Peter Ustinov On The US Presidential Elections | The Dick Cavett Show

Peter Ustinov discusses the American Elections from an English perspective.
Date aired - 5/16/69 - Peter Ustinov
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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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[@jerryoshea3116]

What a intelligent,witty,talented man Peter Ustinov was.. Absolutely unique. .Whenever he was on these any of these shows,regardless of the company,he usually shined the brightest.. Truly a Treasure to the world,and one who is greatly missed,more so as each year passes...

[@maria369]

I really loved him! I was do sad when he died. What a wonderful human being he was!

[@oldhatcinema]

"I share this opinion with myself." Brilliant and hilarious!

[@jhassett2]

More Ustinov please.

[@Berniewahlbrinck]

Dick's joke is awesome - and so is Ustinov's laugh!

[@robertrowan9893]

Some unknown young student was once asked who he would love to interview. Lo and behold it was this lad. Why, yoy might well ask?Because he's so interesting to hear, speaks so well and so intelligently. How right he was!

[@nevilleprinsloo]

That infectious laugh at 4:11.

[@TrevorHoneyball]

We all live in undemocratic democracies.......they are democratic until they win the election! We have never replaced the likes of Peter Ustinov and Cavett is the Chat Show King!

[@rapido2963]

The people who make the best slaves are those who believe they live in a democracy.

[@bernardtassart7225]

Ustinov was a visionary and a realist!!!!!spot on about the politics!!!!!

[@sibengerard1856]

brilliant

[@secondchance6603]

"All that is needed is money and a candidate who can be coached to look sincere. Political principles and plans for specific action have come to lose most of their importance. The personality of the candidate, the way he is projected by the advertising experts, are the things that really matter." - Aldous Huxley

[@TheEuzkatroika]

His english is sooooo sooo addicted..Perfect for shadowig..

[@thedownfallparodist1145]

I've Liked Peter!

[@bluetv6386]

As opposed to Dick?

[@johnaspinall5457]

John Aspinall John Aspinall The Dick Cavett show- can you please 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. E.g: Woody Allen/Robert Shaw/Beverly Sills/Jacqueline Wexler (29 Dec. 1969) Thanks in advance.

[@somethingyousaid5059]

Peter and Dick. They're the one and the same you know.

[@acchaladka]

Also, yum.

[@floragriffin6053]

I just realised that there is an uncanny resemblance between Peter Ustinov and Jamie Oliver.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Where is Wendy/Walter Carlos???

[@richardjeffreys2437]

Everybody thinks He was English... He was that good !x

[@gavanhillebold3131]

Spartacus what a great great actor 👍

[@robertsutton3666]

No matter who is in office, the same crap happens.

[@SexySpork]

Sir Hiss!

[@nkt1]

Peter gives the other guest's 'joke' the response it deserves @2:34.

[@veronicagoodan5862]

He wasn't at all impressed, was he? lol

[@pendorran]

Not only a great wit, but a deep thinker and astute observer was Sir Peter.

[@privateprivate1865]

He was also poor prince John lol

[@jonisafreak3]

He was a genius, spoke several languages and was a phenomenal actor.

[@scasey1960]

The actions of government are determined by people who cannot be named. Our Orwellian future is now.

[@atlaskinzel6560]

If I named them you'd say there's just another puppet master right?

[@AlmostaFlipinSkater]

George Orwell was a self-proclaimed socialist. Just putting that out there for right-wingers who miss the point of Orwell or lie about how the "left has changed and now the left are fascists" which makes absolutely no sense since fascism is characteristic by strong authoritarian nationalism and racism.

[@uncertified-banger5595]

@@weewoahhh You could say the same about the far right aswell

[@lilchaos4792]

@@weewoahhh trump lost

[@rjdavies1982]

I live in South Wales, does Dick ever visit? Does he still have family here in Wales in wonder!

[@LordSantiagor]

Is anyone reminded of Christopher Hitchens by Peter's voice and cadence?

[@tarnopol]

Unfortunately, yes. I'm also reminded of Hitchens' late conversion to rightwing yahooery.

[@LockhartSpain]

@@tarnopol That wasn't really the question. In answer to the actual question, no, but I think that's because of long exposure to British men of his education - it's a received pronunciation that's common to various backgrounds.

[@tarnopol]

@@LockhartSpain You know I totally misread this and I don't know why. When I saw "Peter," I thought "Peter Hitchens" not "Peter Ustinov" who was far from a rightwinger--no idea why I would have done so! The video is of Ustinov, who I adore. So my comment was even less coherent or relevant that you suspected. :)

[@LockhartSpain]

@@tarnopol We should both probably stop watching these things so late at night! ;)

[@vincentmcgrath4179]

No

[@williamhanlon8159]

I commented when he and Alistair Cooke died 2 days apart that the world's collective IQ dropped by 2 points

[@jonisafreak3]

That’s brilliant.

[@Gannooch]

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

[@motogriso1]

We have found it does matter who is president now

[@motogriso1]

Gorgon Don Agree to disagree. This must mean you don’t vote. Correct?

[@brucekuehn4031]

Since there is no more Washington Redskins, my idea for the football team name is The Swamp Rats

[@davidsphere]

That us Welsh.

[@joaovitordeoliveiracarlos2528]

varys

[@markuslappalainen6847]

As a finn i would like to think that we are so good and smart that our country is in much better shape than our large neighbor. But on the other hand, most succesful nations are all small. Nordic countries and norway as smallest is wealthiest, benelux countries and smallest luxembourg as best of them. Monaco does better than france, andorra better than spain, switzerland better than germany. Caribbean islands do better than african nations, hongkong does better than china. Not only economically but in all levels of society. So maybe sir peter has a point here.

[@bendover9663]

Undoubtedly

[@GiggleBlizzard]

As a swede I would be careful about praising our countries though, while we are definitely way ahead some countries like the US, we are still of the same general flavour and face the same political and social problems the rest of the world is facing with increased commercialisation of every aspect of life, cutting the welfare state and a political scene which is alienating people and favouring larger corporations.

[@laurahoward5426]

And homogenous....very easy

[@willminkorea2010]

Sounds like the Hubert Humphrey for president in 1968 campaign. Nixon's 1968 campaign largely avoided Hollywood celebrities.

[@MrMelgibstein]

George Floyd 💖 Kimberly Brinks

[@JohnC-er3rg]

Alec Baldwin’s English uncle

[@matimus100]

Actor's should keep politics to themselves!

[@garyhughes7518]

Why

[@Strontyum]

He was more than an actor. Much more.

[@Deanetts]

Why ? Aren’t they people ?

[@marcotee709]

Ustinov was a lot more than an actor!

[@Trombonology]

Viking Adventurer -- No more so than you should.

[@southerncomfort7490]

It must be a "Welsh thing." I too was asked the same question by US Immigration on the way to geting my 'Green Card.' The official asked: "do you intend to overthrow the state by force or violence?" To which I replied, with more honesty than tact :"Why not? That's how it started. This country is predicated on terrorism, genocide and slavery." Sadly, that was the end of my interview. Some civil servants are just so sensitive.

[@arthurfonzarelli9331]

Yeah. That never happened.

[@southerncomfort7490]

@@arthurfonzarelli9331 Did actually. I know, I was there. You weren't.