The people claiming Cavett was boring just do not understand the value of intellect in the spoken word. Cavett was a master of engaging all kinds of great people and letting them be their best - a rare talent - particularly by today's standards.
People claiming that Cavett was boring might as well claim that Groucho was boring. Those people are either dimwits or trolls. Cavett was a master of his art and, likely, the most natural talkshow host ever.
At 80 years old, Groucho still had that quick wit and fast comeback. Fascinating to watch him take whatever is said to him and have him spin it into comic gold right before your eyes. Amazing.
I'm just rediscovering him. I remembered him from my childhood in the 60's and 70's, but thought he was boring then! HA! I just didn't understand very much back when. I still don't, but I know slightly more now.
@Rolf Jander The carrot was not a cigar. It actually was taken from a scene in a Clarke Gable movie, he was eating carrots and talking with his mouth full. The movie was "It happened one night or evening or something" This is according to Chuck Jones
@dino macioci alda had some funny moments on mash and he paid tribute to the comedy greats. Sure everyone knows mash got too preachy and serious later, but it was still pretty solid. This is coming from a 34 year old who has only experienced mash through Sunday afternoon reruns, which I originally found to be the most boring TV watching ever. Until I finally watched it and realized it was funny. That dated theme song doesn't help it's cause tho. I think I associated it with rainy days as a kid. Bcuz why else would a kid be inside watching mash unless it was raining or they were grounded.
@@joejoelesh1197 There are some, but not as great as Dick, the problem is that this interview are now some kind of forced laughs interrupting the guest
roucho talks about Irving Thalberg & Margaret Dumont. no, I ain't conceding defeat... just pointing out his nibs had a problem: his anecdotal evidence far more superior re: humour and mirth making than the films he starred in. I allus wanted to hear about that woman who never could comprehend why she was in those films...
One of my favorite Grouchoisms is: "While on safari in Africa I once shot an elephant in my pajamas. How the elephant got in my pajamas I'll nevah know!"
Cavett in a later interview with Groucho asked him" did you have understudies, when you were onstage. What did you do if one of you were sick?" Groucho "we used to throw up". Priceless!
Dick Cavett is wonderful, so gentle and light with absolute no agent other than to let his guests shine. Groucho was amazing - hilarious and charming ... Classic American TV.
I never watched Dick Cavett since most of his shows happened before I was born, but I can't help but feel that I missed out. He's such a great interviewer and he's quite congenial.
If you really want your mind blown look up a 1956 interview with a man who witnessed the assassination of President Lincoln in 1865. Absolutely crazy to think of all the change that man saw in his lifetime!
My Grandfather was born in the 1880's. I loved to hear him talk about how things were when he was a child and a young adult. He was one of 12 children born to German immigrants. He had this wonderful dialect unique to S. Texas German descendants that is sadly dying out now. He told us how excited and amazed he was to read in the paper about how two brothers, who built bicycles, created a flying machine. I was 7 years old and had just learned about the Wright Brothers in school, so I was fascinated to hear his memories. The following year, 1969, my GrandDaddy was with us to witness that "Small step for Man..." when astronauts walked on the Moon. He passed in 1970. The things he witnessed over his lifetime boggles the mind!
@@ryanpoggioli8602 I saw that too! I think it was a game show, "I've Got a Secret"? Something like that. It affected him his whole life, he was just a boy. Fascinating.
It must've been overwhelming for him to witness all that radical change! I feel that his generation witnessed more change in their lifetime than any generation before or since. Born during a time when everyone got around via horse & buggy and electric light was unheard of to live to see the advent of television and space travel. Absolutely amazing!
@@acousticshadow4032 'almost???' He is 78 until his birthday. Do you have your birthday party four months before your birthday? Do you celebrate Christmas on 4th July? Did you get married when you were 17 years and 08 months old?
Cavett was such an amazing host. And he has quite an impressive list of guests. He always managed to make his guests feel comfortable. Which brought out the best of them.
Ask your grandparents about the old people they meet when they were young and maybe they can tell about people who were born more than 100 years ago and as for missed opportunis you might get only 1 chance and you remember this in about 50 years when your grandchildren ask about stories.
Just look at this. All they have to do is let him in. Then he takes over the entire show and keeps the audience in stitches for as long as they let him. Like pushing a button and off he goes. Man, was he a genius!
A much welcomed laugh from one of the MASTERS of comedy. A welcome release from all the doom and gloom that the whole world is experiencing at the moment. Bravo!
I love how he did stand up, sitting down. He totally dominated the interview, and yet no matter what Dick Cavett interjected with, he had a quick and clever response. What a mind.
Such intelligent comedy from a superbly intelligent man! I grew up watching all the Marx Brothers movies. Some of my first memories in the 70’s and early 80’s is sitting at my dads house watching Duck Soup on our old Hitachi VHS player, on our 12” color crt tv
@The Pixal King: The Marx Brothers had a 5th brother, he was the first born but also died quick after birth. Groucho was asked once what he died of and he said: "old age". 🤣🤣🤣
Entertainers were _so_ different back then. And I'm not just talking about Groucho but even the host as well. They're all just so reserved. And it seems what was considered "comedy" back then would be considered very light comedy by today's standards.
@@acousticshadow4032 He is 78 until his birthday. Do you have your birthday party four months before your birthday? Do you celebrate Christmas on 4th July? Did you buy alcohol when you were 20 years and 08 months old? There are 12 months between birthdays not 08
Bill Buckley was trying to prove on his show who the greater genius was, as he did with all who were on his show. Groucho was his guest. Groucho never bit and held his own, while being the nicest guest he could be. He allowed Buckley's self inflation while being quite humble himself, and never let Buckley's demonstration of lexical fog faze him a bit. Groucho was genius. I miss Groucho.
This must have been around the time of Groucho's Carnegie Hall performance I had that on record and I listened to it so many times that I had it memorized. He's around 80 in this clip and still had it.
About two times you can see the incredible sadness that he had when his mask slipped. Great comedian. He was a loose canon on radio as it was live and you never knew what he could say and sometimes he did. All this was was what he had in his bag of tricks that he pulled out and no one or very few saw behind it. I just saw the sadness twice in this spot.
The people claiming Cavett was boring just do not understand the value of intellect in the spoken word. Cavett was a master of engaging all kinds of great people and letting them be their best - a rare talent - particularly by today's standards.
True. Cavett is just humbly offering his guest the opportunity to shine, unlike today's hosts whose egos are all over the place.
People claiming that Cavett was boring might as well claim that Groucho was boring. Those people are either dimwits or trolls. Cavett was a master of his art and, likely, the most natural talkshow host ever.
Groucho recognized the comedic talent of the young Cavett, and he appeared on his show several times.
Median IQ in America has been in steep decline since the sixties.
Very well put.
At 80 years old, Groucho still had that quick wit and fast comeback. Fascinating to watch him take whatever is said to him and have him spin it into comic gold right before your eyes. Amazing.
And oddly more charming & sexy than most, love this clip so much!! 💯💛⭐️👏👏❣️❣️
Looking more like a 60 year old here
Groucho was an absolute master of comic improv. And he was almost 80 in this interview. What a treasure.
And Dick Cavett was just on Colbert last night, fifty years later, age 83.
@@mmortal03 Didn't know he was still living.
@@josemeda4592 who?
@@josemeda4592 if ur talking about groucho hes not lol hed be over 100 yrs old
80??? he doesnt look 80 at all...
Just for the record: Dick Cavett had some of the most classic moments on TV, ... EVER. amazing career.
You should be his agent, Leonardo...
I'm just rediscovering him. I remembered him from my childhood in the 60's and 70's, but thought he was boring then! HA! I just didn't understand very much back when. I still don't, but I know slightly more now.
@@LazyIRanch lol
@@LazyIRanch He's extremely boring but gets the best from his guests lol
At one time was his Green Room assistant. Fun🇺🇸🇩🇰🦅💌
Groucho's timing was impeccable.
Michael O'Regan it should be... his pecking was untimeable.
Groucho was a genius. I used to watch his films as a kid in Ireland in the 70’s with my dad. His timing was incredible. Thanks.
@@mollydooker9636 *70s
@@alexrodriguez9441 well done
Yes indeed, timing is a very important aspect of humor
Dick was just like the chillest host ever. One of my all time favorites
Was there ever such a calm, measured, polite interviewer as Cavett?
Dick Cavett was the best interviewer in America TV history.
In the English language, no.
@@TREVASLARK Wait what? haha
Groucho walked in and said "This is my show now"
Alan Alda's character on MASH owed everything to Groucho. His delivery, sense of humor, timing...is all Groucho.
@Rolf Jander The carrot was not a cigar. It actually was taken from a scene in a Clarke Gable movie, he was eating carrots and talking with his mouth full. The movie was "It happened one night or evening or something" This is according to Chuck Jones
@dino macioci alda had some funny moments on mash and he paid tribute to the comedy greats. Sure everyone knows mash got too preachy and serious later, but it was still pretty solid.
This is coming from a 34 year old who has only experienced mash through Sunday afternoon reruns, which I originally found to be the most boring TV watching ever. Until I finally watched it and realized it was funny. That dated theme song doesn't help it's cause tho. I think I associated it with rainy days as a kid. Bcuz why else would a kid be inside watching mash unless it was raining or they were grounded.
John Astin's Gomez Addams owed a lot to Groucho, as well.
@lord of the flys You are right. I hated MASH. It was boring.
Explains why I could never stand Alda on MASH. He always came off 'put on' & less than believable.
A comic genius who doesn't disappoint. Apparently effortless with the stories and gags.
cavett has interviewed history itself
and it's criminal, that people of my generation haven't even heard of him.
@@SylentEcho We are a few, even younger, indeed.
He interviewed so much of history, he became history himself.
I wish we had real interviewers like him around today.
If you look at the list of people he’s interviewed is incredible.
@@joejoelesh1197 There are some, but not as great as Dick, the problem is that this interview are now some kind of forced laughs interrupting the guest
Groucho Marx (and his brothers) were simply hilarious... very sorely missed today.
Big brother Karl was not so funny
If you thought Harpo didn’t speak you were never near him when he missed a short putt on the golf course.
@@warrengwonka2479 Wasn't that croquet though? Remember that game vividly from his great autobiography
roucho talks about Irving Thalberg & Margaret Dumont. no, I ain't conceding defeat... just pointing out his nibs had a problem: his anecdotal evidence far more superior re: humour and mirth making than the films he starred in. I allus wanted to hear about that woman who never could comprehend why she was in those films...
One of my favorite Grouchoisms is:
"While on safari in Africa I once shot an elephant in my pajamas. How the elephant got in my pajamas I'll nevah know!"
We tried to remove the tusks but they were too firmly embedded. Of course, in Alabama the Tuscaloosa.
He was once giving an after dinner speach and he saw a former wife enter the room.He announced "Marx spots the ex" lol
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
@@stringthing593 True story ? I thought I had read/heard everything about Groucho... havent read this before. Hilarious, if true.
Seems to be all just dad jokes and slightly fiddling with sentence-endings .. trite.
Dick knew right off the bat that he was just along for the ride, and he was sharp enough to keep his trap shut and let Groucho go at it.
I think what makes cavett so great is he doesn't interrupt the comedic timing or thought processes of his guests.
Undoubtedly one of, if not the best comedian(s) to walk the face of this planet! Modern comedy can’t even touch what the Marx Brothers had!
Groucho Marx: one of the sharpest wits of the 20th Century.
Cavett in a later interview with Groucho asked him" did you have understudies, when you were onstage. What did you do if one of you were sick?" Groucho "we used to throw up". Priceless!
Groucho was truly the happy hysterical cynic. *great wit. impeccable delivery and timing.*
Dick Cavett is wonderful, so gentle and light with absolute no agent other than to let his guests shine. Groucho was amazing - hilarious and charming ... Classic American TV.
I worked as a Page on his show then and was at that show. Remember it well. Groucho was - grouchy back stage!!
Groucho lived just 8 more years, and I believe he may have slid into some form of dementia. You probably saw him in phase one.
Spent my childhood waiting for marxs brothers films to come on our black n white tv ,pure genius
The Paramount movies were great. The MGM movies, not so much.
“I’m on at nine central time”.
“Oh, I wouldn’t go that far”.
🤣🤣🤣 What a turn of phrase he had! Never at a loss for the bon mot!
Don rickles vs Groucho Marx
@@jamesagwe2981 I was thinking the exact same thing.
You are right about the "bon mot".
What a great comedian!
brilliance
I never watched Dick Cavett since most of his shows happened before I was born, but I can't help but feel that I missed out. He's such a great interviewer and he's quite congenial.
Cavett at 84 is actually still active as a producer but not sure if he has made any talkshows lately
You didn't miss out, I thought our English interviewers were shyte he's on another level of shyte
This is funny on so many levels, Dick plays the perfect foil for Groucho to do his stuff , Groucho goes so far and then dials it back
Amazing that he was born in 1890.
If you really want your mind blown look up a 1956 interview with a man who witnessed the assassination of President Lincoln in 1865. Absolutely crazy to think of all the change that man saw in his lifetime!
My Grandfather was born in the 1880's. I loved to hear him talk about how things were when he was a child and a young adult. He was one of 12 children born to German immigrants. He had this wonderful dialect unique to S. Texas German descendants that is sadly dying out now. He told us how excited and amazed he was to read in the paper about how two brothers, who built bicycles, created a flying machine. I was 7 years old and had just learned about the Wright Brothers in school, so I was fascinated to hear his memories. The following year, 1969, my GrandDaddy was with us to witness that "Small step for Man..." when astronauts walked on the Moon. He passed in 1970. The things he witnessed over his lifetime boggles the mind!
@@ryanpoggioli8602 I saw that too! I think it was a game show, "I've Got a Secret"? Something like that. It affected him his whole life, he was just a boy. Fascinating.
It must've been overwhelming for him to witness all that radical change! I feel that his generation witnessed more change in their lifetime than any generation before or since. Born during a time when everyone got around via horse & buggy and electric light was unheard of to live to see the advent of television and space travel. Absolutely amazing!
@@ryanpoggioli8602 agreed. Folks of his era, who lived long enough, really saw the before and after of modern living. It's crazy.
Genius like this will NEVER be replicated
Groucho and Dick Cavett - what a delight.
He never stops, never! He's like the jackhammer of jokes
This was great!
Groucho always makes me laugh. And you can't stop him.
Back in the days, when Groucho was still fit and well. His movies, where among the greatest comedies ever. He was almost without equal.
@lord of the flys one of his movies is..Duck Soup and an other is Night at the Opera. For those that do not know.
Groucho Marx is 79 here. Amazing.
He would turn 79 on Oct 02 of 1969 - almost 79 here
@@acousticshadow4032 'almost???' He is 78 until his birthday. Do you have your birthday party four months before your birthday? Do you celebrate Christmas on 4th July? Did you get married when you were 17 years and 08 months old?
@@KebabMusicLtd Tell ya what I don't do. I don't act like a pigheaded punk on YT. He was close enuff to 79 --- punk. 😎
It's one thing to be quick. But to be quick _&_ sharp, that's rare. And presenting as a lovely man despite claims of perpetual ill-temper.
He had his bad days like anyone else. No one's perfect. Funny as all get out and that cannot be disputed.
sometimes mean is funny - patrice o'neil.
another great
@@kanyewest6539 Yes indeed.
Rick Ross I don’t believe that or anything else that is true. Also Rick Ross is no Rick Rick
Eddie Murphy.
The way he delivers those improvised jokes is just brilliant.
Yeah, they arent improv.
The TRUE Master at work.
This is Cavett at his best-when he has to interrupt least and just support the great talent....
Cavett was such an amazing host. And he has quite an impressive list of guests. He always managed to make his guests feel comfortable. Which brought out the best of them.
Not always.
Check out the Cavett interviews with Mailer and Vidal appearing simultaneously.
What a man so hilarious yet totally natural pity its not many like him about,
Part of his genius is that he manages to be pretty raunchy - without one swear word and without being overly suggestive.
Greatest long form interviewer in the history of television.
so funny looking at another era featuring another era...in this era...
And imagine watching this video in 2055. There you'll have one more era on top.
Ask your grandparents about the old people they meet when they were young and maybe they can tell about people who were born more than 100 years ago and as for missed opportunis you might get only 1 chance and you remember this in about 50 years when your grandchildren ask about stories.
One of the greatest comics ever no one was or is better
The seamless piano fills at 0:52 waiting for the audience were very nicely done
Just look at this. All they have to do is let him in. Then he takes over the entire show and keeps the audience in stitches for as long as they let him. Like pushing a button and off he goes. Man, was he a genius!
I've never seen such effortless comedy.
Dick Cavett was the best interviewer in America TV history.
And Groucho was a genius.
Love the story about Mom and lunch, very simple but endearing.
What a unique individual. It must have been amazing to meet him and talk with him.
The world seems so mundane now.
He is sharp as a tack
That is a dapper hat for a sophisticated gentleman.
A much welcomed laugh from one of the MASTERS of comedy.
A welcome release from all the doom and gloom that the whole world is experiencing at the moment. Bravo!
I just had to click for that title alone
The priest joke about taking joy out of the world was the best.
As someone who went to Catholic school I can say he was right on target!
Can we just stop for a moment and realize and appreciate that Groucho was born in the 1800s???!!!! Wow. This is history right here....
Some of the best content on YT involves Cavett and Groucho.
The cigar still has the wrap on it...lol...😎🙏👀
It was on loan from Jimmy Savile
@@jonnamechange6854 Jimmy Saville wishes
Groucho was ON this night
Groucho is a Legend. Great interview. Cavett has a humble demenour.
He was such a riot.
The title gave me goosebumps in all the wrong places.
He’s so witty and quick I wonder if he could have applied his brain to other things and been just as brilliant.
Dick in Stitches is an awesome band name
I love how he did stand up, sitting down. He totally dominated the interview, and yet no matter what Dick Cavett interjected with, he had a quick and clever response.
What a mind.
Such intelligent comedy from a superbly intelligent man! I grew up watching all the Marx Brothers movies. Some of my first memories in the 70’s and early 80’s is sitting at my dads house watching Duck Soup on our old Hitachi VHS player, on our 12” color crt tv
There is no other comedian in the world that is as funny as Groucho Marx. Groucho is the comedy master.
"She was an old babe... around 24"... BWAHAHAHAHHAA
lol you mean
@The Pixal King: The Marx Brothers had a 5th brother, he was the first born but also died quick after birth. Groucho was asked once what he died of and he said: "old age". 🤣🤣🤣
@@daviddeegrollert706 LOL, that guy is epic.
Entertainers were _so_ different back then. And I'm not just talking about Groucho but even the host as well. They're all just so reserved. And it seems what was considered "comedy" back then would be considered very light comedy by today's standards.
Only time I've ever seen George Burns curse was in reference to a Groucho Marx joke.
Groucho is the most recognized, funniest, and famous comedian and also the most popular comedian.
Cavett's show was the smartest one ever. Too bad there is nothing like that today.
Hard to believe Groucho was 78 years old when this aired
Closer to 79, actually.
@@acousticshadow4032 He is 78 until his birthday. Do you have your birthday party four months before your birthday? Do you celebrate Christmas on 4th July? Did you buy alcohol when you were 20 years and 08 months old? There are 12 months between birthdays not 08
@@acousticshadow4032 Soooo....78?
@@choons No, I'm much younger than that.
Bill Buckley was trying to prove on his show who the greater genius was, as he did with all who were on his show. Groucho was his guest. Groucho never bit and held his own, while being the nicest guest he could be. He allowed Buckley's self inflation while being quite humble himself, and never let Buckley's demonstration of lexical fog faze him a bit. Groucho was genius. I miss Groucho.
thanks for all the joy you put into the world.
Legend. They don't build them like that anymore.
Legend one in a million this is comedy
Love this guy. His brand of humor is timeless. ;)
"Thank you priests, for all the joy you've taken out of the world." LOL
Cavett was such a litere presence on late night tv. We could use his decency and humor today
literate
When REAL talent graced us....not anymore....
Timing, timing...... Timing... Shout out to the legend
The legend of timing? I should like to hear about it sometime
That title... Can be interpreted very differently when you start to think about it too much.
found the ex-con :)
Hilarious. His comedic timing is awesome. And do you know I've never seen any of his movies? Now on my list.
Gilbert Gottfried’s impression of Elderly Groucho is so spot on!
Imagine what a joy it would have been to participate in a private dinner party with Groucho. He was truly a latter-day Oscar Wilde.
That draft joke was absolute brilliance!!!
Some say Robert dinero hasn’t stopped doing a Groucho Marx impression since he first saw him.
Groucho what a huge master of commedy. Amazing interview here.
age didn't slow him in the slightest, still as dry and sharp as he was in the early films.
Love Groucho and all the Marx brothers.
This must have been around the time of Groucho's Carnegie Hall performance I had that on record and I listened to it so many times that I had it memorized. He's around 80 in this clip and still had it.
Oh, Groucho! What a legend!
About two times you can see the incredible sadness that he had when his mask slipped. Great comedian. He was a loose canon on radio as it was live and you never knew what he could say and sometimes he did.
All this was was what he had in his bag of tricks that he pulled out and no one or very few saw behind it. I just saw the sadness twice in this spot.
Horse feathers was my favorite movie of his.
80 years and his mind was as sharp as it was 60 years prior.
The master 😆
I like that these shows were filmed before the advent of screaming, baying audiences.
Dick Cavett got me into Groucho Marx. Such wit.
I have always loved this show!
Its not fair for one man to have so much wit.
You can hear Dangerfield, Seinfeld, and so many more in his cadence.
I thought the same thing about Groucho and Rodney Dangerfield. The difference is that Groucho insulted others and Dangerfield insulted himself.
the duck came down...then stayed on his hat.
Groucho throwing zingers that would still hit too hard for today.