that there were any bigots in Georgia at all, which is ludicrous. No states has no bigots, especially not Georgia.

[@mrmusickhimself]

Dick Cavett was before my time, Forrest Gump served as my introduction to him and his show, but that look at 4:24 - asking if THAT was fair....that was badass.

[@theshrivelstein7118]

God Bless Maddox where ever he went.

[@takingnone1780]

“Apawolagize teh ma friyands in geogia foh callin dem beegeots”

[@geraldjohnson3216]

Cornsauce your a foil my dude

[@scotthazelton4511]

That's good.

[@stillwill2215]

LOL

[@voidud]

Lester Maddox with the OG racist snowflake meltdown hahaha

[@scooterdooter]

"I'm a straight white male! What do you mean I can't have my way all the time?! WHAAAAAAH!!!!"

[@SeanWinters]

@@scooterdooter "You can't be racist against white people!" Lol I boomer

[@AztecWarrior69_69]

He defended his supporters you idiot.

[@Richard-ov3bw]

Aztec Warrior sadly agree, they ridiculed someone that was making a difference.

[@erpherp4047]

@@AztecWarrior69_69 which ones the ones that are or arent bigots? the apology was clearly for those that were not bigots but felt accused of it while leaving the bigots that refused to acknowledge their bigotry branded as such.

[@grandmasterslash7869]

If anyone was showing patience it was Maddox. Brown was stirring from the beginning of the show.

[@sthrnvoice3198]

Classic example of not seeking to understand before you seek to be understood... smh…

[@wolfaiden]

I like this phrasing.

[@thearchive4109]

Goes on HIS show and orders him around and tells him how to run his own show.

[@JazzyB11235]

You'll get that from time to time

[@masterofdarkness9212]

David Creek -----You look like an inbred leftist.

[@MrLambdaMan]

fake news goes back a long way

[@scretching08]

Exactly! Its Cavettes show.

[@SELBYTODD369]

Hell yeah, he was cool until Jim threatened him with his "reputation" then he got fired up. White men werent pussy and scared of black men back then as you can see. Enough is enough

[@liamreid3286]

Greatest talk show the world will ever see

[@melvin3997]

He left that show and marched straight to The Capitol building January 6th, 2021.

[@bernadettebrown3939]

🤣🤣🤣

[@06capoeirista]

Actually there are a fair number of us black folks that agree with most of what the populist movement has to say. Indonesia believe for a moment that Trump is a racist. I know for a fact that Biden voted against desegregation, however, and has gone on to make several racially insensitive comments even in the last few months. MOST Trump supporters are not racists just like MOST Biden voters are not racists (excepting David Duke and Richard Spencer who endorsed Biden in 2020) because most AMERICANS are not racists.

[@hernanperez6550]

nope he was a democrat

[@melvin3997]

@@hernanperez6550 democrats were at work at that time.

[@yandyman15]

Trueeeeeeee!!

[@bootsbailey5857]

those are some peoples elders, leaders, guides and source of knowledge and understanding of the world... scary stough

[@nicknoga7322]

And they call millennials "snowflakes." I've never seen a man so easily-offended. How did he get elected with that kind of temperament?

[@yash.0119]

Easy, he ran in georgia.

[@karmicobsession1636]

@Jimmy Rustled No he apologized, he Maddox just didn't like the apology so he acted like a little baby and left. He was a racist segregationists and so were many of his supporters, Cavett calling him and his supporters bigots was polite. Your just pissy because he called a spade a spade.

[@michaelturner3606]

Jimmy Rustled you just another clown who doesn’t understand what racism is. Maddox is a clear racist and well known racist who just like most racist get mad and loud when somebody makes a point just like your klan in chief. Jim Brown outclassed this racist the whole video and he couldn’t take it.. Guess you get your info from Fox News

[@StarrTile]

Same temperament as TRUMP...

[@ashay965]

KKK...