Peter Cook and Dudley Moore on British Censorship | The Dick Cavett Show

[@mrbarthoss1]

Time is an amazing regulator: I recall my father watching Cavett when I was a kid, and thinking: “My god! How boring!!” Now in my 50’s, I love watching Dick’s interviews with so many of my favorites. Terrific posts!

[@kali3665]

Cavett never really called attention to himself; he got his people in, let them talk, and never tried to get the last word (unlike some talk show hosts....)

[@mrbarthoss1]

Kali yeah, well put Kali

[@princeedwin4386]

I guess Im quite off topic but does anyone know of a good place to watch newly released series online?

[@trentonlyle7516]

@Prince Edwin I dunno I would suggest Flixportal. you can find it on google :D -trenton

[@princeedwin4386]

@Trenton Lyle thank you, I went there and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :) I really appreciate it!!

[@morlokvestai-kurak9680]

I like how intimate the seating is on this show. There's no desk and the host isn't raised above the guests. Class.

[@kaizenweisz2120]

Yeah I've always thought it shows such contempt for a 'guest' when the host is seated 'on high', behind a big ol' desk. Yes the guest is there (usually) to promote something, so there's an explicit agreement between both sides that the host provides the platform (and benefits from the ratings and projection that they're connected to all the 'stars') and the guest is entertaining (benefiting from the exposure to sell their product). But it seems to also demonstrate the host (or rather those making such decisions behind the scenes) feels inadequate and is aware that many of the guests are their superior, if nothing else, in the ability to just hold a conversation. The American talk show has been a wonderful format to introduce and document for history so many great talents, in it's best form, allowing the audience a certain intimacy rarely accessible anywhere else. Unfortunately it has become such a commercially staged spectacular (particularly the American version) that it's lost its roots and descended into stupid games and contrived situations where the outcomes are often further from reality than had they just come on to promote their product. It worked so well in decades past because the questions were designed to truly engage and open up guests, allowing the audience to identify and relate to them. I guess that's what happens when hosts are not talented enough to converse without a multitude of pre-prepared questions (often by a team of writers) instead of just having a chat, Craig Ferguson being the most recent exception of note. David Letterman was of course extremely talented, but the format often seemed to keep guests at a distance. With podcasts becoming so popular due to the format allowing long-form conversations that can run hours long, we're getting back to this more intimate version (albeit much longer) but certainly something has been lost in the conversationalist skills. When watching stars of previous decades talk about their alcohol or mental health issues, people are locked in and attentive because without even being consciously aware of it, they know they're listening to an intimate and revealing conversation, without the need for the host to constantly interject to make a laugh and thus bring it back to them. I'm writing this off the cuff, so of course there are many factors that have caused this change in format, including social media and changes in how performers are paid, due to the rise in pirating, which then lead to streaming services. Blah blah blah.. that's my two cents for now 😊

[@daniellamcgee4251]

@@kaizenweisz2120 What you offered was certainly worth more more than 2 cents! Maybe I am a little biased because I completely agree with you. You saved me the effort of writing something similar, but only worth 1 cent. :-)

[@jessiejames7492]

Dick cavett was brilliant.

[@robjohnston1433]

Wonderful to see an actual, meaningful, discussion on a chat show; instead of a 90 second, scripted, ad for the "Celeb's' latest trivial movie abomination! And Dick Cavett was a REAL interviewer, not just a "Shill in a Suit"!

[@reikisk8r]

Dudley Moore Big smiles 💞

[@doctorthirteen5727]

I miss Dudley Moore. Today's world could use a few Dudley Moores

[@lovingsongs1762]

There is/was only one Dudley. There will never be another like him.

[@PaulFormentos]

I miss them both.@@lovingsongs1762

[@sneakydeaky8445]

@@lovingsongs1762 Club-footed dwarf.

[@adamsinger123]

@3:18 What words are *still* bleeped for us here?

[@XXthekingofyouXX]

Kirk Douglass is on point on that depictions of violence is acceptable as it is a part of life that everyone must eventually deal with in one way or another. Shielding kids from it will only make it difficult to process later.

[@sammavacaist]

Please don't raise children. You have a really bad take on their needs.

[@MobinKiadeh]

I completely agree, it opens up their minds at a young age.

[@MIKE-TYTHON]

@@sammavacaist so you wouldn’t let your kids watch films with fighting in it ?

[@sammavacaist]

@@MIKE-TYTHON Not when they are young.

[@MrDaiseymay]

When I and my broher's went to Saturday Morning Cinenma for kids, in the early 1950's. most of the programme was Cowboyfilms, and ''hundreds''seemed to be shot of their horses at 40 mph. We knew they were '' killed'', yet knew they wer'nt dead, especially as regular Baddies showed up again and again in other films.

[@tarnopol]

Love these guys. And the other Fringers, too: BTF and all else they did (mostly)--just fantastic. And deserve far more attention in this benighted country.

[@paularogers2906]

I love watching Dick Gavette as a host. He's definitely my favourite chat show host and he has great guests. It's good to watch for nostalgic reasons too.

[@anxiousrhiannon]

please continue to upload more clips of their interviews with dick, it’s so great to see💛

[@janeporter818]

Great show

[@joeblow7236]

pistol squat 5:00

[@johnaspinall5457]

Dear Dick Cavett show, Can you upload interview clips of the late, great Robert Shaw. He was such an interesting and engaging guest appearing on the show at least 5 times. Please can you show Shaw's appearance in this episode: Woody Allen/Robert Shaw/Beverly Sills/Jacqueline Wexler (29 Dec. 1969) Thanks in advance.

[@EricAdamsonMI]

I was startled, at first, to hear remarks echoing Trey Stone & Matt Parker's demonstration regarding America's odd take on sex vs. violence. We are evidently so prudish that enough sex can force an NC-17 rating on a film, whereas replacing it with absurd amounts of violence can return it to an R rating. It turns out that I had confused guest Kirk Douglas with Charlton Heston (who doesn't?!??)

[@Gannooch]

do 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

[@tomcarl8021]

American broadcast networks, as well as the BBC, routinely erased programs in the sixties and seventies. Video tape was too expensive, so they recycled it. Ten years of the Johnny Carson show was lost forever.

[@bartcolen]

These four men together...............wow!!

[@ianbauer4703]

What were the censored words on Cavett?

[@LeeGee]

2022 and words are still muted for censors. Pfft

[@danielwhittaker695]

because there muted in the original physical recording you twit they would have to be edited back in!!!!

[@prisonersforprofit]

dick cavett was the best, like watch the 70's gameshow "matchgame", or "all in the family" episodes, cavett always had the most relevant, controversial, and dynamic guests. these shows are now classics, an amazing time capsule of what real america was about in the 1970's.

[@MarlanWarren]

Brilliant. They began the first 5 minutes by saying all the "naughty words" that got them censored there and that they know will get them censored here as a deadpan joke. And Cavett lets them get away with it and puts himself in the clear by feigning forgetfulness or distraction and pretends to be reminded after it's over that those words are forbidden on American television as well. Very very funny! And for those commenters who can't figure out what those words are by watching the lips move... I hope you never go deaf.

[@peterm1826]

Everyone gets thrown off Australian Television. Except corrupt politicians.

[@johnniejay]

"Taking our words and using them the same as we do...." Who says Yanks don't understand dry humour?

[@stephaniehand503]

great

[@BIgBass255]

Was this about the time Kirk was giving Natalie the Wood?

[@stephaniehand503]

greatest

[@nettietrees7238]

Sounds like he is Deadly Moore

[@sodapop83]

this was quite awkward

[@studdruppo]

A little cheese with your whine.

[@JoeBubbles-p2h]

Feels out of place and uncomfortable on US TV. Audience has no idea what's going on.

[@TrevorHoneyball]

All of the so called BBC comedians that we have now (woke, liberal and unfunny) should be forced to watch this pair🤔

[@bobtaylor170]

It would be wasted on them, probably. Pearls before swine, etc.

[@nataliedelagrandiere4022]

Dick's "British" accent in "hello" is very poor.

[@suecastillo4056]

Well duh !!!🤪

[@PhoenixProdLLC]

Omg this was PAINFUL to watch!

[@fredbreadbun6277]

Why?

[@XXthekingofyouXX]

Probably due to to modern standards of constant performance and pre-rehearsed antics over genuine dialogue.

[@fredbreadbun6277]

@@XXthekingofyouXX Probably.

[@doctorthirteen5727]

@@XXthekingofyouXX Exactly...with the exception of Craig Ferguson all of American talk shows are scripted to the point of extreme phoniness.

[@WilliamSmith-mx6ze]

@@fredbreadbun6277 Because of all the silencing of certain spoken words.

[@paulweir5031]

British censorship; yet they only talk about England. In the same vein, why is it known as the Anglo-Irish Agreement?

[@robertclive491]

England IS Britain