Reacting To The Assassination of Robert Kennedy | The Dick Cavett Show

[@RBTVN]

Once again, "talk shows" from pre-1980 show how far we have fallen in the level of public discourse. The medium now could never allow this level of calm, comradely discussion, allowing nuanced ideas the time/space to really be expounded and developed. Now, in the mainstream media at least, everything must be a soundbite, and blood in the water is not only encouraged, it's the raison d'etre. Podcasts, as a medium, offer hope, however.

[@MienemLeben]

Richard Bateman very True. Now “talk shows” are all about bashing and name calling. It’s disgusting and I refuse to watch any of it!

[@craighicksartwork]

@L D So do you diagree? And if so, why? Because right now you just sound like a fucking idiot with zero intellectual comeback to an extremely honest and apparent point of discussion.

[@willd6215]

@Polly Anderson and yet it never fails to make me smile

[@donnaross5105]

Until we found out what a creep Charlie Rose was, his show was sort of the modern day, Dick Cavett. Now we have Christiane Amanpour and she is terrific. Cavett was unique: Soft spoken, intelligent, sensitive, a TRUE gentleman, witty, urbane, humble. Nobody will ever match his perfect pitch, imho. He was kind but not a pushover.

[@claudiaxander]

@L D ok idiot

[@marconeill3875]

Articulate, knowledgeable, and giving each other time to speak and politely agree or disagree, at such a charged moment in history. The problem has only gotten worse and the people have only gotten dumber.

[@hasselett]

The holocaust took place only 23 years before this show took place. I'm not so sure people have gotten dumber.

[@peterm1826]

@@hasselett yeah they have

[@tomsenick2033p]

They were talking about the out of control gun problem and culture of violence in America! Lol that's hilarious 😆😆🤣

[@AliJawsXVII]

The educational system was domestically and to an extent globally better after WW2 that's why the gentlemen on the show were so careful with what they said and calm they taught to think deeply before talking...things went downhill after 1980 just look at todays trash on TV and media.

[@spockboy]

@@hasselett Your statement only proves the point. The holocaust wasn't dumb. It was a remarkably efficient attempt to exterminate an entire culture. How can you reduce an act that is arguably one the most sickening and twisted crimes in human history to the word DUMB?

[@ChubbyChecker182]

Nowadays you would have James Corden saying something Sad for 3 minutes, and then on with the show.

[@russellsteventon8069]

One cannot compare Dick Cavett with James Corden. Cavett is all class whilst Corden has none.

[@taoman85]

Dick Cavett had a different type of talk show. Carson was seldom serious. And, even when it was it was for just a few mins.

[@kitsanshugrosjean6170]

@@taoman85 eh

[@koalabrownie]

This is more like Bill Maher's talk show- or the one he had few years ago. Not sure what he's doing now. Corden is an entirely different format

[@nick56677]

Corden, Seth Myers, Frog Face Fallon, and Colbert are all Mainstream Media talking heads. They dont do shows, they just repeat the garbage of the MSM. Talentless hacks

[@bobob4477]

“What is wrong with our country is not its basic health, but its way of life" What year are we discussing again?

[@rebeccarivera5402]

The more things change...

[@lemurianchick]

What is your point?

[@arricammarques1955]

The plutocracy within the united states of amnesia.

[@markdurham5062]

@@lemurianchick that the atmosphere of hate is still strong

[@DA-rv6vf]

1968 till now, shows that this country haven't changed at all

[@rtg1960]

This is absolute gold. I was born in 1960 and I grew up watching the Cavett show. Nothing like it before or since. Dick Cavett is a national treasure.

[@contactkeithstack]

I was born in '85 but I've watched a lot of Cavett on DVD and then KZbin, you were very lucky to grow up with him on live tv.

[@thejosephchrist]

I'm Gen X which means that the talk show discourse I grew up with was Geraldo Rivera and Donohue level. I wish we had a show like this today and throughout my maturity.

[@boeingdriver29]

Here, here. 👏

[@ginadean5696]

Same here, I was born in 1961 and agree with you. Dick Cavett’s old show video’s are golden gems of those times, so many interesting guest and interviews, he was good at what he did and very sincere.

[@Pretermit_Sound]

@@thejosephchrist ugh. You can almost pinpoint when trash tv started, and guys like Geraldo are the ones who got the ball rolling. I grew up in the same era. After Rivera, there was Sally Jesse Raphael, Donahue, and Ricki Lake who further desensitized us. Along with the Howard Sterns, and Rush Limbaughs on the radio. Then came Jerry Springer, and Maury Povich who basically put the final nail in the coffin of quality, civil discourse on the airwaves. It’s actually pretty depressing to watch these old shows in a way, because there’s no way we could do something like Cavett today even if we wanted to. I’d even take a Firing Line with William F. Buckley jr., and I didn’t agree with hardly anything he believed, but at least he knew how to hold a civil/respectful debate. I truly hope that there will come a time when we can do that again as a society. 🙏🏼🤞

[@lawrence142002]

I really felt for Robert Vaughn. He looked completely shellshocked. Even in interviews he did before his death in 2016, he still seemingly struggled to talk about RFK, whom he was close with.

[@smithfield06]

@ Lawerence Watson, if you haven’t read Robert vaughans biography you should there is a great chapter on this subject

[@davidhall8049]

@@smithfield06 I need to find that to read thanks

[@betsytucker4788]

Thank you Lawrence for the mention of Robert Vaughn. I used to watch Man from Uncle, when I was a kid, and didn't now about his politics. I was wondering why he was so much more devastated and taken down than the rest of the panel.

[@brupic8968]

vaughn was a very bright and committed man

[@LGBTQ71]

Reagan f"""sick assh*le. No its sad but we need more guns to protect ourselves. Can no-one see the circle???? Not England... In Scotland who has very good problem. We had the Dunblane murders of many 5 year old and their teacher. We as a whole ended up in the UK banned all handguns. USA completely give a shite even now in in 2023... 60 years fron JFK...and kids dying, mass shootings... and yet no-one can do bugger all. 18 years old you can over there can get a uzzie or multi shotguns. Here in Scotland (and the rest of UK) we have to show Id just to get a knife.... erm, different? Guns are you guys in the US are mad about them!!! Obama tried to look at gun control but he got stopped at ever turn. "You cannot changed or take an amendment away from us!" Errr.. yea you can as an AMENDMANT means you can change something... Serious disgusting and really scary society over their.

[@TheRubberStudiosASMR]

Back when talk shows had class

[@BigLee93]

I agree

[@truthseeker3129]

Back when Presidential candidates were assassinated.

[@BigLee93]

@@truthseeker3129 Trump might have had a assassination threat.

[@ferminmorales6564]

To be more precise, back when talk show HOSTS had class. Why can't someone model their new show on this?

[@BigLee93]

@@ferminmorales6564 I know, they are relevent.

[@OTOss8]

I'm blown away by this conversation. It's serious and respectful and it was given airtime for the entire country to see. It's hard to believe such mature and serious conversations used to be held on television. When did we lose our way?

[@chairmanmeow958]

The turning point actually happened right after this aired when Gore Vidal and William Buckley was aired during the Summer of 1968

[@atomix62t]

Newt Gingrich

[@LBGirl1988]

I found this conversation, with the exception of the NAACP leader, extremely contemptuously hypocritical and biased to the point of utter cluelessness. Two of these people were part of the same government who were killing the “little” people of Vietnam. No wonder the grandchildren of these insufferably arrogant hypocrites are narcissists who are hypocrites.

[@libertyann439]

Too many channels. Too much emphasis on ratings, not enough on substance.

[@daviddaydodge8985]

When Reagan got rid of The Fairness Doctrine

[@andrewv.l.8908]

13:40 "May I please continue?" When was the last time you heard that, in such a calm and respectful tone, in any recent debate or discussion? Ha

[@truthseeker3129]

They spoke better but they also had more political assassinations.

[@ilonabaier6042]

not a component of the trumpie beast's linguistic gifts.

[@nadiazayman779]

Now the microphones have to be muted so presidential candiates don't interrupt each other.

[@elbecko7969]

I speak as a foreigner, but Bobby Kennedy and these gentlemen, to me, represent the old America; the America I truly love.

[@keef7224]

And then he apologized at the end for “taking too much time”. Wow. Actual human beings.

[@OldMod67]

Cavett's top notch. I'm from England and find his shows outstanding. Puts today's tv to shame, their lack of quality so evident.

[@edmund184]

oh their hasn't been a show like this in England for decades

[@knarf_on_a_bike]

I saw my father cry twice in my life: the day his mother died, and the morning after Bobby was assassinated. I was 11 years old and I'll never forget that day. The world changed. Imagine if Bobby became president. . .

[@suzieparis6821]

I was 11 too..i had just shook Bobbys hand 6 weeks earlier in the motorcave down 10th st in Indianapolis IN...he was a beautiful spirit..i could feel it whe he shook my hand♡

[@rayjr62]

Sadly, we'll never know. We can only speculate what might have been.

[@sebastianalegria3401]

Everything would have been different, the best president that we never had.

[@RR-mp7hw]

@J Stephen Straw men don't build strong arguments, or men.

[@mrkeno1000]

The world changed on November 22. This horrific event was a continuation of the downward spiral leading to where we are today

[@tonyajohnson1059]

A very important discussion of the era. Dick Cavett my favorite talk show host.

[@SciFiGirl007]

What a pleasure it is to hear intelligent conversation. Too bad you have to watch a ~50y old old show to hear it.

[@adrianjohnson650]

Sad but true.

[@davidcurran-z8g]

Agree completely. The only ones who can bring us back to the way things were back then are the voters. Wake up, do your homework, stop listening to the talking heads, know the REAL facts, and go from there. Also, stop and take a deep breath. This country will survive no matter who wins an election. It may be unpleasant if the winner is not your candidate, but that’s the way life goes.

[@freddyfurrah3789]

Oh, please.

[@iwanttoseemrshow]

It used to be that our country was sick not in health, but in way of life. Now, we're sick in all ways.

[@code-52]

Gee you have exactly the same comment verbatim as someone who commented on this video. What a coincidence huh?

[@davidec.4021]

The definition of Quality.

[@jhassett2]

Remarkable contributions....nothing like this would get on the air today.

[@jalapaeno]

I cant think of a more important program to reveal itself on youtube. Time and generations can find commonality here.

[@bigpeeler]

J Paeno Very well said

[@vendrameister]

@@bigpeeler in fact thats what i thought, as germany - the country i ive in - is being hit with a wave of right wing violence at this very moment. germany and the us are indeed hard to compare, but its clear to me, what is a big threat to violent movements and the only way to break them down - real leadership. the us gave light to many of them and many had to pay with there lifes. looking at germany, there havent been any since the 60s

[@simmiewilliams5970]

I wholeheartedly agree.

[@bobrand3895]

Remember that night clearly. I was listening to the dodger game on radio because don Drysdale was pitching against the giants going for the record of scoreless innings. Then the unthinkable happened at the ambassador hotel. I cried that night, the country I loved changed, one year later I was in southeast Asia as a member of the U S Navy

[@bigpeeler]

bo brand Thank you for your post and your service.

[@JMay-]

Thank you for your service and sacrifice.

[@JAY1892]

Gavin James After watching such a sad upload, you made me smile. 🙂

[@brianarbenz7206]

I was 9. Our mother had to wake her children, myself and my 11-year-old sister, to tell us that the pain we had lived through four and one-half years earlier when our president was killed was back. She told us directly. She knew it was the only way.

[@PS987654321PS]

Good for you, asshole. How many innocent people did you help kill?

[@liammcgowan6651]

Thank you KZbin for continuing to make available such wonderful shows & debates as this. The youth of today can most certainly learn from this.

[@j.b8728]

Robert Vaughn: I was impressed with his talk, somewhat eerie with today's politics of 2020

[@moow950]

@A E And he was exactly right!

[@johntomlinson6849]

@@moow950 Whereas Oswald was on the extreme left. Neither side can claim any moral high ground.

[@JSB1882]

@@johntomlinson6849 If you want to believe that Oswald assassinated JFK, but you are so right that nothing can change until the US citizens come together.

[@frenchprovincial9602]

One of the best interviews so civilised . This couldn't happen today. Dick Cavett on of the best interviewers of all time.

[@rodzalez3549]

I'm 33 but I love watching these old real talk shows. Intellectual talk, stimulating and classy

[@dereklong2072]

I'm 30, and I agree. I can only hope our society can find a way back to this type of social engagement. It seems people weren't so extreme in their views during this time. People could have disagreements and still respect each other. It was "civilized." If we are unable to get back to that then we are doomed.

[@harryanders2877]

I am impressed to learn that Robert Vaughn was so against the Vietnam War, calling it a "monstrosity". Good man.

[@bradsullivan2495]

So was Dan Blocker.

[@65TossTrap]

Kennedy and Johnson got us into Vietnam.

[@fieldthrasher]

​@@65TossTrap Check your facts. Eisenhower sent the first military and CIA "advisors", Johnson was responsible for the first boots on the ground.

[@MikeBreiburg]

@@65TossTrapeven good Presidents make terrible mistakes.

[@schwagarm]

Robert Vaughn looks absolutely devastated. A time when people were fiercely more articulate and educated - or when the articulate and educated where given time on air and not just a sound grab. If you are interested in this type of commentary and discourse watch the James Balwin and William F Buckley debate on youtube. These were difficult times in America and they have certainly returned, sadly.

[@mikewynne7131]

Vaughn was also full of crap. He blamed the political violence of the 60's as "rightwing" in origin. Oswald was a Marxist. Sirhan Sirhan was a Palestinian whacko with ABSOLUTELY NO TIES to Conservative or rightwing politics. Whoever killed MLK (and it was probably the nut James Earl Ray) succeeded only in making a martyr of him. There was no identifiable Conservative group or person involved with him or advocating King's assassination. Militants in the Black community had as much if not more of a motive to kill MLK. Furthermore, the violence of the Left (like today's Antifa and BLM ) dwarfed anything coming from "The Right". From people who get assaulted for wearing Trump hats to cities burning all over the US its the Left that is the predominant source of political violence. Don't even try to bring up the Jan 6 "riot". That was so overblown its absurd. The Communist Left is always committing the vast majority of political violence and justifying it by saying White people are racist and the Capitalism is unfair.

[@bobtaylor170]

@@mikewynne7131 , uh, Mike, I'm Southern, white, remember segregation, and I am not a racist.

[@johnbosco3371]

@@mikewynne7131 Your ignorance is staggering. You must be a fascist troll. Good for you. Your dear leader Drumph must be so proud of you.

[@GeeBee909]

Robert Vaughn was a personal friend of Robert Kennedy. I've seen pictures of both of them and their families taking vacations together, I believe they were taken a few months before he RFK was killed.

[@lucindaarmour7422]

@@GeeBee909 Thank you. That's very interesting and equally sad. Regarding Dick Cavetts show, I think the nature of discourse and the ability to truly articulate your beliefs started to shift when more and more adults started to use the word "scary" when describing trauma or a traumatic event. Scary is a cartoon. Scary is a Halloween party. Scary is not 9/11. Scary is not the attack on the Capitol. It is such an interesting clip to see the levels of discussion.

[@aaronjohnson8159]

Wish we had more talk shows like this on tv nowadays

[@ncr1264]

The only thing I could think that comes even half way close to this is The Hill’s Rising.

[@adrianjohnson650]

You are not alone.

[@timmckeown1313]

I was 10 at the time and remember feeling sick to my stomach about RFK’s assassination.

[@michaelterrell5061]

@TheClassicalSymphony I don’t think so. I am 15 now and 5 years ago was around the time my grandmother passed, I was well aware of what that meant and I was saddened by it myself.

[@mrob1969]

One of the only major differences between now and 1968: America's psychological corrosion has long since outweighed its health.

[@GeorgiaOverdrive]

The same things have been wrong with this country for 50 years.

[@PreferredCustomer]

Only the numbers have increased.

[@GeorgiaOverdrive]

Respect/Walk Yeah, sure. That’s what’s the problem

[@ClintScottFischer]

Much longer than 50 years

[@Phineas1626]

@@ClintScottFischer Indeed.

[@michaelsix9684]

only Cavett could do a show like this after the tragedy, such an amazing group here to discuss the event

[@fazbell]

How deeply sad. I had forgotten how much this affected those who still had hope.

[@PreferredCustomer]

There is no hope. If humans arent the cause of what kills us, the Earth itself now will be. Just get as much as you can while the getting is good.

[@Phineas1626]

It must have been a sickening feeling to have lived in the US in 1968.

[@fazbell]

@@Phineas1626 It was the first time that I seriously considered that there might be a conspiracy.

[@Phineas1626]

@@fazbell I hope it was the last. Conspiracy theories have done nothing but help turn this nation back to the dark ages.

[@--ag]

Sending love to you Fred. Take care. From NYC in the USA.

[@mysterytrain3]

Over fifty years ago, yet the words sound eerily familiar to those of today, with references to a “sick” country and the mention of gun deaths in the U. S., relative to those in England. I’m not making a political statement here, I’m just pointing out the similarities.

[@Phineas1626]

Political statement or otherwise, you raise an interesting point. We have failed to grow as a nation in many respects.

[@paulknight9998]

Dr David Abrahamsen was way ahead of his time

[@hepphepps8356]

He gave me the chills. Every word he said would be precise today!

[@LazyIRanch]

It was 1968, I was seven years old. I don't remember these events because my parents tried to protect us kids from knowing about these assassinations. What I still remember is that I saw my Mama cry a lot that year. April 4th, 1968 MLK was murdered; June 6, 1968, it was Bobby Kennedy. She loved them both and it broke her heart.

[@strothermartin5368]

Lazy I Ranch I was in elementary school when he was murdered. I was 8

[@riccaruso7791]

I was 10 & 1/2....I vividly remember these murders in 1968 as if yesterday. CIA did both of these political assassinations, in my humble opinion.

[@sharifsobol3776]

@@riccaruso7791 A lot of theories on how they were murdered. I believe the Mob got Kennedy.

[@mns8732]

@@riccaruso7791 Not your humble opinion, many many American humbled opinions.. I hope they leave their hands off Bernie.

[@twomindz79]

@@riccaruso7791 what evidence are you basing your opinion on ?

[@edfou5]

I had just turned 16 when Bobby was shot... and almost 52 years later videos like this still cause tears to well up in my eyes. I tell younger friends that they should feel very lucky they didn't live through the experience, because for millions of us the painful memories and the horror have never gone away - a wound that has never healed. It remains the most profoundly shocking news I've ever heard.

[@ClintScottFischer]

Very well said. It was before my time, but I feel the pain of this decade. I also feel the peace that was born in music.

[@TheSpookyDuke]

I am not American and I was 2 when Mr. Robert Kennedy was murdered, but I am crying all night now for this huge loss. But... I was brought up to never lose hope and to never surrender. We are many and we won't give up the dream of a better world. Ever.

[@Chuncks01]

Damn I would have thought watch watching people jump from the twin towers and a 3000 people dying almost instantly would be more terrifying than a politician getting murdered, but hey different times I guess.

[@--ag]

I'm sorry edfou5. Take care and love from NYC in the USA. Be good to yourself.

[@mr.raslyon6626]

@@Chuncks01 Both were horrible. I was born in 80 on the day John Lennon was killed. 9/11 shaped my modern world, but I can empathize with these historic events.

[@jamiej.tilleyphotographyar5177]

“What is wrong with our country is not its basic health, but its way of life...”

[@lolojopp]

Now is both

[@jamiej.tilleyphotographyar5177]

@@code-52 Since we were both quoting something that was said in the video I don't think it's amazing or even a coincidence, but what do I know about anything?

[@code-52]

@@jamiej.tilleyphotographyar5177 No coincidence at all dear. Unfortunately I didn't listen to the whole video so I didn't realize that was a quote.

[@jamiej.tilleyphotographyar5177]

@@code-52 No worries, I've been there too.

[@HomeAtLast501]

On this day Elvis was doing his 4th day of rehearsals for the '68 Comeback Special. He was devastated by the death of RFK, and 2 months prior, of MLK. And his closing number for that show --- "If I Can Dream" --- commemorated the values that both men represented.

[@ncr1264]

We need more of this now. The 24/7 news cycle, the constant influx of bad news from all over the world, it’s not good for people. We need to slow down and discuss with each other and try to understand.

[@BS-od5uw]

what's truly astonishing is this was taped the same day he was murdered.

[@bigbrianusa]

no sorry

[@thebluerobin]

Robert F. Kennedy was shot but died the next day.

[@brettwilkinson9529]

Interesting to see the guests having their say , giving their thoughts and views without continually being interrupted by the host.Todays shows should take note.

[@PreferredCustomer]

People were shocked that the killings involved several public figures in a short time. Not like today where it's mostly random high schools, nowhere events, and blacks in the ghettos.

[@scatrrr]

PreferredCustomer Two days before RFK was hit in L.A, Warhol was shot in NYC.

[@123rockfan]

@@PreferredCustomer Any kind of violence is shocking

[@adrianjohnson650]

Yes, I concur.

[@grokeffer6226]

This was a very, very sad time in our household. The Kennedys were held in very high regard in our family.

[@clc-gl4jn]

RFK is my biggest hero outside of my own family... Then JFK

[@jamesy4003]

How did we go from this to Don Lemon and Anderson Cooper ? Or Jimmy Kimmel

[@thehotyounggrandpas8207]

When they used to talk on talk shows.

[@thekitowl]

Samuel Feynman Tribute page 👍

[@glennswain]

Sad to be watching this show, and a third of the way in, comes a 5-second upcoming movie clip featuring people firing guns. Way to go, KZbin...

[@MrTruckerf]

I would like to see guns banned from all movies! The Hollywood elite are vehemently anti-gun so they should NEVER show them, PERIOD!

[@bitcoinbelle]

Commercials are catered to individuals. I didn't have that commercial myself but rather one for autoparts. Ya outed yourself.

[@EAST84100]

George Carlin was right: this country is finished.

[@PreferredCustomer]

We've been finished for decades now. Which makes us...what?

[@candicegerman9793]

Respect/Walk , Obama set our country back 50 years ....

[@candicegerman9793]

teppolundgren , who are you calling YANK filth??? I was born and raised in the states, but all of my ancestors were from a England, Ireland, and Scotland....... btw, I happen to love America !!!

[@comptroller39]

@@candicegerman9793 explain?

[@moretoknowshow1887]

Always liked Robert Vaughn. He was a class guy who knew what he talked about and just said it like it was. I also miss quality talkshows like this, where each night was a 60-90min salon of ideas..

[@ahousecatnamedmr.jenkins1052]

"I really don't worry that much about it, if some nut job is going to knock me off like Kennedy what can i do about it? It doesn't bother me at all really"- John Lennon 1968

[@biffalobull2335]

Too bad current programming doesn't employ the sobriety of yesteryear. Much deeper conversations worth having. Today? blah blah blah

[@suzannereilman4516]

..@3:08, and onward....’we’re in a climate of violence’, etc....wondering how long it’s going to ‘go on’...52 years and a few weeks later, nothing’s changed for the better....

[@57Koba]

RFK I was ten years old that June night In the shadow of a dark April In the turmoil of 68. I was a child Looking, learning, Reaching and grasping In the chaotic confusion Of tumultuous times. Cronkite every night In black and white, Cities burning Angry streets And Vietnam violence. Daily doses Seeping in Flooding the safety Of my living room. Yet in the midst of uncertainty I saw the hope in his eyes Those blue blue eyes Gleaming brightly Like a lighthouse On a dark ocean night. I was a child He was my idol, A suit with unruly hair, A scrapper, a subtle rebel, A rich man with the guts To walk in the ghetto. A Senator with the strength To hold hands with migrants, A brother with the courage To face the danger He knew was there. It was too late for me To stay up that night (I was a child), But the next day as usual I went to the corner store To pick up the morning paper For my grandfather. I ran and skipped and jumped With youthful joy Running to get the news The magnificent news Of California, of great victory And greater to come Chanting a song for Bobby I'd heard the day before: "Nothing can stand in our way All the way with RFK." I walked home slowly Carrying the Boston Globe A dime's worth of print Puncturing my soul. I sat alone on the back doorsteps Sobbing, clutching for answers That can never be found. I prayed with a fervor But in two days he was gone. The pedestal of idealism Crashed all around me Slaughtering the innocence Of a childhood world Where righteous heroes rule, The resurrection of Camelot Stillborn and swallowed By the cold reality of a steel bullet.

[@60-second-HACKS]

3:30 Thank heavens the guns and leadership issues have been sorted out.

[@__seeker__]

Back when decency, decorum and a collective sense of respect was still a part of American public discourse.

[@marcusbradly5982]

Well put.

[@jackdelaney4082]

Todays talks shows in the US are more like propaganda shows then healthy discussion

[@nobodyreally4678]

Incredible

[@basssingerericwinston3561]

Dick Cavett is the epitome of class. Why can't we return to this this type of programming? America needs you Dick Cavett!!!

[@somethingyousaid5059]

I know Robert Vaughn from my childhood. Even so, I didn't know that he was so well-spoken. He seems to have been a particularly intelligent articulate actor.

[@jimmycakes7158]

Most actors were back then I've noticed

[@PreferredCustomer]

Yes and no. He rehashes a lot of the bleeding heart leftist talking points you hear today, that are fundamentally incorrect. (Blamibg race for everything, all guns are bad, etc.) Still, I give him credit for being civil and at least trying to think up ways to stop wars and hatred.

[@Phineas1626]

@@PreferredCustomer This is and has always been a racist country. Laws have helped, and some hearts have been changed. But it’s still racist. Bleeding heart? You really are a stupid gun nut.

[@bradsullivan2495]

Two years after this, he earned a doctorate in communications from Southern Cal.

[@jeffersonspace]

Dion DiMucc wrote this final verse: has anybody here seen my old friend Bobby? can you tell me where he's gone? I thought I saw him walking up over the hill? with Abraham, Martin, and John? Today is 2/13/21

[@jmbutler5]

I used to believe there was a better America back in this time. I no longer believe it. We are seeing the beginning of our country’s end as we know it.

[@hannejeppesen2887]

I came to this country in 1967 as an au pair from Denmark, to Westport Ct, where I was still living when RFK was shot, it was a shock, I was 18 and living in Denmark when JFK was shot, I admired them both. 1968 was a pivotal year, much happened, the assassinations, war in Vietnam, the democratic convention in Chicago.. I have seen mucb in all those years since. I do think it was a better time, we had hero's we could look up to, who inspired us, even if they kept getting assassinated, as Tom Hayden said "We became a generation of what might have been". The country was divided for certain, but you had show like Dick Cavett's that provided intelligent discussion, you had protest in the streets and protest music, thinks were happening. Now it seems like everyone just stick to their tribe and are not interested in hearing other opinions, and worst of all we have a President that is not in any way trying to bring the country together, in fact he is doing whatever he can to divide us, and that is just one of my complaint about him, but I won't go into that. RFK could talk in a compassionate way that made black and white listen to him, MLK gave speeches that both black and white listened to, and was moved by, I don't see this happening today. We need someone, who has courage who is not too tied to one ideology, who has compassion and charisma to get some of that back. I don't really care if he is liberal or conservative (for the record I mostly liberal, probably more to the center than left) as long as he has vision, I don't really see any public figure on the national scene that has that. That said I very much hope come 2020 Trump will be voted out of office. If not I will for the first time since I came here in 1967 be really afraid for my adopted country.

[@theunwantedcritic]

Everyone seems to be so intelligent

[@evelanpatton]

I throughly enjoyed the concise explanation of America’s lack of “being” (as one will) described by/for within aprx. the 14:23 timecode). 🧿💌📺‼️ Great expectations was the DickCavett Show.

[@MacJaxonManOfAction]

You can still get this level of conversation, intelligence and class - just not on TV.

[@sjw4life546]

Talking about American gun violence in contrast to other European countries, the power of the NRA, and right wing extremists being a threat to society. Is this 1968 or 2020?

[@DA-rv6vf]

I like the way these men on the panel are very honest, mature and no egos, and nobody is disrespecting one another by interrupting the person because of a disagreement, i miss intellectual shows like this

[@dexterbernard2701]

These educated gentleman are speaking so clear that children can understand. Mr. Abrahamson hits the nail on the head. And this is 1968!

[@faithmapstone9982]

If I was famous, Dick Cavett would be the man I would have loved to be interviewed by! ⭐

[@rodneyclarke6477]

It's amazing how this was broadcast almost sixty years ago. But still speaks to the malaise that is endemic in American society today. It's almost like it's holding up a mirror. But I still like to think like these fine gentlemen. That there is still hope for America.

[@craighicksartwork]

"There is no tradition in the United States. Only money and power." It has always been this way.

[@dvl889]

Sadly, yes. And today under the Trump administration it's even worse. The money worshipping republicans just want $$$$ and the power they hold because of money. They buy our elections and the Supreme Court endorses by approving of Citizens United. Shame on all of them.

[@dvl889]

I was 26 years old, living in Manhattan when I heard the news of the death of RFK. The day of his memorial at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in NYC I walked to the church and stood outside with the crowd. Somber and tear filled we mourned the loss of a friend. A man who held a promise that things would get better, that we could look forward now and heal from the pain & loss of JFK and MLK. But no, one more assassination of a beloved leader...The continuation of the Vietnam war, then Nixon, then Watergate & Nixon's resignation. And now we have Trump, reviled, despised...adored & revered by the American people. And now we have a president Impeached for Life and a cowardly republican senate who will acquit Trump because they fear for their jobs and they fear the loss of contributions $$$$$ to their campaign for reelection. It's a sad day indeed.

[@PreferredCustomer]

Name a country, time, and place where it hasn't?

[@craighicksartwork]

@tinwoods I'm sorry you don't like his quote. But name a time when it hasn't been true.

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

I understand nothing - it’s exceedingly difficult to muster the mental concentration required to focus on this: I’m under forty, and have never been exposed to anything other than five second sound bytes on ‘reality show’ gossip...

[@moussetache1815]

I feel you bro. I improved lately and achieved my record: 17 seconds of pure concentration.

[@tdotjazzberryram61]

What a sad statement to make about yourselves !

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

tdotjazzberryram61 - I lied; actually, I’m not comfortable with anything lighter than a four hour lecture on dendrochronology.

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

Mousse Tache - 😂

[@bethvirginiaphillips4583]

ROBERT VAUGHN (THE "MAN FROM UNCLE") WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF BOBBY KENNEDY. HE MADE THOSE WHO WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE SOMEHOW BETTER. LOOK AT THE DISPAIR ON HIS FACE..ALL OF OUR HOPE THAT BOBBY WOULD BRING BACK THE IDEALISM OF HIS BROTHER JOHN VIA A NEW KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION WAS SNATCHED AWAY FROM US BY THE SAME POWER GROUP THAT KILLED HIS BROTHER.

[@liammcgowan6651]

I could not have said it better !! You are absolutely correct. Best Robert NYC.

[@bethvirginiaphillips4583]

@@liammcgowan6651 Yep!

[@fifthbusiness1678]

Fair enough, but why are you yelling?

[@bethvirginiaphillips4583]

@@fifthbusiness1678 Is this better?

[@bitcoinbelle]

All caps = screaming in online communication.

[@georgestevens1502]

Robert Vaughn did an excellent special tv show entitled JFK's Lost Pathway to Peace. It us extremely hard to find. I taped it off of the History Channel in 1991 or so. It preserves an important part of the historical record. Vaughn was no just an actor.

[@deesandman3992]

Im listening to this and cant help but close my eyes and hear these same words still being spoken today in 2021. It seems as if nothing in this country has really changed as I think of all thats going on now. Ppl really need to hear this and ask ourselves its time we rethink and finally change. There must be change and then start doing it so we can finally stop this replaying of these words and become a better future for all that follow us.

[@xodus8077]

Things have continued to slide in every direction for America and the World since1968.

[@katec8796]

Incredible, intelligent discussion that completely illuminated the despair, the anger and disgust. "I really think the time has come for every single American citizen to make sure that the assassin's bullet doesn't shoot down with the man the thing that the man stood for and that we all must stand for if our nation is going to survive." The constant conversation of a sick violent America being allowed to dominate over a healthy and just one. How horrific that all these years later and we are still having these debates - America gets older but rarely evolves or at least enough that she lives up to her ideals.

[@riveranormanf.8770]

Who's watching this July 14th 2024?

[@sdcafunnyguru]

1968 was an absolutely insane year! I remember the cavalcade of madness that unfolded that year, as a 14-year-old growing up near DC. For a look at 1968 in review by Life Magazine, go to Google (in the Books search window) and key in Life magazine January 10, 1969. That issue lays it all out & it titled Life Magazine The Incredible Year 1968 Special Issue. Each month brought some new outrage, here & abroad. It's a wonder we survived it, but we did, though I'm not so sure we learned anything from the experience.

[@mikephalen3162]

I was almost 14 when RFK was murdered, just finishing 8th grade in Western New York. I was an ardent newspaper reader and watched TV news each evening. I was very politically aware. Sitting here today, it's clear to me that 1968 was the worst year I have lived through. Not only were MLK and RFK assassinated, but the Vietnam War was raging and civil rights was still being fought out in the streets. The Democratic convention was yet to happen. And then Nixon was elected in a close popular vote. As divided as the nation is today, as bad as the current administration is, 1968 is far worse.

[@relievedbigfoot4640]

@@mikephalen3162 do you think 2020 passed 1968 on the bad year scale? I wasn’t around in ‘68, but from what I’ve read, I have thought it was the worst year in American history since the Civil War. But after 2020, I’m tempted to say that was worse, but again I wasn’t around in ‘68. What do you think?

[@mr.raslyon6626]

@@relievedbigfoot4640 Its been bad for sure, but there havent been political assassinations happening yet. So far so good...

[@roberthendry614]

People not only talked back then, they also listened.

[@RobTheNotary]

I remember seeing the interview done with Bobby Kennedy after John was gone

[@mikeacton2203]

Not a whole lot has changed and perhaps America has gotten worst. America not so beautiful.

[@PreferredCustomer]

It's pretty bad. But everywhere else is worse.

[@richardgornalle4536]

Such a good program. Intelligence, reasoned exchange of feelings and ideas. Our society has the ability to learn from history. I feel we have failed to do so. Just cast your mind to the present level of the "whatever" of our present Whitehouse. Good grief!

[@bonsaitomato8290]

Robert Kennedy was killed 5 days after I was born. I would be a little over a week old when this aired. So little has changed in 53 years.

[@cidercik]

Dr Abrahamsen could make that speech today and it would still be true. It's only gotten worse.

[@scottyreifsnyder2842]

100%!

[@dannydorko7075]

Dick Cavett was the best American talk show host

[@Bertiesghost]

Talk shows have really dumbed down over the years. Now TV networks treat all viewers as children unable to comprehend intelligent conversation.

[@metaspherz]

Sometimes it's easy for us to nod and agree when a person rattles off a list of all the things that are wrong with America. Certainly, there are no shortages of bad things happening on a daily basis. But, for every negative action, there are dozens more positive deeds that go unrecognized and uncelebrated. For a change, I'd love to see BREAKING NEWS: a police officer climbs into a storm drain to rescue a kitten. Are we so jaded that the inspirational news story only comes at the end of the broadcast?

[@LordGreystoke]

Excellent discussion. Thank you so much for featuring. Would love to see/hear the rest of it.

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

Byron Gordon - Cool image; I’m actually from the town in Greece where Byron died. Requiescat In Pace.

[@shawnmorymcmillion]

I was a grade school student when President Kennedy was assassinated, and when Robert Kennedy and Dr. King were assassinated, I felt the world would never be a safe place to live in. This trauma still resides within me however the words and wisdom of these panelists remind me of the importance of hope and actions to fight hatred still.

[@joeoconnor5400]

Robert Vaughn was hugely popular in the UK.

[@WatchMan1962]

These Democrats are not the crazy fanatics they are today.

[@SilencedButNotForgotten]

I love how people used to discuss. So articulate, polite, respectful.

[@ronaldzent6321]

The best overall TV host ever

[@8ofwands300]

" the homicidal drives of the extreme right... ". 😐

[@44excalibur]

Sirhan Sirhan was extreme right?

[@44excalibur]

@@8ofwands300 I've been paying attention since the 1970s. There's craziness on both the right and the left, especially today. Focusing only on the right while ignoring the left is dangerous.

[@gordonteats298]

LOOK TO THE STARS by EMERALD this song needs to be played around the world

[@willdrucker4291]

The greatest president America NEVER HAD.....RIP RFK.....and BERNIE/NINA 2020

[@iamtman1]

Not really!

[@stephaniestanley8041]

This is so relevant today

[@lauralishes1]

Decades later and still talking about the amount of gun violence and deaths

[@artytomparis]

We're still in the psychological aftermath in 2021.

[@channalmath8628]

It's scary how much we repeat our past. And yet, the existence of this media free online is at least one thing that's different, and hopefully will help!

[@chapjar]

Capitalism is most important concept in America. Fortunately we can speak our minds which makes America ahead of communistic or and, fascist ideology.

[@stevefrayne]

This message is for the channel program director... Please change the celebratory “outro” for this video. It was solemn and poignant and then APPLAUSE/MUSIC! Check that just for this video. Thanks for posting. This is helpful today. We could use a Nixon impeachment/resignation one as well.

[@angelotero7729]

what does it say about this that it's 2020 and I'm watching this from the 60's. Can you say 50-60yrs from now you would watch something from 2020 the same way, I doubt it.

[@NicholasBenjaminAmato]

That was fucking incredible.